which team lead the league in rushing from 1977 to 1981

Between the 1977 and 1981 seasons, the Dallas Cowboys rushed for the most yards by a team, with 12,616 yards.

TEAMRUSH YDSGPATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TD
1Cowboys
Cowboys
12,616
78
2,992
4.2
161.7
99
2Bears
Bears
12,434
78
3,047
4.1
159.4
89
3Rams
Rams
12,378
78
2,996
4.1
158.7
81
4Patriots
Patriots
12,000
78
2,965
4.0
153.8
101
5Chiefs
Chiefs
11,651
78
2,850
4.1
149.4
87
6Steelers
Steelers
11,516
78
2,849
4.0
147.6
97
7Oilers
Oilers
11,405
78
2,767
4.1
146.2
87
8Eagles
Eagles
11,103
78
2,724
4.1
142.3
79
9Cardinals
Cardinals
10,974
78
2,665
4.1
140.7
96
10Dolphins
Dolphins
10,968
78
2,655
4.1
140.6
82
11Lions
Lions
10,940
78
2,613
4.2
140.3
81
12Raiders
Raiders
10,780
78
2,783
3.9
138.2
76
13Jets
Jets
10,728
78
2,674
4.0
137.5
78
14Browns
Browns
10,571
78
2,483
4.3
135.5
68
15Bengals
Bengals
10,363
78
2,580
4.0
132.9
71
16Redskins
Redskins
10,335
78
2,697
3.8
132.5
62
17Broncos
Broncos
10,290
78
2,644
3.9
131.9
72
18Bills
Bills
10,210
78
2,607
3.9
130.9
59
19Falcons
Falcons
10,120
78
2,669
3.8
129.7
67
20Saints
Saints
9,993
78
2,441
4.1
128.1
84
2149ers
49ers
9,793
78
2,604
3.8
125.6
74
22Colts
Colts
9,769
78
2,581
3.8
125.2
69
23Seahawks
Seahawks
9,702
78
2,418
4.0
124.4
91
24Buccaneers
Buccaneers
9,529
78
2,558
3.7
122.2
55
25Giants
Giants
9,436
78
2,590
3.6
121.0
56
StatMuse has team, season-level data for rushing yards going back to the 1932 season.

More Cowboys Stats

Team Leaders

PASS

4,552

Prescott

Dak Prescott

RUSH

1,201

Williams

Javonte Williams

REC

1,429

Pickens

George Pickens
Team Rankings

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
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9
1
.441
5
12
0
.294
4
13
0
.235
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AFC EastWLTPCT
14
3
0
.824
Bills Bills - w
12
5
0
.706
7
10
0
.412
Jets Jets - e
3
14
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.176
AFC NorthWLTPCT
10
7
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.588
8
9
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6
11
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12
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13
4
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.765
12
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14
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11
6
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.647
6
11
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.353
3
14
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.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
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NFC SouthWLTPCT
8
9
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.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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