nfl rush defensive ranking by year 1940 to 1949

Between the 1940 and 1949 seasons, the Philadelphia Eagles had the most rush attempts by a team in a season, with 632 carries in 1949.

TEAMATTSEASONGPRUSH YDSYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TD
1Eagles
Eagles
632
1949
12
2,607
4.1
217.3
25
2Packers
Packers
560
1946
11
1,765
3.2
160.5
13
3Bears
Bears
557
1948
12
2,452
4.4
204.3
25
4Steelers
Steelers
535
1949
12
2,209
4.1
184.1
20
5Cardinals
Cardinals
531
1948
12
2,560
4.8
213.3
25
6Eagles
Eagles
528
1948
12
2,378
4.5
198.2
21
7Steelers
Steelers
510
1948
12
1,934
3.8
161.2
17
8Packers
Packers
510
1947
12
2,149
4.2
179.1
14
9Packers
Packers
503
1949
12
2,061
4.1
171.8
8
10Steelers
Steelers
496
1947
12
1,948
3.9
162.3
15
11Bears
Bears
496
1946
11
1,719
3.5
156.3
21
12Bears
Bears
495
1941
11
2,156
4.4
196.0
30
13Bears
Bears
494
1940
11
1,818
3.7
165.3
16
14Steelers
Steelers
490
1942
11
1,851
3.8
168.3
15
15Bears
Bears
483
1949
12
1,785
3.7
148.8
18
16Eagles
Eagles
474
1947
12
1,971
4.2
164.3
21
17Bears
Bears
470
1942
11
1,881
4.0
171.0
23
18Cardinals
Cardinals
468
1947
12
1,735
3.7
144.6
20
19Cardinals
Cardinals
467
1949
12
2,130
4.6
177.5
21
20Packers
Packers
467
1941
11
1,550
3.3
140.9
13
21Packers
Packers
463
1940
11
1,604
3.5
145.8
10
22Rams
Rams
459
1947
12
2,171
4.7
180.9
15
23Eagles
Eagles
459
1943
10
1,730
3.8
173.0
18
24Giants
Giants
454
1940
11
1,476
3.3
134.2
6
25Bears
Bears
448
1947
12
1,959
4.4
163.3
21
StatMuse has team, season-level data for rush attempts going back to the 1932 season.

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11
6
0
.647
7
9
1
.441
5
12
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.294
4
13
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.235
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7
9
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.441
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12
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4
13
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.235
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6
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.647
9
7
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NFC SouthWLTPCT
8
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9
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.471
8
9
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6
11
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