League Leaders Daily Quiz

1986 NFC Rushing Yards per Game by Team

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

The Chicago Bears led the NFC in rushing yards per game in 1986, with 168.8, 11.0 ahead of the Atlanta Falcons. The average across 14 NFC teams is 127.1.

Led the NFC in 1986 Chicago Bears 16 games
168.8 Rushing Yards per Game 11.0 clear of Atlanta Falcons
# Team G Y/G
1 Chicago Bears 16 168.8
2 Atlanta Falcons 16 157.8
3 Los Angeles Rams 16 153.6
4 New York Giants 16 140.3
5 New Orleans Saints 16 129.6
NFC average 127.1
6 Philadelphia Eagles 16 125.1
7 San Francisco 49ers 16 124.1
8 Dallas Cowboys 16 123.1
9 Tampa Bay Buccaneers 16 116.4
10 St. Louis Cardinals 16 111.7
11 Detroit Lions 16 110.7
12 Minnesota Vikings 16 108.6
13 Washington Redskins 16 108.3
14 Green Bay Packers 16 100.9

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.