who led the nfl in rushing in 1961

Jim Brown rushed for the most yards in 1961, with 1,408 yards.

NAME RUSH YDS SEASON TM GP ATT YPC RUSH YDS/G RUSH TD REC YDS REC TRG AVG REC YDS/G REC TD
1 Jim Brown
J. Brown
1,408
1961
CLE CLE
14
305
4.6
100.6
8
459
46
10.0
32.8
2
2 Jim Taylor
J. Taylor
1,307
1961
GB GB
14
243
5.4
93.4
15
175
25
7.0
12.5
1
3 Billy Cannon
B. Cannon
948
1961
HOU HOU
14
200
4.7
67.7
6
586
43
13.6
41.9
9
4 Alex Webster
A. Webster
928
1961
NYG NYG
14
196
4.7
66.3
2
313
26
12.0
22.4
3
5 Bill Mathis
B. Mathis
846
1961
NYT NYT
14
202
4.2
60.4
7
42
12
3.5
3.0
1
6 Abner Haynes
A. Haynes
841
1961
DLT DLT
14
179
4.7
60.1
9
558
34
16.4
39.9
3
7 Nick Pietrosante
N. Pietrosante
841
1961
DET DET
14
201
4.2
60.1
5
315
26
12.1
22.5
0
8 J.D. Smith
J.D. Smith
823
1961
SF SF
14
167
4.9
58.8
8
343
28
12.3
24.5
1
9 Don Perkins
D. Perkins
815
1961
DLC DLC
14
200
4.1
58.2
4
298
32
9.3
21.3
1
10 John Henry Johnson
J. Henry Johnson
787
1961
PIT PIT
14
213
3.7
56.2
6
262
24
10.9
18.7
1
11 Paul Lowe
P. Lowe
767
1961
SD SD
14
175
4.4
54.8
9
103
17
6.1
7.4
0
12 Willie Galimore
W. Galimore
707
1961
CHI CHI
14
153
4.6
50.5
4
502
33
15.2
35.9
3
13 Joe Perry
J. Perry
675
1961
BAL BAL
13
168
4.0
51.9
3
322
34
9.5
24.8
1
14 Lenny Moore
L. Moore
648
1961
BAL BAL
13
92
7.0
49.8
7
728
49
14.9
56.0
8
15 Jon Arnett
J. Arnett
609
1961
LA LA
14
158
3.9
43.5
4
194
28
6.9
13.9
0
16 Dick Bass
D. Bass
608
1961
LA LA
14
98
6.2
43.4
4
145
16
9.1
10.4
0
17 Paul Hornung
P. Hornung
597
1961
GB GB
12
127
4.7
49.8
8
145
15
9.7
12.1
2
18 Rick Casares
R. Casares
588
1961
CHI CHI
13
135
4.4
45.2
8
69
8
8.6
5.3
0
19 Charley Tolar
C. Tolar
577
1961
HOU HOU
14
157
3.7
41.2
4
219
24
9.1
15.6
1
20 Hugh McElhenny
H. McElhenny
570
1961
MIN MIN
13
120
4.8
43.8
3
283
37
7.6
21.8
3
21 Bobby Mitchell
B. Mitchell
548
1961
CLE CLE
14
101
5.4
39.1
5
368
32
11.5
26.3
3
22 Prentice Gautt
P. Gautt
523
1961
STL STL
14
129
4.1
37.4
3
132
12
11.0
9.4
3
23 Billy Kilmer
B. Kilmer
509
1961
SF SF
11
96
5.3
46.3
10
0
0
0.0
0
24 Donnie Stone
D. Stone
505
1961
DEN DEN
14
127
4.0
36.1
4
344
38
9.1
24.6
4
25 Art Baker
A. Baker
498
1961
BUF BUF
14
152
3.3
35.6
3
73
6
12.2
5.2
0
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PPG

15.2

32nd

OPP PPG

25.6

27th

RUSH YDS/G

94.6

29th

PASS YDS/G

228.2

20th

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TEAM W L T PCT
Ravens Ravens
12
5
0
.706
Steelers Steelers
10
7
0
.588
Bengals Bengals
9
8
0
.529
Browns Browns
3
14
0
.176
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12 - 5 - 0

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CLE Browns

3 - 14 - 0

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NFC East W L T PCT
Eagles Eagles
14
3
0
.824
Commanders Commanders
12
5
0
.706
NFC North W L T PCT
Lions Lions
15
2
0
.882
Vikings Vikings
14
3
0
.824
NFC South W L T PCT
Buccaneers Buccaneers
10
7
0
.588
Falcons Falcons
8
9
0
.471
NFC West W L T PCT
Rams Rams
10
7
0
.588
Seahawks Seahawks
10
7
0
.588
AFC East W L T PCT
Bills Bills
13
4
0
.765
Dolphins Dolphins
8
9
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.471
AFC North W L T PCT
Ravens Ravens
12
5
0
.706
Steelers Steelers
10
7
0
.588
AFC South W L T PCT
Texans Texans
10
7
0
.588
Colts Colts
8
9
0
.471
AFC West W L T PCT
Chiefs Chiefs
15
2
0
.882
Chargers Chargers
11
6
0
.647

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DATE MATCHUP SCORE
Sun
1/12
MIN MIN
@
LAR LAR
9-27
Sat
1/11
WAS WAS
@
TB TB
23-20
Sat
1/11
GB GB
@
PHI PHI
10-22
Sat
1/11
DEN DEN
@
BUF BUF
7-31
Fri
1/10
PIT PIT
@
BAL BAL
14-28

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Sun
1/19
BAL BAL
@
BUF BUF
6:30 PM
Sun
1/19
LAR LAR
@
PHI PHI
3:00 PM
Sat
1/18
WAS WAS
@
DET DET
8:00 PM
Sat
1/18
HOU HOU
@
KC KC
4:30 PM