1971 AFC Yards per Carry by Team

The Miami Dolphins led the AFC in yards per carry in 1971, with 5.00, 0.36 ahead of the Cincinnati Bengals. The average across 13 AFC teams is 4.08.

Led the AFC in 1971 Miami Dolphins 14 games

5.00 Yards per Carry 0.36 clear of Cincinnati Bengals

#	Team	G	Y/A
1	Miami Dolphins	14	5.00
2	Cincinnati Bengals	14	4.64
3	Oakland Raiders	14	4.50
4	Pittsburgh Steelers	14	4.23
5	Baltimore Colts	14	4.20
6	Buffalo Bills	14	4.18
7	San Diego Chargers	14	4.11
8	Denver Broncos	14	4.09
	AFC average		4.08
9	New England Patriots	14	4.00
10	New York Jets	14	3.89
11	Kansas City Chiefs	14	3.78
12	Cleveland Browns	14	3.38
13	Houston Oilers	14	3.06

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.