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1951 NFL Season

🏆 Los Angeles Rams won the NFL Championship

League Leaders

Led multiple categories: Elroy (Crazylegs) Hirsch (Rec Yds, Rec TD, Rec) · Bobby Layne (Pass Yds, Pass TD)

Passing Yards
  1. 1Bobby LayneDET2,403
  2. 2Otto GrahamCLE2,205
  3. 3Norm Van BrocklinLAR1,725
Passing Touchdowns
  1. 1Bobby LayneDET26
  2. 2Otto GrahamCLE17
  3. 3Bob WaterfieldLAR13
Rushing Yards
  1. 1Joe PerrySF677
  2. 2Charley TrippiARI501
  3. 3Bill DudleyWAS398
Rushing Touchdowns
  1. 1Steve Van BurenPHI6
  2. 2Charley TrippiARI4
  3. 3Joe PerrySF3
Receiving Yards
  1. 1Elroy (Crazylegs) HirschLAR1,495
  2. 2Mac SpeedieCLE589
  3. 3Dante LavelliCLE586
Receiving Touchdowns
  1. 1Elroy (Crazylegs) HirschLAR17
  2. 2Dante LavelliCLE6
  3. 3Pete PihosPHI5
Receptions
  1. 1Elroy (Crazylegs) HirschLAR66
  2. 2Dante LavelliCLE43
  3. 3Pete PihosPHI35
Interceptions
  1. 1Emlen TunnellNYG9
  2. 2Jack ButlerPIT5
  3. 3George ConnorCHI2

Best Players by VAL

  1. 1Bobby LayneQB32.7
  2. 2Elroy (Crazylegs) HirschRB29.8
  3. 3Otto GrahamQB29.7
  4. 4Bob WaterfieldQB27.1
  5. 5Norm Van BrocklinQB25.6
  6. 6Charley TrippiRB15.7
  7. 7Joe PerryRB11.7
  8. 8Doak WalkerRB10.9
  9. 9Emlen TunnellDB10.7
  10. 10Y. A. TittleQB8.5
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Arrivals & Departures

Debuts (by career VAL)

  1. 1Jack ButlerCB74.4
  2. 2Jack ChristiansenS48.2
  3. 3Mike McCormackOT8.9
  4. 4Andy RobustelliDE1

Final season in the corpus

  1. 1Steve Van BurenRB49.4

Teams · 11

TeamRecordResult
Cleveland Browns11-1Playoffs
New York Giants9-2-1Playoffs
Los Angeles Rams8-4Won NFL Championship
Detroit Lions7-4-1T–2nd
San Francisco 49ers7-4-13rd
Chicago Bears7-54th
Washington Redskins5-7Playoffs
Pittsburgh Steelers4-7-14th
Philadelphia Eagles4-85th
Chicago Cardinals3-96th
Green Bay Packers3-95th