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1986 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 Chicago Bears 16 187 4130 1002 4.1 415 243 513 2667 12 31 4.6 151 427 1463 4 3.4 241 47 16 23
2 New York Giants 16 236 4757 996 4.8 490 334 587 3473 15 24 5.4 177 350 1284 10 3.7 284 43 19 29
3 San Francisco 49ers 16 247 4880 1061 4.6 473 324 604 3325 18 39 5.1 169 406 1555 8 3.8 285 49 10 19
4 Los Angeles Rams 16 267 4871 1038 4.7 451 313 539 3190 17 28 5.5 169 460 1681 9 3.7 272 43 15 10
5 Minnesota Vikings 16 273 5012 1013 4.9 466 276 494 3216 16 24 6.0 155 481 1796 10 3.7 286 42 18 25
6 Atlanta Falcons 16 280 4908 964 5.1 425 241 453 2992 19 22 6.2 139 485 1916 10 4.0 268 36 14 18
7 New Orleans Saints 16 287 5102 1109 4.6 558 331 576 3543 21 26 5.7 197 486 1559 11 3.2 331 43 17 30
8 Seattle Seahawks 16 293 5341 1053 5.1 527 301 535 3582 20 22 6.2 192 471 1759 12 3.7 310 36 14 25
9 Washington Redskins 16 296 5297 1046 5.1 529 302 532 3492 21 19 5.9 181 459 1805 14 3.9 316 28 9 32
10 New England Patriots 16 307 5181 1031 5.0 454 255 473 2978 15 21 5.7 153 510 2203 19 4.3 286 40 19 15
11 Cleveland Browns 16 310 5269 1047 5.0 491 291 518 3288 21 18 5.9 171 494 1981 12 4.0 302 37 19 18
12 Philadelphia Eagles 16 312 5224 1043 5.0 459 260 532 3235 21 23 5.5 156 458 1989 14 4.3 278 36 13 25
13 Kansas City Chiefs 16 326 4934 1098 4.5 509 303 569 3195 21 31 5.2 173 485 1739 13 3.6 310 49 18 26
14 Detroit Lions 16 326 5149 1028 5.0 462 279 468 2800 14 22 5.5 148 519 2349 15 4.5 298 41 19 16
15 Denver Broncos 16 327 4947 1026 4.8 489 301 545 3296 21 18 5.5 177 432 1651 13 3.8 291 35 17 21
16 Houston Oilers 16 329 5034 1054 4.8 468 228 490 2999 25 16 5.7 137 532 2035 13 3.8 285 32 16 46
17 Pittsburgh Steelers 16 336 5252 1050 5.0 509 311 536 3380 22 20 5.8 176 471 1872 10 4.0 303 33 13 30
18 Dallas Cowboys 16 337 4985 1017 4.9 454 226 464 2785 21 17 5.4 148 500 2200 17 4.4 286 35 18 20
19 Los Angeles Raiders 16 346 4804 1003 4.8 481 271 501 3076 21 26 5.5 168 439 1728 19 3.9 283 38 12 30
20 Buffalo Bills 16 348 5523 1071 5.2 568 343 570 3802 21 10 6.3 204 465 1721 18 3.7 334 18 8 30
21 St. Louis Cardinals 16 351 4864 1037 4.7 483 215 436 2637 21 10 5.5 149 560 2227 17 4.0 304 22 12 30
22 New York Jets 16 386 6050 1081 5.6 606 348 603 4389 35 20 7.0 216 450 1661 12 3.7 349 38 18 41
23 Cincinnati Bengals 16 394 5274 1051 5.0 538 278 495 3152 17 17 5.9 171 514 2122 23 4.1 336 28 11 31
24 San Diego Chargers 16 396 5366 1046 5.1 512 288 509 3688 27 15 6.5 182 475 1678 14 3.5 308 37 22 22
25 Indianapolis Colts 16 400 5701 1051 5.4 545 306 510 3739 28 16 7.0 185 517 1962 14 3.8 334 35 19 26
26 Miami Dolphins 16 405 6050 1058 5.7 530 290 485 3557 22 13 6.9 177 540 2493 23 4.6 337 27 14 16
27 Green Bay Packers 16 418 5015 1041 4.8 491 267 448 2920 31 20 6.1 151 565 2095 16 3.7 313 32 12 27
28 Tampa Bay Buccaneers 16 473 6333 1061 6.0 562 289 484 3685 23 13 7.3 177 558 2648 31 4.7 362 32 19 23
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 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 St. Louis Cardinals 16 215 436 49.3 2637 21 4.8 10 2.3 6.0 5.5 12.3 164.8 74.9 41 355 5.5 4.3
2 Chicago Bears 16 243 513 47.4 2667 12 2.3 31 6.0 5.2 2.7 11.0 166.7 45.8 62 503 4.6 1.5
3 Dallas Cowboys 16 226 464 48.7 2785 21 4.5 17 3.7 6.0 4.8 12.3 174.1 67.5 53 364 5.4 3.6
4 Detroit Lions 16 279 468 59.6 2800 14 3.0 22 4.7 6.0 4.2 10.0 175.0 67.1 41 290 5.5 3.3
5 Green Bay Packers 16 267 448 59.6 2920 31 6.9 20 4.5 6.5 5.2 10.9 182.5 83.4 28 222 6.1 4.4
6 New England Patriots 16 255 473 53.9 2978 15 3.2 21 4.4 6.3 4.6 11.7 186.1 65.3 48 346 5.7 3.5
7 Atlanta Falcons 16 241 453 53.2 2992 19 4.2 22 4.9 6.6 4.8 12.4 187.0 67.7 26 177 6.2 4.2
8 Houston Oilers 16 228 490 46.5 2999 25 5.1 16 3.3 6.1 5.2 13.2 187.4 69.8 32 201 5.7 4.5
9 Los Angeles Raiders 16 271 501 54.1 3076 21 4.2 26 5.2 6.1 4.2 11.4 192.3 65.1 63 463 5.5 2.9
10 Cincinnati Bengals 16 278 495 56.2 3152 17 3.4 17 3.4 6.4 5.2 11.3 197.0 72.6 42 368 5.9 4.1
11 Los Angeles Rams 16 313 539 58.1 3190 17 3.2 28 5.2 5.9 3.9 10.2 199.4 64.0 39 292 5.5 3.1
12 Kansas City Chiefs 16 303 569 53.3 3195 21 3.7 31 5.4 5.6 3.5 10.5 199.7 59.5 44 360 5.2 2.7
13 Minnesota Vikings 16 276 494 55.9 3216 16 3.2 24 4.9 6.5 4.6 11.7 201.0 66.3 38 259 6.0 3.8
14 Philadelphia Eagles 16 260 532 48.9 3235 21 3.9 23 4.3 6.1 4.5 12.4 202.2 63.3 53 406 5.5 3.4
15 Cleveland Browns 16 291 518 56.2 3288 21 4.1 18 3.5 6.3 5.2 11.3 205.5 74.4 35 258 5.9 4.4
16 Denver Broncos 16 301 545 55.2 3296 21 3.9 18 3.3 6.0 4.9 11.0 206.0 72.4 49 459 5.5 3.8
17 San Francisco 49ers 16 324 604 53.6 3325 18 3.0 39 6.5 5.5 2.9 10.3 207.8 52.8 51 448 5.1 2.0
18 Pittsburgh Steelers 16 311 536 58.0 3380 22 4.1 20 3.7 6.3 5.0 10.9 211.3 74.8 43 289 5.8 4.2
19 New York Giants 16 334 587 56.9 3473 15 2.6 24 4.1 5.9 4.3 10.4 217.1 65.6 59 414 5.4 3.3
20 Washington Redskins 16 302 532 56.8 3492 21 3.9 19 3.6 6.6 5.4 11.6 218.3 75.0 55 424 5.9 4.1
21 New Orleans Saints 16 331 576 57.5 3543 21 3.6 26 4.5 6.2 4.5 10.7 221.4 68.9 47 343 5.7 3.6
22 Miami Dolphins 16 290 485 59.8 3557 22 4.5 13 2.7 7.3 6.6 12.3 222.3 86.4 33 268 6.9 5.6
23 Seattle Seahawks 16 301 535 56.3 3582 20 3.7 22 4.1 6.7 5.2 11.9 223.9 72.2 47 306 6.2 4.3
24 Tampa Bay Buccaneers 16 289 484 59.7 3685 23 4.8 13 2.7 7.6 6.9 12.8 230.3 88.2 19 153 7.3 6.3
25 San Diego Chargers 16 288 509 56.6 3688 27 5.3 15 2.9 7.2 6.4 12.8 230.5 84.8 62 440 6.5 5.0
26 Indianapolis Colts 16 306 510 60.0 3739 28 5.5 16 3.1 7.3 6.5 12.2 233.7 87.9 24 194 7.0 5.8
27 Buffalo Bills 16 343 570 60.2 3802 21 3.7 10 1.8 6.7 6.2 11.1 237.6 85.0 36 267 6.3 5.4
28 New York Jets 16 348 603 57.7 4389 35 5.8 20 3.3 7.3 6.4 12.6 274.3 86.0 28 178 7.0 5.8
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 Defense

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Rk Tm G Att Yds TD Lng Y/A Y/G Fmb
1 New York Giants 16 350 1284 10 3.7 80.3
2 Chicago Bears 16 427 1463 4 3.4 91.4
3 San Francisco 49ers 16 406 1555 8 3.8 97.2
4 New Orleans Saints 16 486 1559 11 3.2 97.4
5 Denver Broncos 16 432 1651 13 3.8 103.2
6 New York Jets 16 450 1661 12 3.7 103.8
7 San Diego Chargers 16 475 1678 14 3.5 104.9
8 Los Angeles Rams 16 460 1681 9 3.7 105.1
9 Buffalo Bills 16 465 1721 18 3.7 107.6
10 Los Angeles Raiders 16 439 1728 19 3.9 108.0
11 Kansas City Chiefs 16 485 1739 13 3.6 108.7
12 Seattle Seahawks 16 471 1759 12 3.7 109.9
13 Minnesota Vikings 16 481 1796 10 3.7 112.3
14 Washington Redskins 16 459 1805 14 3.9 112.8
15 Pittsburgh Steelers 16 471 1872 10 4.0 117.0
16 Atlanta Falcons 16 485 1916 10 4.0 119.8
17 Indianapolis Colts 16 517 1962 14 3.8 122.6
18 Cleveland Browns 16 494 1981 12 4.0 123.8
19 Philadelphia Eagles 16 458 1989 14 4.3 124.3
20 Houston Oilers 16 532 2035 13 3.8 127.2
21 Green Bay Packers 16 565 2095 16 3.7 130.9
22 Cincinnati Bengals 16 514 2122 23 4.1 132.6
23 Dallas Cowboys 16 500 2200 17 4.4 137.5
24 New England Patriots 16 510 2203 19 4.3 137.7
25 St. Louis Cardinals 16 560 2227 17 4.0 139.2
26 Detroit Lions 16 519 2349 15 4.5 146.8
27 Miami Dolphins 16 540 2493 23 4.6 155.8
28 Tampa Bay Buccaneers 16 558 2648 31 4.7 165.5
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 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 San Francisco 49ers 16 49 0 71 1598 1 22.5
2 Buffalo Bills 16 32 0 56 1157 0 20.7
3 Minnesota Vikings 16 40 0 79 1532 0 19.4
4 New York Giants 16 41 0 70 1362 0 19.5
5 Kansas City Chiefs 16 52 1 71 1278 0 18.0
6 Cincinnati Bengals 16 19 0 80 1611 1 20.1
7 Philadelphia Eagles 16 63 2 62 1261 0 20.3
8 Atlanta Falcons 16 47 3 59 1190 0 20.2
9 New England Patriots 16 60 0 81 1480 0 18.3
10 Los Angeles Rams 16 47 0 64 1282 0 20.0
11 Tampa Bay Buccaneers 16 39 3 46 1009 1 21.9
12 Denver Broncos 16 40 0 65 1299 0 20.0
13 Pittsburgh Steelers 16 34 0 56 1362 3 24.3
14 Houston Oilers 16 40 0 32 695 0 21.7
15 New York Jets 16 36 0 62 1307 0 21.1
16 San Diego Chargers 16 43 1 60 1088 0 18.1
17 New Orleans Saints 16 37 0 35 662 0 18.9
18 Cleveland Browns 16 44 0 78 1476 1 18.9
19 Seattle Seahawks 16 38 0 59 1002 0 17.0
20 Miami Dolphins 16 23 0 53 997 0 18.8
21 Dallas Cowboys 16 41 0 66 1358 0 20.6
22 Chicago Bears 16 23 0 64 1376 0 21.5
23 Green Bay Packers 16 44 0 62 1181 0 19.0
24 Indianapolis Colts 16 52 1 43 827 0 19.2
25 Detroit Lions 16 39 2 56 1096 0 19.6
26 Washington Redskins 16 36 0 50 1005 0 20.1
27 St. Louis Cardinals 16 44 0 50 886 0 17.7
28 Los Angeles Raiders 16 42 1 63 1064 0 16.9
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 Against

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Kicking Punting
Rk Tm G FGA FGM FG% XPA XPM XP% Pnt Yds Lng Blck Y/P
1 Tampa Bay Buccaneers 16 30 21 70.0% 58 56 96.6% 59 2437 41.3
2 Green Bay Packers 16 25 18 72.0% 52 48 92.3% 70 2772 39.6
3 Miami Dolphins 16 31 26 83.9% 46 45 97.8% 64 2650 41.4
4 Indianapolis Colts 16 35 24 68.6% 47 46 97.9% 67 2727 40.7
5 Buffalo Bills 16 33 22 66.7% 40 38 95.0% 83 3162 38.1
6 Cincinnati Bengals 16 30 22 73.3% 47 44 93.6% 77 3065 39.8
7 Detroit Lions 16 35 24 68.6% 36 36 100.0% 68 2836 41.7
8 New Orleans Saints 16 27 17 63.0% 34 32 94.1% 78 3315 42.5
9 St. Louis Cardinals 16 32 24 75.0% 40 37 92.5% 83 3511 42.3
10 San Diego Chargers 16 31 23 74.2% 46 45 97.8% 81 3305 40.8
11 Atlanta Falcons 16 26 15 57.7% 34 31 91.2% 83 3436 41.4
12 Houston Oilers 16 29 19 65.5% 38 38 100.0% 94 3713 39.5
13 New York Jets 16 27 16 59.3% 48 48 100.0% 75 2978 39.7
14 Minnesota Vikings 16 33 27 81.8% 27 24 88.9% 75 3022 40.3
15 Chicago Bears 16 22 16 72.7% 20 19 95.0% 100 4090 40.9
16 Dallas Cowboys 16 30 16 53.3% 41 39 95.1% 87 3619 41.6
17 Washington Redskins 16 24 17 70.8% 35 35 100.0% 95 3923 41.3
18 Los Angeles Raiders 16 21 16 76.2% 42 40 95.2% 97 4084 42.1
19 Pittsburgh Steelers 16 39 22 56.4% 38 36 94.7% 82 3198 39.0
20 Seattle Seahawks 16 28 19 67.9% 34 32 94.1% 81 3272 40.4
21 New York Giants 16 25 18 72.0% 26 26 100.0% 89 3498 39.3
22 Los Angeles Rams 16 31 24 77.4% 27 27 100.0% 96 3974 41.4
23 Denver Broncos 16 32 24 75.0% 36 35 97.2% 86 3689 42.9
24 Cleveland Browns 16 29 20 69.0% 36 34 94.4% 80 3032 37.9
25 San Francisco 49ers 16 25 15 60.0% 29 28 96.6% 91 3767 41.4
26 Kansas City Chiefs 16 31 20 64.5% 38 36 94.7% 83 3071 37.0
27 Philadelphia Eagles 16 26 13 50.0% 39 37 94.9% 97 3754 38.7
28 New England Patriots 16 28 21 75.0% 35 34 97.1% 90 3582 39.8
Avg Team 29.1 20.0 68.6% 38.2 36.6 96.0% 82.5 3338.1 61 1.0 40.4
League Total 815 559 68.6% 1069 1026 96.0% 2311 93466 73 28 40.4
Avg Tm/G 1.8 1.2 68.6% 2.4 2.3 96.0% 5.2 208.6 0.1 40.4

Scoring Against

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Rk Tm G RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
1 St. Louis Cardinals 16 17 21 37 24 1 351
2 Indianapolis Colts 16 14 28 1 46 24 400
3 Tampa Bay Buccaneers 16 31 23 3 1 56 21 473
4 Green Bay Packers 16 16 31 48 18 2 418
5 Philadelphia Eagles 16 14 21 2 37 13 1 312
6 Houston Oilers 16 13 25 38 19 329
7 Detroit Lions 16 15 14 2 36 24 1 326
8 Atlanta Falcons 16 10 19 3 31 15 280
9 Buffalo Bills 16 18 21 38 22 2 348
10 New Orleans Saints 16 11 21 32 17 287
11 Pittsburgh Steelers 16 10 22 3 36 22 336
12 Los Angeles Rams 16 9 17 27 24 267
13 Los Angeles Raiders 16 19 21 1 40 16 346
14 San Diego Chargers 16 14 27 1 45 23 396
15 Dallas Cowboys 16 17 21 39 16 2 337
16 Chicago Bears 16 4 12 19 16 187
17 Kansas City Chiefs 16 13 21 1 36 20 1 326
18 New York Jets 16 12 35 48 16 1 386
19 Seattle Seahawks 16 12 20 32 19 293
20 Washington Redskins 16 14 21 35 17 296
21 New York Giants 16 10 15 26 18 236
22 San Francisco 49ers 16 8 18 1 28 15 247
23 Denver Broncos 16 13 21 35 24 2 327
24 Cleveland Browns 16