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1968 NFL Opposition & Defensive Statistics

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Team Defense

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Passing Rushing
Rk Tm G Pts Yds Ply Y/P 1stD Cmp Att Yds TD Int NY/A 1stD Att Yds TD Y/A 1stD TO FR 1stPy
1 Baltimore Colts 14 144 3377 852 4.0 207 224 432 2038 9 29 4.3 119 375 1339 6 3.6 71 41 12 17
2 Dallas Cowboys 14 186 3633 848 4.3 202 220 428 2438 20 26 5.1 123 369 1195 2 3.2 61 41 15 18
3 Los Angeles Rams 14 200 3118 801 3.9 190 158 353 1813 12 25 4.5 104 397 1305 9 3.3 66 44 19 20
4 Green Bay Packers 14 227 3596 831 4.3 213 157 327 1796 14 17 5.1 92 476 1800 11 3.8 105 34 17 16
5 Detroit Lions 14 241 3837 830 4.6 214 157 337 2157 12 24 5.8 105 457 1680 13 3.7 92 36 12 17
6 Minnesota Vikings 14 242 3758 791 4.8 210 185 315 1855 16 16 5.2 98 432 1903 8 4.4 98 38 22 14
7 Cleveland Browns 14 273 4090 888 4.6 259 213 439 2248 19 32 4.8 130 423 1842 11 4.4 110 46 14 19
8 St. Louis Cardinals 14 289 4419 866 5.1 238 210 399 2861 23 13 6.5 131 423 1558 10 3.7 90 21 8 17
9 San Francisco 49ers 14 310 4020 896 4.5 250 201 416 2244 19 20 5.0 124 445 1776 12 4.0 111 31 11 15
10 New York Giants 14 325 4341 810 5.4 263 191 364 2340 18 26 6.1 121 425 2001 22 4.7 125 40 14 17
11 New Orleans Saints 14 327 4291 839 5.1 228 153 366 2186 25 16 5.5 109 439 2105 13 4.8 97 42 26 22
12 Chicago Bears 14 333 4371 790 5.5 240 172 333 2667 25 18 7.3 102 427 1704 17 4.0 102 30 12 36
13 Philadelphia Eagles 14 351 4514 863 5.2 256 182 327 2373 20 13 6.8 111 515 2141 18 4.2 128 20 7 17
14 Washington Redskins 14 358 4683 877 5.3 259 202 359 2489 16 21 6.6 118 497 2194 18 4.4 122 35 14 19
15 Atlanta Falcons 14 389 5320 936 5.7 302 248 389 3085 30 14 7.4 157 518 2235 17 4.3 129 30 16 16
16 Pittsburgh Steelers 14 397 4785 882 5.4 244 220 413 3161 29 17 7.2 131 441 1624 14 3.7 92 26 9 21
Avg Team 287.0 4134.6 850.0 4.9 235.9 193.3 374.8 2359.4 19.2 20.4 5.8 117.2 441.2 1775.1 12.6 4.0 99.9 34.7 14.3 18.8
League Total 4592 66153 13600 4.9 3775 3093 5997 37751 307 327 5.8 1875 7059 28402 201 4.0 1599 555 228 301
Avg Tm/G 20.5 295.3 60.7 4.9 16.9 13.8 26.8 168.5 1.4 1.5 5.8 8.4 31.5 126.8 0.9 4.0 7.1 2.5 1.0 1.3

Passing Defense

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Rk Tm G Cmp Att Cmp% Yds TD TD% Int Int% Lng Y/A AY/A Y/C Y/G Rate Sk Yds NY/A ANY/A Sk%
1 Green Bay Packers 14 157 327 48.0 1796 14 4.3 17 5.2 6.2 4.3 12.9 128.3 60.6 28 235 5.1 3.3
2 Los Angeles Rams 14 158 353 44.8 1813 12 3.4 25 7.1 6.2 3.4 13.9 129.5 47.1 51 383 4.5 2.0
3 Minnesota Vikings 14 185 315 58.7 1855 16 5.1 16 5.1 6.9 5.1 11.7 132.5 75.4 44 307 5.2 3.6
4 Baltimore Colts 14 224 432 51.9 2038 9 2.1 29 6.7 5.6 2.8 10.7 145.6 47.5 45 367 4.3 1.7
5 Detroit Lions 14 157 337 46.6 2157 12 3.6 24 7.1 7.3 4.4 15.6 154.1 53.4 36 291 5.8 3.2
6 New Orleans Saints 14 153 366 41.8 2186 25 6.8 16 4.4 6.8 5.5 16.2 156.1 69.7 34 297 5.5 4.3
7 San Francisco 49ers 14 201 416 48.3 2244 19 4.6 20 4.8 6.1 4.4 12.7 160.3 63.1 35 304 5.0 3.4
8 Cleveland Browns 14 213 439 48.5 2248 19 4.3 32 7.3 5.6 2.7 11.5 160.6 49.8 26 199 4.8 2.1
9 New York Giants 14 191 364 52.5 2340 18 4.9 26 7.1 6.9 4.1 13.1 167.1 61.1 21 158 6.1 3.5
10 Philadelphia Eagles 14 182 327 55.7 2373 20 6.1 13 4.0 7.8 6.6 14.0 169.5 84.9 21 184 6.8 5.7
11 Dallas Cowboys 14 220 428 51.4 2438 20 4.7 26 6.1 6.6 4.4 12.9 174.1 62.8 51 400 5.1 3.1
12 Washington Redskins 14 202 359 56.3 2489 16 4.5 21 5.8 7.4 5.2 13.2 177.8 70.4 21 173 6.6 4.5
13 Chicago Bears 14 172 333 51.7 2667 25 7.5 18 5.4 8.7 7.0 16.8 190.5 83.8 30 226 7.3 5.8
14 St. Louis Cardinals 14 210 399 52.6 2861 23 5.8 13 3.3 8.2 7.3 15.5 204.4 85.6 44 400 6.5 5.7
15 Atlanta Falcons 14 248 389 63.8 3085 30 7.7 14 3.6 8.5 7.7 13.3 220.4 101.3 29 221 7.4 6.6
16 Pittsburgh Steelers 14 220 413 53.3 3161 29 7.0 17 4.1 8.1 7.0 15.3 225.8 86.6 28 199 7.2 6.1
Avg Team 193.3 374.8 51.6 2359.4 19.2 5.1 20.4 5.5 75 7.0 5.6 13.6 168.5 65.6 34.0 271.5 5.8 4.5 8.3
League Total 3093 5997 51.6 37751 307 5.1 327 5.5 99 7.0 5.6 13.6 168.5 65.6 544 4344 5.8 4.5 8.3
Avg Tm/G 13.8 26.8 51.6 168.5 1.4 5.1 1.5 5.5 7.0 5.6 13.6 168.5 65.6 2.4 19.4 5.8 4.5 8.3

Rushing Defense

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Rk Tm G Att Yds TD Lng Y/A Y/G Fmb
1 Dallas Cowboys 14 369 1195 2 3.2 85.4
2 Los Angeles Rams 14 397 1305 9 3.3 93.2
3 Baltimore Colts 14 375 1339 6 3.6 95.6
4 St. Louis Cardinals 14 423 1558 10 3.7 111.3
5 Pittsburgh Steelers 14 441 1624 14 3.7 116.0
6 Detroit Lions 14 457 1680 13 3.7 120.0
7 Chicago Bears 14 427 1704 17 4.0 121.7
8 San Francisco 49ers 14 445 1776 12 4.0 126.9
9 Green Bay Packers 14 476 1800 11 3.8 128.6
10 Cleveland Browns 14 423 1842 11 4.4 131.6
11 Minnesota Vikings 14 432 1903 8 4.4 135.9
12 New York Giants 14 425 2001 22 4.7 142.9
13 New Orleans Saints 14 439 2105 13 4.8 150.4
14 Philadelphia Eagles 14 515 2141 18 4.2 152.9
15 Washington Redskins 14 497 2194 18 4.4 156.7
16 Atlanta Falcons 14 518 2235 17 4.3 159.6
Avg Team 441.2 1775.1 12.6 50 4.0 126.8 23.8
League Total 7059 28402 201 77 4.0 126.8 381
Avg Tm/G 31.5 126.8 0.9 4.0 126.8 1.7

Kick & Punt Returns Against

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Punt Returns Kick Returns
Rk Tm G Ret Yds TD Lng Y/R Rt Yds TD Lng Y/Rt APYd
1 Dallas Cowboys 14 25 0 68 1326 0 19.5
2 Detroit Lions 14 32 0 44 1017 1 23.1
3 Chicago Bears 14 28 0 54 968 0 17.9
4 Cleveland Browns 14 21 0 64 1417 0 22.1
5 Baltimore Colts 14 19 0 71 1391 0 19.6
6 Minnesota Vikings 14 29 0 56 1291 0 23.1
7 New York Giants 14 23 1 51 1344 1 26.4
8 Atlanta Falcons 14 46 0 42 799 0 19.0
9 Philadelphia Eagles 14 33 0 45 1030 0 22.9
10 New Orleans Saints 14 30 1 57 1134 0 19.9
11 St. Louis Cardinals 14 36 1 56 1303 1 23.3
12 Los Angeles Rams 14 30 1 62 1262 1 20.4
13 Green Bay Packers 14 19 0 56 1211 0 21.6
14 Washington Redskins 14 45 2 51 996 0 19.5
15 San Francisco 49ers 14 31 0 56 1163 1 20.8
16 Pittsburgh Steelers 14 32 2 49 1154 0 23.6
Avg Team 29.9 211.3 0.5 46 7.1 55.1 1175.4 0.3 70 21.3 5521.2
League Total 479 3380 8 98 7.1 882 18806 5 102 21.3 88339
Avg Tm/G 2.1 15.1 0.0 7.1 3.9 84.0 0.0 21.3 394.4

Kicking & Punting Against

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0-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ Tot PAT Punting
Rk Tm G FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FG% XPA XPM XP% Pnt Yds Lng Blck Y/P
1 Philadelphia Eagles 14 35 24 68.6% 40 39 97.5% 55 2140 38.9
2 Atlanta Falcons 14 30 16 53.3% 49 47 95.9% 45 1868 41.5
3 New York Giants 14 23 10 43.5% 43 37 86.0% 47 1880 40.0
4 Pittsburgh Steelers 14 26 16 61.5% 50 49 98.0% 66 2640 40.0
5 Minnesota Vikings 14 27 18 66.7% 27 26 96.3% 64 2458 38.4
6 Green Bay Packers 14 26 17 65.4% 25 24 96.0% 77 3049 39.6
7 Detroit Lions 14 29 15 51.7% 28 28 100.0% 66 2686 40.7
8 Washington Redskins 14 32 23 71.9% 41 41 100.0% 57 2257 39.6
9 Chicago Bears 14 31 11 35.5% 43 40 93.0% 66 2647 40.1
10 Baltimore Colts 14 19 11 57.9% 16 15 93.8% 78 3182 40.8
11 St. Louis Cardinals 14 33 15 45.5% 35 34 97.1% 70 2667 38.1
12 San Francisco 49ers 14 32 22 68.8% 35 34 97.1% 68 2781 40.9
13 Cleveland Browns 14 26 14 53.8% 33 33 100.0% 60 2394 39.9
14 New Orleans Saints 14 27 12 44.4% 42 37 88.1% 69 2815 40.8
15 Dallas Cowboys 14 22 9 40.9% 23 21 91.3% 77 3111 40.4
16 Los Angeles Rams 14 17 9 52.9% 25 23 92.0% 88 3520 40.0
Avg Team 3.9 3.7 5.9 4.4 6.4 3.6 7.0 1.8 1.4 0.2 27.2 15.1 55.6% 34.7 33.0 95.1% 65.8 2631.6 61 0.5 40.0
League Total 62 59 94 71 103 57 112 28 22 3 435 242 55.6% 555 528 95.1% 1053 42106 84 8 40.0
Avg Tm/G 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.3 0.5 0.3 0.5 0.1 0.1 1.9 1.1 55.6% 2.5 2.4 95.1% 4.7 188.0 0.0 40.0

Scoring Against

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Rk Tm G RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD AllTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
1 Atlanta Falcons 14 17 30 47 16 389
2 Philadelphia Eagles 14 18 20 39 24 351
3 Detroit Lions 14 13 12 1 28 15 241
4 Pittsburgh Steelers 14 14 29 2 49 16 397
5 New Orleans Saints 14 13 25 1 37 12 1 327
6 Washington Redskins 14 18 16 2 41 23 1 358
7 Chicago Bears 14 17 25 40 11 1 333
8 Green Bay Packers 14 11 14 24 17 1 227
9 Minnesota Vikings 14 8 16 26 18 242
10 New York Giants 14 22 18 1 1 37 10 325
11 San Francisco 49ers 14 12 19 1 34 22 310
12 Los Angeles Rams 14 9 12 1 1 23 9 200
13 St. Louis Cardinals 14 10 23 1 1 34 15 289
14 Cleveland Browns 14 11 19 33 14 273
15 Baltimore Colts 14 6 9 15 11 144
16 Dallas Cowboys 14 2 20 21 9 186
Avg Team 12.6 19.2 0.5 0.3 0.4 1.5 0.2 33.0 15.1 0.3 287.0
League Total 201 307 8 5 7 24 3 528 242 4 4592
Avg Tm/G 0.9 1.4 0.1 2.4 1.1 20.5