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2009 NFL Opposition & Defensive Statistics

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Team Defense

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 Indianapolis Colts 10 157 3258 657 5.0 188 237 373 2182 7 11 5.5 126 260 1076 7 4.1 53 19 8 9
2 New England Patriots 10 164 2967 580 5.1 172 177 316 1873 14 13 5.6 115 246 1094 3 4.4 46 22 9 11
3 Cincinnati Bengals 10 167 3105 606 5.1 172 218 362 2262 12 12 5.8 112 219 843 4 3.8 51 18 6 9
4 Baltimore Ravens 10 171 3100 606 5.1 176 196 320 2179 11 11 6.4 109 265 921 6 3.5 47 16 5 20
5 Washington Redskins 10 178 2900 599 4.8 159 163 279 1616 10 6 5.3 89 295 1284 5 4.4 54 12 6 16
6 Dallas Cowboys 11 182 3604 694 5.2 202 239 395 2474 15 7 5.8 124 271 1130 4 4.2 55 13 6 23
7 Pittsburgh Steelers 10 184 2779 590 4.7 164 211 357 2087 11 8 5.4 121 203 692 2 3.4 33 14 6 10
8 New York Jets 10 189 2944 626 4.7 175 184 326 1829 7 7 5.3 93 282 1115 8 4.0 68 17 10 14
9 Denver Broncos 11 189 3245 675 4.8 189 215 336 2035 10 8 5.5 118 307 1210 6 3.9 59 17 9 12
10 Minnesota Vikings 10 193 3170 609 5.2 177 224 356 2315 14 7 5.9 119 217 855 3 3.9 40 16 9 18
11 Arizona Cardinals 10 197 3504 647 5.4 176 212 378 2472 15 11 6.1 116 241 1032 7 4.3 47 16 5 13
12 Philadelphia Eagles 10 204 3051 646 4.7 184 211 349 2008 15 16 5.3 111 267 1043 7 3.9 52 23 7 21
13 New Orleans Saints 10 204 3306 648 5.1 177 197 370 2149 9 20 5.5 96 254 1157 12 4.6 67 29 9 14
14 San Diego Chargers 10 205 3211 630 5.1 193 199 323 2026 13 10 5.8 106 280 1185 7 4.2 73 16 6 14
15 Houston Texans 10 208 3334 594 5.6 181 200 329 2128 11 8 6.2 104 252 1206 13 4.8 55 18 10 22
16 San Francisco 49ers 10 210 3508 672 5.2 189 235 383 2561 11 11 6.4 120 270 947 9 3.5 52 15 4 17
17 Green Bay Packers 11 215 3097 648 4.8 183 189 354 2117 21 18 5.6 111 271 980 3 3.6 46 27 9 26
18 Chicago Bears 10 225 3201 625 5.1 189 204 320 1978 18 10 5.8 109 284 1223 9 4.3 66 18 8 14
19 Buffalo Bills 10 228 3667 694 5.3 200 197 334 2008 8 17 5.7 101 341 1659 15 4.9 88 21 4 11
20 Atlanta Falcons 10 228 3795 647 5.9 205 218 346 2534 16 8 6.9 129 281 1261 9 4.5 65 19 11 11
21 Seattle Seahawks 10 233 3473 632 5.5 191 241 355 2368 19 8 6.3 127 255 1105 8 4.3 49 14 6 15
22 Jacksonville Jaguars 10 235 3561 614 5.8 189 222 336 2440 17 9 7.1 124 268 1121 6 4.2 53 16 7 12
23 Carolina Panthers 10 239 3157 600 5.3 180 189 302 1850 12 11 5.8 96 280 1307 11 4.7 69 17 6 15
24 Kansas City Chiefs 10 239 3895 660 5.9 188 194 336 2509 17 7 7.2 112 310 1386 9 4.5 66 14 7 10
25 Miami Dolphins 10 244 3415 612 5.6 187 182 322 2356 12 9 6.7 123 261 1059 10 4.1 48 13 4 16
26 Oakland Raiders 11 258 4146 725 5.7 223 187 316 2374 10 7 7.0 111 385 1772 17 4.6 91 17 10 21
27 New York Giants 11 261 3195 629 5.1 193 194 325 2009 18 9 5.8 109 281 1186 15 4.2 68 19 10 16
28 Cleveland Browns 10 263 4020 674 6.0 219 193 320 2471 15 6 7.3 115 334 1549 13 4.6 83 14 8 21
29 St. Louis Rams 10 270 3851 645 6.0 221 206 315 2387 15 8 7.2 124 313 1464 14 4.7 82 14 6 15
30 Tennessee Titans 10 272 3758 651 5.8 201 265 387 2717 25 11 6.6 141 239 1041 8 4.4 46 16 5 14
31 Tampa Bay Buccaneers 10 294 3783 637 5.9 204 167 276 2094 22 12 7.1 105 344 1689 12 4.9 84 16 4 15
32 Detroit Lions 11 335 4337 696 6.2 230 275 390 3095 27 6 7.6 157 287 1242 9 4.3 56 15 9 17
Avg Team 220.0 3416.8 639.6 5.3 189.9 207.5 340.2 2234.5 14.3 10.1 6.2 114.8 277.0 1182.3 8.5 4.3 59.8 17.2 7.2 15.4
League Total 7041 109338 20468 5.3 6077 6641 10886 71504 457 322 6.2 3673 8863 37834 271 4.3 1912 551 229 492
Avg Tm/G 21.6 335.4 62.8 5.3 18.6 20.4 33.4 219.3 1.4 1.0 6.2 11.3 27.2 116.1 0.8 4.3 5.9 1.7 0.7 1.5

Passing Defense

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 Washington Redskins 10 163 279 58.4 1616 10 3.6 6 2.2 6.3 5.7 10.8 161.6 80.0 25 139 5.3 4.8
2 New York Jets 10 184 326 56.4 1829 7 2.1 7 2.1 6.0 5.3 10.7 182.9 72.4 18 135 5.3 4.6
3 Carolina Panthers 10 189 302 62.6 1850 12 4.0 11 3.6 6.5 5.2 10.4 185.0 79.3 18 110 5.8 4.6
4 New England Patriots 10 177 316 56.0 1873 14 4.4 13 4.1 6.4 5.0 11.4 187.3 73.0 18 143 5.6 4.3
5 Chicago Bears 10 204 320 63.8 1978 18 5.6 10 3.1 6.7 5.9 10.5 197.8 88.8 21 164 5.8 5.0
6 Buffalo Bills 10 197 334 59.0 2008 8 2.4 17 5.1 6.4 4.3 10.8 200.8 64.5 19 113 5.7 3.7
7 Philadelphia Eagles 10 211 349 60.5 2008 15 4.3 16 4.6 6.4 4.8 10.6 200.8 74.5 30 236 5.3 3.8
8 New York Giants 11 194 325 59.7 2009 18 5.5 9 2.8 6.7 6.0 11.3 182.6 86.8 23 176 5.8 5.1
9 San Diego Chargers 10 199 323 61.6 2026 13 4.0 10 3.1 6.8 5.8 11.0 202.6 82.1 27 158 5.8 4.9
10 Denver Broncos 11 215 336 64.0 2035 10 3.0 8 2.4 6.6 5.8 10.3 185.0 83.0 32 189 5.5 4.8
11 Pittsburgh Steelers 10 211 357 59.1 2087 11 3.1 8 2.2 6.4 5.7 10.9 208.7 79.1 30 215 5.4 4.7
12 Tampa Bay Buccaneers 10 167 276 60.5 2094 22 8.0 12 4.3 7.9 6.8 13.1 209.4 94.0 17 96 7.1 6.1
13 Green Bay Packers 11 189 354 53.4 2117 21 5.9 18 5.1 6.4 4.7 12.0 192.5 71.8 23 147 5.6 4.0
14 Houston Texans 10 200 329 60.8 2128 11 3.3 8 2.4 6.7 5.9 11.0 212.8 81.5 13 65 6.2 5.5
15 New Orleans Saints 10 197 370 53.2 2149 9 2.4 20 5.4 6.2 4.0 11.6 214.9 57.8 24 141 5.5 3.4
16 Baltimore Ravens 10 196 320 61.3 2179 11 3.4 11 3.4 7.3 6.0 11.8 217.9 80.5 21 141 6.4 5.3
17 Indianapolis Colts 10 237 373 63.5 2182 7 1.9 11 2.9 6.3 5.1 9.9 218.2 75.2 24 163 5.5 4.4
18 Cincinnati Bengals 10 218 362 60.2 2262 12 3.3 12 3.3 6.7 5.6 11.2 226.2 77.5 25 171 5.8 4.8
19 Minnesota Vikings 10 224 356 62.9 2315 14 3.9 7 2.0 7.1 6.6 11.3 231.5 89.1 36 223 5.9 5.5
20 Miami Dolphins 10 182 322 56.5 2356 12 3.7 9 2.8 7.8 6.9 13.8 235.6 82.5 29 161 6.7 5.9
21 Seattle Seahawks 10 241 355 67.9 2368 19 5.4 8 2.3 7.1 6.6 10.4 236.8 96.5 22 138 6.3 5.8
22 Oakland Raiders 11 187 316 59.2 2374 10 3.2 7 2.2 8.0 7.3 13.5 215.8 86.1 24 156 7.0 6.4
23 St. Louis Rams 10 206 315 65.4 2387 15 4.8 8 2.5 7.9 7.2 12.0 238.7 94.7 17 93 7.2 6.6
24 Jacksonville Jaguars 10 222 336 66.1 2440 17 5.1 9 2.7 7.4 6.7 11.3 244.0 93.8 10 60 7.1 6.4
25 Cleveland Browns 10 193 320 60.3 2471 15 4.7 6 1.9 8.1 7.7 13.4 247.1 93.7 20 107 7.3 6.9
26 Arizona Cardinals 10 212 378 56.1 2472 15 4.0 11 2.9 7.0 6.1 12.5 247.2 79.1 28 171 6.1 5.2
27 Dallas Cowboys 11 239 395 60.5 2474 15 3.8 7 1.8 6.7 6.3 11.1 224.9 85.6 28 167 5.8 5.5
28 Kansas City Chiefs 10 194 336 57.7 2509 17 5.1 7 2.1 7.8 7.3 13.4 250.9 90.7 14 100 7.2 6.8
29 Atlanta Falcons 10 218 346 63.0 2534 16 4.6 8 2.3 7.7 7.1 12.2 253.4 92.5 20 131 6.9 6.4
30 San Francisco 49ers 10 235 383 61.4 2561 11 2.9 11 2.9 7.1 6.1 11.5 256.1 80.3 19 145 6.4 5.4
31 Tennessee Titans 10 265 387 68.5 2717 25 6.5 11 2.8 7.5 6.9 11.0 271.7 100.1 25 186 6.6 6.0
32 Detroit Lions 11 275 390 70.5 3095 27 6.9 6 1.5 8.2 8.2 11.7 281.4 111.8 19 110 7.6 7.6
Avg Team 207.5 340.2 61.0 2234.5 14.3 4.2 10.1 3.0 67 7.0 6.5 11.5 219.3 82.0 22.5 145.3 6.2 5.7 6.2
League Total 6641 10886 61.0 71504 457 4.2 322 3.0 98 7.0 6.5 11.5 219.3 82.0 719 4650 6.2 5.7 6.2
Avg Tm/G 20.4 33.4 61.0 219.3 1.4 4.2 1.0 3.0 7.0 6.5 11.5 219.3 82.0 2.2 14.3 6.2 5.7 6.2

Rushing Defense

Rk Tm G Att Yds TD Lng Y/A Y/G Fmb
1 Pittsburgh Steelers 10 203 692 2 3.4 69.2
2 Cincinnati Bengals 10 219 843 4 3.8 84.3
3 Minnesota Vikings 10 217 855 3 3.9 85.5
4 Baltimore Ravens 10 265 921 6 3.5 92.1
5 San Francisco 49ers 10 270 947 9 3.5 94.7
6 Green Bay Packers 11 271 980 3 3.6 89.1
7 Arizona Cardinals 10 241 1032 7 4.3 103.2
8 Tennessee Titans 10 239 1041 8 4.4 104.1
9 Philadelphia Eagles 10 267 1043 7 3.9 104.3
10 Miami Dolphins 10 261 1059 10 4.1 105.9
11 Indianapolis Colts 10 260 1076 7 4.1 107.6
12 New England Patriots 10 246 1094 3 4.4 109.4
13 Seattle Seahawks 10 255 1105 8 4.3 110.5
14 New York Jets 10 282 1115 8 4.0 111.5
15 Jacksonville Jaguars 10 268 1121 6 4.2 112.1
16 Dallas Cowboys 11 271 1130 4 4.2 102.7
17 New Orleans Saints 10 254 1157 12 4.6 115.7
18 San Diego Chargers 10 280 1185 7 4.2 118.5
19 New York Giants 11 281 1186 15 4.2 107.8
20 Houston Texans 10 252 1206 13 4.8 120.6
21 Denver Broncos 11 307 1210 6 3.9 110.0
22 Chicago Bears 10 284 1223 9 4.3 122.3
23 Detroit Lions 11 287 1242 9 4.3 112.9
24 Atlanta Falcons 10 281 1261 9 4.5 126.1
25 Washington Redskins 10 295 1284 5 4.4 128.4
26 Carolina Panthers 10 280 1307 11 4.7 130.7
27 Kansas City Chiefs 10 310 1386 9 4.5 138.6
28 St. Louis Rams 10 313 1464 14 4.7 146.4
29 Cleveland Browns 10 334 1549 13 4.6 154.9
30 Buffalo Bills 10 341 1659 15 4.9 165.9
31 Tampa Bay Buccaneers 10 344 1689 12 4.9 168.9
32 Oakland Raiders 11 385 1772 17 4.6 161.1
Avg Team 277.0 1182.3 8.5 55 4.3 116.1 15.6
League Total 8863 37834 271 91 4.3 116.1 498
Avg Tm/G 27.2 116.1 0.8 4.3 116.1 1.5

Kick & Punt Returns Against

Punt Returns Kick Returns
Rk Tm G Ret Yds TD Lng Y/R Rt Yds TD Lng Y/Rt APYd
1 Indianapolis Colts 10 21 0 43 952 0 22.1
2 Atlanta Falcons 10 16 1 31 665 0 21.5
3 Washington Redskins 10 20 0 33 659 0 20.0
4 Carolina Panthers 10 22 1 25 747 1 29.9
5 Jacksonville Jaguars 10 22 0 30 680 0 22.7
6 New Orleans Saints 10 15 0 51 1265 0 24.8
7 San Diego Chargers 10 18 1 51 1174 1 23.0
8 New York Jets 10 16 0 42 1061 2 25.3
9 New England Patriots 10 10 0 43 1039 0 24.2
10 Baltimore Ravens 10 24 0 48 950 0 19.8
11 Arizona Cardinals 10 31 0 34 722 0 21.2
12 Denver Broncos 11 25 1 31 758 1 24.5
13 Cincinnati Bengals 10 24 0 41 922 0 22.5
14 Pittsburgh Steelers 10 21 0 47 1265 4 26.9
15 Philadelphia Eagles 10 25 0 50 1214 0 24.3
16 Buffalo Bills 10 34 0 34 779 0 22.9
17 Tampa Bay Buccaneers 10 29 0 29 558 0 19.2
18 Green Bay Packers 11 31 0 51 1241 0 24.3
19 St. Louis Rams 10 21 0 26 669 1 25.7
20 Tennessee Titans 10 23 0 43 1022 0 23.8
21 Dallas Cowboys 11 26 0 35 719 0 20.5
22 San Francisco 49ers 10 37 0 38 845 1 22.2
23 Miami Dolphins 10 30 0 48 1127 0 23.5
24 Seattle Seahawks 10 25 1 31 709 0 22.9
25 Minnesota Vikings 10 21 1 56 1212 0 21.6
26 Chicago Bears 10 18 0 41 979 0 23.9
27 Oakland Raiders 11 50 0 26 632 1 24.3
28 Cleveland Browns 10 28 0 26 577 0 22.2
29 New York Giants 11 17 0 52 1148 0 22.1
30 Kansas City Chiefs 10 24 0 31 673 0 21.7
31 Houston Texans 10 16 0 42 910 0 21.7
32 Detroit Lions 11 30 0 41 1015 1 24.8
Avg Team 24.1 197.7 0.2 38 8.2 39.1 902.8 0.4 70 23.1 4517.2
League Total 770 6325 6 85 8.2 1250 28888 13 102 23.1 144551
Avg Tm/G 2.4 19.4 0.0 8.2 3.8 88.6 0.0 23.1 443.4

Kicking & Punting Against

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 St. Louis Rams 10 10 8 80.0% 33 32 97.0% 43 192 4.5
2 Carolina Panthers 10 16 12 75.0% 27 27 100.0% 44 198 4.5
3 Washington Redskins 10 19 16 84.2% 16 16 100.0% 48 194 4.0
4 Atlanta Falcons 10 17 13 76.5% 27 27 100.0% 33 141 4.3
5 Chicago Bears 10 18 12 66.7% 26 25 96.2% 42 183 4.4
6 Jacksonville Jaguars 10 21 18 85.7% 21 21 100.0% 40 181 4.5
7 Cleveland Browns 10 21 16 76.2% 31 29 93.5% 47 204 4.3
8 Indianapolis Colts 10 24 20 83.3% 13 13 100.0% 44 196 4.5
9 Pittsburgh Steelers 10 18 13 72.2% 17 17 100.0% 53 232 4.4
10 Detroit Lions 11 22 20 90.9% 37 37 100.0% 42 182 4.3
11 Tampa Bay Buccaneers 10 16 14 87.5% 36 34 94.4% 46 199 4.3
12 Tennessee Titans 10 18 14 77.8% 33 32 97.0% 50 224 4.5
13 New York Jets 10 15 12 80.0% 21 21 100.0% 58 249 4.3
14 Cincinnati Bengals 10 19 14 73.7% 17 17 100.0% 53 231 4.4
15 San Diego Chargers 10 19 17 89.5% 22 22 100.0% 40 174 4.4
16 Seattle Seahawks 10 16 12 75.0% 27 27 100.0% 52 244 4.7
17 New England Patriots 10 9 8 88.9% 20 20 100.0% 54 224 4.1
18 Baltimore Ravens 10 16 15 93.8% 18 18 100.0% 49 208 4.2
19 Houston Texans 10 12 11 91.7% 25 25 100.0% 52 243 4.7
20 Buffalo Bills 10 20 15 75.0% 21 21 100.0% 46 195 4.2
21 Miami Dolphins 10 29 24 82.8% 20 18 90.0% 41 175 4.3
22 Denver Broncos 11 21 19 90.5% 19 18 94.7% 52 234 4.5
23 New Orleans Saints 10 16 14 87.5% 22 22 100.0% 50 215 4.3
24 Oakland Raiders 11 27 20 74.1% 28 28 100.0% 52 224 4.3
25 Arizona Cardinals 10 16 12 75.0% 23 23 100.0% 57 253 4.4
26 Minnesota Vikings 10 17 14 82.4% 19 19 100.0% 55 252 4.6
27 Philadelphia Eagles 10 16 14 87.5% 22 22 100.0% 52 240 4.6
28 San Francisco 49ers 10 21 19 90.5% 21 21 100.0% 57 260 4.6
29 Kansas City Chiefs 10 23 17 73.9% 26 26 100.0% 54 238 4.4
30 New York Giants 11 12 11 91.7% 32 30 93.8% 55 246 4.5
31 Dallas Cowboys 11 21 14 66.7% 20 20 100.0% 65 292 4.5
32 Green Bay Packers 11 13 9 69.2% 24 24 100.0% 50 229 4.6
Avg Team 0.3 0.3 5.2 5.1 5.5 4.5 5.2 3.6 1.9 1.1 18.1 14.6 80.8% 23.9 23.5 98.4% 49.3 217.3 62 0.0 4.4
League Total 9 9 167 163 176 145 165 116 61 34 578 467 80.8% 764 752 98.4% 1576 6953 70 0 4.4
Avg Tm/G 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.5 0.4 0.2 0.1 1.8 1.4 80.8% 2.3 2.3 98.4% 4.8 21.3 0.0 4.4

Scoring Against

Rk Tm G RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD AllTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
1 St. Louis Rams 10 14 15 1 1 32 8 1 270
2 Cleveland Browns 10 13 15 29 16 263
3 Oakland Raiders 11 17 10 1 28 20 1 258
4 Washington Redskins 10 5 10 1 16 16 2 178
5 Buffalo Bills 10 15 8 2 21 15 1 228
6 Tampa Bay Buccaneers 10 12 22 34 14 1 294
7 Kansas City Chiefs 10 9 17 26 17 239
8 Carolina Panthers 10 11 12 1 1 1 27 12 239
9 Detroit Lions 11 9 27 1 1 37 20 1 335
10 Seattle Seahawks 10 8 19 1 1 27 12 233
11 Denver Broncos 11 6 10 1 1 18 19 189
12 Jacksonville Jaguars 10 6 17 2 21 18 235
13 Chicago Bears 10 9 18 1 25 12 225
14 San Francisco 49ers 10 9 11 1 21 19 210
15 Tennessee Titans 10 8 25 32 14 272
16 New York Jets 10 8 7 2 21 12 189
17 Cincinnati Bengals 10 4 12 17 14 167
18 Pittsburgh Steelers 10 2 11 4 1 17 13 184
19 Houston Texans 10 13 11 25 11 208
20 Baltimore Ravens 10 6 11 18 15 171
21 Miami Dolphins 10 10 12 2 18 24 244
22 Arizona Cardinals 10 7 15 23 12 197
23 Atlanta Falcons 10 9 16 1 27 13 228
24 Dallas Cowboys 11 4 15 20 14 182
25 Philadelphia Eagles 10 7 15 1 22 14 204
26 Indianapolis Colts 10 7 7 13 20 157
27 San Diego Chargers 10 7 13 1 1 22 17 205
28 New York Giants 11 15 18 30 11 261
29 New England Patriots 10 3 14 20 8 164
30 Green Bay Packers 11 3 21 1 24 9 3 215
31 Minnesota Vikings 10 3 14 1 19 14 193
32 New Orleans Saints 10 12 9 22 14 1 204
Avg Team 8.5 14.3 0.2 0.4 0.6 1.1 0.2 0.5 23.5 14.6 0.3 220.0
League Total 271 457 6 13 18 35 6 15 752 467 11 7041
Avg Tm/G 0.8 1.4 0.1 0.1 2.3 1.4 21.6