2002 NFC Rushing First Downs by Team

The San Francisco 49ers led the NFC in rushing first downs in 2002, with 141, 2 ahead of the Minnesota Vikings. The average across 16 NFC teams is 100.4.

Led the NFC in 2002 San Francisco 49ers 16 games

141 Rushing First Downs 2 clear of Minnesota Vikings

#	Team	G	1D
1	San Francisco 49ers	16	141
2	Minnesota Vikings	16	139
3	Philadelphia Eagles	16	128
4	Atlanta Falcons	16	124
5	Washington Redskins	16	114
6	Seattle Seahawks	16	104
	NFC average		100.4
7	New York Giants	16	95
8	Arizona Cardinals	16	94
8	Green Bay Packers	16	94
10	New Orleans Saints	16	91
11	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	16	90
12	Dallas Cowboys	16	87
13	Carolina Panthers	16	82
14	Chicago Bears	16	79
15	St. Louis Rams	16	76
16	Detroit Lions	16	69

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.