2001 AFC Rushing First Downs by Team

The Pittsburgh Steelers led the AFC in rushing first downs in 2001, with 154, 26 ahead of the Kansas City Chiefs. The average across 15 AFC teams is 99.2.

Led the AFC in 2001 Pittsburgh Steelers 16 games

154 Rushing First Downs 26 clear of Kansas City Chiefs

#	Team	G	1D
1	Pittsburgh Steelers	16	154
2	Kansas City Chiefs	16	128
3	Indianapolis Colts	16	110
4	Denver Broncos	16	106
5	Cincinnati Bengals	16	105
5	New York Jets	16	105
7	Oakland Raiders	16	102
8	New England Patriots	16	101
	AFC average		99.2
9	Baltimore Ravens	16	96
10	Miami Dolphins	16	95
11	San Diego Chargers	16	92
12	Tennessee Titans	16	91
13	Cleveland Browns	16	83
14	Buffalo Bills	16	80
15	Jacksonville Jaguars	16	40

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.