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2009 NFL Opposition & Defensive Statistics

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Team Defense

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 FR 1stPy
1 New York Jets 16 236 4037 953 4.2 237 259 501 2459 8 17 4.6 128 420 1578 11 3.8 87 31 14 22
2 Dallas Cowboys 16 250 5054 979 5.2 286 344 572 3606 19 11 5.9 186 365 1448 7 4.0 74 21 10 26
3 Baltimore Ravens 16 261 4808 991 4.9 280 306 524 3316 17 22 6.0 164 435 1492 8 3.4 82 32 10 34
4 San Francisco 49ers 16 281 5222 1050 5.0 278 352 580 3670 14 18 5.9 176 426 1552 12 3.6 77 33 15 25
5 New England Patriots 16 285 5123 941 5.4 289 300 512 3355 25 18 6.2 193 398 1768 6 4.4 80 28 10 16
6 Cincinnati Bengals 16 291 4822 980 4.9 276 318 547 3249 18 19 5.6 165 399 1573 12 3.9 95 25 6 16
7 Green Bay Packers 16 297 4551 948 4.8 272 294 540 3218 29 30 5.6 168 371 1333 5 3.6 68 40 10 36
8 Indianapolis Colts 16 307 5427 1084 5.0 320 372 583 3403 19 16 5.5 203 467 2024 10 4.3 106 26 10 11
9 Carolina Panthers 16 308 5053 976 5.2 290 305 495 3056 14 22 5.8 155 450 1997 15 4.4 109 37 15 26
10 Minnesota Vikings 16 312 4888 940 5.2 271 341 535 3494 26 11 6.0 183 357 1394 5 3.9 63 24 13 25
11 San Diego Chargers 16 320 5232 991 5.3 309 326 534 3348 23 14 5.9 177 422 1884 10 4.5 112 25 11 20
12 Denver Broncos 16 324 5040 1007 5.0 290 298 510 2981 18 17 5.4 167 458 2059 11 4.5 99 30 13 24
13 Pittsburgh Steelers 16 324 4885 967 5.1 274 319 548 3447 22 12 5.8 186 372 1438 7 3.9 70 22 10 18
14 Atlanta Falcons 16 325 5582 997 5.6 303 335 536 3871 25 15 6.9 197 433 1711 10 4.0 89 28 13 17
15 Arizona Cardinals 16 325 5543 1038 5.3 289 346 593 3739 22 21 5.9 188 402 1804 13 4.5 81 29 8 20
16 Buffalo Bills 16 326 5449 1086 5.0 310 295 519 2948 14 28 5.4 157 535 2501 19 4.7 134 33 5 19
17 Houston Texans 16 333 5198 974 5.3 300 344 548 3487 19 14 6.0 175 396 1711 17 4.3 91 27 13 34
18 Washington Redskins 16 336 5115 1000 5.1 280 314 511 3316 19 11 6.0 176 449 1799 10 4.0 85 17 6 19
19 Philadelphia Eagles 16 337 5137 1037 5.0 295 354 580 3462 27 25 5.5 179 413 1675 11 4.1 81 38 13 35
20 New Orleans Saints 16 341 5724 1044 5.5 310 330 574 3769 15 26 6.2 175 435 1955 19 4.5 111 39 13 24
21 Cleveland Browns 16 375 6229 1072 5.8 336 313 526 3915 22 10 6.9 189 506 2314 15 4.6 120 19 9 27
22 Chicago Bears 16 375 5404 1033 5.2 312 341 531 3382 29 13 6.0 186 467 2022 14 4.3 105 28 15 21
23 Oakland Raiders 16 379 5791 1023 5.7 314 259 438 3303 16 8 7.0 158 548 2488 24 4.5 126 20 12 30
24 Jacksonville Jaguars 16 380 5637 982 5.7 307 345 510 3774 28 15 7.2 191 458 1863 12 4.1 100 25 10 16
25 Miami Dolphins 16 390 5589 968 5.8 297 281 489 3754 23 15 7.0 184 435 1835 16 4.2 88 21 6 25
26 Seattle Seahawks 16 390 5703 1024 5.6 305 374 568 3927 27 13 6.6 204 428 1776 17 4.1 80 23 10 21
27 Tampa Bay Buccaneers 16 400 5849 1039 5.6 324 301 482 3318 28 19 6.5 171 529 2531 16 4.8 129 29 10 24
28 Tennessee Titans 16 402 5850 1038 5.6 323 404 604 4139 31 20 6.5 210 402 1711 16 4.3 89 27 7 24
29 Kansas City Chiefs 16 424 6211 1062 5.8 318 302 509 3707 25 15 7.0 178 531 2504 18 4.7 122 28 13 18
30 New York Giants 16 427 5198 953 5.5 308 314 498 3425 31 13 6.5 182 423 1773 21 4.2 103 24 11 23
31 St. Louis Rams 16 436 5965 1016 5.9 333 315 491 3764 22 8 7.3 182 500 2201 24 4.4 127 20 12 24
32 Detroit Lions 16 494 6274 1029 6.1 332 371 545 4249 35 9 7.4 213 458 2025 18 4.4 95 23 14 24
Avg Team 343.5 5362.2 1006.9 5.3 299.0 324.1 532.3 3495.3 22.2 16.4 6.2 179.6 440.3 1866.8 13.4 4.2 96.2 27.3 10.8 23.3
League Total 10991 171590 32222 5.3 9568 10372 17033 111851 710 525 6.2 5746 14088 59739 429 4.2 3078 872 347 744
Avg Tm/G 21.5 335.1 62.9 5.3 18.7 20.3 33.3 218.5 1.4 1.0 6.2 11.2 27.5 116.7 0.8 4.2 6.0 1.7 0.7 1.5

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 New York Jets 16 259 501 51.7 2459 8 1.6 17 3.4 5.4 4.0 10.4 153.7 58.8 32 245 4.6 3.3
2 Buffalo Bills 16 295 519 56.8 2948 14 2.7 28 5.4 6.0 3.9 10.6 184.3 61.1 32 189 5.4 3.3
3 Denver Broncos 16 298 510 58.4 2981 18 3.5 17 3.3 6.3 5.2 10.8 186.3 75.0 39 241 5.4 4.4
4 Carolina Panthers 16 305 495 61.6 3056 14 2.8 22 4.4 6.6 4.8 10.7 191.0 71.7 31 193 5.8 4.2
5 Green Bay Packers 16 294 540 54.4 3218 29 5.4 30 5.6 6.4 4.4 11.7 201.1 68.8 37 232 5.6 3.7
6 Cincinnati Bengals 16 318 547 58.1 3249 18 3.3 19 3.5 6.4 5.1 11.0 203.1 73.6 34 237 5.6 4.4
7 Oakland Raiders 16 259 438 59.1 3303 16 3.7 8 1.8 8.1 7.6 13.6 206.4 89.5 37 228 7.0 6.5
8 Washington Redskins 16 314 511 61.4 3316 19 3.7 11 2.2 7.0 6.4 11.3 207.3 85.7 40 241 6.0 5.5
9 Baltimore Ravens 16 306 524 58.4 3316 17 3.2 22 4.2 6.7 5.1 11.5 207.3 71.9 32 190 6.0 4.5
10 Tampa Bay Buccaneers 16 301 482 62.4 3318 28 5.8 19 3.9 7.2 6.0 11.6 207.4 87.2 28 166 6.5 5.4
11 San Diego Chargers 16 326 534 61.0 3348 23 4.3 14 2.6 6.7 5.9 10.9 209.3 84.2 35 221 5.9 5.2
12 New England Patriots 16 300 512 58.6 3355 25 4.9 18 3.5 7.0 5.9 11.9 209.7 81.7 31 229 6.2 5.1
13 Chicago Bears 16 341 531 64.2 3382 29 5.5 13 2.4 6.9 6.3 10.7 211.4 92.3 35 272 6.0 5.5
14 Indianapolis Colts 16 372 583 63.8 3403 19 3.3 16 2.7 6.2 5.3 9.8 212.7 80.6 34 228 5.5 4.7
15 New York Giants 16 314 498 63.1 3425 31 6.2 13 2.6 7.4 6.8 11.7 214.1 95.1 32 237 6.5 5.9
16 Pittsburgh Steelers 16 319 548 58.2 3447 22 4.0 12 2.2 6.9 6.3 11.8 215.4 83.4 47 314 5.8 5.3
17 Philadelphia Eagles 16 354 580 61.0 3462 27 4.7 25 4.3 6.5 5.0 10.7 216.4 77.6 44 316 5.5 4.2
18 Houston Texans 16 344 548 62.8 3487 19 3.5 14 2.6 6.7 5.9 10.7 217.9 83.2 30 187 6.0 5.3
19 Minnesota Vikings 16 341 535 63.7 3494 26 4.9 11 2.1 7.1 6.7 11.2 218.4 92.5 48 318 6.0 5.6
20 Dallas Cowboys 16 344 572 60.1 3606 19 3.3 11 1.9 6.8 6.2 11.3 225.4 83.5 42 268 5.9 5.4
21 San Francisco 49ers 16 352 580 60.7 3670 14 2.4 18 3.1 6.8 5.7 11.3 229.4 76.2 44 293 5.9 4.8
22 Kansas City Chiefs 16 302 509 59.3 3707 25 4.9 15 2.9 7.6 6.7 12.7 231.7 87.1 22 137 7.0 6.2
23 Arizona Cardinals 16 346 593 58.3 3739 22 3.7 21 3.5 6.7 5.5 11.6 233.7 76.4 43 259 5.9 4.7
24 Miami Dolphins 16 281 489 57.5 3754 23 4.7 15 3.1 8.2 7.3 14.2 234.6 86.9 44 242 7.0 6.2
25 St. Louis Rams 16 315 491 64.2 3764 22 4.5 8 1.6 8.0 7.7 12.4 235.3 96.9 25 149 7.3 7.0
26 New Orleans Saints 16 330 574 57.5 3769 15 2.6 26 4.5 6.9 5.1 12.0 235.6 68.6 35 192 6.2 4.5
27 Jacksonville Jaguars 16 345 510 67.6 3774 28 5.5 15 2.9 7.6 6.8 11.2 235.9 96.0 14 79 7.2 6.4
28 Atlanta Falcons 16 335 536 62.5 3871 25 4.7 15 2.8 7.5 6.7 12.1 241.9 89.5 28 170 6.9 6.1
29 Cleveland Browns 16 313 526 59.5 3915 22 4.2 10 1.9 7.9 7.5 13.3 244.7 90.6 40 234 6.9 6.5
30 Seattle Seahawks 16 374 568 65.8 3927 27 4.8 13 2.3 7.2 6.7 11.0 245.4 93.4 28 185 6.6 6.1
31 Tennessee Titans 16 404 604 66.9 4139 31 5.1 20 3.3 7.2 6.2 10.8 258.7 91.2 32 224 6.5 5.6
32 Detroit Lions 16 371 545 68.1 4249 35 6.4 9 1.7 8.1 8.0 11.9 265.6 107.0 26 150 7.4 7.3
Avg Team 324.1 532.3 60.9 3495.3 22.2 4.2 16.4 3.1 71 7.0 6.4 11.5 218.5 81.2 34.4 220.8 6.2 5.6 6.1
League Total 10372 17033 60.9 111851 710 4.2 525 3.1 98 7.0 6.4 11.5 218.5 81.2 1101 7066 6.2 5.6 6.1
Avg Tm/G 20.3 33.3 60.9 218.5 1.4 4.2 1.0 3.1 7.0 6.4 11.5 218.5 81.2 2.2 13.8 6.2 5.6 6.1

Rushing Defense

Glossary · CSV · PRE
Rk Tm G Att Yds TD Lng Y/A Y/G Fmb
1 Green Bay Packers 16 371 1333 5 3.6 83.3
2 Minnesota Vikings 16 357 1394 5 3.9 87.1
3 Pittsburgh Steelers 16 372 1438 7 3.9 89.9
4 Dallas Cowboys 16 365 1448 7 4.0 90.5
5 Baltimore Ravens 16 435 1492 8 3.4 93.3
6 San Francisco 49ers 16 426 1552 12 3.6 97.0
7 Cincinnati Bengals 16 399 1573 12 3.9 98.3
8 New York Jets 16 420 1578 11 3.8 98.6
9 Philadelphia Eagles 16 413 1675 11 4.1 104.7
10 Atlanta Falcons 16 433 1711 10 4.0 106.9
11 Houston Texans 16 396 1711 17 4.3 106.9
12 Tennessee Titans 16 402 1711 16 4.3 106.9
13 New England Patriots 16 398 1768 6 4.4 110.5
14 New York Giants 16 423 1773 21 4.2 110.8
15 Seattle Seahawks 16 428 1776 17 4.1 111.0
16 Washington Redskins 16 449 1799 10 4.0 112.4
17 Arizona Cardinals 16 402 1804 13 4.5 112.8
18 Miami Dolphins 16 435 1835 16 4.2 114.7
19 Jacksonville Jaguars 16 458 1863 12 4.1 116.4
20 San Diego Chargers 16 422 1884 10 4.5 117.8
21 New Orleans Saints 16 435 1955 19 4.5 122.2
22 Carolina Panthers 16 450 1997 15 4.4 124.8
23 Chicago Bears 16 467 2022 14 4.3 126.4
24 Indianapolis Colts 16 467 2024 10 4.3 126.5
25 Detroit Lions 16 458 2025 18 4.4 126.6
26 Denver Broncos 16 458 2059 11 4.5 128.7
27 St. Louis Rams 16 500 2201 24 4.4 137.6
28 Cleveland Browns 16 506 2314 15 4.6 144.6
29 Oakland Raiders 16 548 2488 24 4.5 155.5
30 Buffalo Bills 16 535 2501 19 4.7 156.3
31 Kansas City Chiefs 16 531 2504 18 4.7 156.5
32 Tampa Bay Buccaneers 16 529 2531 16 4.8 158.2
Avg Team 440.3 1866.8 13.4 61 4.2 116.7 23.4
League Total 14088 59739 429 91 4.2 116.7 750
Avg Tm/G 27.5 116.7 0.8 4.2 116.7 1.5

Kick & Punt Returns Against

Glossary · CSV · PRE
Punt Returns Kick Returns
Rk Tm G Ret Yds TD Lng Y/R Rt Yds TD Lng Y/Rt APYd
1 Atlanta Falcons 16 27 1 46 945 0 20.5
2 Indianapolis Colts 16 36 0 60 1519 1 25.3
3 Carolina Panthers 16 41 1 51 1267 1 24.8
4 Dallas Cowboys 16 38 1 47 967 0 20.6
5 Green Bay Packers 16 40 0 80 1824 0 22.8
6 San Diego Chargers 16 23 1 87 1909 1 21.9
7 New Orleans Saints 16 25 1 74 1813 0 24.5
8 New England Patriots 16 20 0 70 1705 0 24.4
9 Philadelphia Eagles 16 39 0 81 1907 0 23.5
10 Jacksonville Jaguars 16 38 0 47 1069 1 22.7
11 New York Jets 16 27 0 70 1685 2 24.1
12 Washington Redskins 16 32 0 56 1104 0 19.7
13 Buffalo Bills 16 49 0 59 1271 0 21.5
14 Baltimore Ravens 16 38 1 77 1565 0 20.3
15 Arizona Cardinals 16 47 0 61 1248 0 20.5
16 San Francisco 49ers 16 57 0 65 1415 1 21.8
17 Denver Broncos 16 36 1 49 1115 1 22.8
18 Tampa Bay Buccaneers 16 38 0 46 878 0 19.1
19 Oakland Raiders 16 63 0 42 1078 1 25.7
20 Pittsburgh Steelers 16 33 0 74 1795 4 24.3
21 Cincinnati Bengals 16 39 0 58 1289 0 22.2
22 Tennessee Titans 16 29 0 71 1714 1 24.1
23 Minnesota Vikings 16 33 1 91 2060 0 22.6
24 Seattle Seahawks 16 43 1 46 1059 0 23.0
25 New York Giants 16 28 1 77 1619 0 21.0
26 Cleveland Browns 16 40 0 52 984 0 18.9
27 Miami Dolphins 16 43 0 71 1557 0 21.9
28 Houston Texans 16 24 0 71 1597 0 22.5
29 Kansas City Chiefs 16 40 0 60 1446 2 24.1
30 St. Louis Rams 16 41 0 43 1032 1 24.0
31 Chicago Bears 16 34 0 64 1552 0 24.3
32 Detroit Lions 16 41 0 58 1353 1 23.3
Avg Team 36.9 313.2 0.3 46 8.5 62.6 1416.9 0.6 77 22.6 7092.3
League Total 1182 10022 10 85 8.5 2004 45341 18 106 22.6 226953
Avg Tm/G 2.3 19.6 0.0 8.5 3.9 88.6 0.0 22.6 443.3

Kicking & Punting Against

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 Detroit Lions 16 34 31 91.2% 55 55 100.0% 66 288 4.4
2 Washington Redskins 16 36 31 86.1% 31 31 100.0% 70 293 4.2
3 St. Louis Rams 16 22 19 86.4% 52 51 98.1% 75 332 4.4
4 Jacksonville Jaguars 16 28 24 85.7% 38 38 100.0% 62 278 4.5
5 New England Patriots 16 20 14 70.0% 34 33 97.1% 79 327 4.1
6 Atlanta Falcons 16 28 20 71.4% 38 37 97.4% 62 264 4.3
7 Indianapolis Colts 16 36 30 83.3% 27 27 100.0% 65 289 4.4
8 Carolina Panthers 16 27 19 70.4% 33 33 100.0% 74 332 4.5
9 Tampa Bay Buccaneers 16 32 26 81.3% 46 44 95.7% 72 308 4.3
10 Chicago Bears 16 33 25 75.8% 40 38 95.0% 71 302 4.3
11 Tennessee Titans 16 27 22 81.5% 47 46 97.9% 76 337 4.4
12 San Diego Chargers 16 29 25 86.2% 33 33 100.0% 63 271 4.3
13 New York Giants 16 21 18 85.7% 51 47 92.2% 72 317 4.4
14 Miami Dolphins 16 39 33 84.6% 37 35 94.6% 67 295 4.4
15 Oakland Raiders 16 40 30 75.0% 41 41 100.0% 77 330 4.3
16 Cleveland Browns 16 36 30 83.3% 41 39 95.1% 77 332 4.3
17 Seattle Seahawks 16 31 22 71.0% 44 44 100.0% 82 387 4.7
18 Cincinnati Bengals 16 29 23 79.3% 30 30 100.0% 83 364 4.4
19 Houston Texans 16 23 20 87.0% 39 39 100.0% 76 356 4.7
20 Pittsburgh Steelers 16 29 22 75.9% 32 32 100.0% 86 368 4.3
21 Dallas Cowboys 16 26 18 69.2% 28 28 100.0% 92 408 4.4
22 Denver Broncos 16 31 29 93.5% 34 33 97.1% 76 352 4.6
23 Buffalo Bills 16 28 22 78.6% 32 32 100.0% 78 321 4.1
24 New York Jets 16 23 19 82.6% 24 23 95.8% 99 428 4.3
25 New Orleans Saints 16 32 27 84.4% 36 36 100.0% 71 305 4.3
26 Baltimore Ravens 16 27 24 88.9% 27 27 100.0% 79 343 4.3
27 Arizona Cardinals 16 25 19 76.0% 38 38 100.0% 84 377 4.5
28 Green Bay Packers 16 17 13 76.5% 34 34 100.0% 74 333 4.5
29 Kansas City Chiefs 16 37 29 78.4% 47 47 100.0% 79 348 4.4
30 Minnesota Vikings 16 26 22 84.6% 31 30 96.8% 89 398 4.5
31 Philadelphia Eagles 16 24 21 87.5% 38 38 100.0% 80 360 4.5
32 San Francisco 49ers 16 34 29 85.3% 27 26 96.3% 95 429 4.5
Avg Team 0.3 0.3 8.5 8.3 9.0 7.5 8.0 5.8 3.3 1.7 29.1 23.6 81.3% 37.0 36.4 98.3% 76.6 336.6 63 0.0 4.4
League Total 11 11 273 264 287 240 255 186 104 55 930 756 81.3% 1185 1165 98.3% 2451 10772 73 0 4.4
Avg Tm/G 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.2 0.1 1.8 1.5 81.3% 2.3 2.3 98.3% 4.8 21.0 0.0 4.4

Scoring Against

Glossary · CSV · PRE
Rk Tm G RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD AllTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
1 St. Louis Rams 16 24 22 1 1 51 19 1 436
2 Oakland Raiders 16 24 16 1 41 30 1 379
3 Tampa Bay Buccaneers 16 16 28 44 26 1 400
4 Cleveland Browns 16 15 22 39 30 375
5 Buffalo Bills 16 19 14 2 32 22 1 326
6 Detroit Lions 16 18 35 1 1 55 31 1 494
7 Washington Redskins 16 10 19 2 31 31 2 336
8 Seattle Seahawks 16 17 27 1 2 44 22 390
9 Jacksonville Jaguars 16 12 28 1 2 38 24 1 380
10 Kansas City Chiefs 16 18 25 2 47 29 1 424
11 Cincinnati Bengals 16 12 18 30 23 291
12 Carolina Panthers 16 15 14 1 1 1 33 19 308
13 Denver Broncos 16 11 18 1 1 33 29 324
14 Chicago Bears 16 14 29 2 38 25 375
15 San Francisco 49ers 16 12 14 1 26 29 281
16 New York Jets 16 11 8 2 23 19 236
17 Tennessee Titans 16 16 31 1 1 46 22 402
18 Miami Dolphins 16 16 23 2 35 33 390
19 Dallas Cowboys 16 7 19 1 28 18 250
20 Atlanta Falcons 16 10 25 1 37 20 325
21 Pittsburgh Steelers 16 7 22 4 2 32 22 324
22 Arizona Cardinals 16 13 22 38 19 1 325
23 Houston Texans 16 17 19 39 20 333
24 Baltimore Ravens 16 8 17 1 27 24 261
25 New York Giants 16 21 31 1 1 47 18 427
26 Indianapolis Colts 16 10 19 1 2 27 30 307
27 New England Patriots 16 6 25 33 14 285
28 Philadelphia Eagles 16 11 27 1 38 21 337
29 San Diego Chargers 16 10 23 1 1 1 33 25 320
30 Green Bay Packers 16 5 29 1 34 13 3 297
31 Minnesota Vikings 16 5 26 1 30 22 312
32 New Orleans Saints 16 19 15 1 36 27 1 341
Avg Team 13.4 22.2 0.3 0.6 0.8 1.5 0.2 0.8 36.4 23.6 0.4 343.5
League Total 429 710 10 18 26 48 6 24 1165 756 14 10991
Avg Tm/G 0.8 1.4 0.1 0.1 2.3 1.5 21.5