1979 NFL Opposition & Defensive Statistics

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Super Bowl Champion: Pittsburgh Steelers

AP MVP: Earl Campbell

AP Offensive Rookie of the Year: Ottis Anderson

AP Defensive Rookie of the Year: Jim Haslett

AP Offensive Player of the Year: Earl Campbell

AP Defensive Player of the Year: Lee Roy Selmon

Passing Leader: Dan Fouts, 4082 Yds

Rushing Leader: Earl Campbell, 1697 Yds

Receiving Leader: Steve Largent, 1237 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	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	16	237	3949	1015	3.9	38	24	247	250	436	2076	14	14	4.4	111	539	1873	13	3.5	116	100	870	20
2	San Diego Chargers	16	246	4456	989	4.5	46	18	268	261	472	2549	11	28	5.0	132	475	1907	19	4.0	117	100	812	19
3	Chicago Bears	16	249	4506	1024	4.4	43	14	272	222	458	2528	21	29	5.0	148	519	1978	9	3.8	100	104	864	24
4	Miami Dolphins	16	257	4439	938	4.7	38	15	238	230	418	2737	17	23	6.0	135	484	1702	9	3.5	87	107	834	16
5	Pittsburgh Steelers	16	262	4270	1035	4.1	42	15	260	226	480	2561	19	27	4.8	135	506	1709	9	3.4	95	94	732	30
6	Denver Broncos	16	262	4852	1033	4.7	37	18	273	296	512	3159	11	19	5.9	146	502	1693	16	3.4	100	118	1033	27
7	Kansas City Chiefs	16	262	4971	1088	4.6	37	14	297	296	528	3124	22	23	5.5	169	522	1847	8	3.5	102	118	1018	26
8	Buffalo Bills	16	279	5011	1022	4.9	41	17	273	193	382	2530	14	24	6.2	117	617	2481	18	4.0	137	106	788	19
9	Philadelphia Eagles	16	282	4745	1019	4.7	33	11	274	243	459	2474	18	22	4.9	125	515	2271	16	4.4	128	86	681	21
10	Washington Redskins	16	295	5146	1058	4.9	47	21	320	234	470	2992	18	26	5.8	165	541	2154	21	4.0	126	76	617	29
11	Los Angeles Rams	16	309	4553	1054	4.3	41	16	266	220	454	2556	24	25	5.1	133	548	1997	13	3.6	115	105	993	18
12	Dallas Cowboys	16	313	4586	978	4.7	23	10	259	207	435	2471	21	13	5.2	134	500	2115	15	4.2	105	70	704	20
13	Green Bay Packers	16	316	5647	1114	5.1	32	14	327	249	440	2762	21	18	5.8	146	639	2885	14	4.5	162	106	912	19
14	New York Giants	16	323	5378	1113	4.8	38	17	322	253	463	2926	22	21	5.9	159	618	2452	14	4.0	130	105	800	33
15	New England Patriots	16	326	4323	1019	4.2	43	23	283	246	467	2553	13	20	4.9	139	495	1770	22	3.6	118	102	902	26
16	Houston Oilers	16	331	4990	1038	4.8	50	16	304	242	465	2765	18	34	5.4	158	522	2225	19	4.3	125	103	920	21
17	Minnesota Vikings	16	337	5223	1037	5.0	33	11	297	229	424	2697	14	22	5.9	133	583	2526	24	4.3	148	93	786	16
18	Oakland Raiders	16	337	5486	1038	5.3	46	22	319	247	471	3112	21	24	6.2	150	534	2374	17	4.4	137	106	1018	32
19	Baltimore Colts	16	351	5074	1009	5.0	39	16	265	203	411	2768	23	23	6.2	130	559	2306	15	4.1	106	112	1014	29
20	Cleveland Browns	16	352	5650	1076	5.3	32	16	307	271	468	3046	14	16	6.1	158	577	2604	25	4.5	136	118	1018	13
21	St. Louis Cardinals	16	358	5077	1073	4.7	37	19	302	258	478	2873	22	18	5.7	149	567	2204	18	3.9	125	92	744	28
22	New Orleans Saints	16	360	5535	1055	5.2	42	16	334	265	488	3066	24	26	5.7	168	521	2469	22	4.7	147	98	871	19
23	Detroit Lions	16	365	4957	1085	4.6	26	12	311	220	402	2442	15	14	5.5	128	638	2515	22	3.9	142	118	972	41
24	Seattle Seahawks	16	372	5834	1078	5.4	33	16	350	317	508	3459	21	17	6.3	171	533	2375	23	4.5	146	117	1045	33
25	New York Jets	16	383	5821	1094	5.3	40	19	331	339	570	4115	31	21	7.0	198	502	1706	13	3.4	107	98	888	26
26	Atlanta Falcons	16	388	5759	1071	5.4	36	21	311	268	487	3596	17	15	7.0	177	555	2163	27	3.9	109	98	815	25
27	San Francisco 49ers	16	416	5393	1014	5.3	34	19	326	262	441	3180	25	15	6.8	160	544	2213	24	4.1	136	119	858	30
28	Cincinnati Bengals	16	421	5911	1052	5.6	44	24	334	275	492	3692	27	20	7.0	175	528	2219	22	4.2	133	101	871	26
	Avg Team		321.0	5055.1	1043.5	4.8	38.3	16.9	295.4	250.8	463.5	2886.0	19.2	21.3	5.8	148.2	542.3	2169.0	17.4	4.0	122.7	102.5	870.7	24.5
	League Total		8989	141542	29219	4.8	1071	474	8270	7022	12979	80809	538	597	5.8	4149	15183	60733	487	4.0	3435	2870	24380	686
	Avg Tm/G		20.1	315.9	65.2	4.8	2.4	1.1	18.5	15.7	29.0	180.4	1.2	1.3	5.8	9.3	33.9	135.6	1.1	4.0	7.7	6.4	54.4	1.5

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