1959 NFL Rushing Yards per Game by Team

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

The Cleveland Browns led the whole NFL in rushing yards per game in 1959, with 179.1, 15.4 ahead of the Washington Redskins. The average across 12 NFL teams is 143.6.

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

Led the whole NFL in 1959 Cleveland Browns 12 games

179.1 Rushing Yards per Game 15.4 clear of Washington Redskins

#	Team	G	Y/G
1	Cleveland Browns	12	179.1
2	Washington Redskins	12	163.7
3	Green Bay Packers	12	158.9
4	San Francisco 49ers	12	153.3
5	Detroit Lions	12	148.5
6	Los Angeles Rams	12	148.2
	NFL average		143.6
7	Baltimore Colts	12	142.1
8	New York Giants	12	137.2
9	Chicago Cardinals	12	134.4
10	Pittsburgh Steelers	12	128.6
11	Chicago Bears	12	119.8
12	Philadelphia Eagles	12	109.6

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.