1972 NFL Rushing Yards by Team

The Miami Dolphins led the whole NFL in rushing yards in 1972, with 2,960, 440 ahead of the Pittsburgh Steelers. The average across 26 NFL teams is 1,950.9.

Led the whole NFL in 1972 Miami Dolphins 14 games

2,960 Rushing Yards 440 clear of Pittsburgh Steelers

#	Team	Conference	G	YDS
1	Miami Dolphins	AFC	14	2,960
2	Pittsburgh Steelers	AFC	14	2,520
3	Oakland Raiders	AFC	14	2,376
4	Chicago Bears	NFC	14	2,360
5	Los Angeles Rams	NFC	14	2,209
6	Buffalo Bills	AFC	14	2,132
7	Green Bay Packers	NFC	14	2,127
8	Dallas Cowboys	NFC	14	2,124
9	Atlanta Falcons	NFC	14	2,092
10	Washington Redskins	NFC	14	2,082
11	New York Giants	NFC	14	2,022
12	Detroit Lions	NFC	14	2,021
13	New York Jets	AFC	14	2,010
14	Cincinnati Bengals	AFC	14	1,996
15	San Diego Chargers	AFC	14	1,995
	NFL average			1,950.9
16	Kansas City Chiefs	AFC	14	1,915
17	Baltimore Colts	AFC	14	1,894
18	Denver Broncos	AFC	14	1,838
19	Cleveland Browns	AFC	14	1,793
20	Minnesota Vikings	NFC	14	1,740
21	San Francisco 49ers	NFC	14	1,616
22	New England Patriots	AFC	14	1,532
23	Houston Oilers	AFC	14	1,518
24	Philadelphia Eagles	NFC	14	1,393
25	New Orleans Saints	NFC	14	1,230
26	St. Louis Cardinals	NFC	14	1,229

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.