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1996 NFL Rushing Yards per Game by Team

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

The Denver Broncos led the whole NFL in rushing yards per game in 1996, with 147.6, 3.9 ahead of the Pittsburgh Steelers. The average across 30 NFL teams is 109.0.

Led the whole NFL in 1996 Denver Broncos 16 games
147.6 Rushing Yards per Game 3.9 clear of Pittsburgh Steelers
# Team Conference G Y/G
1 Denver Broncos AFC 16 147.6
2 Pittsburgh Steelers AFC 16 143.7
3 Oakland Raiders AFC 16 135.9
4 Kansas City Chiefs AFC 16 125.6
5 Seattle Seahawks AFC 16 124.8
6 Houston Oilers AFC 16 121.9
7 Washington Redskins NFC 16 119.4
8 Buffalo Bills AFC 16 118.8
9 Philadelphia Eagles NFC 16 117.6
10 San Francisco 49ers NFC 16 115.4
11 Green Bay Packers NFC 16 114.9
12 Detroit Lions NFC 16 113.1
13 Cincinnati Bengals AFC 16 112.1
14 Baltimore Ravens AFC 16 109.1
NFL average 109.0
15 Carolina Panthers NFC 16 108.1
16 Chicago Bears NFC 16 107.5
17 Jacksonville Jaguars AFC 16 103.1
18 Dallas Cowboys NFC 16 102.6
19 Miami Dolphins AFC 16 101.4
20 St. Louis Rams NFC 16 100.4
21 New York Giants NFC 16 100.2
22 Tampa Bay Buccaneers NFC 16 99.3
23 New York Jets AFC 16 98.9
24 Minnesota Vikings NFC 16 96.6
25 Arizona Cardinals NFC 16 93.9
26 New England Patriots AFC 16 91.8
27 Atlanta Falcons NFC 16 91.3
28 Indianapolis Colts AFC 16 90.5
29 San Diego Chargers AFC 16 82.0
30 New Orleans Saints NFC 16 81.8

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.