1959 NFL Rushing Attempts by Team

Every team's total, added up from its players' lines. Rushing attempts

The Cleveland Browns led the whole NFL in rushing attempts in 1959, with 457, 22 ahead of the Baltimore Colts. The average across 12 NFL teams is 408.4.

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

Led the whole NFL in 1959 Cleveland Browns 12 games

457 Rushing Attempts 22 clear of Baltimore Colts

#	Team	G	ATT
1	Cleveland Browns	12	457
2	Baltimore Colts	12	435
3	New York Giants	12	433
4	Washington Redskins	12	422
5	Green Bay Packers	12	421
	NFL average		408.4
6	San Francisco 49ers	12	407
7	Pittsburgh Steelers	12	406
8	Detroit Lions	12	399
9	Chicago Bears	12	392
10	Philadelphia Eagles	12	391
11	Los Angeles Rams	12	371
12	Chicago Cardinals	12	367

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.