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1996 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 .688 418 313
Buffalo Bills 10 6 0 .625 319 266
Indianapolis Colts 9 7 0 .563 317 334
Miami Dolphins 8 8 0 .500 339 325
New York Jets 1 15 0 .063 279 454
AFC Central
Pittsburgh Steelers 10 6 0 .625 344 257
Jacksonville Jaguars 9 7 0 .563 325 335
Houston Oilers 8 8 0 .500 345 319
Cincinnati Bengals 8 8 0 .500 372 369
Baltimore Ravens 4 12 0 .250 371 441
AFC West
Denver Broncos 13 3 0 .813 391 275
Kansas City Chiefs 9 7 0 .563 297 300
San Diego Chargers 8 8 0 .500 310 376
Oakland Raiders 7 9 0 .438 340 293
Seattle Seahawks 7 9 0 .438 317 376
Tm W L T W-L% Pts PtsO
NFC East
Dallas Cowboys 10 6 0 .625 286 250
Philadelphia Eagles 10 6 0 .625 363 341
Washington Redskins 9 7 0 .563 364 312
Arizona Cardinals 7 9 0 .438 300 397
New York Giants 6 10 0 .375 242 297
NFC Central
Green Bay Packers 13 3 0 .813 456 210
Minnesota Vikings 9 7 0 .563 298 315
Chicago Bears 7 9 0 .438 283 305
Tampa Bay Buccaneers 6 10 0 .375 221 293
Detroit Lions 5 11 0 .313 302 368
NFC West
San Francisco 49ers 12 4 0 .750 398 257
Carolina Panthers 12 4 0 .750 367 218
St. Louis Rams 6 10 0 .375 303 409
New Orleans Saints 3 13 0 .188 229 339
Atlanta Falcons 3 13 0 .188 309 461

Playoff Games

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Week Date Winner/tie Loser/tie PtsW PtsL
WildCard Sat December 28 box W Dallas Cowboys Minnesota Vikings 40 15
WildCard Sat December 28 box W Jacksonville Jaguars @ Buffalo Bills 30 27
WildCard Sun December 29 box W Pittsburgh Steelers Indianapolis Colts 42 14
WildCard Sun December 29 box W San Francisco 49ers Philadelphia Eagles 14 0
Division Sat January 4 box W Green Bay Packers San Francisco 49ers 35 14
Division Sat January 4 box W Jacksonville Jaguars @ Denver Broncos 30 27
Division Sun January 5 box W Carolina Panthers Dallas Cowboys 26 17
Division Sun January 5 box W New England Patriots Pittsburgh Steelers 28 3
ConfChamp Sun January 12 box W Green Bay Packers Carolina Panthers 30 13
ConfChamp Sun January 12 box W New England Patriots Jacksonville Jaguars 20 6
SuperBowl Sun January 26 box W Green Bay Packers N New England Patriots 35 21

Award Winners

AP MVPBrett Favre
PFWA MVPBrett Favre
Newspaper Ent. Assoc. MVPBrett Favre
Bert Bell Award (Player of the Year)Brett Favre
AP Offensive Player of the YearTerrell Davis
AP Defensive Player of the YearBruce Smith
Super Bowl MVPDesmond Howard
AP Offensive Rookie of the YearEddie George
AP Defensive Rookie of the YearSimeon Rice
Walter Payton Man of the YearDarrell Green
AP Comeback Player of the YearJerome Bettis

Team Offense

Glossary · CSV · PRE
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 Green Bay Packers 16 456 5535 1053 5.3 338 328 548 3697 39 13 6.3 197 465 1838 9 4.0 118 24 11 23
2 New England Patriots 16 418 5369 1085 4.9 339 374 628 3901 27 15 5.9 206 427 1468 15 3.4 103 27 12 30
3 San Francisco 49ers 16 398 5506 1046 5.3 315 358 550 3659 24 16 6.2 188 454 1847 17 4.1 108 24 8 19
4 Denver Broncos 16 391 5791 1092 5.3 336 327 536 3429 26 17 6.0 180 525 2362 20 4.5 134 32 15 22
5 Cincinnati Bengals 16 372 5225 1088 4.8 332 316 563 3432 25 16 5.6 190 478 1793 14 3.8 114 25 9 28
6 Baltimore Ravens 16 371 5723 1024 5.6 338 335 570 3978 34 20 6.5 208 416 1745 10 4.2 108 33 13 22
7 Carolina Panthers 16 367 4812 1025 4.7 292 273 487 3083 22 11 5.9 160 502 1729 9 3.4 93 25 14 39
8 Washington Redskins 16 364 5229 960 5.4 307 270 471 3319 12 11 6.7 174 467 1910 27 4.1 106 18 7 27
9 Philadelphia Eagles 16 363 5627 1076 5.2 319 328 548 3745 19 18 6.4 196 489 1882 16 3.8 107 32 14 16
10 Houston Oilers 16 345 5048 972 5.2 287 272 463 3098 22 15 6.2 157 475 1950 12 4.1 110 30 15 20
11 Pittsburgh Steelers 16 344 5140 1002 5.1 296 246 456 2841 15 19 6.0 146 525 2299 18 4.4 138 33 14 12
12 Oakland Raiders 16 340 5252 1034 5.1 306 311 533 3078 28 19 5.3 172 456 2174 7 4.8 98 31 12 36
13 Miami Dolphins 16 339 5165 1000 5.2 294 300 504 3543 22 11 6.6 173 460 1622 14 3.5 92 24 13 29
14 Jacksonville Jaguars 16 325 5760 1038 5.5 325 353 557 4110 19 20 6.8 208 431 1650 13 3.8 90 30 10 27
15 Buffalo Bills 16 319 5119 1094 4.7 294 279 483 3218 18 24 6.1 149 563 1901 14 3.4 128 37 13 17
16 Indianapolis Colts 16 317 4744 1000 4.7 288 311 537 3296 16 11 5.7 172 420 1448 9 3.4 89 24 13 27
17 Seattle Seahawks 16 317 5024 974 5.2 268 261 494 3027 14 17 5.7 147 442 1997 16 4.5 94 29 12 27
18 San Diego Chargers 16 310 4670 1022 4.6 272 314 577 3358 23 21 5.5 168 412 1312 7 3.2 80 32 11 24
19 Atlanta Falcons 16 309 5116 971 5.3 292 356 600 3655 26 30 5.7 202 329 1461 9 4.4 67 41 11 23
20 St. Louis Rams 16 303 4372 986 4.4 255 249 481 2765 18 23 5.1 141 448 1607 10 3.6 93 44 21 21
21 Detroit Lions 16 302 5013 976 5.1 317 309 541 3203 20 21 5.5 180 389 1810 15 4.7 105 26 5 32
22 Arizona Cardinals 16 300 5190 1050 4.9 308 336 613 3688 23 21 5.7 214 401 1502 8 3.7 70 35 14 24
23 Minnesota Vikings 16 298 5204 1030 5.1 284 331 561 3658 24 19 6.1 186 435 1546 7 3.6 75 32 13 23
24 Kansas City Chiefs 16 297 4899 1045 4.7 312 290 530 2890 18 14 5.2 168 488 2009 15 4.1 111 24 10 33
25 Dallas Cowboys 16 286 4763 981 4.9 286 307 487 3122 12 14 6.2 163 475 1641 14 3.5 105 29 15 18
26 Chicago Bears 16 283 4905 1046 4.7 300 318 551 3185 19 18 5.5 176 472 1720 9 3.6 104 27 9 20
27 New York Jets 16 279 5208 1077 4.8 319 339 629 3625 22 30 5.4 191 407 1583 8 3.9 94 46 16 34
28 New York Giants 16 242 3942 1000 3.9 248 238 459 2339 14 21 4.5 145 485 1603 4 3.3 82 34 13 21
29 New Orleans Saints 16 229 4206 923 4.6 232 295 515 2898 13 17 5.4 135 386 1308 10 3.4 77 37 20 20
30 Tampa Bay Buccaneers 16 221 4316 996 4.3 260 274 494 2727 12 20 5.2 152 472 1589 8 3.4 90 34 14 18
Avg Team 326.8 5062.4 1022.2 5.0 298.6 306.6 532.2 3318.9 20.9 18.1 5.8 174.8 453.1 1743.5 12.1 3.8 99.4 30.6 12.6 24.4
League Total 9805 151873 30666 5.0 8959 9198 15966 99567 626 542 5.8 5244 13594 52306 364 3.8 2983 919 377 732
Avg Tm/G 20.4 316.4 63.9 5.0 18.7 19.2 33.3 207.4 1.3 1.1 5.8 10.9 28.3 109.0 0.8 3.8 6.2 1.9 0.8 1.5

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 Jacksonville Jaguars 16 353 557 63.4 4110 19 3.4 20 3.6 62 7.4 6.1 11.6 256.9 82.1 50 257 6.3 5.2 8.2
2 Baltimore Ravens 16 335 570 58.8 3978 34 6.0 20 3.5 86 7.0 6.0 11.9 248.6 85.4 38 296 6.1 5.1 6.3
3 New England Patriots 16 374 628 59.6 3901 27 4.3 15 2.4 84 6.2 5.6 10.4 243.8 82.0 30 190 5.6 5.0 4.6
4 Philadelphia Eagles 16 328 548 59.9 3745 19 3.5 18 3.3 62 6.8 5.7 11.4 234.1 78.3 39 234 6.0 4.9 6.6
5 Green Bay Packers 16 328 548 59.9 3697 39 7.1 13 2.4 80 6.7 6.4 11.3 231.1 93.9 40 241 5.9 5.5 6.8
6 Arizona Cardinals 16 336 613 54.8 3688 23 3.8 21 3.4 69 6.0 4.8 11.0 230.5 71.1 36 229 5.3 4.2 5.5
7 San Francisco 49ers 16 358 550 65.1 3659 24 4.4 16 2.9 52 6.7 5.8 10.2 228.7 86.5 42 200 5.8 5.0 7.1
8 Minnesota Vikings 16 331 561 59.0 3658 24 4.3 19 3.4 82 6.5 5.4 11.1 228.6 78.6 34 241 5.7 4.7 5.7
9 Atlanta Falcons 16 356 600 59.3 3655 26 4.3 30 5.0 67 6.1 4.3 10.3 228.4 70.5 42 254 5.3 3.6 6.5
10 New York Jets 16 339 629 53.9 3625 22 3.5 30 4.8 78 5.8 4.0 10.7 226.6 62.8 41 286 5.0 3.3 6.1
11 Miami Dolphins 16 300 504 59.5 3543 22 4.4 11 2.2 74 7.0 6.5 11.8 221.4 86.4 36 240 6.1 5.6 6.7
12 Cincinnati Bengals 16 316 563 56.1 3432 25 4.4 16 2.8 61 6.1 5.3 10.9 214.5 77.2 47 294 5.1 4.4 7.7
13 Denver Broncos 16 327 536 61.0 3429 26 4.9 17 3.2 51 6.4 5.5 10.5 214.3 82.5 31 233 5.6 4.7 5.5
14 San Diego Chargers 16 314 577 54.4 3358 23 4.0 21 3.6 63 5.8 4.6 10.7 209.9 69.8 33 296 5.0 3.8 5.4
15 Washington Redskins 16 270 471 57.3 3319 12 2.5 11 2.3 52 7.0 6.3 12.3 207.4 78.0 22 134 6.5 5.7 4.5
16 Indianapolis Colts 16 311 537 57.9 3296 16 3.0 11 2.0 51 6.1 5.5 10.6 206.0 77.3 43 248 5.3 4.7 7.4
17 Buffalo Bills 16 279 483 57.8 3218 18 3.7 24 5.0 95 6.7 4.8 11.5 201.1 69.7 48 340 5.4 3.7 9.0
18 Detroit Lions 16 309 541 57.1 3203 20 3.7 21 3.9 62 5.9 4.5 10.4 200.2 70.5 46 260 5.0 3.7 7.8
19 Chicago Bears 16 318 551 57.7 3185 19 3.4 18 3.3 58 5.8 4.7 10.0 199.1 72.1 23 165 5.3 4.2 4.0
20 Dallas Cowboys 16 307 487 63.0 3122 12 2.5 14 2.9 61 6.4 5.4 10.2 195.1 77.6 19 127 5.9 4.9 3.8
21 Houston Oilers 16 272 463 58.7 3098 22 4.8 15 3.2 83 6.7 5.7 11.4 193.6 81.3 34 198 5.8 4.9 6.8
22 Carolina Panthers 16 273 487 56.1 3083 22 4.5 11 2.3 55 6.3 5.8 11.3 192.7 80.8 36 250 5.4 4.9 6.9
23 Oakland Raiders 16 311 533 58.3 3078 28 5.3 19 3.6 62 5.8 4.7 9.9 192.4 77.4 45 249 4.9 3.9 7.8
24 Seattle Seahawks 16 261 494 52.8 3027 14 2.8 17 3.4 80 6.1 4.9 11.6 189.2 66.8 38 189 5.3 4.2 7.1
25 New Orleans Saints 16 295 515 57.3 2898 13 2.5 17 3.3 57 5.6 4.4 9.8 181.1 67.9 22 171 5.1 3.9 4.1
26 Kansas City Chiefs 16 290 530 54.7 2890 18 3.4 14 2.6 69 5.5 4.6 10.0 180.6 70.7 27 203 4.8 4.0 4.8
27 Pittsburgh Steelers 16 246 456 53.9 2841 15 3.3 19 4.2 70 6.2 4.7 11.5 177.6 66.6 21 149 5.6 4.2 4.4
28 St. Louis Rams 16 249 481 51.8 2765 18 3.7 23 4.8 77 5.7 4.0 11.1 172.8 61.7 57 379 4.4 2.8 10.6
29 Tampa Bay Buccaneers 16 274 494 55.5 2727 12 2.4 20 4.0 45 5.5 3.9 10.0 170.4 62.5 30 217 4.8 3.3 5.7
30 New York Giants 16 238 459 51.9 2339 14 3.1 21 4.6 37 5.1 3.3 9.8 146.2 57.6 56 324 3.9 2.3 10.9
Avg Team 306.6 532.2 57.6 3318.9 20.9 3.9 18.1 3.4 66 6.2 5.1 10.8 207.4 75.0 36.9 236.5 5.4 4.4 6.5
League Total 9198 15966 57.6 99567 626 3.9 542 3.4 95 6.2 5.1 10.8 6222.9 75.0 1106 7094 5.4 4.4 6.5
Avg Tm/G 19.2 33.3 57.6 207.4 1.3 3.9 1.1 3.4 6.2 5.1 10.8 207.4 75.0 2.3 14.8 5.4 4.4 6.5

Rushing Offense

Glossary · CSV · PRE
Rk Tm G Att Yds TD Lng Y/A Y/G Fmb
1 Denver Broncos 16 525 2362 20 71 4.5 147.6 27
2 Pittsburgh Steelers 16 525 2299 18 80 4.4 143.7 27
3 Oakland Raiders 16 456 2174 7 77 4.8 135.9 30
4 Kansas City Chiefs 16 488 2009 15 35 4.1 125.6 17
5 Seattle Seahawks 16 442 1997 16 51 4.5 124.8 24
6 Houston Oilers 16 475 1950 12 76 4.1 121.9 26
7 Washington Redskins 16 467 1910 27 49 4.1 119.4 21
8 Buffalo Bills 16 563 1901 14 37 3.4 118.8 25
9 Philadelphia Eagles 16 489 1882 16 56 3.8 117.6 24
10 San Francisco 49ers 16 454 1847 17 67 4.1 115.4 16
11 Green Bay Packers 16 465 1838 9 24 4.0 114.9 33
12 Detroit Lions 16 389 1810 15 54 4.7 113.1 21
13 Cincinnati Bengals 16 478 1793 14 33 3.8 112.1 19
14 Baltimore Ravens 16 416 1745 10 42 4.2 109.1 23
15 Carolina Panthers 16 502 1729 9 35 3.4 108.1 25
16 Chicago Bears 16 472 1720 9 32 3.6 107.5 25
17 Jacksonville Jaguars 16 431 1650 13 35 3.8 103.1 29
18 Dallas Cowboys 16 475 1641 14 42 3.5 102.6 24
19 Miami Dolphins 16 460 1622 14 49 3.5 101.4 31
20 St. Louis Rams 16 448 1607 10 38 3.6 100.4 42
21 New York Giants 16 485 1603 4 37 3.3 100.2 27
22 Tampa Bay Buccaneers 16 472 1589 8 56 3.4 99.3 28
23 New York Jets 16 407 1583 8 78 3.9 98.9 25
24 Minnesota Vikings 16 435 1546 7 57 3.6 96.6 26
25 Arizona Cardinals 16 401 1502 8 70 3.7 93.9 29
26 New England Patriots 16 427 1468 15 57 3.4 91.8 25
27 Atlanta Falcons 16 329 1461 9 34 4.4 91.3 23
28 Indianapolis Colts 16 420 1448 9 53 3.4 90.5 24
29 San Diego Chargers 16 412 1312 7 21 3.2 82.0 30
30 New Orleans Saints 16 386 1308 10 63 3.4 81.8 30
Avg Team 453.1 1743.5 12.1 50 3.8 109.0 25.9
League Total 13594 52306 364 80 3.8 3269.1 776
Avg Tm/G 28.3 109.0 0.8 3.8 109.0 1.6

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 Baltimore Ravens 16 38 357 0 46 9.4 86 1734 0 44 20.2 7814
2 Atlanta Falcons 16 31 315 0 39 10.2 87 1825 0 55 21.0 7256
3 New England Patriots 16 52 588 1 60 11.3 64 1424 0 54 22.3 7381
4 Arizona Cardinals 16 39 343 0 35 8.8 75 1582 0 92 21.1 7115
5 New Orleans Saints 16 31 159 0 16 5.1 78 1899 0 58 24.3 6264
6 New York Giants 16 42 478 2 87 11.4 66 1287 0 47 19.5 5707
7 New York Jets 16 28 139 0 15 5.0 79 1504 0 37 19.0 6851
8 Green Bay Packers 16 58 875 3 92 15.1 47 1038 1 90 22.1 7448
9 Seattle Seahawks 16 34 352 1 88 10.4 71 1542 0 86 21.7 6918
10 Carolina Panthers 16 55 624 1 84 11.3 50 1310 1 93 26.2 6746
11 Philadelphia Eagles 16 40 330 0 56 8.3 64 1439 2 97 22.5 7396
12 Oakland Raiders 16 42 403 0 47 9.6 61 1276 0 48 20.9 6931
13 Detroit Lions 16 34 284 0 33 8.4 69 1675 0 65 24.3 6972
14 Cincinnati Bengals 16 33 217 0 62 6.6 70 1459 1 90 20.8 6901
15 Indianapolis Colts 16 41 447 0 82 10.9 61 1403 1 95 23.0 6594
16 San Diego Chargers 16 38 559 1 81 14.7 63 1358 0 57 21.6 6587
17 Buffalo Bills 16 43 423 0 45 9.8 58 1341 1 97 23.1 6883
18 Jacksonville Jaguars 16 34 351 0 60 10.3 67 1463 0 73 21.8 7574
19 Denver Broncos 16 49 583 0 40 11.9 50 1195 0 59 23.9 7569
20 Kansas City Chiefs 16 33 282 0 24 8.5 66 1567 1 97 23.7 6748
21 San Francisco 49ers 16 39 352 0 52 9.0 59 1258 0 71 21.3 7116
22 St. Louis Rams 16 35 439 2 78 12.5 62 1233 0 44 19.9 6044
23 Dallas Cowboys 16 44 394 0 22 9.0 53 1339 0 89 25.3 6496
24 Tampa Bay Buccaneers 16 41 481 1 88 11.7 55 1287 0 63 23.4 6084
25 Houston Oilers 16 29 279 0 40 9.6 66 1421 0 88 21.5 6748
26 Pittsburgh Steelers 16 40 251 0 33 6.3 53 1171 1 91 22.1 6562
27 Minnesota Vikings 16 32 300 1 69 9.4 58 1075 0 60 18.5 6579
28 Washington Redskins 16 23 258 0 71 11.2 65 1401 0 50 21.6 6888
29 Chicago Bears 16 31 282 0 34 9.1 56 1337 0 75 23.9 6524
30 Miami Dolphins 16 26 251 0 19 9.7 60 1320 0 59 22.0 6736
Avg Team 37.8 379.9 0.4 53 10.0 64.0 1405.4 0.3 71 22.0 6847.7
League Total 1135 11396 13 92 10.0 1919 42163 9 97 22.0 205432
Avg Tm/G 2.4 23.7 0.0 10.0 4.0 87.8 0.0 22.0 428.0

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 Buffalo Bills 16 6 5 14 12 8 7 1 29 24 82.8% 33 33 100.0% 101 4192 80 0 41.5
2 Carolina Panthers 16 2 2 14 14 12 11 10 7 7 3 45 37 82.2% 35 34 97.1% 78</