1978 NFC Rushing Yards per Game by Team

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

The Dallas Cowboys led the NFC in rushing yards per game in 1978, with 173.9, 16.0 ahead of the Chicago Bears. The average across 14 NFC teams is 133.2.

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

Led the NFC in 1978 Dallas Cowboys 16 games

173.9 Rushing Yards per Game 16.0 clear of Chicago Bears

#	Team	G	Y/G
1	Dallas Cowboys	16	173.9
2	Chicago Bears	16	157.9
3	Philadelphia Eagles	16	153.5
4	Los Angeles Rams	16	144.3
5	New York Giants	16	144.0
6	Detroit Lions	16	135.2
	NFC average		133.2
7	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	16	131.1
8	San Francisco 49ers	16	130.7
9	Washington Redskins	16	130.1
10	Green Bay Packers	16	126.4
11	St. Louis Cardinals	16	122.1
12	New Orleans Saints	16	115.3
13	Atlanta Falcons	16	103.8
14	Minnesota Vikings	16	96.0

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.