1972 NFC Yards per Carry by Team

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

The Los Angeles Rams led the NFC in yards per carry in 1972, with 4.68, 0.28 ahead of the Chicago Bears. The average across 13 NFC teams is 3.96.

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

Led the NFC in 1972 Los Angeles Rams 14 games

4.68 Yards per Carry 0.28 clear of Chicago Bears

#	Team	G	Y/A
1	Los Angeles Rams	14	4.68
2	Chicago Bears	14	4.40
3	Detroit Lions	14	4.27
4	Dallas Cowboys	14	4.26
5	Atlanta Falcons	14	4.18
6	Washington Redskins	14	4.06
	NFC average		3.96
7	Green Bay Packers	14	3.91
8	New York Giants	14	3.86
9	Minnesota Vikings	14	3.69
10	New Orleans Saints	14	3.65
11	San Francisco 49ers	14	3.63
12	Philadelphia Eagles	14	3.50
13	St. Louis Cardinals	14	3.40

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.