League Leaders Who Led?

1965 NFL Rushing Yards by Team

Every team's total, added up from its players' lines. Yards gained rushing

The Cleveland Browns led the whole NFL in rushing yards in 1965, with 2,331, 53 ahead of the Minnesota Vikings. The average across 14 NFL teams is 1,689.6.

Led the whole NFL in 1965 Cleveland Browns 14 games
2,331 Rushing Yards 53 clear of Minnesota Vikings
# Team G YDS
1 Cleveland Browns 14 2,331
2 Minnesota Vikings 14 2,278
3 Chicago Bears 14 2,131
4 Philadelphia Eagles 14 1,824
5 San Francisco 49ers 14 1,783
NFL average 1,689.6
6 New York Giants 14 1,651
7 St. Louis Cardinals 14 1,619
8 Dallas Cowboys 14 1,608
9 Baltimore Colts 14 1,593
10 Green Bay Packers 14 1,488
11 Detroit Lions 14 1,469
12 Los Angeles Rams 14 1,464
13 Pittsburgh Steelers 14 1,378
14 Washington Redskins 14 1,037

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.