1972 NFL Opposition & Defensive Statistics

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Super Bowl Champion: Miami Dolphins

AP MVP: Larry Brown

AP Offensive Rookie of the Year: Franco Harris

AP Defensive Rookie of the Year: Willie Buchanon

AP Offensive Player of the Year: Larry Brown

AP Defensive Player of the Year: Joe Greene

Passing Leader: Joe Namath, 2816 Yds

Rushing Leader: O.J. Simpson, 1251 Yds

Receiving Leader: Harold Jackson, 1048 Yds

Team Defense

Team Defense Table
					Tot Yds & TO					Passing							Rushing					Penalties
Rk	Tm	G	PA	Yds	Ply	Y/P	TO	FL	1stD	Cmp	Att	Yds	TD	Int	NY/A	1stD	Att	Yds	TD	Y/A	1stD	Pen	Yds	1stPy	Sc%	TO%
1	Miami Dolphins	14	171	3297	770	4.3	46	20	186	178	348	1749	10	26	4.6	96	389	1548	8	4.0	76	70	659	14
2	Pittsburgh Steelers	14	175	3771	896	4.2	48	20	228	206	411	2056	9	28	4.6	116	445	1715	6	3.9	88	77	712	24
3	Washington Redskins	14	218	3595	829	4.3	32	15	223	186	367	1862	10	17	4.6	108	427	1733	12	4.1	95	64	568	20
4	Green Bay Packers	14	226	3474	812	4.3	36	19	209	174	340	1957	7	17	5.3	109	443	1517	14	3.4	85	50	446	15
5	Cincinnati Bengals	14	229	3552	794	4.5	29	9	207	167	350	1737	11	20	4.5	92	406	1815	11	4.5	98	69	581	17
6	Dallas Cowboys	14	240	3755	842	4.5	33	17	217	187	382	2240	18	16	5.4	113	428	1515	7	3.5	81	59	586	23
7	New York Giants	14	247	4194	772	5.4	38	15	218	182	333	2339	19	23	6.3	111	402	1855	9	4.6	101	66	641	6
8	Oakland Raiders	14	248	3916	844	4.6	37	12	227	166	348	2152	14	25	5.7	104	469	1764	9	3.8	97	83	801	26
9	San Francisco 49ers	14	249	4026	858	4.7	36	17	221	169	366	2179	14	19	5.3	105	446	1847	12	4.1	96	81	677	20
10	Cleveland Browns	14	249	4069	868	4.7	29	16	240	160	310	1736	14	13	5.0	89	520	2333	13	4.5	130	63	557	21
11	Minnesota Vikings	14	252	3701	806	4.6	40	14	200	169	331	1699	13	26	4.8	82	454	2002	13	4.4	103	47	490	15
12	Baltimore Colts	14	252	4312	853	5.1	36	13	233	178	313	2323	15	23	6.9	109	515	1989	15	3.9	111	84	826	13
13	Kansas City Chiefs	14	254	4027	853	4.7	43	19	227	186	368	2222	17	24	5.6	116	453	1805	12	4.0	93	66	643	18
14	Atlanta Falcons	14	274	3767	829	4.5	33	15	221	137	301	1704	13	18	5.2	83	504	2063	16	4.1	122	61	555	16
15	Chicago Bears	14	275	3923	841	4.7	35	14	224	180	342	2172	16	21	6.0	108	476	1751	11	3.7	96	69	644	20
16	Los Angeles Rams	14	286	3907	843	4.6	27	11	235	181	363	2145	20	16	5.3	110	438	1762	9	4.0	101	60	553	24
17	Detroit Lions	14	290	4208	824	5.1	27	15	239	171	312	2004	18	12	6.0	103	491	2204	14	4.5	126	86	703	10
18	St. Louis Cardinals	14	303	4739	935	5.1	27	16	276	221	365	2550	15	11	6.6	138	548	2189	11	4.0	119	68	645	19
19	New York Jets	14	324	4709	866	5.4	31	12	255	186	363	2637	18	19	6.8	118	476	2072	16	4.4	121	86	856	16
20	San Diego Chargers	14	344	3881	819	4.7	34	10	244	201	358	2208	18	24	5.8	124	435	1673	18	3.8	99	75	679	21
21	Denver Broncos	14	350	3851	877	4.4	22	12	251	206	397	2183	19	10	5.0	123	439	1668	15	3.8	102	83	784	26
22	Philadelphia Eagles	14	352	4738	879	5.4	27	8	268	175	318	2472	20	19	7.4	117	544	2266	22	4.2	137	72	637	14
23	New Orleans Saints	14	361	4491	873	5.1	27	13	251	213	367	2402	21	14	6.1	129	482	2089	15	4.3	107	78	711	15
24	Buffalo Bills	14	377	4192	862	4.9	31	8	249	131	308	1951	19	23	5.9	95	532	2241	26	4.2	125	72	685	29
25	Houston Oilers	14	380	4734	894	5.3	24	18	263	174	324	2143	12	6	6.2	100	546	2591	23	4.7	147	79	741	16
26	New England Patriots	14	446	5250	889	5.9	24	14	288	175	326	2533	24	10	7.4	124	548	2717	27	5.0	143	88	862	21
	Avg Team		283.5	4080.0	847.2	4.8	32.8	14.3	234.6	179.2	346.6	2129.0	15.5	18.5	5.7	108.5	471.4	1950.9	14.0	4.1	107.7	71.4	663.2	18.4
	League Total		7372	106079	22028	4.8	852	372	6100	4659	9011	55355	404	480	5.7	2822	12256	50724	364	4.1	2799	1856	17242	479
	Avg Tm/G		20.3	291.4	60.5	4.8	2.3	1.0	16.8	12.8	24.8	152.1	1.1	1.3	5.7	7.8	33.7	139.4	1.0	4.1	7.7	5.1	47.4	1.3

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