1951 NFL Rushing Yards by Team

Every team's total, added up from its players' lines. Yards gained rushing

The Chicago Bears led the whole NFL in rushing yards in 1951, with 2,408, 42 ahead of the San Francisco 49ers. The average across 12 NFL teams is 1,823.6.

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

Led the whole NFL in 1951 Chicago Bears 12 games

2,408 Rushing Yards 42 clear of San Francisco 49ers

#	Team	G	YDS
1	Chicago Bears	12	2,408
2	San Francisco 49ers	12	2,366
3	Los Angeles Rams	12	2,210
4	Washington Redskins	12	2,151
5	Chicago Cardinals	12	1,963
6	Detroit Lions	12	1,841
	NFL average		1,823.6
7	New York Giants	12	1,713
8	Cleveland Browns	12	1,708
9	Philadelphia Eagles	12	1,562
10	Pittsburgh Steelers	12	1,428
11	New York Yanks	12	1,337
12	Green Bay Packers	12	1,196

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.