cowboys rush defense rankings by year

The Dallas Cowboys had their most rush attempts in a season in 1981, with 630 carries.

TEAM ATT SEASON GP RUSH YDS YPC RUSH YDS/G RUSH TD
1 Cowboys
Cowboys
630
1981
16
2,711
4.3
169.4
15
2 Cowboys
Cowboys
625
1978
16
2,783
4.5
173.9
22
3 Cowboys
Cowboys
595
1980
16
2,378
4.0
148.6
26
4 Cowboys
Cowboys
578
1979
16
2,375
4.1
148.4
15
5 Cowboys
Cowboys
571
1975
14
2,432
4.3
173.7
17
6 Cowboys
Cowboys
564
1977
14
2,369
4.2
169.2
21
7 Cowboys
Cowboys
550
1994
16
1,953
3.6
122.1
26
8 Cowboys
Cowboys
542
1974
14
2,454
4.5
175.3
22
9 Cowboys
Cowboys
542
1973
14
2,418
4.5
172.7
17
10 Cowboys
Cowboys
538
1976
14
2,147
4.0
153.4
16
11 Cowboys
Cowboys
532
1969
14
2,276
4.3
162.6
17
12 Cowboys
Cowboys
531
2022
17
2,298
4.3
135.2
24
13 Cowboys
Cowboys
522
1970
14
2,300
4.4
164.3
16
14 Cowboys
Cowboys
521
2005
16
1,861
3.6
116.3
13
15 Cowboys
Cowboys
519
1983
16
2,117
4.1
132.3
21
16 Cowboys
Cowboys
515
2003
16
1,999
3.9
124.9
11
17 Cowboys
Cowboys
512
1971
14
2,249
4.4
160.6
25
18 Cowboys
Cowboys
508
2014
16
2,354
4.6
147.1
16
19 Cowboys
Cowboys
505
2001
16
2,184
4.3
136.5
8
20 Cowboys
Cowboys
500
1992
16
2,121
4.2
132.6
20
21 Cowboys
Cowboys
499
2016
16
2,396
4.8
149.8
24
22 Cowboys
Cowboys
499
1998
16
2,014
4.0
125.9
21
23 Cowboys
Cowboys
499
1972
14
2,124
4.3
151.7
17
24 Cowboys
Cowboys
495
1995
16
2,201
4.4
137.6
29
25 Cowboys
Cowboys
493
1999
16
2,051
4.2
128.2
16
StatMuse has team, season-level data for rush attempts going back to the 1932 season.

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Team Rankings

PPG

28.5

5th

OPP PPG

33.0

31st

RUSH YDS/G

123.0

12th

PASS YDS/G

290.0

3rd

2025 Division Standings
TEAM W L T PCT
Eagles Eagles
4
0
0
1.000
Commanders Commanders
2
2
0
.500
Cowboys Cowboys
1
2
1
.375
Giants Giants
1
3
0
.250
Schedule
DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Sun
10/5
DAL DAL
@
NYJ NYJ
1:00 PM
Sun
10/12
DAL DAL
@
CAR CAR
1:00 PM
Sun
10/19
WAS WAS
@
DAL DAL
4:25 PM
Sun
10/26
DAL DAL
@
DEN DEN
4:25 PM
Mon
11/3
ARI ARI
@
DAL DAL
8:15 PM
Last Game
DAL Cowboys

1 - 2 - 1

40

Final

40

GB Packers

2 - 1 - 1

Sun 28 Sep 2025

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NFL 2025 Rankings

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NFL 2025 Division Standings

NFC East W L T PCT
Eagles Eagles
4
0
0
1.000
Commanders Commanders
2
2
0
.500
NFC North W L T PCT
Lions Lions
3
1
0
.750
Packers Packers
2
1
1
.625
NFC South W L T PCT
Buccaneers Buccaneers
3
1
0
.750
Falcons Falcons
2
2
0
.500
NFC West W L T PCT
49ers 49ers
4
1
0
.800
Seahawks Seahawks
3
1
0
.750
AFC East W L T PCT
Bills Bills
4
0
0
1.000
Patriots Patriots
2
2
0
.500
AFC North W L T PCT
Steelers Steelers
3
1
0
.750
Bengals Bengals
2
2
0
.500
AFC South W L T PCT
Colts Colts
3
1
0
.750
Jaguars Jaguars
3
1
0
.750
AFC West W L T PCT
Chargers Chargers
3
1
0
.750
Chiefs Chiefs
2
2
0
.500

NFL 2025 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE MATCHUP SCORE
Wed
9/3
DAL DAL
@
PHI PHI
20-24
Thu
9/4
KC KC
@
LAC LAC
21-27
Sat
9/6
PIT PIT
@
NYJ NYJ
34-32
Sat
9/6
TB TB
@
ATL ATL
23-20
Sat
9/6
LV LV
@
NE NE
20-13

Schedule

DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Sun
10/5
MIN MIN
@
CLE CLE
9:30 AM
Sun
10/5
HOU HOU
@
BAL BAL
1:00 PM
Sun
10/5
NYG NYG
@
NO NO
1:00 PM
Sun
10/5
DEN DEN
@
PHI PHI
1:00 PM
Sun
10/5
DAL DAL
@
NYJ NYJ
1:00 PM