1974 NFL Rushing Yards by Team

The Dallas Cowboys led the whole NFL in rushing yards in 1974, with 2,454, 37 ahead of the Pittsburgh Steelers. The average across 26 NFL teams is 1,866.2.

Led the whole NFL in 1974 Dallas Cowboys 14 games

2,454 Rushing Yards 37 clear of Pittsburgh Steelers

#	Team	Conference	G	YDS
1	Dallas Cowboys	NFC	14	2,454
2	Pittsburgh Steelers	AFC	14	2,417
3	Oakland Raiders	AFC	14	2,334
4	Miami Dolphins	AFC	14	2,191
5	Denver Broncos	AFC	14	2,157
6	New England Patriots	AFC	14	2,134
7	Los Angeles Rams	NFC	14	2,125
8	San Diego Chargers	AFC	14	2,111
9	Buffalo Bills	AFC	14	2,094
10	New Orleans Saints	NFC	14	1,983
11	San Francisco 49ers	NFC	14	1,981
12	Cincinnati Bengals	AFC	14	1,978
13	St. Louis Cardinals	NFC	14	1,956
14	Cleveland Browns	AFC	14	1,924
	NFL average			1,866.2
15	Minnesota Vikings	NFC	14	1,856
16	Baltimore Colts	AFC	14	1,818
17	Kansas City Chiefs	AFC	14	1,720
18	New York Jets	AFC	14	1,625
19	Green Bay Packers	NFC	14	1,571
20	New York Giants	NFC	14	1,496
21	Atlanta Falcons	NFC	14	1,493
22	Chicago Bears	NFC	14	1,480
23	Washington Redskins	NFC	14	1,443
24	Detroit Lions	NFC	14	1,433
25	Philadelphia Eagles	NFC	14	1,385
26	Houston Oilers	AFC	14	1,361

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.