Best of 1970s Defense Defense Run Yards Ave TD Pass Comp Comp% Yards Ave Int Int% TD TD% Rate Run/G Pass/G Tot/G Play 77 Dallas 504 1548 3.1 7 392 179 45.7 1767 4.5 15 3.8 11 2.8 56.0 96.8 110.4 207.2 3.5 72 Miami 543 1907 3.5 5 362 172 47.5 1730 4.8 15 4.1 9 2.5 56.5 119.2 108.1 227.3 3.8 77 Denver 524 1392 2.7 7 418 221 52.9 2504 6.0 11 2.6 15 3.6 75.4 87.0 156.5 243.5 3.9 71 Kansas City 471 1604 3.4 12 412 198 48.1 2074 5.0 15 3.6 13 3.2 62.1 100.3 129.6 229.9 3.9 72 Washington 592 2149 3.6 12 345 173 50.1 1801 5.2 11 3.2 9 2.6 64.5 134.3 112.6 246.9 4.0 75 Pittsburgh 473 1592 3.4 11 424 205 48.3 2255 5.3 18 4.2 11 2.6 59.4 99.5 140.9 240.4 4.0 75 Minnesota 572 2132 3.7 14 436 200 45.9 2125 4.9 17 3.9 9 2.1 53.3 133.3 132.8 266.1 4.1 78 Pittsburgh 536 1988 3.7 15 388 187 48.2 2043 5.3 18 4.6 12 3.1 57.8 124.3 127.7 251.9 4.2 79 San Diego 608 2525 4.2 15 428 202 47.2 1981 4.6 17 4.0 14 3.3 58.2 157.8 123.8 281.6 4.2 77 Chicago 627 2189 3.5 20 365 192 52.6 2117 5.8 14 3.8 11 3.0 66.3 136.8 132.3 269.1 4.2 71 Dallas 564 1822 3.2 16 393 207 52.7 2472 6.3 20 5.1 15 3.8 66.1 113.9 154.5 268.4 4.3 70 San Fran 544 2101 3.9 14 391 211 54.0 2059 5.3 18 4.6 12 3.1 63.0 131.3 128.7 260.0 4.3 72 Green Bay 632 2351 3.7 16 375 202 53.9 2088 5.6 14 3.7 10 2.7 65.7 146.9 130.5 277.4 4.3 76 New England 561 2123 3.8 17 409 199 48.7 2231 5.5 15 3.7 4 1.0 55.9 132.7 139.4 272.1 4.3 79 Tampa Bay 592 2282 3.9 21 355 165 46.5 1947 5.5 19 5.4 8 2.3 52.0 142.6 121.7 264.3 4.3 79 Houston 573 2257 3.9 18 404 196 48.5 2218 5.5 15 3.7 16 4.0 66.2 141.1 138.6 279.7 4.4 75 Cincinnati 686 2920 4.3 14 350 175 50.0 1949 5.6 11 3.1 20 5.7 76.3 182.5 121.8 304.3 4.5 79 Philadelphia 657 3015 4.6 22 385 182 47.3 1869 4.9 8 2.1 16 4.2 69.2 188.4 116.8 305.3 4.5 70 Detroit 577 2046 3.5 18 408 210 51.5 2624 6.4 15 3.7 13 3.2 68.6 127.9 164.0 291.9 4.6 76 Oakland 578 2250 3.9 16 422 223 52.8 2604 6.2 14 3.3 14 3.3 71.9 140.6 162.8 303.4 4.6 73 Buffalo 636 2727 4.3 17 353 170 48.2 2093 5.9 12 3.4 10 2.8 64.8 170.4 130.8 301.3 4.7 72 Cleveland 653 3041 4.7 28 311 163 52.4 1825 5.9 12 3.9 13 4.2 70.5 190.1 114.1 304.1 4.9 73 Atlanta 686 2839 4.1 24 287 159 55.4 2137 7.4 9 3.1 16 5.6 86.9 177.4 133.6 311.0 5.0 73 Los Angeles 458 1557 3.4 7 448 276 61.6 3220 7.2 9 2.0 23 5.1 95.0 97.3 201.3 298.6 5.0 75 St. Louis 545 2283 4.2 24 472 254 53.8 3085 6.5 14 3.0 16 3.4 75.1 142.7 192.8 335.5 5.1 79 Seattle 715 3346 4.7 29 276 157 56.9 1979 7.2 9 3.3 19 6.9 92.1 209.1 123.7 332.8 5.2 76 Baltimore 583 2534 4.3 27 373 222 59.5 2714 7.3 13 3.5 19 5.1 87.2 158.4 169.6 328.0 5.3 72 NY Giants 668 3078 4.6 23 313 174 55.6 2373 7.6 18 5.8 19 6.1 78.0 192.4 148.3 340.7 5.4 79 New Orleans 633 2925 4.6 26 329 195 59.3 2677 8.1 12 3.6 22 6.7 95.0 182.8 167.3 350.1 5.6 72 NY Jets 725 3573 4.9 40 280 169 60.4 2518 9.0 12 4.3 27 9.6 106.0 223.3 157.4 380.7 6.0 17716 4.0 11304 51.6 5.9 3.7 3.8 146.0 285.8 70096 535 5838 67079 420 426 66.9 139.7 4.5 Net Yards Net Yards/Game Points 1 77 Dallas 3315 1 77 Dallas 207.2 1 77 Dallas 143 2 72 Miami 3637 2 72 Miami 227.3 2 72 Miami 191 3 71 Kansas Cit 3678 3 71 Kansas Cit 229.9 3 77 Denver 201 4 75 Pittsburgh 3847 4 75 Pittsburgh 240.4 4 75 Pittsburgh 218 5 77 Denver 3896 5 77 Denver 243.5 5 71 Kansas Cit 230 Points/Game Rushing Attempts Rushing Yards 1 77 Dallas 8.9 1 73 Los Angele 458 1 77 Denver 1392 2 72 Miami 11.9 2 71 Kansas Cit 471 2 77 Dallas 1548 3 77 Denver 12.6 3 75 Pittsburgh 473 3 73 Los Angele 1557 4 75 Pittsburgh 13.6 4 77 Dallas 504 4 75 Pittsburgh 1592 5 71 Kansas Cit 14.4 5 77 Denver 524 5 71 Kansas Cit 1604 Rushing Yards/Game Rushing Touchdowns Rushing Average 1 77 Denver 87.0 1 72 Miami 5 1 77 Denver 2.7 2 77 Dallas 96.8 2 77 Denver 7 2 77 Dallas 3.1 3 73 Los Angele 97.3 3 77 Dallas 7 3 71 Dallas 3.2 4 75 Pittsburgh 99.5 4 73 Los Angele 7 4 75 Pittsburgh 3.4 5 71 Kansas Cit 100.3 5 75 Pittsburgh 11 5 73 Los Angele 3.4 Rushing Touchdown% Pass Attempts Pass Completions 1 72 Miami 0.9 1 79 Seattle 276 1 79 Seattle 157 2 77 Denver 1.3 2 72 NY Jets 280 2 73 Atlanta 159 3 77 Dallas 1.4 3 73 Atlanta 287 3 72 Cleveland 163 4 73 Los Angele 1.5 4 72 Cleveland 311 4 79 Tampa Bay 165 5 72 Washington 2.0 5 72 NY Giants 313 5 72 NY Jets 169 Passing Yards Pass Yards/Game Passing Int's 1 72 Miami 1730 1 72 Miami 108.1 1 71 Dallas 20 2 77 Dallas 1767 2 77 Dallas 110.4 2 79 Tampa Bay 19 3 72 Washington 1801 3 72 Washington 112.6 3 78 Pittsburgh 18 4 72 Cleveland 1825 4 72 Cleveland 114.1 4 70 San Fran 18 5 79 Philadelph 1869 5 79 Philadelph 116.8 5 75 Pittsburgh 18 Passing TD's Yards/Pass Attempt Yards/Completion 1 76 New Englan 4 1 75 Minnesota 5.4 1 70 San Fran 11.1 2 79 Tampa Bay 8 2 79 San Diego 5.4 2 72 Green Bay 11.3 3 75 Minnesota 9 3 77 Dallas 5.4 3 79 San Diego 11.4 4 72 Miami 9 4 79 Philadelph 5.4 4 79 Philadelph 11.4 5 72 Washington 9 5 72 Miami 5.7 5 75 Minnesota 11.7 Passing Comp% Passing Int% Passing TD% 1 77 Dallas 45.7 1 72 NY Giants 5.8 1 76 New Englan 1.0 2 75 Minnesota 45.9 2 79 Tampa Bay 5.4 2 75 Minnesota 2.1 3 79 Tampa Bay 46.5 3 71 Dallas 5.1 3 79 Tampa Bay 2.3 4 79 San Diego 47.2 4 78 Pittsburgh 4.6 4 72 Miami 2.5 5 79 Philadelph 47.3 5 70 San Fran 4.6 5 75 Pittsburgh 2.6 Sacks Sack% Passing Rating 1 75 Pittsburgh 67 1 75 Pittsburgh 13.6 1 79 Tampa Bay 52.0 2 73 Los Angele 58 2 72 Miami 12.6 2 75 Minnesota 53.3 3 71 Kansas Cit 55 3 71 Kansas Cit 11.8 3 76 New Englan 55.9 4 72 Miami 52 4 77 Dallas 11.7 4 77 Dallas 56.0 5 77 Dallas 52 5 73 Los Angele 11.5 5 72 Miami 56.5 First Downs Fumbles Penalties 1 77 Dallas 208 1 72 Miami 44 1 73 Buffalo 59 2 71 Kansas Cit 220 2 73 Los Angele 36 2 77 Dallas 65 3 77 Denver 225 3 72 NY Giants 36 3 79 Tampa Bay 66 4 75 Pittsburgh 229 4 78 Pittsburgh 34 4 73 Los Angele 68 5 78 Pittsburgh 231 5 76 Baltimore 34 5 76 Baltimore 69 Turnovers Red Zone Score% Red Zone TD% 1 79 Tampa Bay 37 1 77 Dallas 48.0 1 72 Miami 25.0 2 78 Pittsburgh 37 2 75 Pittsburgh 63.6 2 77 Dallas 32.0 3 71 Dallas 36 3 72 Miami 65.0 3 72 Washington 35.4 4 79 San Diego 36 4 79 San Diego 66.7 4 75 Pittsburgh 36.4 5 72 NY Giants 33 5 72 Green Bay 66.7 5 73 Buffalo 40.9