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2002 NFL Opposition & Defensive Statistics

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Super Bowl Champion: Tampa Bay Buccaneers

AP MVP: Rich Gannon

AP Offensive Rookie of the Year: Clinton Portis

AP Defensive Rookie of the Year: Julius Peppers

AP Offensive Player of the Year: Priest Holmes

AP Defensive Player of the Year: Derrick Brooks

Passing Leader: Rich Gannon, 4689 Yds

Rushing Leader: Ricky Williams, 1853 Yds

Receiving Leader: Marvin Harrison, 1722 Yds

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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%	EXP
1	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	16	196	4044	963	4.2	38	7	236	259	510	2490	10	31	4.5	131	410	1554	8	3.8	79	93	749	26	17.8	18.3	205.43
2	Philadelphia Eagles	16	241	4754	1009	4.7	38	23	272	333	563	3094	18	15	5.0	160	390	1660	5	4.3	83	112	969	29	20.6	18.0	159.02
3	New York Giants	16	279	4949	985	5.0	25	14	266	311	541	3119	17	11	5.4	162	407	1830	12	4.5	87	120	897	17	27.0	12.4	57.24
4	Miami Dolphins	16	301	4656	974	4.8	30	9	285	294	520	3102	20	21	5.5	162	407	1554	9	3.8	86	106	826	37	30.3	14.4	110.38
5	Carolina Panthers	16	302	4646	1022	4.5	33	16	271	293	522	2993	18	17	5.2	155	448	1653	12	3.7	95	98	782	21	25.5	14.2	126.00
6	Oakland Raiders	16	304	4979	997	5.0	31	10	319	346	570	3526	21	21	5.8	189	384	1453	14	3.8	96	103	787	34	28.7	16.6	70.92
7	Indianapolis Colts	16	313	4909	963	5.1	27	17	279	288	468	2917	19	10	5.8	148	459	1992	16	4.3	114	102	746	17	31.5	12.4	24.32
8	Atlanta Falcons	16	314	5334	1002	5.3	39	15	288	285	514	3287	23	24	5.9	171	441	2047	12	4.6	97	112	920	20	27.9	19.5	35.84
9	Jacksonville Jaguars	16	315	5335	1042	5.1	27	13	324	314	519	3264	19	14	5.9	188	487	2071	14	4.3	112	96	717	24	31.8	14.8	-0.09
10	Cleveland Browns	16	320	5348	1024	5.2	29	12	291	299	513	3269	20	17	6.0	164	483	2079	12	4.3	107	91	726	20	31.7	13.2	14.29
11	Tennessee Titans	16	324	4964	974	5.1	29	11	297	339	562	3540	27	18	5.9	197	372	1424	7	3.8	75	99	853	25	27.1	14.7	36.30
12	Green Bay Packers	16	328	4985	987	5.1	45	21	294	287	531	2987	24	24	5.2	143	413	1998	14	4.8	122	98	945	29	27.3	21.7	88.11
13	Dallas Cowboys	16	329	5267	1079	4.9	30	11	291	334	574	3449	22	19	5.8	178	481	1818	10	3.8	90	119	919	23	28.2	13.9	75.52
14	New York Jets	16	336	5463	1008	5.4	23	8	313	359	551	3490	17	15	6.0	178	427	1973	17	4.6	116	99	809	19	36.4	12.7	-41.21
15	Denver Broncos	16	344	4826	985	4.9	22	13	298	360	566	3337	15	9	5.5	176	379	1489	21	3.9	100	99	829	22	34.5	10.7	-4.85
16	Pittsburgh Steelers	16	345	4835	982	4.9	36	17	279	336	573	3460	19	19	5.6	178	359	1375	16	3.8	77	106	927	24	29.8	16.5	74.73
17	New England Patriots	16	346	5377	1032	5.2	29	11	315	314	531	3179	23	18	5.6	158	467	2198	17	4.7	129	99	928	28	32.1	15.5	-4.02
18	San Francisco 49ers	16	351	5158	978	5.3	27	8	307	340	552	3506	23	19	6.0	188	394	1652	14	4.2	96	82	681	23	34.9	14.8	-26.08
19	Baltimore Ravens	16	354	5353	1077	5.0	31	6	316	360	573	3591	16	25	5.9	190	471	1762	17	3.7	95	104	874	31	32.5	15.7	34.95
20	Houston Texans	16	356	5230	1056	5.0	21	11	291	281	512	3141	23	10	5.7	155	509	2089	14	4.1	116	102	955	20	29.0	8.6	33.68
21	Washington Redskins	16	365	4787	1006	4.8	26	12	281	304	531	3033	19	14	5.3	155	435	1754	14	4.0	96	119	972	30	33.3	13.0	80.07
22	San Diego Chargers	16	367	6034	1056	5.7	27	10	326	375	607	4295	26	17	6.6	205	410	1739	15	4.2	91	103	854	30	31.6	13.8	-37.60
23	Seattle Seahawks	16	369	5852	1083	5.4	30	11	356	321	555	3411	21	19	5.9	191	500	2441	18	4.9	140	99	816	25	34.5	15.8	-57.57
24	St. Louis Rams	16	369	5025	944	5.3	26	14	282	292	461	3209	15	12	6.4	148	445	1816	15	4.1	105	99	755	29	30.9	14.4	25.85
25	Chicago Bears	16	379	5606	1086	5.2	28	19	328	335	547	3530	24	9	6.1	185	504	2076	13	4.1	110	115	935	33	36.6	13.4	6.19
26	New Orleans Saints	16	388	5796	1071	5.4	38	18	327	343	593	3805	25	20	6.0	191	439	1991	18	4.5	108	110	953	28	33.7	18.4	7.94
27	Buffalo Bills	16	397	5189	999	5.2	19	9	303	281	495	3067	24	10	5.8	160	473	2122	20	4.5	107	117	1053	36	33.5	10.1	-23.15
28	Kansas City Chiefs	16	399	6248	1081	5.8	31	13	367	403	616	4181	27	18	6.4	227	431	2067	19	4.8	120	100	827	20	39.6	16.5	-89.54
29	Arizona Cardinals	16	417	6020	1046	5.8	25	8	335	335	535	3874	29	17	7.0	196	490	2146	17	4.4	117	111	969	22	36.4	12.3	-86.52
30	Minnesota Vikings	16	442	5769	963	6.0	23	7	315	335	542	4103	33	16	7.2	198	394	1666	15	4.2	83	100	824	34	36.9	12.3	-70.62
31	Detroit Lions	16	451	6117	1119	5.5	24	14	360	371	591	4150	27	10	6.7	221	495	1967	19	4.0	111	114	981	28	37.1	11.4	-64.03
32	Cincinnati Bengals	16	456	5265	976	5.4	20	11	315	287	454	3262	30	9	6.8	182	498	2003	16	4.0	104	101	867	29	38.5	10.6	-54.97
	Avg Team		346.8	5253.8	1017.8	5.2	29.0	12.5	304.0	322.3	540.4	3395.7	21.7	16.5	5.9	175.9	440.7	1858.1	14.4	4.2	102.0	104.0	863.9	26.0	31.4	14.4	22.1
	League Total		11097	168120	32569	5.2	927	399	9727	10314	17292	108661	694	528	5.9	5630	14102	59459	460	4.2	3264	3328	27645	833	31.4	14.4
	Avg Tm/G		21.7	328.4	63.6	5.2	1.8	0.8	19.0	20.1	33.8	212.2	1.4	1.0	5.9	11.0	27.5	116.1	0.9	4.2	6.4	6.5	54.0	1.6	31.4	14.4

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