1990 NFL Yards per Carry by Team

The Detroit Lions led the whole NFL in yards per carry in 1990, with 5.27, 0.54 ahead of the Philadelphia Eagles. The average across 28 NFL teams is 4.09.

Led the whole NFL in 1990 Detroit Lions 16 games

5.27 Yards per Carry 0.54 clear of Philadelphia Eagles

#	Team	Conference	G	Y/A
1	Detroit Lions	NFC	16	5.27
2	Philadelphia Eagles	NFC	16	4.73
3	San Diego Chargers	AFC	16	4.66
4	New York Jets	AFC	16	4.47
5	Chicago Bears	NFC	16	4.42
6	Cincinnati Bengals	AFC	16	4.38
7	Buffalo Bills	AFC	16	4.34
8	Houston Oilers	AFC	16	4.32
9	Phoenix Cardinals	NFC	16	4.23
10	Pittsburgh Steelers	AFC	16	4.12
11	Minnesota Vikings	NFC	16	4.10
12	Los Angeles Raiders	AFC	16	4.09
	NFL average			4.09
13	Denver Broncos	AFC	16	4.05
14	Washington Redskins	NFC	16	4.05
15	New Orleans Saints	NFC	16	3.99
16	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	NFC	16	3.97
17	Green Bay Packers	NFC	16	3.91
18	Kansas City Chiefs	AFC	16	3.87
19	Indianapolis Colts	AFC	16	3.83
19	Seattle Seahawks	AFC	16	3.83
21	Los Angeles Rams	NFC	16	3.82
22	Dallas Cowboys	NFC	16	3.82
23	Atlanta Falcons	NFC	16	3.80
24	New York Giants	NFC	16	3.79
25	San Francisco 49ers	NFC	16	3.78
26	Miami Dolphins	AFC	16	3.66
27	New England Patriots	AFC	16	3.65
28	Cleveland Browns	AFC	16	3.54

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.