1980's Franchise Best Defense Defense Run Yards Ave TD Pass Comp Comp% Yards Ave Int Int% TD TD% Rate Run/G Pass/G Tot/G Play Los Angeles (A) 422 1884 4.5 11 588 260 44.2 2371 4.0 17 2.9 8 1.4 52.6 117.8 148.2 265.9 3.9 San Francisco 347 1558 4.5 5 522 245 46.9 2266 4.3 10 1.9 10 1.9 60.9 97.4 141.6 239.0 4.1 Buffalo 469 1697 3.6 12 585 291 49.7 2995 5.1 20 3.4 14 2.4 60.1 106.1 187.2 293.3 4.3 Minnesota 432 2139 5.0 20 621 313 50.4 2870 4.6 20 3.2 15 2.4 61.6 133.7 179.4 313.1 4.4 Chicago 323 1166 3.6 6 591 308 52.1 3259 5.5 16 2.7 17 2.9 69.4 72.9 203.7 276.6 4.5 New York (N) 388 1724 4.4 8 566 272 48.1 2807 5.0 14 2.5 14 2.5 63.2 107.8 175.4 283.2 4.5 Pittsburgh 422 1589 3.8 17 605 297 49.1 3222 5.3 13 2.1 10 1.7 63.9 99.3 201.4 300.7 4.5 Washington 366 1937 5.3 22 573 284 49.6 2743 4.8 15 2.6 15 2.6 64.2 121.1 171.4 292.5 4.7 Kansas City 451 1998 4.4 15 517 265 51.3 2853 5.5 9 1.7 19 3.7 75.2 124.9 178.3 303.2 4.8 New York (A) 390 1671 4.3 14 583 294 50.4 3309 5.7 20 3.4 18 3.1 66.9 104.4 206.8 311.3 4.8 Dallas 419 1923 4.6 12 502 270 53.8 2912 5.8 11 2.2 22 4.4 80.5 120.2 182.0 302.2 4.9 Los Angeles (N) 453 1919 4.2 12 561 313 55.8 3284 5.9 13 2.3 20 3.6 77.5 119.9 205.3 325.2 4.9 Cincinnati 479 1923 4.0 14 557 276 49.6 3374 6.1 13 2.3 26 4.7 76.3 120.2 210.9 331.1 4.9 Denver 492 1882 3.8 12 545 293 53.8 3360 6.2 7 1.3 21 3.9 81.6 117.6 210.0 327.6 4.9 San Diego 414 1745 4.2 8 580 325 56.0 3449 5.9 23 4.0 24 4.1 74.4 109.1 215.6 324.6 4.9 New Orleans 449 2026 4.5 16 694 349 50.3 3743 5.4 20 2.9 22 3.2 66.5 126.6 233.9 360.6 4.9 Philadelphia 522 2277 4.4 26 480 274 57.1 2960 6.2 9 1.9 22 4.6 86.0 142.3 185.0 327.3 5.0 Seattle 539 2176 4.0 24 551 299 54.3 3547 6.4 9 1.6 18 3.3 80.0 136.0 221.7 357.7 5.1 Tampa Bay 569 2457 4.3 21 515 302 58.6 3445 6.7 11 2.1 26 5.0 88.2 153.6 215.3 368.9 5.3 St. Louis 546 2841 5.2 27 514 288 56.0 2980 5.8 16 3.1 21 4.1 75.8 177.6 186.3 363.8 5.3 Cleveland 444 1888 4.3 17 562 301 53.6 3683 6.6 21 3.7 26 4.6 76.8 118.0 230.2 348.2 5.3 Detroit 408 1919 4.7 13 551 317 57.5 3587 6.5 16 2.9 27 4.9 84.5 119.9 224.2 344.1 5.4 Houston 476 2162 4.5 21 600 313 52.2 3858 6.4 19 3.2 25 4.2 74.5 135.1 241.1 376.3 5.5 New England 486 2322 4.8 21 565 303 53.6 3777 6.7 18 3.2 29 5.1 80.0 145.1 236.1 381.2 5.6 Green Bay 523 2367 4.5 32 562 331 58.9 4029 7.2 12 2.1 31 5.5 91.8 147.9 251.8 399.8 5.8 Indianapolis 530 2296 4.3 21 547 316 57.8 4087 7.5 14 2.6 27 4.9 88.5 143.5 255.4 398.9 5.8 Miami 419 2104 5.0 19 527 295 56.0 3757 7.1 16 3.0 29 5.5 86.8 131.5 234.8 366.3 5.9 Atlanta 571 2728 4.8 18 492 278 56.5 3777 7.7 16 3.3 27 5.5 87.4 170.5 236.1 406.6 6.0 12749 4.4 15656 52.8 5.9 2.7 3.7 125.7 331.7 56318 464 8272 92304 418 583 72.0 206.0 5.0 Net Yards Net Yards/Game Points 1 San Francisco 3824 1 San Francisco 239.0 1 San Francisco 191 2 Los Angeles ( 4255 2 Los Angeles ( 265.9 2 Los Angeles ( 209 3 Chicago 4425 3 Chicago 276.6 3 New York (N) 221 4 New York (N) 4531 4 New York (N) 283.2 4 Chicago 223 5 Washington 4680 5 Washington 292.5 5 Denver 291 Points/Game Rushing Attempts Rushing Yards 1 San Francisco 11.9 1 Chicago 323 1 Chicago 1166 2 Los Angeles ( 13.1 2 San Francisco 347 2 San Francisco 1558 3 New York (N) 13.8 3 Washington 366 3 Pittsburgh 1589 4 Chicago 13.9 4 New York (N) 388 4 New York (A) 1671 5 Denver 18.2 5 New York (A) 390 5 Buffalo 1697 Rushing Yards/Game Rushing Touchdowns Rushing Average 1 Chicago 72.9 1 San Francisco 5 1 Chicago 3.6 2 San Francisco 97.4 2 Chicago 6 2 Buffalo 3.6 3 Pittsburgh 99.3 3 New York (N) 8 3 Pittsburgh 3.8 4 New York (A) 104.4 4 San Diego 8 4 Denver 3.8 5 Buffalo 106.1 5 Los Angeles ( 11 5 Cincinnati 4.0 Rushing Touchdown% Pass Attempts Pass Completions 1 San Francisco 1.4 1 Philadelphia 480 1 San Francisco 245 2 Chicago 1.9 2 Atlanta 492 2 Los Angeles ( 260 3 San Diego 1.9 3 Dallas 502 3 Kansas City 265 4 New York (N) 2.1 4 St. Louis 514 4 Dallas 270 5 Denver 2.4 5 Tampa Bay 515 5 New York (N) 272 Passing Yards Pass Yards/Game Passing Int's 1 San Francisco 2266 1 San Francisco 141.6 1 San Diego 23 2 Los Angeles ( 2371 2 Los Angeles ( 148.2 2 Cleveland 21 3 Washington 2743 3 Washington 171.4 3 Minnesota 20 4 New York (N) 2807 4 New York (N) 175.4 4 Buffalo 20 5 Kansas City 2853 5 Kansas City 178.3 5 New York (A) 20 Passing TD's Yards/Pass Attempt Yards/Completion 1 Los Angeles ( 8 1 Los Angeles ( 5.1 1 Minnesota 10.9 2 Pittsburgh 10 2 San Francisco 5.1 2 San Francisco 10.9 3 San Francisco 10 3 Minnesota 5.5 3 Buffalo 11.0 4 Buffalo 14 4 Buffalo 5.5 4 Washington 11.1 5 New York (N) 14 5 Washington 5.5 5 St. Louis 11.3 Passing Comp% Passing Int% Passing TD% 1 Los Angeles ( 44.2 1 San Diego 4.0 1 Los Angeles ( 1.4 2 San Francisco 46.9 2 Cleveland 3.7 2 Pittsburgh 1.7 3 New York (N) 48.1 3 New York (A) 3.4 3 San Francisco 1.9 4 Pittsburgh 49.1 4 Buffalo 3.4 4 Buffalo 2.4 5 Cincinnati 49.6 5 Atlanta 3.3 5 Minnesota 2.4 Sacks Sack% Passing Rating 1 Los Angeles ( 86 1 Los Angeles ( 12.8 1 Los Angeles ( 52.6 2 Minnesota 78 2 Dallas 11.9 2 Buffalo 60.1 3 San Diego 73 3 San Diego 11.2 3 San Francisco 60.9 4 Dallas 68 4 Minnesota 11.2 4 Minnesota 61.6 5 New York (A) 66 5 San Francisco 10.6 5 New York (N) 63.2 First Downs Fumbles Penalties 1 San Francisco 232 1 Detroit 38 1 Miami 72 2 Los Angeles ( 236 2 Indianapolis 37 2 Chicago 76 3 Chicago 247 3 Los Angeles ( 35 3 New York (N) 79 4 Washington 268 4 Cleveland 35 4 Green Bay 83 5 New York (N) 275 5 Pittsburgh 34 5 Cleveland 86 Turnovers Red Zone Score% Red Zone TD% 1 Detroit 38 1 Los Angeles ( 60.0 1 San Francisco 29.7 2 San Diego 35 2 San Diego 63.0 2 Los Angeles ( 31.4 3 Houston 34 3 Seattle 64.1 3 Pittsburgh 37.0 4 Cleveland 33 4 San Francisco 64.9 4 Buffalo 38.0 5 New York (A) 33 5 Cincinnati 66.7 5 Detroit 40.7