1959 NFL Yards per Carry by Team

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

The Los Angeles Rams led the whole NFL in yards per carry in 1959, with 4.79, 0.09 ahead of the Cleveland Browns. The average across 12 NFL teams is 4.22.

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

Led the whole NFL in 1959 Los Angeles Rams 12 games

4.79 Yards per Carry 0.09 clear of Cleveland Browns

#	Team	G	Y/A
1	Los Angeles Rams	12	4.79
2	Cleveland Browns	12	4.70
3	Washington Redskins	12	4.65
4	Green Bay Packers	12	4.53
5	San Francisco 49ers	12	4.52
6	Detroit Lions	12	4.47
7	Chicago Cardinals	12	4.40
	NFL average		4.22
8	Baltimore Colts	12	3.92
9	New York Giants	12	3.80
10	Pittsburgh Steelers	12	3.80
11	Chicago Bears	12	3.67
12	Philadelphia Eagles	12	3.36

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.