1970 NFL Rushing Yards by Team

The Dallas Cowboys led the whole NFL in rushing yards in 1970, with 2,300, 173 ahead of the Detroit Lions. The average across 26 NFL teams is 1,685.4.

Led the whole NFL in 1970 Dallas Cowboys 14 games

2,300 Rushing Yards 173 clear of Detroit Lions

#	Team	Conference	G	YDS
1	Dallas Cowboys	NFC	14	2,300
2	Detroit Lions	NFC	14	2,127
3	Miami Dolphins	AFC	14	2,082
4	Cincinnati Bengals	AFC	14	2,057
5	Washington Redskins	NFC	14	2,021
6	St. Louis Cardinals	NFC	14	1,998
7	Oakland Raiders	AFC	14	1,964
8	Kansas City Chiefs	AFC	14	1,858
9	Denver Broncos	AFC	14	1,802
10	New York Giants	NFC	14	1,799
11	Los Angeles Rams	NFC	14	1,763
12	Pittsburgh Steelers	AFC	14	1,715
	NFL average			1,685.4
13	New York Jets	AFC	14	1,653
14	Minnesota Vikings	NFC	14	1,634
15	Atlanta Falcons	NFC	14	1,600
16	Green Bay Packers	NFC	14	1,595
17	San Francisco 49ers	NFC	14	1,580
18	Cleveland Browns	AFC	14	1,579
19	Houston Oilers	AFC	14	1,556
20	Philadelphia Eagles	NFC	14	1,539
21	Buffalo Bills	AFC	14	1,465
22	San Diego Chargers	AFC	14	1,450
23	Baltimore Colts	AFC	14	1,336
24	New Orleans Saints	NFC	14	1,215
25	Chicago Bears	NFC	14	1,092
26	Boston Patriots	AFC	14	1,040

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.