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1981 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 Philadelphia Eagles 16 221 4447 1023 4.3 430 248 507 2696 12 26 4.9 137 476 1751 11 3.7 266 47 21 27
2 San Francisco 49ers 16 250 4763 1014 4.7 447 273 514 2845 16 27 5.2 144 464 1918 10 4.1 280 48 21 23
3 New York Giants 16 257 4825 1141 4.2 476 294 544 2934 14 17 5.0 156 553 1891 10 3.4 291 34 17 29
4 Tampa Bay Buccaneers 16 268 5312 1115 4.8 517 317 541 3140 10 32 5.6 174 551 2172 16 3.9 320 46 14 23
5 Miami Dolphins 16 275 5363 1039 5.2 468 297 509 3331 23 18 6.1 160 492 2032 10 4.1 296 33 15 12
6 Buffalo Bills 16 276 4945 1037 4.8 483 267 474 2870 21 19 5.5 154 516 2075 7 4.0 298 36 17 31
7 Dallas Cowboys 16 277 5419 1021 5.3 466 236 511 3370 17 37 6.1 162 468 2049 16 4.4 286 53 16 18
8 New York Jets 16 287 4871 1036 4.7 470 275 505 3004 15 21 5.3 155 465 1867 19 4.0 291 36 15 24
9 Denver Broncos 16 289 4878 1000 4.9 433 267 497 2873 13 23 5.4 142 467 2005 17 4.3 268 46 23 23
10 Kansas City Chiefs 16 290 5373 1101 4.9 520 291 567 3626 16 26 6.1 177 507 1747 17 3.4 316 47 21 27
11 Pittsburgh Steelers 16 297 5652 1084 5.2 532 302 544 3783 22 30 6.5 181 500 1869 10 3.7 323 46 16 28
12 Cincinnati Bengals 16 304 5289 1055 5.0 522 316 548 3408 24 19 5.8 167 465 1881 12 4.0 324 37 18 31
13 Detroit Lions 16 322 4846 991 4.9 465 261 475 3223 22 24 6.2 158 469 1623 14 3.5 279 39 15 28
14 Chicago Bears 16 324 5394 1077 5.0 460 233 525 3248 23 18 5.8 144 521 2146 13 4.1 290 40 22 26
15 Oakland Raiders 16 343 5473 1113 4.9 528 289 537 3641 24 13 6.2 178 524 1832 15 3.5 316 32 19 34
16 Washington Redskins 16 349 5206 1016 5.1 487 214 452 3045 21 24 6.3 152 532 2161 17 4.1 310 39 15 25
17 Los Angeles Rams 16 351 5124 1067 4.8 445 204 439 2727 17 17 5.7 128 585 2397 19 4.1 285 33 16 32
18 Houston Oilers 16 355 5726 1084 5.3 512 295 502 3315 22 18 6.2 162 549 2411 16 4.4 325 31 13 25
19 Atlanta Falcons 16 355 5354 1053 5.1 512 322 565 3688 30 25 6.2 172 459 1666 10 3.6 303 46 21 37
20 Green Bay Packers 16 361 5185 1087 4.8 512 284 505 3087 18 30 5.7 168 546 2098 21 3.8 326 54 24 18
21 Minnesota Vikings 16 369 5373 1054 5.1 481 265 481 3328 26 16 6.5 163 540 2045 15 3.8 299 35 19 19
22 New England Patriots 16 370 5827 1103 5.3 496 243 439 2877 18 16 6.3 148 644 2950 20 4.6 328 33 17 20
23 Cleveland Browns 16 375 5367 1014 5.3 479 275 469 3289 28 15 6.6 157 516 2078 14 4.0 299 35 20 23
24 New Orleans Saints 16 378 5253 1002 5.2 479 287 471 3337 26 17 6.7 161 504 1916 17 3.8 303 34 17 15
25 Seattle Seahawks 16 388 5940 1126 5.3 567 294 502 3134 25 21 5.8 173 588 2806 20 4.8 371 48 27 23
26 San Diego Chargers 16 390 6136 1109 5.5 616 313 571 4311 22 23 7.0 216 491 1825 25 3.7 365 41 18 35
27 St. Louis Cardinals 16 408 5723 1036 5.5 522 282 495 3295 29 21 6.3 171 509 2428 20 4.8 328 38 17 23
28 Baltimore Colts 16 533 6793 1111 6.1 650 301 491 4128 37 16 8.2 214 607 2665 30 4.4 406 30 14 30
Avg Team 330.8 5352.0 1061.0 5.0 310.4 276.6 506.4 3269.8 21.1 21.8 6.0 163.4 518.1 2082.3 15.8 4.0 121.8 39.9 18.1 25.3
League Total 9262 149857 29709 5.0 8692 7745 14180 91553 591 609 6.0 4574 14508 58304 441 4.0 3409 1117 508 709
Avg Tm/G 20.7 334.5 66.3 5.0 19.4 17.3 31.7 204.4 1.3 1.4 6.0 10.2 32.4 130.1 1.0 4.0 7.6 2.5 1.1 1.6

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 Philadelphia Eagles 16 248 507 48.9 2696 12 2.4 26 5.1 5.3 3.2 10.9 168.5 51.5 40 354 4.9 2.4
2 Los Angeles Rams 16 204 439 46.5 2727 17 3.9 17 3.9 6.2 4.9 13.4 170.4 63.5 43 330 5.7 3.7
3 San Francisco 49ers 16 273 514 53.1 2845 16 3.1 27 5.3 5.5 3.5 10.4 177.8 57.9 36 290 5.2 2.7
4 Buffalo Bills 16 267 474 56.3 2870 21 4.4 19 4.0 6.1 4.7 10.7 179.4 72.3 47 373 5.5 3.6
5 Denver Broncos 16 267 497 53.7 2873 13 2.6 23 4.6 5.8 4.0 10.8 179.6 60.4 36 295 5.4 3.1
6 New England Patriots 16 243 439 55.4 2877 18 4.1 16 3.6 6.6 5.3 11.8 179.8 74.0 20 175 6.3 4.7
7 New York Giants 16 294 544 54.0 2934 14 2.6 17 3.1 5.4 4.2 10.0 183.4 65.2 44 384 5.0 3.3
8 New York Jets 16 275 505 54.5 3004 15 3.0 21 4.2 5.9 4.4 10.9 187.8 64.8 66 518 5.3 3.0
9 Washington Redskins 16 214 452 47.3 3045 21 4.6 24 5.3 6.7 4.8 14.2 190.3 63.0 32 265 6.3 3.9
10 Green Bay Packers 16 284 505 56.2 3087 18 3.6 30 5.9 6.1 3.8 10.9 192.9 61.5 36 266 5.7 3.1
11 Seattle Seahawks 16 294 502 58.6 3134 25 5.0 21 4.2 6.2 4.9 10.7 195.9 76.1 36 260 5.8 4.1
12 Tampa Bay Buccaneers 16 317 541 58.6 3140 10 1.8 32 5.9 5.8 3.3 9.9 196.3 56.6 23 157 5.6 2.9
13 Detroit Lions 16 261 475 54.9 3223 22 4.6 24 5.1 6.8 5.0 12.3 201.4 70.5 47 373 6.2 3.8
14 Chicago Bears 16 233 525 44.4 3248 23 4.4 18 3.4 6.2 5.1 13.9 203.0 65.2 31 279 5.8 4.3
15 Cleveland Browns 16 275 469 58.6 3289 28 6.0 15 3.2 7.0 6.2 12.0 205.6 86.7 29 223 6.6 5.4
16 St. Louis Cardinals 16 282 495 57.0 3295 29 5.9 21 4.2 6.7 5.3 11.7 205.9 79.1 32 252 6.3 4.5
17 Houston Oilers 16 295 502 58.8 3315 22 4.4 18 3.6 6.6 5.4 11.2 207.2 78.2 33 239 6.2 4.6
18 Minnesota Vikings 16 265 481 55.1 3328 26 5.4 16 3.3 6.9 6.0 12.6 208.0 81.0 33 271 6.5 5.1
19 Miami Dolphins 16 297 509 58.3 3331 23 4.5 18 3.5 6.5 5.4 11.2 208.2 78.3 38 314 6.1 4.5
20 New Orleans Saints 16 287 471 60.9 3337 26 5.5 17 3.6 7.1 6.0 11.6 208.6 85.7 27 241 6.7 5.2
21 Dallas Cowboys 16 236 511 46.2 3370 17 3.3 37 7.2 6.6 3.7 14.3 210.6 49.0 42 347 6.1 2.8
22 Cincinnati Bengals 16 316 548 57.7 3408 24 4.4 19 3.5 6.2 5.1 10.8 213.0 76.2 42 349 5.8 4.1
23 Kansas City Chiefs 16 291 567 51.3 3626 16 2.8 26 4.6 6.4 4.6 12.5 226.6 61.8 27 195 6.1 4.1
24 Oakland Raiders 16 289 537 53.8 3641 24 4.5 13 2.4 6.8 6.1 12.6 227.6 80.0 52 370 6.2 5.0
25 Atlanta Falcons 16 322 565 57.0 3688 30 5.3 25 4.4 6.5 5.1 11.5 230.5 76.0 29 239 6.2 4.4
26 Pittsburgh Steelers 16 302 544 55.5 3783 22 4.0 30 5.5 7.0 4.9 12.5 236.4 67.8 40 325 6.5 4.0
27 Baltimore Colts 16 301 491 61.3 4128 37 7.5 16 3.3 8.4 7.7 13.7 258.0 99.7 13 100 8.2 7.3
28 San Diego Chargers 16 313 571 54.8 4311 22 3.9 23 4.0 7.5 6.1 13.8 269.4 75.3 47 384 7.0 5.0
Avg Team 276.6 506.4 54.6 3269.8 21.1 4.2 21.8 4.3 74 6.5 4.9 11.8 204.4 70.5 36.5 291.7 5.5 4.1 6.7
League Total 7745 14180 54.6 91553 591 4.2 609 4.3 95 6.5 4.9 11.8 5722.1 70.5 1021 8168 5.5 4.1 6.7
Avg Tm/G 17.3 31.7 54.6 204.4 1.3 4.2 1.4 4.3 6.5 4.9 11.8 204.4 70.5 2.3 18.2 5.5 4.1 6.7

Rushing Defense

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Rk Tm G Att Yds TD Lng Y/A Y/G Fmb
1 Detroit Lions 16 469 1623 14 3.5 101.4
2 Atlanta Falcons 16 459 1666 10 3.6 104.1
3 Kansas City Chiefs 16 507 1747 17 3.4 109.2
4 Philadelphia Eagles 16 476 1751 11 3.7 109.4
5 San Diego Chargers 16 491 1825 25 3.7 114.1
6 Oakland Raiders 16 524 1832 15 3.5 114.5
7 New York Jets 16 465 1867 19 4.0 116.7
8 Pittsburgh Steelers 16 500 1869 10 3.7 116.8
9 Cincinnati Bengals 16 465 1881 12 4.0 117.6
10 New York Giants 16 553 1891 10 3.4 118.2
11 New Orleans Saints 16 504 1916 17 3.8 119.8
12 San Francisco 49ers 16 464 1918 10 4.1 119.9
13 Denver Broncos 16 467 2005 17 4.3 125.3
14 Miami Dolphins 16 492 2032 10 4.1 127.0
15 Minnesota Vikings 16 540 2045 15 3.8 127.8
16 Dallas Cowboys 16 468 2049 16 4.4 128.1
17 Buffalo Bills 16 516 2075 7 4.0 129.7
18 Cleveland Browns 16 516 2078 14 4.0 129.9
19 Green Bay Packers 16 546 2098 21 3.8 131.1
20 Chicago Bears 16 521 2146 13 4.1 134.1
21 Washington Redskins 16 532 2161 17 4.1 135.1
22 Tampa Bay Buccaneers 16 551 2172 16 3.9 135.8
23 Los Angeles Rams 16 585 2397 19 4.1 149.8
24 Houston Oilers 16 549 2411 16 4.4 150.7
25 St. Louis Cardinals 16 509 2428 20 4.8 151.8
26 Baltimore Colts 16 607 2665 30 4.4 166.6
27 Seattle Seahawks 16 588 2806 20 4.8 175.4
28 New England Patriots 16 644 2950 20 4.6 184.4
Avg Team 518.1 2082.3 15.8 48 4.0 130.1 34.4
League Total 14508 58304 441 82 4.0 3644.0 962
Avg Tm/G 32.4 130.1 1.0 4.0 130.1 2.1

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 Cincinnati Bengals 16 42 0 80 1612 1 20.2
2 Tampa Bay Buccaneers 16 52 1 64 1332 0 20.8
3 Buffalo Bills 16 34 0 61 1268 1 20.8
4 San Francisco 49ers 16 57 1 67 1389 0 20.7
5 New England Patriots 16 35 1 68 1326 0 19.5
6 Baltimore Colts 16 44 0 43 864 0 20.1
7 Green Bay Packers 16 50 0 70 1183 0 16.9
8 Dallas Cowboys 16 38 0 71 1508 0 21.2
9 Denver Broncos 16 46 0 47 1007 0 21.4
10 Miami Dolphins 16 45 0 60 1218 0 20.3
11 San Diego Chargers 16 31 0 88 1528 0 17.4
12 Philadelphia Eagles 16 34 0 60 1334 0 22.2
13 Seattle Seahawks 16 33 0 67 1177 0 17.6
14 Kansas City Chiefs 16 46 0 68 1296 0 19.1
15 Pittsburgh Steelers 16 34 2 52 1253 0 24.1
16 Minnesota Vikings 16 46 1 62 1260 0 20.3
17 New York Jets 16 31 0 63 1415 0 22.5
18 Chicago Bears 16 66 1 44 937 0 21.3
19 New Orleans Saints 16 36 0 50 966 0 19.3
20 Atlanta Falcons 16 59 2 67 1286 0 19.2
21 Houston Oilers 16 47 0 59 1201 0 20.4
22 Detroit Lions 16 39 0 70 1257 0 18.0
23 Washington Redskins 16 50 1 69 1275 0 18.5
24 Los Angeles Rams 16 52 0 60 1443 2 24.1
25 St. Louis Cardinals 16 37 0 55 1163 0 21.1
26 New York Giants 16 61 1 50 959 0 19.2
27 Cleveland Browns 16 30 0 45 1156 0 25.7
28 Oakland Raiders 16 45 0 49 1068 1 21.8
Avg Team 43.6 372.9 0.4 48 8.6 61.0 1238.6 0.2 54 20.3 6963.6
League Total 1220 10442 11 94 8.6 1709 34681 5 99 20.3 194980
Avg Tm/G 2.7 23.3 0.0 8.6 3.8 77.4 0.0 20.3 435.2

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 New Orleans Saints 16 25 19 76.0% 46 45 97.8% 69 3043 44.1
2 Baltimore Colts 16 31 20 64.5% 68 65 95.6% 48 1819 37.9
3 Seattle Seahawks 16 29 23 79.3% 46 41 89.1% 55 2338 42.5
4 Cleveland Browns 16 34 21 61.8% 45 40 88.9% 78 3175 40.7
5 Houston Oilers 16 42 27 64.3% 39 38 97.4% 70 2933 41.9
6 St. Louis Cardinals 16 26 20 76.9% 50 48 96.0% 69 2850 41.3
7 Philadelphia Eagles 16 28 14 50.0% 26 23 88.5% 76 3093 40.7
8 New England Patriots 16 39 25 64.1% 41 39 95.1% 74 2871 38.8
9 Buffalo Bills 16 26 22 84.6% 30 30 100.0% 77 3234 42.0
10 Kansas City Chiefs 16 27 19 70.4% 34 29 85.3% 80 3112 38.9
11 Washington Redskins 16 24 17 70.8% 43 38 88.4% 80 3336 41.7
12 Green Bay Packers 16 24 16 66.7% 45 43 95.6% 69 2739 39.7
13 Detroit Lions 16 22 19 86.4% 38 37 97.4% 81 3475 42.9
14 Pittsburgh Steelers 16 33 18 54.5% 35 33 94.3% 78 3284 42.1
15 Tampa Bay Buccaneers 16 33 25 75.8% 27 27 100.0% 73 3008 41.2
16 Minnesota Vikings 16 27 17 63.0% 46 42 91.3% 84 3419 40.7
17 San Diego Chargers 16 26 19 73.1% 48 45 93.8% 72 2902 40.3
18 Los Angeles Rams 16 33 26 78.8% 39 37 94.9% 94 3854 41.0
19 Miami Dolphins 16 21 14 66.7% 33 33 100.0% 87 3567 41.0
20 Denver Broncos 16 27 15 55.6% 35 34 97.1% 88 3793 43.1
21 Oakland Raiders 16 30 17 56.7% 42 38 90.5% 101 3929 38.9
22 Cincinnati Bengals 16 21 12 57.1% 38 38 100.0% 81 3264 40.3
23 Dallas Cowboys 16 29 14 48.3% 34 31 91.2% 80 3296 41.2
24 New York Jets 16 20 12 60.0% 36 33 91.7% 94 3798 40.4
25 San Francisco 49ers 16 23 13 56.5% 30 29 96.7% 83 3436 41.4
26 New York Giants 16 33 22 66.7% 27 27 100.0% 105 4158 39.6
27 Chicago Bears 16 29 17 58.6% 39 37 94.9% 98 3989 40.7
28 Atlanta Falcons 16 29 18 62.1% 43 41 95.3% 96 4051 42.2
Avg Team 0.9 0.8 7.6 6.5 8.3 5.8 9.1 4.8 2.4 0.8 28.3 18.6 65.9% 39.4 37.2 94.4% 80.0 3276.1 65 0.3 41.0
League Total 24 22 213 182 231 162 256 134 67 21 791 521 65.9% 1103 1041 94.4% 2240 91730 75 9 41.0
Avg Tm/G 0.1 0.5 0.4 0.5 0.4 0.6 0.3 0.1 1.8 1.2 65.9% 2.5 2.3 94.4% 5.0 204.8 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 New Orleans Saints 16 17 26 45 19 378
2 Chicago Bears 16 13 23 1 37 17 1 324
3 Baltimore Colts 16 30 37 65 20 533
4 Oakland Raiders 16 15 24 1 38 17 1 343
5 Cleveland Browns 16 14 28 40 21 1 375