most rushing yards in a season new england patriot

The New England Patriots had their most rushing yards in a season in 1978, with 3,165 yards.

TEAM RUSH YDS SEASON GP ATT YPC RUSH YDS/G RUSH TD
1 Patriots
Patriots
3,165
1978
16
671
4.7
197.8
30
2 Patriots
Patriots
2,948
1976
14
591
5.0
210.6
24
3 Patriots
Patriots
2,605
1983
16
538
4.8
162.8
19
4 Patriots
Patriots
2,346
2020
16
502
4.7
146.6
20
5 Patriots
Patriots
2,331
1985
16
565
4.1
145.7
15
6 Patriots
Patriots
2,303
1977
14
603
3.8
164.5
13
7 Patriots
Patriots
2,278
2008
16
513
4.4
142.4
21
8 Patriots
Patriots
2,252
1979
16
604
3.7
140.8
16
9 Patriots
Patriots
2,240
1980
16
588
3.8
140.0
19
10 Patriots
Patriots
2,184
2012
16
523
4.2
136.5
25
11 Patriots
Patriots
2,151
2021
17
490
4.4
126.5
24
12 Patriots
Patriots
2,134
2004
16
524
4.1
133.4
15
13 Patriots
Patriots
2,134
1974
14
520
4.1
152.4
21
14 Patriots
Patriots
2,120
1988
16
588
3.6
132.5
17
15 Patriots
Patriots
2,065
2013
16
470
4.4
129.1
19
16 Patriots
Patriots
2,040
1981
16
499
4.1
127.5
23
17 Patriots
Patriots
2,037
2018
16
478
4.3
127.3
18
18 Patriots
Patriots
2,032
1984
16
482
4.2
127.0
15
19 Patriots
Patriots
1,973
2010
16
454
4.3
123.3
19
20 Patriots
Patriots
1,970
1962
14
432
4.6
140.7
11
21 Patriots
Patriots
1,969
2024
17
446
4.4
115.8
11
22 Patriots
Patriots
1,969
2006
16
499
3.9
123.1
20
23 Patriots
Patriots
1,963
1966
14
471
4.2
140.2
17
24 Patriots
Patriots
1,921
2009
16
466
4.1
120.1
19
25 Patriots
Patriots
1,889
2017
16
448
4.2
118.1
16
StatMuse has team, season-level data for rushing yards going back to the 1932 season.

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Team Rankings

PPG

25.0

12th

OPP PPG

20.2

9th

RUSH YDS/G

95.2

27th

PASS YDS/G

252.2

7th

2025 Division Standings
TEAM W L T PCT
Bills Bills
4
1
0
.800
Patriots Patriots
3
2
0
.600
Dolphins Dolphins
1
4
0
.200
Jets Jets
0
5
0
.000
Schedule
DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Sun
10/12
NE NE
@
NO NO
1:00 PM
Sun
10/19
NE NE
@
TEN TEN
1:00 PM
Sun
10/26
CLE CLE
@
NE NE
1:00 PM
Sun
11/2
ATL ATL
@
NE NE
1:00 PM
Sun
11/9
NE NE
@
TB TB
1:00 PM
Last Game
BUF Bills

4 - 1 - 0

20

Final

23

NE Patriots

3 - 2 - 0

Sun 5 Oct 2025

NFL 2025 Leaders

NFL 2025 Rankings

NFL Fantasy 2025

NFL 2025 Betting

NFL 2025 Division Standings

NFC East W L T PCT
Eagles Eagles
4
1
0
.800
Commanders Commanders
3
2
0
.600
NFC North W L T PCT
Lions Lions
4
1
0
.800
Packers Packers
2
1
1
.625
NFC South W L T PCT
Buccaneers Buccaneers
4
1
0
.800
Falcons Falcons
2
2
0
.500
NFC West W L T PCT
49ers 49ers
4
1
0
.800
Seahawks Seahawks
3
2
0
.600
AFC East W L T PCT
Bills Bills
4
1
0
.800
Patriots Patriots
3
2
0
.600
AFC North W L T PCT
Steelers Steelers
3
1
0
.750
Bengals Bengals
2
3
0
.400
AFC South W L T PCT
Colts Colts
4
1
0
.800
Jaguars Jaguars
4
1
0
.800
AFC West W L T PCT
Chargers Chargers
3
2
0
.600
Broncos Broncos
3
2
0
.600

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)
Thu
10/9
PHI PHI
@
NYG NYG
8:15 PM
Sun
10/12
DEN DEN
@
NYJ NYJ
9:30 AM
Sun
10/12
ARI ARI
@
IND IND
1:00 PM
Sun
10/12
LAR LAR
@
BAL BAL
1:00 PM
Sun
10/12
CLE CLE
@
PIT PIT
1:00 PM