dallas cowboys run defensive league rankings by year

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

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

More Cowboys Stats

Team Rankings

PPG

29.3

3rd

OPP PPG

29.7

31st

RUSH YDS/G

119.5

16th

PASS YDS/G

287.4

1st

2025 Division Standings
TEAMWLTPCT
Eagles Eagles
8
5
0
.615
Cowboys Cowboys
6
6
1
.500
Commanders Commanders
3
10
0
.231
Giants Giants
2
11
0
.154
Schedule
DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Sun
12/14
MIN MIN
@
DAL DAL
8:20 PM
Sun
12/21
LAC LAC
@
DAL DAL
1:00 PM
Thu
12/25
DAL DAL
@
WAS WAS
1:00 PM
Sun
1/4
DAL DAL
@
NYG NYG
1:00 PM
Last Game
DAL Cowboys

6 - 6 - 1

30

Final

44

DET Lions

8 - 5

Thu 4 Dec 2025

NFL 2025 Leaders

NFL 2025 Rankings

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NFL 2025 Division Standings

AFC EastWLTPCT
Patriots Patriots
11
2
0
.846
Bills Bills
9
4
0
.692
AFC NorthWLTPCT
Steelers Steelers
7
6
0
.538
Ravens Ravens
6
7
0
.462
AFC SouthWLTPCT
Jaguars Jaguars
9
4
0
.692
Texans Texans
8
5
0
.615
AFC WestWLTPCT
Broncos Broncos
11
2
0
.846
Chargers Chargers
9
4
0
.692
NFC EastWLTPCT
Eagles Eagles
8
5
0
.615
Cowboys Cowboys
6
6
1
.500
NFC NorthWLTPCT
Packers Packers
9
3
1
.731
Bears Bears
9
4
0
.692
NFC SouthWLTPCT
Buccaneers Buccaneers
7
6
0
.538
Panthers Panthers
7
6
0
.538
NFC WestWLTPCT
Rams Rams
10
3
0
.769
Seahawks Seahawks
10
3
0
.769

NFL 2025 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATEMATCHUPSCORE
Sat
9/6
MIA MIA
@
IND IND
8-33
Sat
9/6
ARI ARI
@
NO NO
20-13
Sat
9/6
TEN TEN
@
DEN DEN
12-20
Sat
9/6
SF SF
@
SEA SEA
17-13
Sat
9/6
HOU HOU
@
LAR LAR
9-14

Schedule

DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Thu
12/11
ATL ATL
@
TB TB
8:15 PM
Sun
12/14
WAS WAS
@
NYG NYG
1:00 PM
Sun
12/14
BAL BAL
@
CIN CIN
1:00 PM
Sun
12/14
CLE CLE
@
CHI CHI
1:00 PM
Sun
12/14
ARI ARI
@
HOU HOU
1:00 PM