1997 NFC Rushing Yards per Game by Team

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

The Detroit Lions led the NFC in rushing yards per game in 1997, with 154.0, 26.4 ahead of the Minnesota Vikings. The average across 15 NFC teams is 112.2.

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

Led the NFC in 1997 Detroit Lions 16 games

154.0 Rushing Yards per Game 26.4 clear of Minnesota Vikings

#	Team	G	Y/G
1	Detroit Lions	16	154.0
2	Minnesota Vikings	16	127.6
3	New York Giants	16	124.3
4	San Francisco 49ers	16	123.1
5	Philadelphia Eagles	16	121.4
6	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	16	120.9
7	Green Bay Packers	16	119.3
	NFC average		112.2
8	Carolina Panthers	16	110.6
9	Chicago Bears	16	109.1
10	Atlanta Falcons	16	102.7
11	Dallas Cowboys	16	102.3
12	Washington Redskins	16	100.9
13	St. Louis Rams	16	97.7
14	New Orleans Saints	16	91.3
15	Arizona Cardinals	16	78.4

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.