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1937 NFL Yards per Carry by Team

Every team's total, added up from its players' lines. Rushing yards per attempt

The Detroit Lions led the whole NFL in yards per carry in 1937, with 4.29, 0.59 ahead of the Green Bay Packers. The average across 10 NFL teams is 3.23.

Led the whole NFL in 1937 Detroit Lions 11 games
4.29 Yards per Carry 0.59 clear of Green Bay Packers
# Team G Y/A
1 Detroit Lions 11 4.29
2 Green Bay Packers 11 3.70
3 Washington Redskins 11 3.56
4 Chicago Bears 11 3.37
NFL average 3.23
5 New York Giants 11 3.19
6 Philadelphia Eagles 11 3.10
7 Chicago Cardinals 11 2.98
8 Pittsburgh Pirates 11 2.88
9 Brooklyn Dodgers 11 2.75
10 Cleveland Rams 11 2.51

A team's total is its players' numbers for the club added up, so a player traded mid-season counts for each team only what he did there. Rates such as passer rating and yards per attempt are worked out from the team's summed totals, not averaged across players.