2009 NFC Rushing First Downs by Team

The Carolina Panthers led the NFC in rushing first downs in 2009, with 123, 8 ahead of the New Orleans Saints. The average across 16 NFC teams is 91.3.

Led the NFC in 2009 Carolina Panthers 16 games

123 Rushing First Downs 8 clear of New Orleans Saints

#	Team	G	1D
1	Carolina Panthers	16	123
2	New Orleans Saints	16	115
3	Dallas Cowboys	16	110
4	Atlanta Falcons	16	105
5	New York Giants	16	103
6	Green Bay Packers	16	102
7	Minnesota Vikings	16	99
	NFC average		91.3
8	Philadelphia Eagles	16	87
9	Detroit Lions	16	82
10	Seattle Seahawks	16	80
10	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	16	80
12	St. Louis Rams	16	79
13	San Francisco 49ers	16	77
14	Arizona Cardinals	16	76
15	Washington Redskins	16	72
16	Chicago Bears	16	71

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.