1973 NFL Rushing Yards by Team

The Buffalo Bills led the whole NFL in rushing yards in 1973, with 3,088, 163 ahead of the Los Angeles Rams. The average across 26 NFL teams is 2,021.2.

Led the whole NFL in 1973 Buffalo Bills 14 games

3,088 Rushing Yards 163 clear of Los Angeles Rams

#	Team	Conference	G	YDS
1	Buffalo Bills	AFC	14	3,088
2	Los Angeles Rams	NFC	14	2,925
3	Miami Dolphins	AFC	14	2,521
4	Oakland Raiders	AFC	14	2,510
5	Dallas Cowboys	NFC	14	2,418
6	Minnesota Vikings	NFC	14	2,275
7	Cincinnati Bengals	AFC	14	2,236
8	Pittsburgh Steelers	AFC	14	2,143
9	Detroit Lions	NFC	14	2,133
10	Atlanta Falcons	NFC	14	2,037
11	Baltimore Colts	AFC	14	2,028
	NFL average			2,021.2
12	Green Bay Packers	NFC	14	1,973
13	Cleveland Browns	AFC	14	1,968
14	Denver Broncos	AFC	14	1,954
15	Chicago Bears	NFC	14	1,907
16	New York Jets	AFC	14	1,864
17	New Orleans Saints	NFC	14	1,842
18	San Diego Chargers	AFC	14	1,814
19	Kansas City Chiefs	AFC	14	1,793
20	Philadelphia Eagles	NFC	14	1,791
21	San Francisco 49ers	NFC	14	1,743
22	St. Louis Cardinals	NFC	14	1,671
23	New England Patriots	AFC	14	1,612
24	New York Giants	NFC	14	1,478
25	Washington Redskins	NFC	14	1,439
26	Houston Oilers	AFC	14	1,388

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.