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1984 NFL Yards per Carry by Team

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

The Los Angeles Rams led the whole NFL in yards per carry in 1984, with 5.29, 0.67 ahead of the San Francisco 49ers. The average across 28 NFL teams is 4.01.

Led the whole NFL in 1984 Los Angeles Rams 16 games
5.29 Yards per Carry 0.67 clear of San Francisco 49ers
# Team Conference G Y/A
1 Los Angeles Rams NFC 16 5.29
2 San Francisco 49ers NFC 16 4.62
3 Detroit Lions NFC 16 4.52
4 Chicago Bears NFC 16 4.41
5 Green Bay Packers NFC 16 4.38
6 New York Jets AFC 16 4.34
7 St. Louis Cardinals NFC 16 4.28
8 New England Patriots AFC 16 4.22
9 Minnesota Vikings NFC 16 4.15
10 New Orleans Saints NFC 16 4.15
11 Buffalo Bills AFC 16 4.13
12 Denver Broncos AFC 16 4.09
13 Atlanta Falcons NFC 16 4.08
14 Cincinnati Bengals AFC 16 4.04
NFL average 4.01
15 Indianapolis Colts AFC 16 3.97
16 Miami Dolphins AFC 16 3.96
17 Washington Redskins NFC 16 3.87
18 Houston Oilers AFC 16 3.82
19 Pittsburgh Steelers AFC 16 3.80
20 Kansas City Chiefs AFC 16 3.74
21 Tampa Bay Buccaneers NFC 16 3.68
22 Dallas Cowboys NFC 16 3.66
22 Los Angeles Raiders AFC 16 3.66
24 San Diego Chargers AFC 16 3.63
25 Philadelphia Eagles NFC 16 3.51
26 Cleveland Browns AFC 16 3.47
27 New York Giants NFC 16 3.37
28 Seattle Seahawks AFC 16 3.32

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.