1979 NFC Yards per Carry by Team

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

The St. Louis Cardinals led the NFC in yards per carry in 1979, with 4.56, 0.07 ahead of the New Orleans Saints. The average across 14 NFC teams is 4.05.

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

Led the NFC in 1979 St. Louis Cardinals 16 games

4.56 Yards per Carry 0.07 clear of New Orleans Saints

#	Team	G	Y/A
1	St. Louis Cardinals	16	4.56
2	New Orleans Saints	16	4.49
3	Atlanta Falcons	16	4.40
4	Philadelphia Eagles	16	4.27
5	Los Angeles Rams	16	4.16
6	Dallas Cowboys	16	4.11
	NFC average		4.05
7	San Francisco 49ers	16	4.03
8	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	16	4.00
9	Chicago Bears	16	3.97
10	Green Bay Packers	16	3.85
11	Washington Redskins	16	3.82
12	Detroit Lions	16	3.80
13	New York Giants	16	3.66
14	Minnesota Vikings	16	3.62

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.