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1986 NFL Standings, Team & Offensive Statistics

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League Standings

Glossary
Tm W L T W-L% Pts PtsO
AFC East
New England Patriots 11 5 0 .688 412 307
New York Jets 10 6 0 .625 364 386
Miami Dolphins 8 8 0 .500 430 405
Buffalo Bills 4 12 0 .250 287 348
Indianapolis Colts 3 13 0 .188 229 400
AFC Central
Cleveland Browns 12 4 0 .750 391 310
Cincinnati Bengals 10 6 0 .625 409 394
Pittsburgh Steelers 6 10 0 .375 307 336
Houston Oilers 5 11 0 .313 274 329
AFC West
Denver Broncos 11 5 0 .688 378 327
Kansas City Chiefs 10 6 0 .625 358 326
Seattle Seahawks 10 6 0 .625 366 293
Los Angeles Raiders 8 8 0 .500 323 346
San Diego Chargers 4 12 0 .250 335 396
Tm W L T W-L% Pts PtsO
NFC East
New York Giants 14 2 0 .875 371 236
Washington Redskins 12 4 0 .750 368 296
Dallas Cowboys 7 9 0 .438 346 337
Philadelphia Eagles 5 10 1 .344 256 312
St. Louis Cardinals 4 11 1 .281 218 351
NFC Central
Chicago Bears 14 2 0 .875 352 187
Minnesota Vikings 9 7 0 .563 398 273
Detroit Lions 5 11 0 .313 277 326
Green Bay Packers 4 12 0 .250 254 418
Tampa Bay Buccaneers 2 14 0 .125 239 473
NFC West
San Francisco 49ers 10 5 1 .656 374 247
Los Angeles Rams 10 6 0 .625 309 267
Atlanta Falcons 7 8 1 .469 280 280
New Orleans Saints 7 9 0 .438 288 287

Playoff Games

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Week Date Winner/tie Loser/tie PtsW PtsL
WildCard Sun December 28 W New York Jets Kansas City Chiefs 35 15
WildCard Sun December 28 W Washington Redskins Los Angeles Rams 19 7
Division Sat January 3 W Cleveland Browns New York Jets 23 20
Division Sat January 3 W Washington Redskins @ Chicago Bears 27 13
Division Sun January 4 W Denver Broncos New England Patriots 22 17
Division Sun January 4 W New York Giants San Francisco 49ers 49 3
ConfChamp Sun January 11 W Denver Broncos @ Cleveland Browns 23 20
ConfChamp Sun January 11 W New York Giants Washington Redskins 17 0
SuperBowl Sun January 25 W New York Giants N Denver Broncos 39 20

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 Miami Dolphins 16 430 6324 1011 6.3 351 392 645 4779 46 23 7.2 250 349 1545 9 4.4 84 37 14 17
2 New England Patriots 16 412 5327 1073 5.0 314 340 557 3954 29 13 6.5 202 469 1373 10 2.9 77 24 11 35
3 Cincinnati Bengals 16 409 6490 1046 6.2 348 287 497 3957 25 20 7.5 183 521 2533 24 4.9 134 36 16 31
4 Minnesota Vikings 16 398 5651 1024 5.5 321 290 519 3913 31 15 7.0 186 461 1738 14 3.8 114 29 14 21
5 Cleveland Browns 16 391 5394 1047 5.2 302 315 538 3744 18 11 6.5 175 470 1650 20 3.5 102 24 13 25
6 Denver Broncos 16 378 5216 1042 5.0 319 306 549 3538 22 16 6.0 184 455 1678 17 3.7 94 29 13 41
7 San Francisco 49ers 16 374 6082 1118 5.4 346 353 582 4096 21 20 6.7 213 510 1986 16 3.9 114 29 9 19
8 New York Giants 16 371 5378 1076 5.0 324 260 472 3133 22 22 6.0 171 558 2245 18 4.0 127 32 10 26
9 Washington Redskins 16 368 5601 1044 5.4 312 276 542 3869 22 22 6.8 177 474 1732 23 3.7 112 32 10 23
10 Seattle Seahawks 16 366 5409 1005 5.4 291 268 453 3109 24 14 6.3 158 513 2300 15 4.5 123 27 13 10
11 New York Jets 16 364 5375 1072 5.0 319 334 537 3646 27 21 6.3 191 490 1729 16 3.5 104 37 16 24
12 Kansas City Chiefs 16 358 4218 1003 4.2 264 257 521 2750 23 18 4.8 152 432 1468 10 3.4 83 35 17 29
13 Chicago Bears 16 352 5459 1045 5.2 305 208 415 2759 12 25 6.3 118 606 2700 21 4.5 166 47 22 21
14 Dallas Cowboys 16 346 5474 1054 5.2 325 319 547 3505 21 24 5.8 199 447 1969 21 4.4 98 41 17 28
15 San Diego Chargers 16 335 5356 1107 4.8 334 339 604 3780 21 33 5.9 212 471 1576 19 3.3 98 49 16 24
16 Los Angeles Raiders 16 323 5299 1069 5.0 302 281 530 3509 27 25 5.9 186 475 1790 6 3.8 97 49 24 19
17 Los Angeles Rams 16 309 4653 1008 4.6 269 194 403 2196 15 15 5.1 105 578 2457 16 4.3 139 37 22 25
18 Pittsburgh Steelers 16 307 4811 1075 4.5 292 238 491 2588 16 20 5.1 140 564 2223 18 3.9 125 36 16 27
19 New Orleans Saints 16 288 4742 957 5.0 275 232 425 2668 13 25 5.9 137 505 2074 15 4.1 109 43 18 29
20 Buffalo Bills 16 287 5017 963 5.2 291 294 499 3363 22 19 6.2 152 419 1654 9 3.9 101 39 20 38
21 Atlanta Falcons 16 280 5106 1086 4.7 305 246 452 2582 14 17 5.1 137 578 2524 12 4.4 149 33 16 19
22 Detroit Lions 16 277 4555 1009 4.5 287 286 500 2784 18 20 5.2 156 470 1771 13 3.8 100 37 17 31
23 Houston Oilers 16 274 5149 1089 4.7 299 288 551 3449 14 31 5.8 179 490 1700 13 3.5 101 43 12 19
24 Philadelphia Eagles 16 256 4542 1117 4.1 287 268 514 2540 19 17 4.1 150 499 2002 8 4.0 113 27 10 24
25 Green Bay Packers 16 254 5061 1026 4.9 286 305 565 3447 18 27 5.7 172 424 1614 8 3.8 96 45 18 18
26 Tampa Bay Buccaneers 16 239 4361 970 4.5 273 245 459 2498 13 25 4.9 142 455 1863 12 4.1 100 42 17 31
27 Indianapolis Colts 16 229 4700 1046 4.5 278 300 586 3209 16 24 5.0 173 407 1491 10 3.7 77 44 20 28
28 St. Louis Cardinals 16 218 4503 994 4.5 273 293 516 2716 17 19 4.7 149 419 1787 8 4.3 102 29 10 22
Avg Team 328.3 5187.6 1042.0 5.0 303.3 286.2 516.8 3288.6 20.9 20.8 5.9 169.6 482.5 1899.0 14.3 3.9 108.5 36.1 15.4 25.1
League Total 9193 145253 29176 5.0 8492 8014 14469 92081 586 581 5.9 4749 13509 53172 401 3.9 3039 1012 431 704
Avg Tm/G 20.5 324.2 65.1 5.0 19.0 17.9 32.3 205.5 1.3 1.3 5.9 10.6 30.2 118.7 0.9 3.9 6.8 2.3 1.0 1.6

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 Miami Dolphins 16 392 645 60.8 4779 46 7.1 23 3.6 85 7.4 6.5 12.2 298.7 92.5 17 119 7.0 6.2 2.6
2 San Francisco 49ers 16 353 582 60.7 4096 21 3.6 20 3.4 66 7.0 5.9 11.6 256.0 79.7 26 203 6.4 5.3 4.3
3 Cincinnati Bengals 16 287 497 57.7 3957 25 5.0 20 4.0 57 8.0 6.7 13.8 247.3 83.4 28 203 7.2 5.9 5.3
4 New England Patriots 16 340 557 61.0 3954 29 5.2 13 2.3 69 7.1 6.6 11.6 247.1 90.2 47 367 5.9 5.5 7.8
5 Minnesota Vikings 16 290 519 55.9 3913 31 6.0 15 2.9 76 7.5 6.8 13.5 244.6 87.9 44 272 6.5 5.8 7.8
6 Washington Redskins 16 276 542 50.9 3869 22 4.1 22 4.1 71 7.1 5.7 14.0 241.8 70.9 28 240 6.4 5.0 4.9
7 San Diego Chargers 16 339 604 56.1 3780 21 3.5 33 5.5 65 6.3 4.1 11.2 236.3 63.8 32 265 5.5 3.5 5.0
8 Cleveland Browns 16 315 538 58.6 3744 18 3.3 11 2.0 72 7.0 6.4 11.9 234.0 82.5 39 274 6.0 5.5 6.8
9 New York Jets 16 334 537 62.2 3646 27 5.0 21 3.9 83 6.8 5.5 10.9 227.9 82.7 45 386 5.6 4.4 7.7
10 Denver Broncos 16 306 549 55.7 3538 22 4.0 16 2.9 53 6.4 5.5 11.6 221.1 76.6 38 273 5.6 4.7 6.5
11 Los Angeles Raiders 16 281 530 53.0 3509 27 5.1 25 4.7 81 6.6 5.0 12.5 219.3 71.2 64 464 5.1 3.7 10.8
12 Dallas Cowboys 16 319 547 58.3 3505 21 3.8 24 4.4 84 6.4 4.8 11.0 219.1 71.9 60 498 5.0 3.5 9.9
13 Houston Oilers 16 288 551 52.3 3449 14 2.5 31 5.6 81 6.3 4.0 12.0 215.6 56.7 48 394 5.1 3.0 8.0
14 Green Bay Packers 16 305 565 54.0 3447 18 3.2 27 4.8 62 6.1 4.3 11.3 215.4 63.2 37 261 5.3 3.6 6.1
15 Buffalo Bills 16 294 499 58.9 3363 22 4.4 19 3.8 84 6.7 5.5 11.4 210.2 78.1 45 334 5.6 4.4 8.3
16 Indianapolis Colts 16 300 586 51.2 3209 16 2.7 24 4.1 84 5.5 3.9 10.7 200.6 59.6 53 406 4.4 2.9 8.3
17 New York Giants 16 260 472 55.1 3133 22 4.7 22 4.7 49 6.6 5.0 12.1 195.8 71.8 46 367 5.3 3.9 8.9
18 Seattle Seahawks 16 268 453 59.2 3109 24 5.3 14 3.1 72 6.9 6.0 11.6 194.3 84.8 39 315 5.7 4.9 7.9
19 Detroit Lions 16 286 500 57.2 2784 18 3.6 20 4.0 73 5.6 4.1 9.7 174.0 68.3 39 323 4.6 3.2 7.2
20 Chicago Bears 16 208 415 50.1 2759 12 2.9 25 6.0 85 6.6 4.2 13.3 172.4 56.1 24 153 5.9 3.6 5.5
21 Kansas City Chiefs 16 257 521 49.3 2750 23 4.4 18 3.5 70 5.3 4.2 10.7 171.9 65.5 50 372 4.2 3.1 8.8
22 St. Louis Cardinals 16 293 516 56.8 2716 17 3.3 19 3.7 48 5.3 3.9 9.3 169.8 67.0 59 424 4.0 2.8 10.3
23 New Orleans Saints 16 232 425 54.6 2668 13 3.1 25 5.9 84 6.3 3.9 11.5 166.8 59.4 27 225 5.4 3.2 6.0
24 Pittsburgh Steelers 16 238 491 48.5 2588 16 3.3 20 4.1 58 5.3 3.8 10.9 161.8 58.3 20 159 4.8 3.3 3.9
25 Atlanta Falcons 16 246 452 54.4 2582 14 3.1 17 3.8 65 5.7 4.3 10.5 161.4 65.9 56 464 4.2 2.9 11.0
26 Philadelphia Eagles 16 268 514 52.1 2540 19 3.7 17 3.3 75 4.9 3.8 9.5 158.8 64.7 104 708 3.0 2.0 16.8
27 Tampa Bay Buccaneers 16 245 459 53.4 2498 13 2.8 25 5.4 46 5.4 3.3 10.2 156.1 56.0 56 394 4.1 2.2 10.9
28 Los Angeles Rams 16 194 403 48.1 2196 15 3.7 15 3.7 65 5.4 4.1 11.3 137.3 61.8 27 184 4.7 3.5 6.3
Avg Team 286.2 516.8 55.4 3288.6 20.9 4.1 20.8 4.0 70 6.4 5.0 11.5 205.5 71.5 42.8 323.1 5.3 4.0 7.6
League Total 8014 14469 55.4 92081 586 4.1 581 4.0 85 6.4 5.0 11.5 5755.1 71.5 1198 9047 5.3 4.0 7.6
Avg Tm/G 17.9 32.3 55.4 205.5 1.3 4.1 1.3 4.0 6.4 5.0 11.5 205.5 71.5 2.7 20.2 5.3 4.0 7.6

Rushing Offense

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Rk Tm G Att Yds TD Lng Y/A Y/G Fmb
1 Chicago Bears 16 606 2700 21 75 4.5 168.8 36
2 Cincinnati Bengals 16 521 2533 24 61 4.9 158.3 31
3 Atlanta Falcons 16 578 2524 12 48 4.4 157.8 31
4 Los Angeles Rams 16 578 2457 16 42 4.3 153.6 39
5 Seattle Seahawks 16 513 2300 15 60 4.5 143.8 29
6 New York Giants 16 558 2245 18 54 4.0 140.3 31
7 Pittsburgh Steelers 16 564 2223 18 45 3.9 138.9 27
8 New Orleans Saints 16 505 2074 15 50 4.1 129.6 33
9 Philadelphia Eagles 16 499 2002 8 50 4.0 125.1 34
10 San Francisco 49ers 16 510 1986 16 29 3.9 124.1 32
11 Dallas Cowboys 16 447 1969 21 84 4.4 123.1 44
12 Tampa Bay Buccaneers 16 455 1863 12 59 4.1 116.4 36
13 Los Angeles Raiders 16 475 1790 6 28 3.8 111.9 36
14 St. Louis Cardinals 16 419 1787 8 44 4.3 111.7 25
15 Detroit Lions 16 470 1771 13 60 3.8 110.7 30
16 Minnesota Vikings 16 461 1738 14 60 3.8 108.6 31
17 Washington Redskins 16 474 1732 23 42 3.7 108.3 29
18 New York Jets 16 490 1729 16 41 3.5 108.1 37
19 Houston Oilers 16 490 1700 13 43 3.5 106.3 28
20 Denver Broncos 16 455 1678 17 42 3.7 104.9 24
21 Buffalo Bills 16 419 1654 9 42 3.9 103.4 40
22 Cleveland Browns 16 470 1650 20 47 3.5 103.1 31
23 Green Bay Packers 16 424 1614 8 50 3.8 100.9 35
24 San Diego Chargers 16 471 1576 19 24 3.3 98.5 29
25 Miami Dolphins 16 349 1545 9 54 4.4 96.6 37
26 Indianapolis Colts 16 407 1491 10 70 3.7 93.2 41
27 Kansas City Chiefs 16 432 1468 10 40 3.4 91.8 27
28 New England Patriots 16 469 1373 10 31 2.9 85.8 27
Avg Team 482.5 1899.0 14.3 49 3.9 118.7 32.5
League Total 13509 53172 401 84 3.9 3323.3 910
Avg Tm/G 30.2 118.7 0.9 3.9 118.7 2.0

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 Los Angeles Raiders 16 56 484 1 70 8.6 64 1252 0 59 19.6 7035
2 St. Louis Cardinals 16 45 528 2 71 11.7 70 1548 0 53 22.1 6579
3 Washington Redskins 16 51 550 0 44 10.8 60 1175 0 37 19.6 7326
4 Detroit Lions 16 43 420 1 81 9.8 67 1321 0 54 19.7 6296
5 Green Bay Packers 16 33 316 1 83 9.6 76 1470 0 57 19.3 6847
6 Indianapolis Colts 16 35 250 0 25 7.1 74 1443 0 37 19.5 6393
7 Chicago Bears 16 57 482 0 35 8.5 50 1115 2 91 22.3 7056
8 Miami Dolphins 16 40 297 1 71 7.4 65 1185 0 41 18.2 7806
9 Dallas Cowboys 16 46 252 0 28 5.5 59 1208 0 56 20.5 6934
10 Cleveland Browns 16 41 350 1 84 8.5 62 1213 1 100 19.6 6957
11 Seattle Seahawks 16 39 457 1 75 11.7 64 1322 0 46 20.7 7188
12 San Diego Chargers 16 37 334 0 30 9.0 65 1137 0 35 17.5 6827
13 Pittsburgh Steelers 16 36 310 0 41 8.6 66 1304 0 64 19.8 6425
14 Houston Oilers 16 43 341 0 25 7.9 59 1139 0 48 19.3 6629
15 New York Jets 16 39 341 0 28 8.7 63 1189 2 96 18.9 6905
16 New Orleans Saints 16 47 377 0 39 8.0 55 1332 1 101 24.2 6451
17 Denver Broncos 16 48 552 2 70 11.5 53 1094 0 42 20.6 6862
18 Tampa Bay Buccaneers 16 26 110 0 12 4.2 75 1302 0 33 17.4 5773
19 Los Angeles Rams 16 42 361 0 32 8.6 59 1160 0 55 19.7 6174
20 New England Patriots 16 42 396 1 59 9.4 58 1147 0 52 19.8 6870
21 Atlanta Falcons 16 44 292 0 30 6.6 54 1035 0 35 19.2 6433
22 Philadelphia Eagles 16 44 374 1 76 8.5 53 945 0 51 17.8 5861
23 Cincinnati Bengals 16 29 235 0 25 8.1 63 1389 0 94 22.0 8114
24 Kansas City Chiefs 16 35 265 0 48 7.6 56 1117 1 97 19.9 5600
25 New York Giants 16 41 287 0 22 7.0 50 868 0 30 17.4 6533
26 Minnesota Vikings 16 31 215 0 15 6.9 56 1200 0 43 21.4 7066
27 Buffalo Bills 16 32 247 1 49 7.7 55 1074 0 49 19.5 6338
28 San Francisco 49ers 16 43 397 1 76 9.2 42 757 0 34 18.0 7236
Avg Team 40.9 350.7 0.5 48 8.6 60.5 1194.3 0.3 57 19.8 6732.6
League Total 1145 9820 14 84 8.6 1693 33441 7 101 19.8 188514
Avg Tm/G 2.6 21.9 0.0 8.6 3.8 74.6 0.0 19.8 420.8

Kicking & Punting

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Kicking Punting
Rk Tm G FGA FGM FG% XPA XPM XP% Pnt Yds Lng Blck Y/P
1 New England Patriots 16 41 32 78.0% 45 44 97.8% 92 3744 64 3 40.7
2 Philadelphia Eagles 16 31 20 64.5% 27 26 96.3% 111 4551 62 1 41.0
3 Kansas City Chiefs 16 26 19 73.1% 43 43 100.0% 99 4029 56 0 40.7
4 San Francisco 49ers 16 35 25 71.4% 43 41 95.3% 85 3451 62 2 40.6
5 Cleveland Browns 16 33 26 78.8% 44 43 97.7% 83 3420 61 0 41.2
6 Denver Broncos 16 28 20 71.4% 45 44 97.8% 86 3380 57 1 39.3
7 New York Giants 16 37 26 70.3% 42 41 97.6% 79 3539 61 0 44.8
8 Los Angeles Rams 16 24 17 70.8% 36 34 94.4% 98 3744 57 1 38.2
9 Seattle Seahawks 16 35 22 62.9% 43 42 97.7% 79 3049 55 0 38.6
10 Pittsburgh Steelers 16 32 21 65.6% 34 32 94.1% 89 3444 64 3 38.7
11 Los Angeles Raiders 16 28 21 75.0% 36 36 100.0% 90 3618 64 0 40.2
12 Washington Redskins 16 32 18 56.3% 45 38 84.4% 75 3270 58 0 43.6
13 Dallas Cowboys 16 21 15 71.4% 43 43 100.0% 87 3497 58 1 40.2
14 Minnesota Vikings 16 28 22 78.6% 48 44 91.7% 73 2920 69 1 40.0
15 Chicago Bears 16 41 28 68.3% 38 36 94.7% 70 2849 59 1 40.7
16 New York Jets 16 19 16 84.2% 44 44 100.0% 85 3349 55 0 39.4
17 Houston Oilers 16 27 22 81.5% 30 28 93.3% 89 3658 66 0 41.1
18 San Diego Chargers 16 25 16 64.0% 41 39 95.1% 79 3192 62 2 40.4
19 Atlanta Falcons 16 36 23 63.9% 30 29 96.7% 79 3421 71 1 43.3
20 St. Louis Cardinals 16 24 11 45.8% 27 23 85.2% 92 3413 52 1 37.1
21 Cincinnati Bengals 16 32 17 53.1% 51 50 98.0% 59 1994 52 2 33.8
22 New Orleans Saints 16 30 26 86.7% 30 30 100.0% 82 3452 66 1 42.1
23 Detroit Lions 16 25