1953 NFL Rushing Yards per Game by Team

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

The San Francisco 49ers led the whole NFL in rushing yards per game in 1953, with 185.8, 6.8 ahead of the Los Angeles Rams. The average across 12 NFL teams is 133.7.

YDS TD Y/A ATT Y/G 1D FL

Led the whole NFL in 1953 San Francisco 49ers 12 games

185.8 Rushing Yards per Game 6.8 clear of Los Angeles Rams

#	Team	G	Y/G
1	San Francisco 49ers	12	185.8
2	Los Angeles Rams	12	179.0
3	Detroit Lions	12	151.4
4	Washington Redskins	12	143.8
5	Philadelphia Eagles	12	143.5
6	Green Bay Packers	12	138.8
	NFL average		133.7
7	Cleveland Browns	12	132.0
8	Pittsburgh Steelers	12	129.1
9	Baltimore Colts	12	121.6
10	Chicago Cardinals	12	98.3
11	Chicago Bears	12	94.1
12	New York Giants	12	87.4

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.