lowest rushing yards per carry allowed by defense nfl history in one sesason

The Boston Yanks have the fewest rushing yards per opponent rush attempt by a team, with 2.

TEAMYDS/OPP ATTYDSOPP ATTGPOPP YDSOPP YPCOPP TD
1
Yanks
2
4,570
2,289
55
9,131
4.0
91
2Colts
Colts
2.23
1,148
514
12
2,857
5.6
28
3Reds
Reds
2.27
1,526
672
18
2,992
4.5
26
4Gunners
Gunners
2.49
339
136
3
451
3.3
5
5
Tigers
2.72
14,269
5,253
131
18,500
3.5
120
6Yanks
Yanks
3.04
4,353
1,433
36
7,202
5.0
71
7Texans
Texans
3.32
1,397
421
12
2,334
5.5
17
8Cardinals
Cardinals
3.57
152,254
42,642
1,324
170,464
4.0
1,327
9Buccaneers
Buccaneers
3.63
83,681
23,048
793
93,196
4.0
730
10Lions
Lions
3.84
158,943
41,341
1,326
162,055
3.9
1,261
11Giants
Giants
3.87
160,120
41,417
1,329
160,245
3.9
1,194
12Saints
Saints
3.87
103,988
26,852
919
113,822
4.2
803
13Colts
Colts
3.88
129,769
33,429
1,099
138,895
4.2
1,058
14Browns
Browns
3.88
132,685
34,171
1,087
141,171
4.1
997
15Falcons
Falcons
3.89
108,420
27,840
933
117,971
4.2
928
16Jets
Jets
3.9
118,899
30,523
1,017
124,227
4.1
956
17Packers
Packers
3.9
162,034
41,575
1,328
166,597
4.0
1,210
18Eagles
Eagles
3.92
161,298
41,183
1,321
162,363
3.9
1,160
19Commanders
Commanders
3.95
161,841
40,968
1,325
163,504
4.0
1,225
20Dolphins
Dolphins
3.96
107,509
27,179
933
112,047
4.1
753
21Chargers
Chargers
3.99
116,291
29,115
1,017
116,998
4.0
950
22Patriots
Patriots
4.02
119,652
29,758
1,017
119,131
4.0
831
23Raiders
Raiders
4.02
122,059
30,348
1,017
123,561
4.1
996
24Seahawks
Seahawks
4.03
94,181
23,372
793
97,321
4.2
680
25Bengals
Bengals
4.04
108,166
26,805
904
112,497
4.2
855
StatMuse has team, season-level data for opponent rush attempts going back to the 1933 season.

More NFL News

NFL 2025 Leaders

NFL 2025 Rankings

NFL Fantasy 2025

NFL 2025 Betting

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

NFL 2025 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATEMATCHUPSCORE
Sun
10/12
@
29-27
Sun
10/12
@
27-30
Sun
10/12
@
25-19
Sun
10/12
@
10-20
Sun
10/12
@
18-27

Schedule

DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Wed
9/9
@
8:20 PM
Thu
9/10
@
8:35 PM
Sun
9/13
@
1:00 PM
Sun
9/13
@
1:00 PM
Sun
9/13
@
1:00 PM