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1970 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 Minnesota Vikings 14 143 2803 814 3.4 268 195 367 1438 6 28 3.5 89 398 1365 4 3.4 168 44 16 11
2 Detroit Lions 14 202 3448 756 4.6 311 194 371 2296 14 28 5.8 112 362 1152 7 3.2 186 44 16 13
3 Los Angeles Rams 14 202 3548 826 4.3 326 196 378 2189 15 19 5.1 113 395 1359 6 3.4 195 35 16 18
4 Dallas Cowboys 14 221 3569 855 4.2 323 193 399 1913 10 24 4.3 105 415 1656 10 4.0 205 39 15 13
5 Miami Dolphins 14 228 4004 808 5.0 370 234 403 2551 17 23 6.1 128 387 1453 8 3.8 226 38 15 16
6 St. Louis Cardinals 14 228 3869 894 4.3 388 183 382 2107 16 21 5.0 116 472 1762 10 3.7 242 35 14 30
7 Baltimore Colts 14 234 3845 883 4.4 349 238 452 2406 16 25 4.9 120 390 1439 6 3.7 214 34 9 15
8 Kansas City Chiefs 14 244 3667 861 4.3 369 195 408 2010 15 31 4.5 111 418 1657 10 4.0 226 43 12 32
9 Cincinnati Bengals 14 255 4178 874 4.8 385 209 428 2635 18 23 5.8 131 418 1543 11 3.7 236 39 16 18
10 Atlanta Falcons 14 261 3876 857 4.5 329 191 348 2154 11 19 5.7 98 479 1722 14 3.6 211 35 16 20
11 Chicago Bears 14 261 4067 895 4.5 385 233 394 2596 18 17 6.0 133 459 1471 11 3.2 234 31 14 18
12 Denver Broncos 14 264 3705 838 4.4 331 191 379 2354 20 16 5.5 118 409 1351 7 3.3 199 32 16 14
13 Cleveland Browns 14 265 4244 842 5.0 368 186 357 2238 16 19 5.7 120 451 2006 10 4.4 236 31 12 12
14 San Francisco 49ers 14 267 3972 839 4.7 345 185 384 2173 19 22 5.2 110 425 1799 12 4.2 213 42 20 22
15 New York Giants 14 270 4063 818 5.0 348 186 364 2371 19 17 5.9 110 419 1692 11 4.0 223 30 13 15
16 Pittsburgh Steelers 14 272 3996 906 4.4 359 191 393 2317 21 23 5.5 120 487 1679 8 3.4 225 38 15 14
17 San Diego Chargers 14 278 4182 872 4.8 384 207 365 2215 13 9 5.7 117 480 1967 15 4.1 245 24 15 22
18 New York Jets 14 286 3655 826 4.4 367 165 383 2372 20 23 5.7 122 408 1283 7 3.1 216 34 11 29
19 Oakland Raiders 14 293 4116 838 4.9 356 157 339 2089 22 19 5.5 104 460 2027 10 4.4 223 27 8 29
20 Green Bay Packers 14 293 4055 854 4.7 316 177 369 2226 13 20 5.6 102 453 1829 14 4.0 202 37 17 12
21 Washington Redskins 14 314 4333 866 5.0 407 205 374 2265 14 15 5.7 125 468 2068 19 4.4 266 28 13 16
22 Philadelphia Eagles 14 332 3953 804 4.9 324 161 313 1889 16 10 5.4 95 457 2064 16 4.5 213 28 18 16
23 Buffalo Bills 14 337 3806 853 4.5 339 157 338 2088 15 11 5.7 103 484 1718 16 3.5 213 26 15 23
24 New Orleans Saints 14 347 4952 916 5.4 426 238 430 3061 19 22 6.8 150 469 1891 15 4.0 263 38 16 13
25 Houston Oilers 14 352 4398 840 5.2 369 164 344 2605 25 18 7.0 115 466 1793 16 3.8 227 26 8 27
26 Boston Patriots 14 361 4261 865 4.9 369 177 334 2187 19 8 6.0 105 503 2074 20 4.1 242 25 17 22
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 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 Minnesota Vikings 14 195 367 53.1 1438 6 1.6 28 7.6 3.9 0.6 7.4 102.7 36.3 49 360 3.5 -0.3
2 Philadelphia Eagles 14 161 313 51.4 1889 16 5.1 10 3.2 6.0 5.1 11.7 134.9 73.8 34 287 5.4 3.8
3 Dallas Cowboys 14 193 399 48.4 1913 10 2.5 24 6.0 4.8 2.3 9.9 136.6 45.7 41 313 4.3 1.4
4 Kansas City Chiefs 14 195 408 47.8 2010 15 3.7 31 7.6 4.9 1.9 10.3 143.6 43.0 35 270 4.5 1.1
5 Buffalo Bills 14 157 338 46.4 2088 15 4.4 11 3.3 6.2 5.2 13.3 149.1 67.8 31 246 5.7 4.1
6 Oakland Raiders 14 157 339 46.3 2089 22 6.5 19 5.6 6.2 4.3 13.3 149.2 64.6 39 297 5.5 3.1
7 St. Louis Cardinals 14 183 382 47.9 2107 16 4.2 21 5.5 5.5 3.5 11.5 150.5 56.0 40 309 5.0 2.4
8 Atlanta Falcons 14 191 348 54.9 2154 11 3.2 19 5.5 6.2 4.0 11.3 153.9 61.4 30 243 5.7 3.1
9 San Francisco 49ers 14 185 384 48.2 2173 19 4.9 22 5.7 5.7 3.6 11.7 155.2 58.4 30 261 5.2 2.7
10 Boston Patriots 14 177 334 53.0 2187 19 5.7 8 2.4 6.5 6.0 12.4 156.2 82.5 28 243 6.0 4.9
11 Los Angeles Rams 14 196 378 51.9 2189 15 4.0 19 5.0 5.8 3.9 11.2 156.4 61.7 53 426 5.1 2.5
12 San Diego Chargers 14 207 365 56.7 2215 13 3.6 9 2.5 6.1 5.3 10.7 158.2 76.2 27 207 5.7 4.4
13 Green Bay Packers 14 177 369 48.0 2226 13 3.5 20 5.4 6.0 3.9 12.6 159.0 56.4 32 270 5.6 3.0
14 Cleveland Browns 14 186 357 52.1 2238 16 4.5 19 5.3 6.3 4.3 12.0 159.9 64.4 34 290 5.7 3.2
15 Washington Redskins 14 205 374 54.8 2265 14 3.7 15 4.0 6.1 4.6 11.0 161.8 68.8 24 169 5.7 3.9
16 Detroit Lions 14 194 371 52.3 2296 14 3.8 28 7.5 6.2 3.2 11.8 164.0 52.6 23 195 5.8 2.5
17 Pittsburgh Steelers 14 191 393 48.6 2317 21 5.3 23 5.9 5.9 3.8 12.1 165.5 60.6 26 238 5.5 3.0
18 Denver Broncos 14 191 379 50.4 2354 20 5.3 16 4.2 6.2 4.8 12.3 168.1 70.0 50 456 5.5 3.2
19 New York Giants 14 186 364 51.1 2371 19 5.2 17 4.7 6.5 4.9 12.7 169.4 69.7 35 279 5.9 3.8
20 New York Jets 14 165 383 43.1 2372 20 5.2 23 6.0 6.2 4.0 14.4 169.4 56.2 35 308 5.7 2.9
21 Baltimore Colts 14 238 452 52.7 2406 16 3.5 25 5.5 5.3 3.2 10.1 171.9 56.9 41 374 4.9 2.2
22 Miami Dolphins 14 234 403 58.1 2551 17 4.2 23 5.7 6.3 4.2 10.9 182.2 67.1 18 157 6.1 3.6
23 Chicago Bears 14 233 394 59.1 2596 18 4.6 17 4.3 6.6 5.1 11.1 185.4 76.1 42 329 6.0 3.9
24 Houston Oilers 14 164 344 47.7 2605 25 7.3 18 5.2 7.6 5.9 15.9 186.1 75.8 30 246 7.0 4.8
25 Cincinnati Bengals 14 209 428 48.8 2635 18 4.2 23 5.4 6.2 4.2 12.6 188.2 60.1 28 250 5.8 3.4
26 New Orleans Saints 14 238 430 55.3 3061 19 4.4 22 5.1 7.1 5.3 12.9 218.6 71.3 17 136 6.8 4.8
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 Defense

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Rk Tm G Att Yds TD Lng Y/A Y/G Fmb
1 Detroit Lions 14 362 1152 7 3.2 82.3
2 New York Jets 14 408 1283 7 3.1 91.6
3 Denver Broncos 14 409 1351 7 3.3 96.5
4 Los Angeles Rams 14 395 1359 6 3.4 97.1
5 Minnesota Vikings 14 398 1365 4 3.4 97.5
6 Baltimore Colts 14 390 1439 6 3.7 102.8
7 Miami Dolphins 14 387 1453 8 3.8 103.8
8 Chicago Bears 14 459 1471 11 3.2 105.1
9 Cincinnati Bengals 14 418 1543 11 3.7 110.2
10 Dallas Cowboys 14 415 1656 10 4.0 118.3
11 Kansas City Chiefs 14 418 1657 10 4.0 118.4
12 Pittsburgh Steelers 14 487 1679 8 3.4 119.9
13 New York Giants 14 419 1692 11 4.0 120.9
14 Buffalo Bills 14 484 1718 16 3.5 122.7
15 Atlanta Falcons 14 479 1722 14 3.6 123.0
16 St. Louis Cardinals 14 472 1762 10 3.7 125.9
17 Houston Oilers 14 466 1793 16 3.8 128.1
18 San Francisco 49ers 14 425 1799 12 4.2 128.5
19 Green Bay Packers 14 453 1829 14 4.0 130.6
20 New Orleans Saints 14 469 1891 15 4.0 135.1
21 San Diego Chargers 14 480 1967 15 4.1 140.5
22 Cleveland Browns 14 451 2006 10 4.4 143.3
23 Oakland Raiders 14 460 2027 10 4.4 144.8
24 Philadelphia Eagles 14 457 2064 16 4.5 147.4
25 Washington Redskins 14 468 2068 19 4.4 147.7
26 Boston Patriots 14 503 2074 20 4.1 148.1
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 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 38 1 60 1142 0 19.0
2 Minnesota Vikings 14 38 1 69 1514 3 21.9
3 San Diego Chargers 14 34 1 52 1153 0 22.2
4 Kansas City Chiefs 14 51 0 45 1128 0 25.1
5 Cincinnati Bengals 14 48 2 33 774 0 23.5
6 Detroit Lions 14 29 0 67 1427 0 21.3
7 Cleveland Browns 14 23 0 39 956 0 24.5
8 Miami Dolphins 14 20 1 55 1142 1 20.8
9 Atlanta Falcons 14 40 0 41 983 1 24.0
10 Oakland Raiders 14 40 0 54 1233 0 22.8
11 New York Giants 14 21 0 57 1359 1 23.8
12 Baltimore Colts 14 38 1 58 1237 0 21.3
13 New York Jets 14 42 0 58 1210 2 20.9
14 New Orleans Saints 14 41 1 35 735 0 21.0
15 Green Bay Packers 14 40 0 36 888 0 24.7
16 Washington Redskins 14 35 0 49 1181 1 24.1
17 St. Louis Cardinals 14 26 0 54 1262 1 23.4
18 Philadelphia Eagles 14 22 1 50 1030 1 20.6
19 Pittsburgh Steelers 14 51 0 49 1068 1 21.8
20 Boston Patriots 14 42 0 41 841 2 20.5
21 Houston Oilers 14 52 0 32 741 0 23.2
22 San Francisco 49ers 14 38 0 58 1362 0 23.5
23 Buffalo Bills 14 42 0 46 1112 1 24.2
24 Los Angeles Rams 14 32 0 71 1278 0 18.0
25 Denver Broncos 14 56 0 24 544 0 22.7
26 Chicago Bears 14 40 0 47 935 0 19.9
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 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 Miami Dolphins 14 22 11 50.0% 28 27 96.4% 63 2627 41.7
2 Washington Redskins 14 26 18 69.2% 37 36 97.3% 56 2201 39.3
3 Philadelphia Eagles 14 39 27 69.2% 36 35 97.2% 62 2424 39.1
4 Boston Patriots 14 28 17 60.7% 44 44 100.0% 63 2759 43.8
5 New York Giants 14 29 16 55.2% 32 30 93.8% 62 2461 39.7
6 Atlanta Falcons 14 40 20 50.0% 29 27 93.1% 60 2472 41.2
7 Buffalo Bills 14 46 30 65.2% 35 35 100.0% 76 3344 44.0
8 San Diego Chargers 14 40 23 57.5% 30 29 96.7% 64 2822 44.1
9 New Orleans Saints 14 34 23 67.6% 40 38 95.0% 56 2262 40.4
10 Cleveland Browns 14 26 14 53.8% 32 31 96.9% 66 2798 42.4
11 Dallas Cowboys 14 26 17 65.4% 24 24 100.0% 74 3041 41.1
12 Detroit Lions 14 26 16 61.5% 22 22 100.0% 70 2737 39.1
13 Pittsburgh Steelers 14 32 15 46.9% 32 29 90.6% 85 3562 41.9
14 St. Louis Cardinals 14 26 13 50.0% 27 27 100.0% 80 3200 40.0
15 Baltimore Colts 14 37 19 51.4% 25 25 100.0% 78 2995 38.4
16 New York Jets 14 32 18 56.3% 33 32 97.0% 68 2645 38.9
17 Green Bay Packers 14 42 28 66.7% 30 29 96.7% 71 2847 40.1
18 Houston Oilers 14 30 14 46.7% 44 44 100.0% 77 3419 44.4
19 Minnesota Vikings 14 27 15 55.6% 14 14 100.0% 84 3150 37.5
20 Kansas City Chiefs 14 28 21 75.0% 26 25 96.2% 79 3429 43.4
21 Oakland Raiders 14 31 21 67.7% 33 32 97.0% 80 3328 41.6
22 Los Angeles Rams 14 25 16 64.0% 22 22 100.0% 88 3326 37.8
23 Chicago Bears 14 29 16 55.2% 31 27 87.1% 87 3271 37.6
24 Denver Broncos 14 36 23 63.9% 28 27 96.4% 89 3996 44.9
25 San Francisco 49ers 14 24 15 62.5% 32 30 93.8% 82 3313 40.4
26 Cincinnati Bengals 14 24 12 50.0% 31 31 100.0% 80 3504 43.8
Avg Team 5.3 4.8 6.9 4.8 6.7 4.3 9.3 3.8 2.8 0.7 31.0 18.4 59.4% 30.7 29.7 96.9% 73.1 2997.7 62 0.6 41.0
League Total 137 125 179 126 175 112 241 98 73 17 805 478 59.4% 797 772 96.9% 1900 77940 73 15 41.0
Avg Tm/G 0.4 0.3 0.5 0.3 0.5 0.3 0.7 0.3 0.2 2.2 1.3 59.4% 2.2 2.1 96.9% 5.2 214.1 0.0 41.0

Scoring Against

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Rk Tm G RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
1 Boston Patriots 14 20 19 2 44 17 1 361
2 New Orleans Saints 14 15 19 1 38 23 347
3 Green Bay Packers 14 14 13 29 28 293
4 Buffalo Bills 14 16 15 1 35 30 1 337
5 Atlanta Falcons 14 14 11 1 27 20 261
6 Pittsburgh Steelers 14 8 21 1 29 15 3 272
7 Houston Oilers 14 16 25 44 14 1 352
8 Philadelphia Eagles 14 16 16 1 1 35 27 332
9 Denver Broncos 14 7 20 27 23 264
10 New York Jets 14 7 20 2 32 18 1 286
11 Chicago Bears 14 11 18 27 16 261
12 Kansas City Chiefs 14 10 15 25 21 244
13 San Diego Chargers 14 15 13 1 29 23 278
14 Cleveland Browns 14 10 16 31 14 265
15 Washington Redskins 14 19 14 1 36 18 1 314
16 Miami Dolphins 14 8 17 1 1 27 11 228
17 Dallas Cowboys 14 10 10 1 24 17 1 221
18 Oakland Raiders 14 10 22