1989 NFL Rushing Yards per Game by Team

The Cincinnati Bengals led the whole NFL in rushing yards per game in 1989, with 155.2, 12.3 ahead of the Chicago Bears. The average across 28 NFL teams is 115.3.

Led the whole NFL in 1989 Cincinnati Bengals 16 games

155.2 Rushing Yards per Game 12.3 clear of Chicago Bears

#	Team	Conference	G	Y/G
1	Cincinnati Bengals	AFC	16	155.2
2	Chicago Bears	NFC	16	142.9
3	Buffalo Bills	AFC	16	141.5
4	Kansas City Chiefs	AFC	16	139.2
5	Philadelphia Eagles	NFC	16	138.0
6	Denver Broncos	AFC	16	130.8
7	Minnesota Vikings	NFC	16	129.1
8	Detroit Lions	NFC	16	128.3
9	Los Angeles Raiders	AFC	16	127.4
10	San Francisco 49ers	NFC	16	122.9
11	New Orleans Saints	NFC	16	121.8
12	Houston Oilers	AFC	16	120.5
13	Los Angeles Rams	NFC	16	119.3
14	Washington Redskins	NFC	16	119.0
15	New York Giants	NFC	16	118.1
16	San Diego Chargers	AFC	16	117.1
17	Indianapolis Colts	AFC	16	115.8
	NFL average			115.3
18	Pittsburgh Steelers	AFC	16	113.6
19	New England Patriots	AFC	16	109.3
20	Green Bay Packers	NFC	16	108.3
21	Cleveland Browns	AFC	16	100.6
22	New York Jets	AFC	16	99.8
23	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	NFC	16	94.2
24	Dallas Cowboys	NFC	16	88.1
25	Seattle Seahawks	AFC	16	87.0
26	Phoenix Cardinals	NFC	16	85.1
27	Miami Dolphins	AFC	16	83.1
28	Atlanta Falcons	NFC	16	72.2

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.