1972 NFC Rushing Yards per Game by Team

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

The Chicago Bears led the NFC in rushing yards per game in 1972, with 168.6, 10.8 ahead of the Los Angeles Rams. The average across 13 NFC teams is 133.2.

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

Led the NFC in 1972 Chicago Bears 14 games

168.6 Rushing Yards per Game 10.8 clear of Los Angeles Rams

#	Team	G	Y/G
1	Chicago Bears	14	168.6
2	Los Angeles Rams	14	157.8
3	Green Bay Packers	14	151.9
4	Dallas Cowboys	14	151.7
5	Atlanta Falcons	14	149.4
6	Washington Redskins	14	148.7
7	New York Giants	14	144.4
8	Detroit Lions	14	144.4
	NFC average		133.2
9	Minnesota Vikings	14	124.3
10	San Francisco 49ers	14	115.4
11	Philadelphia Eagles	14	99.5
12	New Orleans Saints	14	87.9
13	St. Louis Cardinals	14	87.8

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.