1949 NFL Yards from Scrimmage Leaders

Gene Roberts led the whole NFL in yards from scrimmage in 1949 with 1,345, 111 ahead of Steve Van Buren (1,234).

Led the whole NFL in 1949 Gene Roberts NYG

1,345 Yards from Scrimmage 111 clear of Steve Van Buren

Showing Yards from Scrimmage and the stats that give it context Full stat line

#	Player	Team	YScm	G	REC	YDS	TD
1	Gene Roberts	NYG	1,345	12	35	711	8
2	Steve Van Buren	PHI	1,234	12	4	88	1
3	Tony Canadeo	GB	1,050	12	3	-2	0
4	Bob Mann	DET	1,014	12	66	1,014	4
5	Tom Fears	LAN	1,010	12	77	1,013	9
6	Charlie Trippi	CHC	965	12	34	412	6
7	Dick Hoerner	LAN	795	12	17	213	0
8	Hugh Taylor	WAS	781	12	45	781	9
9	Elmer Angsman	CHC	731	12	5	57	0
10	Jim Keane	CHI	696	12	47	696	6
11	JN Jerry Nuzum	PIT	692	12	4	81	2
12	BP Bosh Pritchard	PHI	691	8	8	185	2
13	Ken Kavanaugh	CHI	655	12	29	655	9
14	BS Bill Swiacki	NYG	652	12	47	652	4
15	Elbie Nickel	PIT	633	12	26	633	3
16	Bill Chipley	NYB	631	12	57	631	2
17	GG George Gulyanics	CHI	617	11	16	165	1
18	Elroy Hirsch	LAN	613	12	22	326	4
19	Bill Dudley	DET	592	12	27	190	2
20	John Hoffman	CHI	589	12	25	373	2
21	JR Julie Rykovich	CHI	550	11	16	210	2
22	Pat Harder	CHC	547	11	12	100	1
23	Joe Geri	PIT	543	12	0	0	0
24	John Greene	DET	542	12	42	542	7
25	Rob Goode	WAS	540	12	16	279	0
26	Bob Shaw	LAN	535	11	29	535	6
27	Jack Ferrante	PHI	508	12	34	508	5
28	RH Ralph Heywood	NYB	493	12	37	499	3
29	Pete Pihos	PHI	484	11	34	484	4
30	Mal Kutner	CHC	475	12	30	465	5
31	JO Joe Osmanski	NYB	450	10	18	138	0
32	JB J.R. Boone	CHI	447	12	14	336	3
33	VJ Val Jansante	PIT	445	12	29	445	4
34	TC Ted Cook	GB	442	11	25	442	1
35	Harry Dowda	WAS	426	12	11	187	1
36	George Papach	PIT	425	12	6	18	0
37	ES Eddie Saenz	WAS	421	12	23	251	0
38	HC Hal Crisler	WAS	388	11	26	388	4
39	Dan Sandifer	WAS	357	12	19	293	3
40	PS Pete Stout	WAS	347	6	8	102	2
41	Fred Gehrke	LAN	343	12	9	140	2
42	Clyde Scott	PHI	343	8	8	148	1
43	Cloyce Box	DET	338	10	15	276	4
44	Joe Scott	NYG	335	8	15	111	1
45	George McAfee	CHI	318	12	9	157	1
46	JG Joe Golding	NYB	318	11	12	78	2
47	Frank Ziegler	PHI	316	10	3	33	0
48	WT Wally Triplett	DET	311	11	8	90	0
49	TY Tank Younger	LAN	310	12	7	119	0
50	Ted Fritsch	GB	308	12	6	81	0

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