1979 NFC Rushing Attempts by Team

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

The Chicago Bears led the NFC in rushing attempts in 1979, with 627, 18 ahead of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. The average across 14 NFC teams is 542.0.

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

Led the NFC in 1979 Chicago Bears 16 games

627 Rushing Attempts 18 clear of Tampa Bay Buccaneers

#	Team	G	ATT
1	Chicago Bears	16	627
2	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	16	609
2	Washington Redskins	16	609
4	Los Angeles Rams	16	592
5	Dallas Cowboys	16	578
6	Philadelphia Eagles	16	567
7	St. Louis Cardinals	16	566
8	New Orleans Saints	16	551
	NFC average		542.0
9	Atlanta Falcons	16	500
10	New York Giants	16	498
11	Minnesota Vikings	16	487
12	Green Bay Packers	16	483
13	San Francisco 49ers	16	480
14	Detroit Lions	16	441

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.