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1970 NFL Standings, Team & Offensive Statistics

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League Standings

Glossary
Tm W L T W-L% Pts PtsO
AFC East
Baltimore Colts 11 2 1 .846 321 234
Miami Dolphins 10 4 0 .714 297 228
New York Jets 4 10 0 .286 255 286
Buffalo Bills 3 10 1 .231 204 337
Boston Patriots 2 12 0 .143 149 361
AFC Central
Cincinnati Bengals 8 6 0 .571 312 255
Cleveland Browns 7 7 0 .500 286 265
Pittsburgh Steelers 5 9 0 .357 210 272
Houston Oilers 3 10 1 .231 217 352
AFC West
Oakland Raiders 8 4 2 .667 300 293
Kansas City Chiefs 7 5 2 .583 272 244
San Diego Chargers 5 6 3 .455 282 278
Denver Broncos 5 8 1 .385 253 264
Tm W L T W-L% Pts PtsO
NFC East
Dallas Cowboys 10 4 0 .714 299 221
New York Giants 9 5 0 .643 301 270
St. Louis Cardinals 8 5 1 .615 325 228
Washington Redskins 6 8 0 .429 297 314
Philadelphia Eagles 3 10 1 .231 241 332
NFC Central
Minnesota Vikings 12 2 0 .857 335 143
Detroit Lions 10 4 0 .714 347 202
Chicago Bears 6 8 0 .429 256 261
Green Bay Packers 6 8 0 .429 196 293
NFC West
San Francisco 49ers 10 3 1 .769 352 267
Los Angeles Rams 9 4 1 .692 325 202
Atlanta Falcons 4 8 2 .333 206 261
New Orleans Saints 2 11 1 .154 172 347

Playoff Games

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Week Date Winner/tie Loser/tie PtsW PtsL
Division Sat December 26 W Baltimore Colts Cincinnati Bengals 17 0
Division Sat December 26 W Dallas Cowboys Detroit Lions 5 0
Division Sun December 27 W Oakland Raiders Miami Dolphins 21 14
Division Sun December 27 W San Francisco 49ers @ Minnesota Vikings 17 14
ConfChamp Sun January 3 W Baltimore Colts Oakland Raiders 27 17
ConfChamp Sun January 3 W Dallas Cowboys @ San Francisco 49ers 17 10
SuperBowl Sun January 17 W Baltimore Colts N Dallas Cowboys 16 13

Team Offense

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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 FL 1stPy
1 San Francisco 49ers 14 352 4503 862 5.2 237 226 383 2923 25 10 7.5 125 471 1580 13 3.4 86 25 15 26
2 Detroit Lions 14 347 3984 844 4.7 243 167 294 1857 19 12 5.6 107 514 2127 16 4.1 113 27 15 23
3 Minnesota Vikings 14 335 3815 881 4.3 225 173 344 2181 12 15 5.8 111 508 1634 16 3.2 98 31 16 16
4 St. Louis Cardinals 14 325 4471 845 5.3 226 178 390 2473 16 19 5.9 104 429 1998 18 4.7 110 33 14 12
5 Los Angeles Rams 14 325 4271 879 4.9 224 218 426 2508 17 13 5.6 120 430 1763 12 4.1 93 30 17 11
6 Baltimore Colts 14 321 4134 860 4.8 242 219 416 2798 23 22 6.2 148 411 1336 9 3.3 70 36 14 24
7 Cincinnati Bengals 14 312 3927 831 4.7 210 172 339 1870 12 11 5.1 97 461 2057 16 4.5 100 23 12 13
8 New York Giants 14 301 4433 905 4.9 257 230 403 2634 19 12 6.0 150 465 1799 11 3.9 94 26 14 13
9 Oakland Raiders 14 300 4829 908 5.3 270 210 418 2865 28 21 6.6 139 471 1964 7 4.2 107 30 9 24
10 Dallas Cowboys 14 299 4449 858 5.2 229 149 297 2149 18 16 6.4 95 522 2300 16 4.4 119 28 12 15
11 Washington Redskins 14 297 4129 815 5.1 249 203 342 2108 23 10 5.7 100 444 2021 11 4.6 122 24 14 27
12 Miami Dolphins 14 297 4039 827 4.9 228 159 299 1957 15 19 5.8 100 492 2082 14 4.2 106 30 11 22
13 Cleveland Browns 14 286 4161 870 4.8 239 190 392 2582 17 24 6.3 134 462 1579 14 3.4 87 38 14 18
14 San Diego Chargers 14 282 3953 839 4.7 231 192 387 2503 24 19 5.6 119 395 1450 9 3.7 83 25 6 29
15 Kansas City Chiefs 14 272 3577 775 4.6 183 154 289 1719 13 16 5.3 86 448 1858 11 4.1 83 31 15 14
16 Chicago Bears 14 256 3265 808 4.0 179 210 422 2173 21 22 4.8 104 353 1092 3 3.1 55 35 13 20
17 New York Jets 14 255 3960 884 4.5 230 193 386 2307 14 22 5.5 122 463 1653 11 3.6 90 33 11 18
18 Denver Broncos 14 253 3827 883 4.3 217 183 403 2025 11 28 4.5 112 436 1802 17 4.1 84 41 13 21
19 Philadelphia Eagles 14 241 3990 883 4.5 229 218 410 2451 16 23 5.7 126 450 1539 11 3.4 81 39 16 22
20 Houston Oilers 14 217 4062 922 4.4 232 238 470 2506 12 23 5.0 126 419 1556 10 3.7 88 38 15 18
21 Pittsburgh Steelers 14 210 3752 844 4.4 206 150 384 2037 12 32 4.9 97 432 1715 13 4.0 84 48 16 25
22 Atlanta Falcons 14 206 3431 826 4.2 199 197 342 1831 18 21 4.6 110 431 1600 4 3.7 76 38 17 13
23 Buffalo Bills 14 204 3895 822 4.7 203 213 402 2430 13 26 5.3 120 367 1465 8 4.0 71 52 26 12
24 Green Bay Packers 14 196 3409 847 4.0 194 177 351 1814 11 24 4.6 110 453 1595 8 3.5 69 41 17 15
25 New Orleans Saints 14 172 3673 814 4.5 183 213 415 2458 11 22 5.5 112 371 1215 4 3.3 55 40 18 16
26 Boston Patriots 14 149 2626 768 3.4 184 176 392 1586 7 28 3.7 98 334 1040 11 3.1 63 41 13 23
Avg Team 269.6 3944.8 850.0 4.6 221.1 192.6 376.8 2259.4 16.4 19.6 5.5 114.3 439.7 1685.4 11.3 3.8 88.0 34.0 14.3 18.8
League Total 7010 102565 22100 4.6 5749 5008 9796 58745 427 510 5.5 2972 11432 43820 293 3.8 2287 883 373 490
Avg Tm/G 19.3 281.8 60.7 4.6 15.8 13.8 26.9 161.4 1.2 1.4 5.5 8.2 31.4 120.4 0.8 3.8 6.3 2.4 1.0 1.3

Passing Offense

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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 San Francisco 49ers 14 226 383 59.0 2923 25 6.5 10 2.6 79 7.6 7.1 12.9 208.8 93.9 8 67 7.3 6.8 2.0
2 Oakland Raiders 14 210 418 50.2 2865 28 6.7 21 5.0 60 6.9 5.3 13.6 204.6 73.9 19 164 6.2 4.7 4.3
3 Baltimore Colts 14 219 416 52.6 2798 23 5.5 22 5.3 55 6.7 4.9 12.8 199.9 70.4 33 289 5.6 3.9 7.3
4 New York Giants 14 230 403 57.1 2634 19 4.7 12 3.0 59 6.5 5.7 11.5 188.1 80.2 37 258 5.4 4.6 8.4
5 Cleveland Browns 14 190 392 48.5 2582 17 4.3 24 6.1 78 6.6 4.3 13.6 184.4 58.9 16 170 5.9 3.7 3.9
6 Los Angeles Rams 14 218 426 51.2 2508 17 4.0 13 3.1 71 5.9 4.9 11.5 179.1 69.8 23 150 5.3 4.3 5.1
7 Houston Oilers 14 238 470 50.6 2506 12 2.6 23 4.9 87 5.3 3.4 10.5 179.0 54.6 33 262 4.5 2.6 6.6
8 San Diego Chargers 14 192 387 49.6 2503 24 6.2 19 4.9 80 6.5 4.9 13.0 178.8 70.6 57 433 4.7 3.3 12.8
9 St. Louis Cardinals 14 178 390 45.6 2473 16 4.1 19 4.9 79 6.3 4.6 13.9 176.6 59.9 26 216 5.4 3.8 6.3
10 New Orleans Saints 14 213 415 51.3 2458 11 2.7 22 5.3 49 5.9 3.8 11.5 175.6 56.3 28 232 5.0 3.0 6.3
11 Philadelphia Eagles 14 218 410 53.2 2451 16 3.9 23 5.6 79 6.0 3.8 11.2 175.1 60.9 23 200 5.2 3.2 5.3
12 Buffalo Bills 14 213 402 53.0 2430 13 3.2 26 6.5 48 6.0 3.5 11.4 173.6 55.3 53 486 4.3 2.0 11.6
13 New York Jets 14 193 386 50.0 2307 14 3.6 22 5.7 72 6.0 3.8 12.0 164.8 57.0 35 285 4.8 2.8 8.3
14 Minnesota Vikings 14 173 344 50.3 2181 12 3.5 15 4.4 72 6.3 4.7 12.6 155.8 63.9 29 197 5.3 3.8 7.8
15 Chicago Bears 14 210 422 49.8 2173 21 5.0 22 5.2 69 5.1 3.3 10.3 155.2 59.9 33 258 4.2 2.5 7.3
16 Dallas Cowboys 14 149 297 50.2 2149 18 6.1 16 5.4 89 7.2 5.4 14.4 153.5 71.8 39 296 5.5 3.9 11.6
17 Washington Redskins 14 203 342 59.4 2108 23 6.7 10 2.9 66 6.2 5.5 10.4 150.6 87.5 29 249 5.0 4.4 7.8
18 Pittsburgh Steelers 14 150 384 39.1 2037 12 3.1 32 8.3 87 5.3 1.9 13.6 145.5 32.4 28 275 4.3 1.1 6.8
19 Denver Broncos 14 183 403 45.4 2025 11 2.7 28 6.9 74 5.0 2.2 11.1 144.6 41.0 44 333 3.8 1.2 9.8
20 Miami Dolphins 14 159 299 53.2 1957 15 5.0 19 6.4 54 6.5 4.2 12.3 139.8 63.9 36 327 4.9 2.8 10.7
21 Cincinnati Bengals 14 172 339 50.7 1870 12 3.5 11 3.2 56 5.5 4.4 10.9 133.6 65.6 31 227 4.4 3.4 8.4
22 Detroit Lions 14 167 294 56.8 1857 19 6.5 12 4.1 58 6.3 5.1 11.1 132.6 80.3 36 264 4.8 3.8 10.9
23 Atlanta Falcons 14 197 342 57.6 1831 18 5.3 21 6.1 51 5.4 3.1 9.3 130.8 64.4 53 431 3.5 1.6 13.4
24 Green Bay Packers 14 177 351 50.4 1814 11 3.1 24 6.8 89 5.2 2.4 10.2 129.6 47.6 43 382 3.6 1.2 10.9
25 Kansas City Chiefs 14 154 289 53.3 1719 13 4.5 16 5.5 61 5.9 3.9 11.2 122.8 63.2 38 319 4.3 2.5 11.6
26 Boston Patriots 14 176 392 44.9 1586 7 1.8 28 7.1 48 4.0 1.0 9.0 113.3 32.5 42 389 2.8 0.0 9.7
Avg Team 192.6 376.8 51.1 2259.4 16.4 4.4 19.6 5.2 68 6.0 4.1 11.7 161.4 62.5 33.5 275.3 4.8 3.1 8.2
League Total 5008 9796 51.1 58745 427 4.4 510 5.2 89 6.0 4.1 11.7 4196.1 62.5 872 7159 4.8 3.1 8.2
Avg Tm/G 13.8 26.9 51.1 161.4 1.2 4.4 1.4 5.2 6.0 4.1 11.7 161.4 62.5 2.4 19.7 4.8 3.1 8.2

Rushing Offense

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Rk Tm G Att Yds TD Lng Y/A Y/G Fmb
1 Dallas Cowboys 14 522 2300 16 47 4.4 164.3 29
2 Detroit Lions 14 514 2127 16 76 4.1 151.9 26
3 Miami Dolphins 14 492 2082 14 56 4.2 148.7 24
4 Cincinnati Bengals 14 461 2057 16 76 4.5 146.9 22
5 Washington Redskins 14 444 2021 11 75 4.6 144.4 26
6 St. Louis Cardinals 14 429 1998 18 75 4.7 142.7 24
7 Oakland Raiders 14 471 1964 7 39 4.2 140.3 21
8 Kansas City Chiefs 14 448 1858 11 65 4.1 132.7 26
9 Denver Broncos 14 436 1802 17 80 4.1 128.7 23
10 New York Giants 14 465 1799 11 68 3.9 128.5 29
11 Los Angeles Rams 14 430 1763 12 24 4.1 125.9 27
12 Pittsburgh Steelers 14 432 1715 13 85 4.0 122.5 30
13 New York Jets 14 463 1653 11 27 3.6 118.1 20
14 Minnesota Vikings 14 508 1634 16 23 3.2 116.7 25
15 Atlanta Falcons 14 431 1600 4 40 3.7 114.3 24
16 Green Bay Packers 14 453 1595 8 54 3.5 113.9 34
17 San Francisco 49ers 14 471 1580 13 45 3.4 112.9 24
18 Cleveland Browns 14 462 1579 14 63 3.4 112.8 24
19 Houston Oilers 14 419 1556 10 49 3.7 111.1 26
20 Philadelphia Eagles 14 450 1539 11 57 3.4 109.9 26
21 Buffalo Bills 14 367 1465 8 56 4.0 104.6 37
22 San Diego Chargers 14 395 1450 9 70 3.7 103.6 19
23 Baltimore Colts 14 411 1336 9 26 3.3 95.4 25
24 New Orleans Saints 14 371 1215 4 29 3.3 86.8 27
25 Chicago Bears 14 353 1092 3 45 3.1 78.0 29
26 Boston Patriots 14 334 1040 11 26 3.1 74.3 18
Avg Team 439.7 1685.4 11.3 53 3.8 120.4 25.6
League Total 11432 43820 293 85 3.8 3130.0 665
Avg Tm/G 31.4 120.4 0.8 3.8 120.4 1.8

Kick & Punt Returns

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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 Chicago Bears 14 57 246 0 15 4.3 56 1472 4 96 26.3 4983
2 Denver Broncos 14 63 556 0 45 8.8 49 1114 0 39 22.7 5497
3 Los Angeles Rams 14 62 418 0 49 6.7 47 1236 1 98 26.3 5925
4 Buffalo Bills 14 45 298 0 54 6.6 62 1244 2 95 20.1 5437
5 San Francisco 49ers 14 48 550 0 76 11.5 49 967 0 55 19.7 6020
6 Houston Oilers 14 41 257 0 33 6.3 55 1168 0 45 21.2 5487
7 Boston Patriots 14 32 305 0 62 9.5 62 1275 0 52 20.6 4206
8 Pittsburgh Steelers 14 51 281 0 52 5.5 40 997 0 91 24.9 5030
9 Philadelphia Eagles 14 32 100 0 16 3.1 59 1252 0 82 21.2 5342
10 St. Louis Cardinals 14 41 315 1 74 7.7 47 926 0 32 19.7 5712
11 Green Bay Packers 14 25 98 0 12 3.9 63 1422 2 101 22.6 4929
12 Washington Redskins 14 27 45 0 9 1.7 61 1223 0 51 20.0 5397
13 New York Jets 14 26 150 0 21 5.8 56 1106 0 41 19.8 5216
14 New Orleans Saints 14 29 214 0 41 7.4 53 1044 0 38 19.7 4931
15 Oakland Raiders 14 37 308 1 63 8.3 44 1017 0 62 23.1 6154
16 New York Giants 14 29 193 1 45 6.7 52 1157 0 69 22.3 5783
17 Atlanta Falcons 14 34 356 2 77 10.5 47 916 0 32 19.5 4703
18 Baltimore Colts 14 36 351 1 80 9.8 45 1161 1 99 25.8 5646
19 Miami Dolphins 14 30 295 1 77 9.8 48 1036 1 96 21.6 5370
20 Cleveland Browns 14 34 236 0 38 6.9 44 1001 1 94 22.8 5398
21 Detroit Lions 14 34 306 1 65 9.0 43 959 1 85 22.3 5249
22 Cincinnati Bengals 14 37 327 1 79 8.8 39 1002 1 95 25.7 5256
23 Kansas City Chiefs 14 31 371 0 60 12.0 44 997 0 48 22.7 4945
24 San Diego Chargers 14 31 173 0 17 5.6 42 813 0 41 19.4 4939
25 Minnesota Vikings 14 35 216 0 53 6.2 36 842 0 66 23.4 4873
26 Dallas Cowboys 14 32 237 0 34 7.4 37 888 1 100 24.0 5574
Avg Team 37.7 277.0 0.3 48 7.4 49.2 1086.0 0.6 69 22.1 5307.8
League Total 979 7202 9 80 7.4 1280 28235 15 101 22.1 138002
Avg Tm/G 2.7 19.8 0.0 7.4 3.5 77.6 0.0 22.1 379.1

Kicking & Punting

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Kicking Punting
Rk Tm G FGA FGM FG% XPA XPM XP% Pnt Yds Lng Blck Y/P
1 Cincinnati Bengals 14 37 25 67.6% 34 33 97.1% 79 3650 63 0 46.2
2 San Francisco 49ers 14 31 21 67.7% 41 39 95.1% 75 2880 58 0 38.4
3 Denver Broncos 14 32 18 56.3% 28 27 96.4% 87 3732 64 0 42.9
4 Chicago Bears 14 34 20 58.8% 28 28 100.0% 84 3427 56 0 40.8
5 Los Angeles Rams 14 45 29 64.4% 34 34 100.0% 67 2620 53 0 39.1
6 Oakland Raiders 14 29 16 55.2% 36 36 100.0% 79 3120 57 1 39.5
7 Kansas City Chiefs 14 42 30 71.4% 26 26 100.0% 76 3412 68 0 44.9
8 Minnesota Vikings 14 46 30 65.2% 35 35 100.0% 61 2312 64 0 37.9
9 Houston Oilers 14 32 18 56.3% 23 23 100.0% 84 3562 73 1 42.4
10 Green Bay Packers 14 28 15 53.6% 22 19 86.4% 87 3497 62 0 40.2
11 New York Jets 14 35 19 54.3% 28 28 100.0% 73 2927 64 1 40.1
12 St. Louis Cardinals 14 32 20 62.5% 38 37 97.4% 65 2658 59 0 40.9
13 Baltimore Colts 14 34 19 55.9% 38 36 94.7% 63 2816 62 1 44.7
14 Detroit Lions 14 29 20 69.0% 41 41 100.0% 62 2480 65 1 40.0
15 Pittsburgh Steelers 14 28 10 35.7% 26 24 92.3% 78 3448 66 1 44.2
16 Dallas Cowboys 14 27 18 66.7% 35 35 100.0% 69 2850 59 1 41.3
17 Cleveland Browns 14 22 12 54.5% 35 34 97.1% 71 3025 71 1 42.6
18 San Diego Chargers 14 19 12 63.2% 35 34 97.1% 74 3167 62 1 42.8
19 New Orleans Saints 14 34 18 52.9% 17 16 94.1% 77 3272 64 2 42.5
20 New York Giants 14 41 25 61.0% 32 32 100.0% 54 2068 68 1 38.3
21 Atlanta Falcons 14 25 9 36.0% 26 23 88.5% 76 2941 59 0 38.7
22 Buffalo Bills 14 19 10 52.6% 25 24 96.0% 83 3229 58 1 38.9
23 Boston Patriots 14 22 8 36.4% 18 17 94.4% 86 3363 57 1 39.1
24 Philadelphia Eagles 14 25 14 56.0% 29 25 86.2% 71 2599 56 0 36.6
25 Washington Redskins 14 27 20 74.1% 34 33 97.1% 61 2495 66 1 40.9
26 Miami Dolphins 14 30 22 73.3% 33 33 100.0% 58 2390 67 0 41.2
Avg Team 31.0 18.4 59.4% 30.7 29.7 96.9% 73.1 2997.7 62 0.6 41.0
League Total 805 478 59.4% 797 772 96.9% 1900 77940 73 15 41.0
Avg Tm/G 2.2 1.3 59.4% 2.2 2.1 96.9% 5.2 214.1 0.0 41.0

Scoring

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Rk Tm G RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
1 San Francisco 49ers 14 13 25 2 1 39 21 2 352
2 Detroit Lions 14 16 19 1 1 4 41 20 347
3 Minnesota Vikings 14 16 12 3 2 2 35 30 335