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1976 NFL Standings, Team & Offensive Statistics

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League Standings

Glossary
Tm W L T W-L% Pts PtsO PtDif
AFC East
Baltimore Colts 11 3 0 .786 417 246 171
New England Patriots 11 3 0 .786 376 236 140
Miami Dolphins 6 8 0 .429 263 264 -1
New York Jets 3 11 0 .214 169 383 -214
Buffalo Bills 2 12 0 .143 245 363 -118
AFC Central
Pittsburgh Steelers 10 4 0 .714 342 138 204
Cincinnati Bengals 10 4 0 .714 335 210 125
Cleveland Browns 9 5 0 .643 267 287 -20
Houston Oilers 5 9 0 .357 222 273 -51
AFC West
Oakland Raiders 13 1 0 .929 350 237 113
Denver Broncos 9 5 0 .643 315 206 109
San Diego Chargers 6 8 0 .429 248 285 -37
Kansas City Chiefs 5 9 0 .357 290 376 -86
Tampa Bay Buccaneers 0 14 0 .000 125 412 -287
Tm W L T W-L% Pts PtsO PtDif
NFC East
Dallas Cowboys 11 3 0 .786 296 194 102
Washington Redskins 10 4 0 .714 291 217 74
St. Louis Cardinals 10 4 0 .714 309 267 42
Philadelphia Eagles 4 10 0 .286 165 286 -121
New York Giants 3 11 0 .214 170 250 -80
NFC Central
Minnesota Vikings 11 2 1 .821 305 176 129
Chicago Bears 7 7 0 .500 253 216 37
Detroit Lions 6 8 0 .429 262 220 42
Green Bay Packers 5 9 0 .357 218 299 -81
NFC West
Los Angeles Rams 10 3 1 .750 351 190 161
San Francisco 49ers 8 6 0 .571 270 190 80
Atlanta Falcons 4 10 0 .286 172 312 -140
New Orleans Saints 4 10 0 .286 253 346 -93
Seattle Seahawks 2 12 0 .143 229 429 -200

Playoff Games

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Week Date Winner/tie Loser/tie PtsW PtsL
Division Sat December 18 box W Minnesota Vikings Washington Redskins 35 20
Division Sat December 18 box W Oakland Raiders New England Patriots 24 21
Division Sun December 19 box W Pittsburgh Steelers @ Baltimore Colts 40 14
Division Sun December 19 box W Los Angeles Rams @ Dallas Cowboys 14 12
ConfChamp Sun December 26 box W Minnesota Vikings Los Angeles Rams 24 13
ConfChamp Sun December 26 box W Oakland Raiders Pittsburgh Steelers 24 7
SuperBowl Sun January 9 box W Oakland Raiders N Minnesota Vikings 32 14

Award Winners

AP MVPBert Jones
PFWA MVPBert Jones
Newspaper Ent. Assoc. MVPBert Jones
Bert Bell Award (Player of the Year)Ken Stabler
AP Offensive Player of the YearBert Jones
AP Defensive Player of the YearJack Lambert
Super Bowl MVPFred Biletnikoff
AP Offensive Rookie of the YearSammy White
AP Defensive Rookie of the YearMike Haynes
Walter Payton Man of the YearFranco Harris
AP Comeback Player of the YearGreg Landry

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 Baltimore Colts 14 417 5236 956 5.5 301 215 361 2933 24 10 7.5 144 565 2303 26 4.1 133 28 18 24
2 New England Patriots 14 376 4694 919 5.1 260 146 309 1746 18 20 5.3 95 591 2948 24 5.0 150 36 16 15
3 Los Angeles Rams 14 351 4869 960 5.1 265 171 315 2341 17 15 6.7 111 613 2528 23 4.1 143 36 21 11
4 Oakland Raiders 14 350 5190 946 5.5 303 232 361 2905 33 18 7.5 146 557 2285 14 4.1 137 29 11 20
5 Pittsburgh Steelers 14 342 4637 957 4.8 271 143 277 1666 10 12 5.5 94 653 2971 33 4.5 163 31 19 14
6 Cincinnati Bengals 14 335 4300 878 4.9 238 187 360 2191 21 15 5.5 110 481 2109 15 4.4 114 35 20 14
7 Denver Broncos 14 315 4136 901 4.6 239 168 353 2204 15 22 5.5 114 500 1932 14 3.9 106 34 12 19
8 St. Louis Cardinals 14 309 5136 989 5.2 307 220 392 2835 18 13 6.9 142 580 2301 17 4.0 140 37 24 25
9 Minnesota Vikings 14 305 4858 1013 4.8 294 270 442 2855 17 10 6.0 150 540 2003 18 3.7 125 29 19 19
10 Dallas Cowboys 14 296 4884 958 5.1 269 222 390 2737 17 13 6.5 140 538 2147 16 4.0 111 29 16 18
11 Washington Redskins 14 291 4096 956 4.3 255 187 370 1985 20 20 4.9 122 548 2111 10 3.9 114 43 23 19
12 Kansas City Chiefs 14 290 4802 959 5.0 275 229 419 2929 15 17 6.4 152 498 1873 18 3.8 103 33 16 20
13 San Francisco 49ers 14 270 4085 916 4.5 242 155 306 1638 15 21 4.8 91 576 2447 14 4.2 131 33 12 20
14 Cleveland Browns 14 267 4542 925 4.9 260 209 373 2247 21 15 5.7 112 533 2295 9 4.3 119 37 22 29
15 Miami Dolphins 14 263 4386 874 5.0 267 193 346 2268 15 15 5.9 125 491 2118 15 4.3 122 23 8 20
16 Detroit Lions 14 262 4353 939 4.6 259 201 356 2140 20 12 5.1 120 516 2213 9 4.3 123 33 21 16
17 Chicago Bears 14 253 3843 880 4.4 201 123 278 1480 9 15 4.9 67 578 2363 20 4.1 115 28 13 19
18 New Orleans Saints 14 253 3759 885 4.2 226 206 403 1984 8 14 4.4 111 431 1775 16 4.1 92 32 18 23
19 San Diego Chargers 14 248 4456 907 4.9 256 223 388 2416 17 18 5.6 127 473 2040 13 4.3 111 31 13 18
20 Buffalo Bills 14 245 4404 964 4.6 250 156 383 1838 16 17 4.4 102 548 2566 11 4.7 135 43 26 13
21 Seattle Seahawks 14 229 4065 882 4.6 239 229 480 2649 13 30 5.2 141 374 1416 14 3.8 75 48 18 23
22 Houston Oilers 14 222 3570 878 4.1 199 227 423 2072 17 19 4.5 110 416 1498 6 3.6 71 33 14 18
23 Green Bay Packers 14 218 3452 883 3.9 210 164 357 1730 10 22 4.3 94 485 1722 15 3.6 99 45 23 17
24 Atlanta Falcons 14 172 3103 868 3.6 191 157 354 1414 10 24 3.6 93 470 1689 10 3.6 78 41 17 20
25 New York Giants 14 170 3696 900 4.1 216 175 326 1792 9 24 4.8 97 530 1904 11 3.6 98 36 12 21
26 New York Jets 14 169 3530 876 4.0 220 180 393 1606 7 28 3.7 93 438 1924 10 4.4 104 53 25 23
27 Philadelphia Eagles 14 165 3572 917 3.9 220 182 369 1492 11 18 3.6 91 505 2080 8 4.1 109 32 14 20
28 Tampa Bay Buccaneers 14 125 3006 859 3.5 191 181 376 1503 9 20 3.5 93 433 1503 5 3.5 71 37 17 27
Avg Team 268.1 4237.9 919.5 4.6 247.3 191.1 366.4 2128.4 15.4 17.8 5.3 113.8 516.5 2109.4 14.8 4.1 114.0 35.2 17.4 19.5
League Total 7508 118660 25745 4.6 6924 5351 10260 59596 432 497 5.3 3187 14461 59064 414 4.1 3192 985 488 545
Avg Tm/G 19.2 302.7 65.7 4.6 17.7 13.7 26.2 152.0 1.1 1.3 5.3 8.1 36.9 150.7 1.1 4.1 8.1 2.5 1.2 1.4

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 Baltimore Colts 14 215 361 59.6 2933 24 6.6 10 2.8 79 8.1 7.5 13.6 209.5 96.2 30 288 6.8 6.2 7.7
2 Kansas City Chiefs 14 229 419 54.7 2929 15 3.6 17 4.1 57 7.0 5.5 12.8 209.2 71.8 42 374 5.5 4.2 9.1
3 Oakland Raiders 14 232 361 64.3 2905 33 9.1 18 5.0 88 8.0 6.7 12.5 207.5 98.9 28 290 6.7 5.5 7.2
4 Minnesota Vikings 14 270 442 61.1 2855 17 3.8 10 2.3 56 6.5 5.8 10.6 203.9 83.3 31 262 5.5 4.9 6.6
5 St. Louis Cardinals 14 220 392 56.1 2835 18 4.6 13 3.3 77 7.2 6.2 12.9 202.5 80.5 17 132 6.6 5.6 4.2
6 Dallas Cowboys 14 222 390 56.9 2737 17 4.4 13 3.3 56 7.0 6.0 12.3 195.5 79.4 30 230 6.0 5.0 7.1
7 Seattle Seahawks 14 229 480 47.7 2649 13 2.7 30 6.3 80 5.5 3.0 11.6 189.2 47.8 28 225 4.8 2.4 5.5
8 San Diego Chargers 14 223 388 57.5 2416 17 4.4 18 4.6 81 6.2 4.6 10.8 172.6 71.2 46 271 4.9 3.5 10.6
9 Los Angeles Rams 14 171 315 54.3 2341 17 5.4 15 4.8 80 7.4 5.8 13.7 167.2 76.4 32 288 5.9 4.5 9.2
10 Miami Dolphins 14 193 346 55.8 2268 15 4.3 15 4.3 67 6.6 5.0 11.8 162.0 72.3 37 336 5.0 3.7 9.7
11 Cleveland Browns 14 209 373 56.0 2247 21 5.6 15 4.0 52 6.0 4.8 10.8 160.5 75.9 19 152 5.3 4.2 4.8
12 Denver Broncos 14 168 353 47.6 2204 15 4.2 22 6.2 71 6.2 3.9 13.1 157.4 56.0 48 306 4.7 2.6 12.0
13 Cincinnati Bengals 14 187 360 51.9 2191 21 5.8 15 4.2 85 6.1 4.8 11.7 156.5 72.8 37 252 4.9 3.7 9.3
14 Detroit Lions 14 201 356 56.5 2140 20 5.6 12 3.4 74 6.0 5.1 10.6 152.9 78.9 67 490 3.9 3.1 15.8
15 Houston Oilers 14 227 423 53.7 2072 17 4.0 19 4.5 69 4.9 3.3 9.1 148.0 61.9 39 357 3.7 2.2 8.4
16 Washington Redskins 14 187 370 50.5 1985 20 5.4 20 5.4 53 5.4 3.5 10.6 141.8 62.0 38 303 4.1 2.4 9.3
17 New Orleans Saints 14 206 403 51.1 1984 8 2.0 14 3.5 74 4.9 3.6 9.6 141.7 57.3 51 369 3.6 2.3 11.2
18 Buffalo Bills 14 156 383 40.7 1838 16 4.2 17 4.4 58 4.8 3.2 11.8 131.3 51.5 33 246 3.8 2.4 7.9
19 New York Giants 14 175 326 53.7 1792 9 2.8 24 7.4 63 5.5 2.5 10.2 128.0 48.2 44 312 4.0 1.3 11.9
20 New England Patriots 14 146 309 47.2 1746 18 5.8 20 6.5 58 5.7 3.3 12.0 124.7 57.5 19 164 4.8 2.6 5.8
21 Green Bay Packers 14 164 357 45.9 1730 10 2.8 22 6.2 69 4.8 2.4 10.5 123.6 44.2 41 375 3.4 1.2 10.3
22 Pittsburgh Steelers 14 143 277 51.6 1666 10 3.6 12 4.3 64 6.0 4.4 11.7 119.0 64.1 27 269 4.6 3.1 8.9
23 San Francisco 49ers 14 155 306 50.7 1638 15 4.9 21 6.9 85 5.4 2.8 10.6 117.0 54.3 34 325 3.9 1.5 10.0
24 New York Jets 14 180 393 45.8 1606 7 1.8 28 7.1 44 4.1 1.1 8.9 114.7 33.5 45 383 2.8 0.1 10.3
25 Tampa Bay Buccaneers 14 181 376 48.1 1503 9 2.4 20 5.3 49 4.0 1.8 8.3 107.4 44.7 50 423 2.5 0.6 11.7
26 Philadelphia Eagles 14 182 369 49.3 1492 11 3.0 18 4.9 48 4.0 2.1 8.2 106.6 49.6 43 352 2.8 1.1 10.4
27 Chicago Bears 14 123 278 44.2 1480 9 3.2 15 5.4 63 5.3 3.2 12.0 105.7 49.4 24 225 4.2 2.2 7.9
28 Atlanta Falcons 14 157 354 44.4 1414 10 2.8 24 6.8 50 4.0 1.2 9.0 101.0 36.9 44 395 2.6 0.1 11.1
Avg Team 191.1 366.4 52.2 2128.4 15.4 4.2 17.8 4.8 66 5.8 4.0 11.1 152.0 63.6 36.6 299.8 4.5 2.9 9.1
League Total 5351 10260 52.2 59596 432 4.2 497 4.8 88 5.8 4.0 11.1 4256.9 63.6 1024 8394 4.5 2.9 9.1
Avg Tm/G 13.7 26.2 52.2 152.0 1.1 4.2 1.3 4.8 5.8 4.0 11.1 152.0 63.6 2.6 21.4 4.5 2.9 9.1

Rushing Offense

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Rk Tm G Att Yds TD Lng Y/A Y/G Fmb
1 Pittsburgh Steelers 14 653 2971 33 47 4.5 212.2 40
2 New England Patriots 14 591 2948 24 69 5.0 210.6 28
3 Buffalo Bills 14 548 2566 11 75 4.7 183.3 45
4 Los Angeles Rams 14 613 2528 23 40 4.1 180.6 29
5 San Francisco 49ers 14 576 2447 14 80 4.2 174.8 30
6 Chicago Bears 14 578 2363 20 60 4.1 168.8 24
7 Baltimore Colts 14 565 2303 26 69 4.1 164.5 25
8 St. Louis Cardinals 14 580 2301 17 36 4.0 164.4 44
9 Cleveland Browns 14 533 2295 9 64 4.3 163.9 45
10 Oakland Raiders 14 557 2285 14 31 4.1 163.2 21
11 Detroit Lions 14 516 2213 9 46 4.3 158.1 38
12 Dallas Cowboys 14 538 2147 16 28 4.0 153.4 26
13 Miami Dolphins 14 491 2118 15 59 4.3 151.3 14
14 Washington Redskins 14 548 2111 10 28 3.9 150.8 36
15 Cincinnati Bengals 14 481 2109 15 77 4.4 150.6 38
16 Philadelphia Eagles 14 505 2080 8 59 4.1 148.6 33
17 San Diego Chargers 14 473 2040 13 46 4.3 145.7 28
18 Minnesota Vikings 14 540 2003 18 46 3.7 143.1 33
19 Denver Broncos 14 500 1932 14 31 3.9 138.0 23
20 New York Jets 14 438 1924 10 60 4.4 137.4 44
21 New York Giants 14 530 1904 11 29 3.6 136.0 27
22 Kansas City Chiefs 14 498 1873 18 59 3.8 133.8 32
23 New Orleans Saints 14 431 1775 16 74 4.1 126.8 32
24 Green Bay Packers 14 485 1722 15 56 3.6 123.0 37
25 Atlanta Falcons 14 470 1689 10 47 3.6 120.6 30
26 Tampa Bay Buccaneers 14 433 1503 5 46 3.5 107.4 30
27 Houston Oilers 14 416 1498 6 44 3.6 107.0 25
28 Seattle Seahawks 14 374 1416 14 53 3.8 101.1 30
Avg Team 516.5 2109.4 14.8 52 4.1 150.7 31.7
League Total 14461 59064 414 80 4.1 4218.9 887
Avg Tm/G 36.9 150.7 1.1 4.1 150.7 2.3

Kick & Punt Returns

Glossary · CSV · PRE
Punt Returns Kick Returns
Rk Tm G Ret Yds TD Lng Y/R Rt Yds TD Lng Y/Rt APYd
1 Atlanta Falcons 14 60 385 0 24 6.4 60 1269 0 44 21.2 4757
2 Seattle Seahawks 14 37 246 0 26 6.6 79 1605 0 45 20.3 5916
3 Tampa Bay Buccaneers 14 43 366 0 32 8.5 70 1488 0 43 21.3 4860
4 New York Jets 14 40 289 1 60 7.2 73 1597 0 58 21.9 5416
5 Pittsburgh Steelers 14 71 636 0 36 9.0 41 855 0 39 20.9 6128
6 Buffalo Bills 14 33 220 1 67 6.7 75 1594 0 79 21.3 6218
7 Houston Oilers 14 48 504 1 69 10.5 58 1229 0 53 21.2 5303
8 Green Bay Packers 14 40 300 0 27 7.5 65 1361 0 88 20.9 5113
9 New Orleans Saints 14 42 375 0 67 8.9 62 1173 0 41 18.9 5307
10 Cleveland Browns 14 49 369 0 49 7.5 54 1182 0 44 21.9 6093
11 San Francisco 49ers 14 65 557 2 60 8.6 38 777 0 40 20.4 5419
12 Cincinnati Bengals 14 54 343 0 32 6.4 49 1046 1 97 21.3 5689
13 Washington Redskins 14 52 688 1 71 13.2 50 1066 0 67 21.3 5850
14 Kansas City Chiefs 14 34 429 0 48 12.6 65 1538 0 64 23.7 6769
15 Philadelphia Eagles 14 41 425 0 29 10.4 58 1148 0 41 19.8 5145
16 Denver Broncos 14 51 640 4 92 12.5 46 1075 0 64 23.4 5851
17 San Diego Chargers 14 45 490 0 43 10.9 52 1076 0 47 20.7 6022
18 Los Angeles Rams 14 52 476 0 25 9.2 44 1027 1 90 23.3 6372
19 Oakland Raiders 14 50 553 0 32 11.1 46 1025 0 55 22.3 6768
20 New York Giants 14 41 197 0 22 4.8 53 1044 0 37 19.7 4937
21 Chicago Bears 14 43 269 0 51 6.3 51 1087 0 48 21.3 5199
22 New England Patriots 14 48 628 2 89 13.1 46 1087 0 71 23.6 6409
23 Baltimore Colts 14 40 315 0 44 7.9 52 1072 0 83 20.6 6623
24 St. Louis Cardinals 14 36 350 0 39 9.7 54 1102 0 43 20.4 6588
25 Miami Dolphins 14 35 415 1 79 11.9 55 1347 0 69 24.5 6148
26 Dallas Cowboys 14 45 489 0 55 10.9 42 1027 0 74 24.5 6400
27 Minnesota Vikings 14 40 271 0 31 6.8 42 859 0 57 20.5 5988
28 Detroit Lions 14 31 207 0 30 6.7 47 987 0 84 21.0 5547
Avg Team 45.2 408.3 0.5 47 9.0 54.5 1169.4 0.1 59 21.4 5815.5
League Total 1266 11432 13 92 9.0 1527 32743 2 97 21.4 162835
Avg Tm/G 3.2 29.2 0.0 9.0 3.9 83.5 0.0 21.4 415.4

Kicking & Punting

Glossary · CSV · PRE
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 Washington Redskins 14 1 1 8 7 11 8 13 6 1 34 22 64.7% 32 31 96.9% 90 3501 56 0 38.9
2 Chicago Bears 14 3 3 6 4 11 5 5 25 12 48.0% 31 27 87.1% 100 3730 62 1 37.3
3 New Orleans Saints 14 1 1 8 8 5 4 7 4 2 1 23 18 78.3% 29 25 86.2% 101 3969 63 0 39.3
4 Houston Oilers 14 1 1 4 4 10 7 8 3 4 1 27 16 59.3% 25 24 96.0% 100 3530 74 1 35.3
5 San Francisco 49ers 14 3 3 8 5 8 4 8 4 1 28 16 57.1% 32 26 81.3% 91 3631 68 2 39.9
6 Los Angeles Rams 14 2 2 8 5 5 4 10 6 1 26 17 65.4% 44 36 81.8% 79 3010 61 2 38.1
7 Cincinnati Bengals 14 1 1 8 6 4 2 8 3 6 2 27 14 51.9% 42 39 92.9% 76 3002 61 0 39.5
8 Pittsburgh Steelers 14 2 2 6 2 10 6 7 4 1 26 14 53.8% 43 40 93.0% 76 2979 58 0 39.2
9 Denver Broncos 14 1 1 8 7 5 4 7 3 21 15 71.4% 39 36 92.3% 84 2948 55 1 35.1
10 Atlanta Falcons 14 2 2 4 2 5 1 10 5 21 10 47.6% 20 20 100.0% 101 4252 67 0 42.1<