2011 NFL Rushing First Downs by Team

Every team's total, added up from its players' lines. First downs gained rushing

The Carolina Panthers led the whole NFL in rushing first downs in 2011, with 139, 5 ahead of the Philadelphia Eagles. The average across 32 NFL teams is 96.8.

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

Led the whole NFL in 2011 Carolina Panthers 16 games

139 Rushing First Downs 5 clear of Philadelphia Eagles

#	Team	Conference	G	1D
1	Carolina Panthers	NFC	16	139
2	Philadelphia Eagles	NFC	16	134
3	Houston Texans	AFC	16	131
4	Denver Broncos	AFC	16	129
5	Minnesota Vikings	NFC	16	118
6	New Orleans Saints	NFC	16	117
7	Oakland Raiders	AFC	16	110
8	New England Patriots	AFC	16	107
9	Jacksonville Jaguars	AFC	16	103
10	San Francisco 49ers	NFC	16	101
11	Atlanta Falcons	NFC	16	100
11	Buffalo Bills	AFC	16	100
13	Baltimore Ravens	AFC	16	98
14	Chicago Bears	NFC	16	97
14	San Diego Chargers	AFC	16	97
	NFL average			96.8
16	Pittsburgh Steelers	AFC	16	96
17	Cincinnati Bengals	AFC	16	93
18	New York Jets	AFC	16	92
19	Dallas Cowboys	NFC	16	91
20	Green Bay Packers	NFC	16	89
20	Kansas City Chiefs	AFC	16	89
20	Miami Dolphins	AFC	16	89
20	Seattle Seahawks	NFC	16	89
24	New York Giants	NFC	16	84
25	Arizona Cardinals	NFC	16	83
26	St. Louis Rams	NFC	16	79
27	Washington Redskins	NFC	16	78
28	Cleveland Browns	AFC	16	77
29	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	NFC	16	74
30	Detroit Lions	NFC	16	73
31	Tennessee Titans	AFC	16	71
32	Indianapolis Colts	AFC	16	69

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.