1971 NFL Rushing Yards per Game by Team

The Miami Dolphins led the whole NFL in rushing yards per game in 1971, with 173.5, 3.8 ahead of the Detroit Lions. The average across 26 NFL teams is 130.2.

Led the whole NFL in 1971 Miami Dolphins 14 games

173.5 Rushing Yards per Game 3.8 clear of Detroit Lions

#	Team	Conference	G	Y/G
1	Miami Dolphins	AFC	14	173.5
2	Detroit Lions	NFC	14	169.7
3	Dallas Cowboys	NFC	14	160.6
4	Green Bay Packers	NFC	14	159.2
5	Baltimore Colts	AFC	14	153.5
6	Cincinnati Bengals	AFC	14	153.0
7	Los Angeles Rams	NFC	14	152.8
8	Oakland Raiders	AFC	14	152.1
9	San Francisco 49ers	NFC	14	152.1
10	Denver Broncos	AFC	14	149.5
11	New York Jets	AFC	14	134.9
12	Kansas City Chiefs	AFC	14	131.6
	NFL average			130.2
13	Pittsburgh Steelers	AFC	14	125.6
14	Washington Redskins	NFC	14	125.5
15	New Orleans Saints	NFC	14	122.2
16	Atlanta Falcons	NFC	14	121.6
17	Minnesota Vikings	NFC	14	121.1
18	New England Patriots	AFC	14	119.8
19	San Diego Chargers	AFC	14	114.6
20	Cleveland Browns	AFC	14	111.3
21	St. Louis Cardinals	NFC	14	109.3
22	New York Giants	NFC	14	104.4
23	Chicago Bears	NFC	14	102.4
24	Buffalo Bills	AFC	14	95.5
25	Philadelphia Eagles	NFC	14	89.1
26	Houston Oilers	AFC	14	79.0

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.