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1989 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 Denver Broncos 16 226 4407 977 4.5 402 268 504 2827 13 21 5.1 142 426 1580 10 3.7 246 43 22 14
2 New York Giants 16 252 4664 946 4.9 442 273 486 3125 16 22 6.0 159 421 1539 10 3.7 266 37 15 17
3 San Francisco 49ers 16 253 4618 979 4.7 490 316 564 3235 15 21 5.3 178 372 1383 9 3.7 283 37 16 29
4 Cleveland Browns 16 254 4831 1031 4.7 459 269 540 3161 20 27 5.4 161 446 1670 8 3.7 276 38 11 22
5 Philadelphia Eagles 16 274 4894 1017 4.8 481 258 529 3289 26 30 5.6 171 426 1605 6 3.8 281 56 26 29
6 Minnesota Vikings 16 275 4184 1021 4.1 432 252 488 2501 18 18 4.5 140 462 1683 14 3.6 266 36 18 26
7 Cincinnati Bengals 16 285 5297 997 5.3 446 256 482 3135 22 21 6.1 151 482 2162 9 4.5 280 37 16 15
8 Kansas City Chiefs 16 286 4293 952 4.5 412 236 471 2527 16 15 5.0 140 445 1766 9 4.0 252 33 18 20
9 San Diego Chargers 16 290 4764 1040 4.6 488 283 513 2951 15 25 5.3 172 479 1813 13 3.8 295 38 13 21
10 Los Angeles Raiders 16 297 5003 1045 4.8 495 277 506 3063 18 18 5.7 160 504 1940 15 3.8 308 36 18 27
11 Indianapolis Colts 16 301 5611 1109 5.1 546 322 556 3534 15 21 5.9 192 507 2077 10 4.1 336 36 15 18
12 New Orleans Saints 16 301 5186 997 5.2 507 320 577 3860 23 21 6.2 198 373 1326 10 3.6 293 39 18 16
13 Washington Redskins 16 308 4915 954 5.2 476 277 530 3571 25 27 6.3 177 384 1344 9 3.5 274 42 15 25
14 Buffalo Bills 16 317 5046 1030 4.9 481 255 508 3206 14 23 5.9 156 484 1840 15 3.8 299 36 13 26
15 Pittsburgh Steelers 16 326 5549 1077 5.2 534 290 548 3541 17 21 6.1 177 498 2008 16 4.0 323 42 21 34
16 Seattle Seahawks 16 327 5215 997 5.2 467 252 445 3097 23 9 6.5 158 520 2118 11 4.1 293 22 13 16
17 Los Angeles Rams 16 344 5567 1023 5.4 511 345 577 4024 24 21 6.5 181 404 1543 13 3.8 306 36 15 24
18 Green Bay Packers 16 356 5347 970 5.5 498 302 476 3339 22 25 6.5 179 460 2008 15 4.4 307 40 15 12
19 Detroit Lions 16 364 5537 1064 5.2 530 370 570 3916 19 16 6.4 189 454 1621 18 3.6 314 32 16 27
20 Chicago Bears 16 377 5729 1039 5.5 546 307 554 3832 21 26 6.5 191 446 1897 21 4.3 332 38 12 23
21 Phoenix Cardinals 16 377 5877 1100 5.3 545 286 531 3575 24 16 6.4 185 539 2302 12 4.3 329 27 11 31
22 Miami Dolphins 16 379 5696 1045 5.5 535 315 513 3543 21 15 6.4 180 493 2153 19 4.4 337 23 8 18
23 New England Patriots 16 391 5644 975 5.8 484 259 449 3666 27 16 7.6 176 495 1978 19 4.0 297 28 12 11
24 Dallas Cowboys 16 393 5556 1060 5.2 526 301 488 3565 21 7 6.9 183 543 1991 17 3.7 321 17 10 22
25 New York Jets 16 411 5994 1059 5.7 529 282 514 3858 31 15 7.1 178 517 2136 16 4.1 328 24 9 23
26 Houston Oilers 16 412 5211 940 5.5 509 269 467 3542 28 21 7.0 165 437 1669 20 3.8 314 37 16 30
27 Tampa Bay Buccaneers 16 419 5460 1027 5.3 519 301 515 3437 29 21 6.3 170 479 2023 18 4.2 317 39 18 32
28 Atlanta Falcons 16 437 6025 1040 5.8 516 259 437 3554 19 20 7.6 163 572 2471 26 4.3 336 32 12 17
Avg Team 329.7 5218.6 1018.3 5.1 300.3 285.7 512.1 3374.1 20.8 20.0 6.1 170.4 466.7 1844.5 13.9 4.0 107.6 35.0 15.1 22.3
League Total 9232 146120 28511 5.1 8409 8000 14338 94474 582 559 6.1 4772 13068 51646 388 4.0 3012 981 422 625
Avg Tm/G 20.6 326.2 63.6 5.1 18.8 17.9 32.0 210.9 1.3 1.2 6.1 10.7 29.2 115.3 0.9 4.0 6.7 2.2 0.9 1.4

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 Minnesota Vikings 16 252 488 51.6 2501 18 3.7 18 3.7 5.1 3.8 9.9 156.3 63.4 71 502 4.5 2.4
2 Kansas City Chiefs 16 236 471 50.1 2527 16 3.4 15 3.2 5.4 4.3 10.7 157.9 64.2 36 294 5.0 3.4
3 Denver Broncos 16 268 504 53.2 2827 13 2.6 21 4.2 5.6 4.0 10.5 176.7 61.0 47 374 5.1 3.0
4 San Diego Chargers 16 283 513 55.2 2951 15 2.9 25 4.9 5.8 3.9 10.4 184.4 61.5 48 360 5.3 2.9
5 Los Angeles Raiders 16 277 506 54.7 3063 18 3.6 18 3.6 6.1 4.8 11.1 191.4 70.0 35 248 5.7 4.0
6 Seattle Seahawks 16 252 445 56.6 3097 23 5.2 9 2.0 7.0 6.6 12.3 193.6 87.1 32 235 6.5 5.6
7 New York Giants 16 273 486 56.2 3125 16 3.3 22 4.5 6.4 4.7 11.4 195.3 67.8 39 302 6.0 3.8
8 Cincinnati Bengals 16 256 482 53.1 3135 22 4.6 21 4.4 6.5 5.0 12.2 195.9 70.5 33 248 6.1 4.2
9 Cleveland Browns 16 269 540 49.8 3161 20 3.7 27 5.0 5.9 4.0 11.8 197.6 59.5 45 359 5.4 3.1
10 Buffalo Bills 16 255 508 50.2 3206 14 2.8 23 4.5 6.3 4.5 12.6 200.4 60.5 38 289 5.9 3.7
11 San Francisco 49ers 16 316 564 56.0 3235 15 2.7 21 3.7 5.7 4.3 10.2 202.2 66.0 43 333 5.3 3.5
12 Philadelphia Eagles 16 258 529 48.8 3289 26 4.9 30 5.7 6.2 4.2 12.7 205.6 61.4 62 424 5.6 3.0
13 Green Bay Packers 16 302 476 63.4 3339 22 4.6 25 5.3 7.0 5.1 11.1 208.7 77.7 34 214 6.5 4.4
14 Tampa Bay Buccaneers 16 301 515 58.4 3437 29 5.6 21 4.1 6.7 5.4 11.4 214.8 80.4 33 222 6.3 4.7
15 Indianapolis Colts 16 322 556 57.9 3534 15 2.7 21 3.8 6.4 4.9 11.0 220.9 70.1 46 384 5.9 3.9
16 Pittsburgh Steelers 16 290 548 52.9 3541 17 3.1 21 3.8 6.5 5.0 12.2 221.3 67.5 31 180 6.1 4.5
17 Houston Oilers 16 269 467 57.6 3542 28 6.0 21 4.5 7.6 6.2 13.2 221.4 82.9 36 277 7.0 5.2
18 Miami Dolphins 16 315 513 61.4 3543 21 4.1 15 2.9 6.9 6.0 11.2 221.4 83.5 39 268 6.4 5.1
19 Atlanta Falcons 16 259 437 59.3 3554 19 4.3 20 4.6 8.1 6.5 13.7 222.1 80.8 31 183 7.6 5.7
20 Dallas Cowboys 16 301 488 61.7 3565 21 4.3 7 1.4 7.3 7.1 11.8 222.8 92.3 29 183 6.9 6.3
21 Washington Redskins 16 277 530 52.3 3571 25 4.7 27 5.1 6.7 4.9 12.9 223.2 68.2 40 304 6.3 4.0
22 Phoenix Cardinals 16 286 531 53.9 3575 24 4.5 16 3.0 6.7 5.8 12.5 223.4 77.5 30 219 6.4 5.1
23 New England Patriots 16 259 449 57.7 3666 27 6.0 16 3.6 8.2 7.2 14.2 229.1 89.4 31 239 7.6 6.2
24 Chicago Bears 16 307 554 55.4 3832 21 3.8 26 4.7 6.9 5.2 12.5 239.5 70.2 39 247 6.5 4.4
25 New York Jets 16 282 514 54.9 3858 31 6.0 15 2.9 7.5 6.8 13.7 241.1 87.0 28 177 7.1 6.1
26 New Orleans Saints 16 320 577 55.5 3860 23 4.0 21 3.6 6.7 5.5 12.1 241.3 74.3 47 362 6.2 4.5
27 Detroit Lions 16 370 570 64.9 3916 19 3.3 16 2.8 6.9 5.9 10.6 244.8 84.2 40 277 6.4 5.1
28 Los Angeles Rams 16 345 577 59.8 4024 24 4.2 21 3.6 7.0 5.8 11.7 251.5 79.7 42 278 6.5 4.9
Avg Team 285.7 512.1 55.8 3374.1 20.8 4.1 20.0 3.9 72 6.6 5.2 11.8 210.9 73.3 39.5 285.1 5.6 4.3 7.2
League Total 8000 14338 55.8 94474 582 4.1 559 3.9 97 6.6 5.2 11.8 5904.6 73.3 1105 7982 5.6 4.3 7.2
Avg Tm/G 17.9 32.0 55.8 210.9 1.3 4.1 1.2 3.9 6.6 5.2 11.8 210.9 73.3 2.5 17.8 5.6 4.3 7.2

Rushing Defense

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Rk Tm G Att Yds TD Lng Y/A Y/G Fmb
1 New Orleans Saints 16 373 1326 10 3.6 82.9
2 Washington Redskins 16 384 1344 9 3.5 84.0
3 San Francisco 49ers 16 372 1383 9 3.7 86.4
4 New York Giants 16 421 1539 10 3.7 96.2
5 Los Angeles Rams 16 404 1543 13 3.8 96.4
6 Denver Broncos 16 426 1580 10 3.7 98.8
7 Philadelphia Eagles 16 426 1605 6 3.8 100.3
8 Detroit Lions 16 454 1621 18 3.6 101.3
9 Houston Oilers 16 437 1669 20 3.8 104.3
10 Cleveland Browns 16 446 1670 8 3.7 104.4
11 Minnesota Vikings 16 462 1683 14 3.6 105.2
12 Kansas City Chiefs 16 445 1766 9 4.0 110.4
13 San Diego Chargers 16 479 1813 13 3.8 113.3
14 Buffalo Bills 16 484 1840 15 3.8 115.0
15 Chicago Bears 16 446 1897 21 4.3 118.6
16 Los Angeles Raiders 16 504 1940 15 3.8 121.3
17 New England Patriots 16 495 1978 19 4.0 123.6
18 Dallas Cowboys 16 543 1991 17 3.7 124.4
19 Green Bay Packers 16 460 2008 15 4.4 125.5
20 Pittsburgh Steelers 16 498 2008 16 4.0 125.5
21 Tampa Bay Buccaneers 16 479 2023 18 4.2 126.4
22 Indianapolis Colts 16 507 2077 10 4.1 129.8
23 Seattle Seahawks 16 520 2118 11 4.1 132.4
24 New York Jets 16 517 2136 16 4.1 133.5
25 Miami Dolphins 16 493 2153 19 4.4 134.6
26 Cincinnati Bengals 16 482 2162 9 4.5 135.1
27 Phoenix Cardinals 16 539 2302 12 4.3 143.9
28 Atlanta Falcons 16 572 2471 26 4.3 154.4
Avg Team 466.7 1844.5 13.9 47 4.0 115.3 30.0
League Total 13068 51646 388 92 4.0 3227.9 841
Avg Tm/G 29.2 115.3 0.9 4.0 115.3 1.9

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 Washington Redskins 16 34 0 74 1532 1 20.7
2 Indianapolis Colts 16 51 1 63 1208 0 19.2
3 Philadelphia Eagles 16 37 0 60 1307 1 21.8
4 Buffalo Bills 16 25 0 75 1187 0 15.8
5 Denver Broncos 16 28 0 72 1256 0 17.4
6 Cincinnati Bengals 16 33 0 55 1203 0 21.9
7 San Francisco 49ers 16 35 0 76 1435 0 18.9
8 Houston Oilers 16 24 0 59 1024 1 17.4
9 Los Angeles Raiders 16 41 1 59 1001 2 17.0
10 Miami Dolphins 16 26 0 63 1215 0 19.3
11 Tampa Bay Buccaneers 16 54 0 55 1143 0 20.8
12 Seattle Seahawks 16 41 0 44 814 0 18.5
13 Kansas City Chiefs 16 40 0 55 1156 2 21.0
14 Minnesota Vikings 16 32 0 68 1287 0 18.9
15 Pittsburgh Steelers 16 45 0 53 1096 0 20.7
16 New York Giants 16 29 0 73 1306 0 17.9
17 Cleveland Browns 16 49 0 58 1175 0 20.3
18 San Diego Chargers 16 43 0 57 1249 1 21.9
19 Los Angeles Rams 16 34 1 84 1633 0 19.4
20 Green Bay Packers 16 30 0 63 1389 0 22.0
21 Chicago Bears 16 30 0 68 1375 0 20.2
22 Dallas Cowboys 16 38 1 46 853 0 18.5
23 Detroit Lions 16 46 0 65 1037 1 16.0
24 New York Jets 16 34 1 47 1029 0 21.9
25 Atlanta Falcons 16 43 0 60 1188 0 19.8
26 New England Patriots 16 38 0 61 1199 0 19.7
27 New Orleans Saints 16 35 0 55 983 0 17.9
28 Phoenix Cardinals 16 46 0 57 1193 0 20.9
Avg Team 37.2 338.6 0.2 39 9.1 61.6 1195.5 0.3 68 19.4 6752.6
League Total 1041 9480 5 76 9.1 1725 33473 9 99 19.4 189073
Avg Tm/G 2.3 21.2 0.0 9.1 3.9 74.7 0.0 19.4 422.0

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 Miami Dolphins 16 33 25 75.8% 43 42 97.7% 62 2418 39.0
2 Dallas Cowboys 16 35 28 80.0% 44 43 97.7% 73 2913 39.9
3 Seattle Seahawks 16 32 22 68.8% 37 35 94.6% 74 2901 39.2
4 New England Patriots 16 26 19 73.1% 48 46 95.8% 81 3410 42.1
5 Kansas City Chiefs 16 26 21 80.8% 32 31 96.9% 82 3206 39.1
6 Green Bay Packers 16 30 23 76.7% 41 39 95.1% 65 2646 40.7
7 Chicago Bears 16 36 26 72.2% 43 41 95.3% 67 2653 39.6
8 Houston Oilers 16 21 17 81.0% 51 49 96.1% 56 2106 37.6
9 Los Angeles Raiders 16 21 15 71.4% 36 36 100.0% 72 2902 40.3
10 Phoenix Cardinals 16 40 29 72.5% 41 40 97.6% 76 3154 41.5
11 Cincinnati Bengals 16 27 20 74.1% 32 31 96.9% 75 2932 39.1
12 New York Jets 16 31 21 67.7% 50 46 92.0% 69 2746 39.8
13 Indianapolis Colts 16 43 32 74.4% 29 29 100.0% 65 2704 41.6
14 Detroit Lions 16 33 23 69.7% 42 41 97.6% 80 3296 41.2
15 San Diego Chargers 16 41 29 70.7% 29 27 93.1% 79 3049 38.6
16 Pittsburgh Steelers 16 27 19 70.4% 38 37 97.4% 69 2794 40.5
17 San Francisco 49ers 16 31 23 74.2% 26 26 100.0% 74 2879 38.9
18 New York Giants 16 21 14 66.7% 30 30 100.0% 74 2967 40.1
19 Buffalo Bills 16 37 26 70.3% 34 33 97.1% 75 2872 38.3
20 Washington Redskins 16 23 14 60.9% 38 38 100.0% 76 3048 40.1
21 New Orleans Saints 16 24 19 79.2% 35 34 97.1% 75 2955 39.4
22 Atlanta Falcons 16 36 31 86.1% 49 48 98.0% 56 2341 41.8
23 Tampa Bay Buccaneers 16 24 20 83.3% 51 51 100.0% 69 2781 40.3
24 Minnesota Vikings 16 21 13 61.9% 33 32 97.0% 95 3857 40.6
25 Denver Broncos 16 27 17 63.0% 25 25 100.0% 84 3444 41.0
26 Los Angeles Rams 16 29 26 89.7% 38 36 94.7% 81 3362 41.5
27 Philadelphia Eagles 16 26 14 53.8% 33 30 90.9% 85 3570 42.0
28 Cleveland Browns 16 28 15 53.6% 29 29 100.0% 94 3798 40.4
Avg Team 1.0 1.0 7.7 7.3 9.0 7.1 9.8 5.4 2.2 0.8 29.6 21.5 72.5% 37.8 36.6 97.0% 74.4 2989.8 62 0.7 40.2
League Total 27 27 216 204 252 199 273 150 61 21 829 601 72.5% 1057 1025 97.0% 2083 83713 91 20 40.2
Avg Tm/G 0.1 0.1 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.4 0.6 0.3 0.1 1.9 1.3 72.5% 2.4 2.3 97.0% 4.6 186.9 0.0 40.2

Scoring Against

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Rk Tm G RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
1 Dallas Cowboys 16 17 21 1 43 28 1 393
2 Seattle Seahawks 16 11 23 35 22 2 327
3 New York Jets 16 16 31 1 46 21 1 411
4 Phoenix Cardinals 16 12 24 40 29 2 377
5 Pittsburgh Steelers 16 16 17 37 19 2 326