1971 NFC Rushing Attempts by Team

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

The Detroit Lions led the NFC in rushing attempts in 1971, with 532, 20 ahead of the Dallas Cowboys. The average across 13 NFC teams is 460.9.

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

Led the NFC in 1971 Detroit Lions 14 games

532 Rushing Attempts 20 clear of Dallas Cowboys

#	Team	G	ATT
1	Detroit Lions	14	532
2	Dallas Cowboys	14	512
3	Green Bay Packers	14	500
4	San Francisco 49ers	14	498
5	Atlanta Falcons	14	494
6	Minnesota Vikings	14	484
7	Washington Redskins	14	477
	NFC average		460.9
8	Los Angeles Rams	14	460
9	New Orleans Saints	14	452
10	St. Louis Cardinals	14	417
11	Philadelphia Eagles	14	407
12	New York Giants	14	394
13	Chicago Bears	14	365

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.