most rushing yards in single season for cowboys since 20116

The Dallas Cowboys rushed for their most yards in a season in 1978, with 2,783 yards.

TEAMRUSH YDSSEASONGPATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TD
1Cowboys
Cowboys
2,783
1978
16
625
4.5
173.9
22
2Cowboys
Cowboys
2,711
1981
16
630
4.3
169.4
15
3Cowboys
Cowboys
2,454
1974
14
542
4.5
175.3
22
4Cowboys
Cowboys
2,432
1975
14
571
4.3
173.7
17
5Cowboys
Cowboys
2,418
1973
14
542
4.5
172.7
17
6Cowboys
Cowboys
2,396
2016
16
499
4.8
149.8
24
7Cowboys
Cowboys
2,378
1980
16
595
4.0
148.6
26
8Cowboys
Cowboys
2,375
1979
16
578
4.1
148.4
15
9Cowboys
Cowboys
2,369
1977
14
564
4.2
169.2
21
10Cowboys
Cowboys
2,354
2014
16
508
4.6
147.1
16
11Cowboys
Cowboys
2,300
1970
14
522
4.4
164.3
16
12Cowboys
Cowboys
2,298
2022
17
531
4.3
135.2
24
13Cowboys
Cowboys
2,276
1969
14
532
4.3
162.6
17
14Cowboys
Cowboys
2,249
1971
14
512
4.4
160.6
25
15Cowboys
Cowboys
2,201
1995
16
495
4.4
137.6
29
16Cowboys
Cowboys
2,184
2001
16
505
4.3
136.5
8
17Cowboys
Cowboys
2,170
2017
16
480
4.5
135.6
18
18Cowboys
Cowboys
2,161
1993
16
490
4.4
135.1
20
19Cowboys
Cowboys
2,153
2019
16
449
4.8
134.6
18
20Cowboys
Cowboys
2,147
1976
14
538
4.0
153.4
16
21Cowboys
Cowboys
2,136
2025
17
465
4.6
125.6
18
22Cowboys
Cowboys
2,124
1972
14
499
4.3
151.7
17
23Cowboys
Cowboys
2,122
1966
14
471
4.5
151.6
24
24Cowboys
Cowboys
2,121
1992
16
500
4.2
132.6
20
25Cowboys
Cowboys
2,119
2021
17
473
4.5
124.6
15
StatMuse has team, season-level data for rushing yards going back to the 1932 season.

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PASS

4,552

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RUSH

1,201

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REC

1,429

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PPG

27.7

7th

OPP PPG

30.1

32nd

RUSH YDS/G

125.6

9th

PASS YDS/G

278.5

1st

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TEAMWLTPCT
11
6
0
.647
Cowboys Cowboys
7
9
1
.441
5
12
0
.294
4
13
0
.235
Schedule
DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
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9/13
@
8:20 PM
Sun
9/20
@
4:25 PM
Sun
9/27
@
4:25 PM
Sun
10/4
@
1:00 PM
Thu
10/8
@
8:15 PM
Last Game
DAL Cowboys

7 - 9 - 1

17

Final

34

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4 - 13

Sun 4 Jan 2026

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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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Sun
10/12
@
10-20
Sun
10/12
@
18-27

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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