2008 NFC Rushing First Downs by Team

The Atlanta Falcons led the NFC in rushing first downs in 2008, with 131, 1 ahead of the New York Giants. The average across 16 NFC teams is 101.5.

Led the NFC in 2008 Atlanta Falcons 16 games

131 Rushing First Downs 1 clear of New York Giants

#	Team	G	1D
1	Atlanta Falcons	16	131
2	New York Giants	16	130
3	Minnesota Vikings	16	119
4	Carolina Panthers	16	118
5	Washington Redskins	16	109
6	New Orleans Saints	16	103
6	Seattle Seahawks	16	103
8	Dallas Cowboys	16	102
	NFC average		101.5
9	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	16	100
10	Green Bay Packers	16	99
11	Chicago Bears	16	97
12	Philadelphia Eagles	16	94
12	St. Louis Rams	16	94
14	San Francisco 49ers	16	83
15	Arizona Cardinals	16	72
16	Detroit Lions	16	70

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.