1986 NFL Rushing Yards per Game by Team

The Chicago Bears led the whole NFL in rushing yards per game in 1986, with 168.8, 10.5 ahead of the Cincinnati Bengals. The average across 28 NFL teams is 118.7.

Led the whole NFL in 1986 Chicago Bears 16 games

168.8 Rushing Yards per Game 10.5 clear of Cincinnati Bengals

#	Team	Conference	G	Y/G
1	Chicago Bears	NFC	16	168.8
2	Cincinnati Bengals	AFC	16	158.3
3	Atlanta Falcons	NFC	16	157.8
4	Los Angeles Rams	NFC	16	153.6
5	Seattle Seahawks	AFC	16	143.8
6	New York Giants	NFC	16	140.3
7	Pittsburgh Steelers	AFC	16	138.9
8	New Orleans Saints	NFC	16	129.6
9	Philadelphia Eagles	NFC	16	125.1
10	San Francisco 49ers	NFC	16	124.1
11	Dallas Cowboys	NFC	16	123.1
	NFL average			118.7
12	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	NFC	16	116.4
13	Los Angeles Raiders	AFC	16	111.9
14	St. Louis Cardinals	NFC	16	111.7
15	Detroit Lions	NFC	16	110.7
16	Minnesota Vikings	NFC	16	108.6
17	Washington Redskins	NFC	16	108.3
18	New York Jets	AFC	16	108.1
19	Houston Oilers	AFC	16	106.3
20	Denver Broncos	AFC	16	104.9
21	Buffalo Bills	AFC	16	103.4
22	Cleveland Browns	AFC	16	103.1
23	Green Bay Packers	NFC	16	100.9
24	San Diego Chargers	AFC	16	98.5
25	Miami Dolphins	AFC	16	96.6
26	Indianapolis Colts	AFC	16	93.2
27	Kansas City Chiefs	AFC	16	91.8
28	New England Patriots	AFC	16	85.8

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.