1971 NFL Yards per Carry by Team

The Miami Dolphins led the whole NFL in yards per carry in 1971, with 5.00, 0.35 ahead of the Los Angeles Rams. The average across 26 NFL teams is 4.00.

Led the whole NFL in 1971 Miami Dolphins 14 games

5.00 Yards per Carry 0.35 clear of Los Angeles Rams

#	Team	Conference	G	Y/A
1	Miami Dolphins	AFC	14	5.00
2	Los Angeles Rams	NFC	14	4.65
3	Cincinnati Bengals	AFC	14	4.64
4	Oakland Raiders	AFC	14	4.50
5	Detroit Lions	NFC	14	4.47
6	Green Bay Packers	NFC	14	4.46
7	Dallas Cowboys	NFC	14	4.39
8	San Francisco 49ers	NFC	14	4.28
9	Pittsburgh Steelers	AFC	14	4.23
10	Baltimore Colts	AFC	14	4.20
11	Buffalo Bills	AFC	14	4.18
12	San Diego Chargers	AFC	14	4.11
13	Denver Broncos	AFC	14	4.09
	NFL average			4.00
14	New England Patriots	AFC	14	4.00
15	Chicago Bears	NFC	14	3.93
16	New York Jets	AFC	14	3.89
17	New Orleans Saints	NFC	14	3.79
18	Kansas City Chiefs	AFC	14	3.78
19	New York Giants	NFC	14	3.71
20	Washington Redskins	NFC	14	3.68
21	St. Louis Cardinals	NFC	14	3.67
22	Minnesota Vikings	NFC	14	3.50
23	Atlanta Falcons	NFC	14	3.45
24	Cleveland Browns	AFC	14	3.38
25	Philadelphia Eagles	NFC	14	3.07
26	Houston Oilers	AFC	14	3.06

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.