2012 AFC Rushing First Downs by Team

The New England Patriots led the AFC in rushing first downs in 2012, with 151, 33 ahead of the Kansas City Chiefs. The average across 16 AFC teams is 96.6.

Led the AFC in 2012 New England Patriots 16 games

151 Rushing First Downs 33 clear of Kansas City Chiefs

#	Team	G	1D
1	New England Patriots	16	151
2	Kansas City Chiefs	16	118
3	Houston Texans	16	114
4	Denver Broncos	16	112
5	Indianapolis Colts	16	110
6	Buffalo Bills	16	103
7	New York Jets	16	102
8	Baltimore Ravens	16	98
	AFC average		96.6
9	Cincinnati Bengals	16	95
10	Miami Dolphins	16	93
11	San Diego Chargers	16	81
12	Pittsburgh Steelers	16	80
13	Jacksonville Jaguars	16	76
14	Oakland Raiders	16	72
15	Cleveland Browns	16	71
16	Tennessee Titans	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.