1996 NFC Yards per Carry by Team

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

The Detroit Lions led the NFC in yards per carry in 1996, with 4.65, 0.21 ahead of the Atlanta Falcons. The average across 15 NFC teams is 3.77.

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

Led the NFC in 1996 Detroit Lions 16 games

4.65 Yards per Carry 0.21 clear of Atlanta Falcons

#	Team	G	Y/A
1	Detroit Lions	16	4.65
2	Atlanta Falcons	16	4.44
3	Washington Redskins	16	4.09
4	San Francisco 49ers	16	4.07
5	Green Bay Packers	16	3.95
6	Philadelphia Eagles	16	3.85
	NFC average		3.77
7	Arizona Cardinals	16	3.75
8	Chicago Bears	16	3.64
9	St. Louis Rams	16	3.59
10	Minnesota Vikings	16	3.55
11	Dallas Cowboys	16	3.46
12	Carolina Panthers	16	3.44
13	New Orleans Saints	16	3.39
14	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	16	3.37
15	New York Giants	16	3.31

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.