which team leads the league in yards per rush from 1978 to 1980

From 1978 through 1980, the Cleveland Browns had the most rushing yards per attempt by a team, with 4.3 per attempt.

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  • Regular season
TEAMYPCGPRUSH YDSATTRUSH YDS/GRUSH TD
1Browns
Browns
4.3
48
6,442
1,499
134.2
48
2Oilers
Oilers
4.3
48
7,682
1,792
160.0
61
3Cowboys
Cowboys
4.2
48
7,536
1,798
157.0
63
4Lions
Lions
4.2
48
6,439
1,538
134.1
44
5Rams
Rams
4.2
48
7,567
1,816
157.6
45
6Patriots
Patriots
4.1
48
7,657
1,863
159.5
65
7Cardinals
Cardinals
4.1
48
6,719
1,639
140.0
57
8Eagles
Eagles
4.1
48
6,872
1,681
143.2
52
9Bengals
Bengals
4.1
48
6,529
1,599
136.0
42
10Jets
Jets
4.1
48
6,769
1,666
141.0
61
11Seahawks
Seahawks
4.1
48
6,144
1,517
128.0
65
12Bears
Bears
4.1
48
7,452
1,840
155.3
58
13Saints
Saints
4.0
48
5,683
1,411
118.4
54
14Chiefs
Chiefs
4.0
48
7,175
1,784
149.5
52
15Steelers
Steelers
4.0
48
6,886
1,714
143.5
56
16Dolphins
Dolphins
4.0
48
6,429
1,601
133.9
46
17Broncos
Broncos
4.0
48
6,352
1,606
132.3
44
18Falcons
Falcons
3.9
48
6,265
1,592
130.5
43
19Buccaneers
Buccaneers
3.9
48
6,374
1,635
132.8
38
2049ers
49ers
3.9
48
5,766
1,480
120.1
41
21Redskins
Redskins
3.9
48
6,426
1,663
133.9
39
22Bills
Bills
3.8
48
6,224
1,633
129.7
43
23Raiders
Raiders
3.8
48
6,095
1,609
127.0
45
24Giants
Giants
3.8
48
5,854
1,561
122.0
34
25Packers
Packers
3.7
48
5,690
1,526
118.5
43
StatMuse has team, season-level data for rushing yards per attempt going back to the 1932 season.

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Team Leaders

PASS

1,010

Watson

Deshaun Watson

RUSH

221

Judkins

Quinshon Judkins

REC

330

Boston

Denzel Boston
Team Rankings

PPG

18.6

27th

OPP PPG

22.4

14th

RUSH YDS/G

94.2

21st

PASS YDS/G

202.0

24th

2026 Division Standings
TEAMWLTPCT
4
1
0
.800
3
2
0
.600
Browns Browns
3
2
0
.600
3
2
0
.600
Schedule
DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Sun
10/18
@
1:00 PM
Sun
10/25
@
1:00 PM
Sun
11/1
@
1:00 PM
Sun
11/8
@
1:00 PM
Sun
11/15
@
1:00 PM
Last Game
CLE Browns

3 - 2

12

Final

17

NYJ Jets

2 - 3

Sun 11 Oct 2026

NFL 2026 Leaders

NFL 2026 Rankings

NFL Fantasy 2026

NFL 2026 Betting

NFL 2026 Standings

NFC EastWLTPCT
3
1
1
.700
2
3
0
.400
2
3
0
.400
1
3
1
.300
NFC NorthWLTPCT
5
0
0
1.000
3
2
0
.600
3
2
0
.600
3
2
0
.600
NFC SouthWLTPCT
2
2
0
.500
2
3
0
.400
1
4
0
.200
1
4
0
.200
NFC WestWLTPCT
5
0
0
1.000
3
2
0
.600
2
3
0
.400
1
4
0
.200
AFC EastWLTPCT
4
1
0
.800
3
2
0
.600
2
3
0
.400
0
5
0
.000
AFC NorthWLTPCT
4
1
0
.800
3
2
0
.600
3
2
0
.600
3
2
0
.600
AFC SouthWLTPCT
4
1
0
.800
2
3
0
.400
1
4
0
.200
0
5
0
.000
AFC WestWLTPCT
4
0
0
1.000
3
2
0
.600
3
2
0
.600
0
5
0
.000

NFL 2026 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATEMATCHUPSCORE
Wed
9/9
@
10-13
Thu
9/10
@
27-7
Sun
9/13
@
59-37
Sun
9/13
@
41-23
Sun
9/13
@
13-20

Schedule

DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Thu
10/15
@
8:15 PM
Sun
10/18
@
9:30 AM
Sun
10/18
@
1:00 PM
Sun
10/18
@
1:00 PM
Sun
10/18
@
1:00 PM