1989 team leaders in rush yards per attempt

The Detroit Lions had the most rushing yards per attempt by a team in 1989, with 4.9 per attempt.

TEAMYPCSEASONGPRUSH YDSATTRUSH YDS/GRUSH TD
1Lions
Lions
4.9
1989
16
2,053
421
128.3
23
2Bengals
Bengals
4.7
1989
16
2,483
529
155.2
17
3Raiders
Raiders
4.5
1989
16
2,038
454
127.4
9
4Bears
Bears
4.4
1989
16
2,287
516
142.9
22
5Packers
Packers
4.4
1989
16
1,732
397
108.3
13
6Chargers
Chargers
4.3
1989
16
1,873
432
117.1
13
7Bills
Bills
4.3
1989
16
2,264
532
141.5
15
8Eagles
Eagles
4.1
1989
16
2,208
540
138.0
14
9Colts
Colts
4.0
1989
16
1,853
458
115.8
11
10Rams
Rams
4.0
1989
16
1,909
472
119.3
19
11Vikings
Vikings
4.0
1989
16
2,066
514
129.1
12
12Jets
Jets
4.0
1989
16
1,596
400
99.8
11
1349ers
49ers
4.0
1989
16
1,966
493
122.9
14
14Chiefs
Chiefs
4.0
1989
16
2,227
559
139.2
18
15Cowboys
Cowboys
4.0
1989
16
1,409
355
88.1
7
16Oilers
Oilers
3.9
1989
16
1,928
495
120.5
16
17Saints
Saints
3.9
1989
16
1,948
502
121.8
19
18Broncos
Broncos
3.8
1989
16
2,092
554
130.8
15
19Redskins
Redskins
3.7
1989
16
1,904
514
119.0
14
20Buccaneers
Buccaneers
3.7
1989
16
1,507
412
94.2
10
21Steelers
Steelers
3.6
1989
16
1,818
500
113.6
17
22Falcons
Falcons
3.6
1989
16
1,155
318
72.2
11
23Patriots
Patriots
3.6
1989
16
1,749
485
109.3
12
24Browns
Browns
3.6
1989
16
1,609
448
100.6
14
25Seahawks
Seahawks
3.4
1989
16
1,392
405
87.0
5
StatMuse has team, season-level data for rushing yards per attempt going back to the 1932 season.

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Team Leaders

PASS

4,564

Goff

Jared Goff

RUSH

1,223

Gibbs

Jahmyr Gibbs

REC

1,401

St. Brown

Amon-Ra St. Brown
Team Rankings

PPG

28.3

4th

OPP PPG

24.3

22nd

RUSH YDS/G

120.1

14th

PASS YDS/G

268.6

3rd

2025 Division Standings
TEAMWLTPCT
11
6
0
.647
9
7
1
.559
Lions Lions
9
8
0
.529
9
8
0
.529
Schedule
DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Sun
9/13
@
1:00 PM
Thu
9/17
@
8:15 PM
Sun
9/27
@
1:00 PM
Sun
10/4
@
8:20 PM
Sun
10/11
@
4:25 PM
Last Game
DET Lions

9 - 8

19

Final

16

CHI Bears

11 - 6

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NFL 2025 Standings

AFC EastWLTPCT
14
3
0
.824
Bills Bills - w
12
5
0
.706
7
10
0
.412
Jets Jets - e
3
14
0
.176
AFC NorthWLTPCT
10
7
0
.588
8
9
0
.471
6
11
0
.353
5
12
0
.294
AFC SouthWLTPCT
13
4
0
.765
12
5
0
.706
Colts Colts - e
8
9
0
.471
3
14
0
.176
AFC WestWLTPCT
14
3
0
.824
11
6
0
.647
6
11
0
.353
3
14
0
.176
NFC EastWLTPCT
11
6
0
.647
7
9
1
.441
5
12
0
.294
4
13
0
.235
NFC NorthWLTPCT
Bears Bears - y
11
6
0
.647
9
7
1
.559
9
8
0
.529
Lions Lions - e
9
8
0
.529
NFC SouthWLTPCT
8
9
0
.471
8
9
0
.471
8
9
0
.471
6
11
0
.353
NFC WestWLTPCT
14
3
0
.824
Rams Rams - w
12
5
0
.706
49ers 49ers - w
12
5
0
.706
3
14
0
.176

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10/12
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10/12
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25-19
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10/12
@
10-20
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10/12
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DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Wed
9/9
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8:20 PM
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9/10
@
8:35 PM
Sun
9/13
@
1:00 PM
Sun
9/13
@
1:00 PM
Sun
9/13
@
1:00 PM