1981 NFC Rushing Attempts by Team

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

The Dallas Cowboys led the NFC in rushing attempts in 1981, with 630, 22 ahead of the Chicago Bears. The average across 14 NFC teams is 529.4.

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

Led the NFC in 1981 Dallas Cowboys 16 games

630 Rushing Attempts 22 clear of Chicago Bears

#	Team	G	ATT
1	Dallas Cowboys	16	630
2	Chicago Bears	16	608
3	Detroit Lions	16	596
4	San Francisco 49ers	16	560
5	Los Angeles Rams	16	559
5	Philadelphia Eagles	16	559
7	New Orleans Saints	16	546
8	Washington Redskins	16	532
	NFC average		529.4
9	St. Louis Cardinals	16	519
10	Atlanta Falcons	16	495
11	New York Giants	16	481
12	Green Bay Packers	16	478
13	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	16	458
14	Minnesota Vikings	16	391

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.