1980 NFL Rushing Yards by Team

The Los Angeles Rams led the whole NFL in rushing yards in 1980, with 2,799, 164 ahead of the Houston Oilers. The average across 28 NFL teams is 2,040.5.

Led the whole NFL in 1980 Los Angeles Rams 16 games

2,799 Rushing Yards 164 clear of Houston Oilers

#	Team	Conference	G	YDS
1	Los Angeles Rams	NFC	16	2,799
2	Houston Oilers	AFC	16	2,635
3	Detroit Lions	NFC	16	2,599
4	Chicago Bears	NFC	16	2,440
5	Atlanta Falcons	NFC	16	2,405
6	Dallas Cowboys	NFC	16	2,378
7	New England Patriots	AFC	16	2,240
8	Buffalo Bills	AFC	16	2,222
9	St. Louis Cardinals	NFC	16	2,183
10	Oakland Raiders	AFC	16	2,146
11	Baltimore Colts	AFC	16	2,078
12	Cincinnati Bengals	AFC	16	2,069
	NFL average			2,040.5
13	Washington Redskins	NFC	16	2,016
14	Philadelphia Eagles	NFC	16	1,995
15	Pittsburgh Steelers	AFC	16	1,986
16	San Diego Chargers	AFC	16	1,879
17	Miami Dolphins	AFC	16	1,876
18	Kansas City Chiefs	AFC	16	1,873
18	New York Jets	AFC	16	1,873
20	Denver Broncos	AFC	16	1,865
21	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	NFC	16	1,839
22	Green Bay Packers	NFC	16	1,806
23	Seattle Seahawks	AFC	16	1,783
24	San Francisco 49ers	NFC	16	1,743
25	New York Giants	NFC	16	1,730
26	Cleveland Browns	AFC	16	1,673
27	Minnesota Vikings	NFC	16	1,642
28	New Orleans Saints	NFC	16	1,362

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.