1979 NFC Rushing Yards per Game by Team

Every team's total, added up from its players' lines. Rushing yards per game played

The St. Louis Cardinals led the NFC in rushing yards per game in 1979, with 161.4, 6.0 ahead of the Chicago Bears. The average across 14 NFC teams is 137.6.

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

Led the NFC in 1979 St. Louis Cardinals 16 games

161.4 Rushing Yards per Game 6.0 clear of Chicago Bears

#	Team	G	Y/G
1	St. Louis Cardinals	16	161.4
2	Chicago Bears	16	155.4
3	New Orleans Saints	16	154.8
4	Los Angeles Rams	16	153.8
5	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	16	152.3
6	Philadelphia Eagles	16	151.3
7	Dallas Cowboys	16	148.4
8	Washington Redskins	16	145.5
	NFC average		137.6
9	Atlanta Falcons	16	137.5
10	San Francisco 49ers	16	120.8
11	Green Bay Packers	16	116.3
12	New York Giants	16	113.8
13	Minnesota Vikings	16	110.3
14	Detroit Lions	16	104.8

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.