1987 NFC Rushing Attempts by Team

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

The New Orleans Saints led the NFC in rushing attempts in 1987, with 569, 45 ahead of the San Francisco 49ers. The average across 14 NFC teams is 466.9.

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

Led the NFC in 1987 New Orleans Saints 15 games

569 Rushing Attempts 45 clear of San Francisco 49ers

#	Team	G	ATT
1	New Orleans Saints	15	569
2	San Francisco 49ers	15	524
3	Los Angeles Rams	15	512
4	Philadelphia Eagles	15	509
5	Washington Redskins	15	500
6	Chicago Bears	15	485
7	Minnesota Vikings	15	482
	NFC average		466.9
8	Dallas Cowboys	15	465
9	Green Bay Packers	15	464
10	St. Louis Cardinals	15	462
11	New York Giants	15	440
12	Detroit Lions	15	398
13	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	15	394
14	Atlanta Falcons	15	333

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.