1988 NFL Rushing Yards by Team

The Cincinnati Bengals led the whole NFL in rushing yards in 1988, with 2,710, 187 ahead of the San Francisco 49ers. The average across 28 NFL teams is 1,942.7.

Led the whole NFL in 1988 Cincinnati Bengals 16 games

2,710 Rushing Yards 187 clear of San Francisco 49ers

#	Team	Conference	G	YDS
1	Cincinnati Bengals	AFC	16	2,710
2	San Francisco 49ers	NFC	16	2,523
3	Chicago Bears	NFC	16	2,319
4	Houston Oilers	AFC	16	2,249
4	Indianapolis Colts	AFC	16	2,249
6	Pittsburgh Steelers	AFC	16	2,228
7	Buffalo Bills	AFC	16	2,133
8	New York Jets	AFC	16	2,132
9	New England Patriots	AFC	16	2,120
10	Seattle Seahawks	AFC	16	2,086
11	New Orleans Saints	NFC	16	2,046
12	San Diego Chargers	AFC	16	2,041
13	Phoenix Cardinals	NFC	16	2,027
14	Atlanta Falcons	NFC	16	2,016
15	Los Angeles Rams	NFC	16	2,003
16	Dallas Cowboys	NFC	16	1,995
17	Philadelphia Eagles	NFC	16	1,945
	NFL average			1,942.7
18	Los Angeles Raiders	AFC	16	1,852
19	Denver Broncos	AFC	16	1,815
20	Minnesota Vikings	NFC	16	1,806
21	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	NFC	16	1,753
22	Kansas City Chiefs	AFC	16	1,713
23	New York Giants	NFC	16	1,689
24	Cleveland Browns	AFC	16	1,575
25	Washington Redskins	NFC	16	1,543
26	Green Bay Packers	NFC	16	1,379
27	Detroit Lions	NFC	16	1,243
28	Miami Dolphins	AFC	16	1,205

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.