2001 NFL Rushing Yards per Game by Team

The Pittsburgh Steelers led the whole NFL in rushing yards per game in 2001, with 179.7, 39.4 ahead of the San Francisco 49ers. The average across 31 NFL teams is 111.8.

Led the whole NFL in 2001 Pittsburgh Steelers 16 games

179.7 Rushing Yards per Game 39.4 clear of San Francisco 49ers

#	Team	Conference	G	Y/G
1	Pittsburgh Steelers	AFC	16	179.7
2	San Francisco 49ers	NFC	16	140.3
3	Kansas City Chiefs	AFC	16	136.9
4	Dallas Cowboys	NFC	16	136.5
5	New York Jets	AFC	16	128.4
6	St. Louis Rams	NFC	16	126.7
7	Indianapolis Colts	AFC	16	122.9
8	Washington Redskins	NFC	16	121.8
9	Seattle Seahawks	NFC	16	121.0
10	Tennessee Titans	AFC	16	119.6
11	Baltimore Ravens	AFC	16	117.8
12	Denver Broncos	AFC	16	117.3
13	Cincinnati Bengals	AFC	16	113.1
14	Buffalo Bills	AFC	16	112.6
15	New England Patriots	AFC	16	112.1
	NFL average			111.8
16	Philadelphia Eagles	NFC	16	111.1
17	New York Giants	NFC	16	111.1
18	Atlanta Falcons	NFC	16	110.1
19	Green Bay Packers	NFC	16	109.7
20	Chicago Bears	NFC	16	108.9
21	New Orleans Saints	NFC	16	107.0
22	San Diego Chargers	AFC	16	105.9
23	Miami Dolphins	AFC	16	104.0
24	Oakland Raiders	AFC	16	103.4
25	Minnesota Vikings	NFC	16	100.6
26	Arizona Cardinals	NFC	16	90.6
26	Cleveland Browns	AFC	16	90.6
28	Detroit Lions	NFC	16	87.4
29	Carolina Panthers	NFC	16	85.8
30	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	NFC	16	85.7
31	Jacksonville Jaguars	AFC	16	46.9

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.