1971 NFL Opposition & Defensive Statistics

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Super Bowl Champion: Dallas Cowboys

AP MVP: Alan Page

AP Offensive Rookie of the Year: John Brockington

AP Defensive Rookie of the Year: Isiah Robertson

AP Defensive Player of the Year: Alan Page

Passing Leader: John Hadl, 3075 Yds

Rushing Leader: Floyd Little, 1133 Yds

Receiving Leader: Otis Taylor, 1110 Yds

Team Defense

Team Defense Table
					Tot Yds & TO					Passing							Rushing					Penalties
Rk	Tm	G	PA	Yds	Ply	Y/P	TO	FL	1stD	Cmp	Att	Yds	TD	Int	NY/A	1stD	Att	Yds	TD	Y/A	1stD	Pen	Yds	1stPy	Sc%	TO%
1	Minnesota Vikings	14	139	3406	879	3.9	45	18	194	206	405	1806	10	27	4.2	88	447	1600	2	3.6	88	57	615	18
2	Baltimore Colts	14	140	2852	746	3.8	41	13	166	185	361	1739	9	28	4.4	95	352	1113	8	3.2	60	67	687	11
3	Miami Dolphins	14	174	3661	800	4.6	31	14	214	206	363	2000	10	17	5.0	111	403	1661	10	4.1	93	62	569	10
4	Washington Redskins	14	190	3523	855	4.1	41	12	213	191	411	2127	11	29	4.8	119	408	1396	7	3.4	73	93	720	21
5	Kansas City Chiefs	14	208	3768	813	4.6	33	6	223	209	418	2468	11	27	5.5	125	367	1300	9	3.5	73	71	751	25
6	San Francisco 49ers	14	216	3679	787	4.7	30	16	199	152	341	2011	17	14	5.3	96	408	1668	4	4.1	80	75	610	23
7	Dallas Cowboys	14	222	3468	817	4.2	51	25	200	209	421	2324	15	26	5.0	125	353	1144	8	3.2	59	61	647	16
8	Los Angeles Rams	14	260	4037	879	4.6	34	7	239	200	387	2379	15	27	5.6	129	455	1658	11	3.6	91	62	665	19
9	Cincinnati Bengals	14	265	3906	811	4.8	39	12	213	157	335	2128	19	27	5.8	102	446	1778	11	4.0	93	72	722	18
10	Cleveland Browns	14	273	4194	848	4.9	40	16	232	156	339	1967	12	24	5.4	100	484	2227	14	4.6	115	86	772	17
11	Denver Broncos	14	275	3819	826	4.6	40	20	206	150	356	1985	18	20	5.0	91	426	1834	11	4.3	90	78	771	25
12	Chicago Bears	14	276	4520	899	5.0	45	23	234	192	362	2404	12	22	6.2	117	509	2116	14	4.2	99	78	819	18
13	Atlanta Falcons	14	277	3787	874	4.3	38	18	237	164	343	1638	9	20	4.4	106	500	2149	19	4.3	114	61	614	17
14	Oakland Raiders	14	278	4137	871	4.7	40	17	242	184	359	2386	15	23	6.1	122	480	1751	14	3.6	100	80	832	20
15	St. Louis Cardinals	14	279	4365	881	5.0	33	16	244	212	375	2380	12	17	6.0	120	486	1985	10	4.1	109	79	831	15
16	Detroit Lions	14	286	3859	756	5.1	33	11	210	163	306	2017	17	22	6.2	99	432	1842	15	4.3	97	97	942	14
17	Pittsburgh Steelers	14	292	4248	881	4.8	35	18	225	235	408	2766	16	17	6.3	132	440	1482	13	3.4	81	81	784	12
18	Green Bay Packers	14	298	4008	861	4.7	32	16	230	186	353	2301	21	16	6.2	110	489	1707	7	3.5	104	60	514	16
19	New York Jets	14	299	4357	841	5.2	27	14	235	163	342	2055	17	13	5.6	101	472	2302	18	4.9	118	81	814	16
20	Philadelphia Eagles	14	302	4622	889	5.2	47	25	251	220	407	2660	16	22	6.1	129	450	1962	16	4.4	104	94	908	18
21	New England Patriots	14	325	4072	856	4.8	29	14	237	170	350	2154	16	15	5.7	111	481	1918	14	4.0	106	60	559	20
22	Houston Oilers	14	330	3795	880	4.3	37	14	237	180	354	2072	11	23	5.3	97	489	1723	22	3.5	117	75	916	23
23	San Diego Chargers	14	341	4558	859	5.3	32	10	272	193	347	2262	15	22	6.2	114	493	2296	25	4.7	143	84	887	15
24	New Orleans Saints	14	347	4438	852	5.2	45	25	260	175	333	2238	20	20	6.3	110	495	2200	18	4.4	129	98	967	21
25	New York Giants	14	362	4366	800	5.5	30	15	228	173	333	2307	25	15	6.6	112	449	2059	12	4.6	104	69	730	12
26	Buffalo Bills	14	394	4604	895	5.1	22	11	250	157	303	2108	20	11	6.3	101	562	2496	21	4.4	135	89	883	14
	Avg Team		271.1	4001.9	844.5	4.7	36.5	15.6	226.6	184.2	362.0	2180.1	15.0	20.9	5.6	110.1	452.9	1821.8	12.8	4.0	99.0	75.8	751.1	17.5
	League Total		7048	104049	21956	4.7	950	406	5891	4788	9412	56682	389	544	5.6	2862	11776	47367	333	4.0	2575	1970	19529	454
	Avg Tm/G		19.4	285.8	60.3	4.7	2.6	1.1	16.2	13.2	25.9	155.7	1.1	1.5	5.6	7.9	32.4	130.1	0.9	4.0	7.1	5.4	53.7	1.2

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