1983 NFL Rushing Yards by Team

The Chicago Bears led the whole NFL in rushing yards in 1983, with 2,727, 32 ahead of the Baltimore Colts. The average across 28 NFL teams is 2,075.8.

Led the whole NFL in 1983 Chicago Bears 16 games

2,727 Rushing Yards 32 clear of Baltimore Colts

#	Team	Conference	G	YDS
1	Chicago Bears	NFC	16	2,727
2	Baltimore Colts	AFC	16	2,695
3	Washington Redskins	NFC	16	2,625
4	Pittsburgh Steelers	AFC	16	2,610
5	New England Patriots	AFC	16	2,605
6	New Orleans Saints	NFC	16	2,461
7	St. Louis Cardinals	NFC	16	2,277
8	San Francisco 49ers	NFC	16	2,257
9	Los Angeles Rams	NFC	16	2,253
10	Los Angeles Raiders	AFC	16	2,240
11	Atlanta Falcons	NFC	16	2,224
12	Detroit Lions	NFC	16	2,181
13	Miami Dolphins	AFC	16	2,150
14	Seattle Seahawks	AFC	16	2,119
15	Dallas Cowboys	NFC	16	2,117
16	Cincinnati Bengals	AFC	16	2,104
	NFL average			2,075.8
17	New York Jets	AFC	16	2,068
18	Houston Oilers	AFC	16	1,998
19	Cleveland Browns	AFC	16	1,922
20	Minnesota Vikings	NFC	16	1,808
21	Green Bay Packers	NFC	16	1,807
22	New York Giants	NFC	16	1,794
23	Denver Broncos	AFC	16	1,784
24	Buffalo Bills	AFC	16	1,736
25	San Diego Chargers	AFC	16	1,536
26	Philadelphia Eagles	NFC	16	1,417
27	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	NFC	16	1,353
28	Kansas City Chiefs	AFC	16	1,254

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.