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1975 NFL Standings, Team & Offensive Statistics

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League Standings

Glossary
Tm W L T W-L% Pts PtsO PtDif
AFC East
Baltimore Colts 10 4 0 .714 395 269 126
Miami Dolphins 10 4 0 .714 357 222 135
Buffalo Bills 8 6 0 .571 420 355 65
New England Patriots 3 11 0 .214 258 358 -100
New York Jets 3 11 0 .214 258 433 -175
AFC Central
Pittsburgh Steelers 12 2 0 .857 373 162 211
Cincinnati Bengals 11 3 0 .786 340 246 94
Houston Oilers 10 4 0 .714 293 226 67
Cleveland Browns 3 11 0 .214 218 372 -154
AFC West
Oakland Raiders 11 3 0 .786 375 255 120
Denver Broncos 6 8 0 .429 254 307 -53
Kansas City Chiefs 5 9 0 .357 282 341 -59
San Diego Chargers 2 12 0 .143 189 345 -156
Tm W L T W-L% Pts PtsO PtDif
NFC East
St. Louis Cardinals 11 3 0 .786 356 276 80
Dallas Cowboys 10 4 0 .714 350 268 82
Washington Redskins 8 6 0 .571 325 276 49
New York Giants 5 9 0 .357 216 306 -90
Philadelphia Eagles 4 10 0 .286 225 302 -77
NFC Central
Minnesota Vikings 12 2 0 .857 377 180 197
Detroit Lions 7 7 0 .500 245 262 -17
Chicago Bears 4 10 0 .286 191 379 -188
Green Bay Packers 4 10 0 .286 226 285 -59
NFC West
Los Angeles Rams 12 2 0 .857 312 135 177
San Francisco 49ers 5 9 0 .357 255 286 -31
Atlanta Falcons 4 10 0 .286 240 289 -49
New Orleans Saints 2 12 0 .143 165 360 -195

Playoff Games

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Week Date Winner/tie Loser/tie PtsW PtsL
Division Sat December 27 box W Pittsburgh Steelers Baltimore Colts 28 10
Division Sat December 27 box W Los Angeles Rams St. Louis Cardinals 35 23
Division Sun December 28 box W Dallas Cowboys @ Minnesota Vikings 17 14
Division Sun December 28 box W Oakland Raiders Cincinnati Bengals 31 28
ConfChamp Sun January 4 box W Dallas Cowboys @ Los Angeles Rams 37 7
ConfChamp Sun January 4 box W Pittsburgh Steelers Oakland Raiders 16 10
SuperBowl Sun January 18 box W Pittsburgh Steelers N Dallas Cowboys 21 17

Award Winners

AP MVPFran Tarkenton
PFWA MVPFran Tarkenton
Newspaper Ent. Assoc. MVPFran Tarkenton
Bert Bell Award (Player of the Year)Fran Tarkenton
AP Offensive Player of the YearFran Tarkenton
AP Defensive Player of the YearMel Blount
Super Bowl MVPLynn Swann
AP Offensive Rookie of the YearMike Thomas
AP Defensive Rookie of the YearRobert Brazile
Walter Payton Man of the YearKen Anderson
AP Comeback Player of the YearDave Hampton

Team Offense

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Passing Rushing
Rk Tm G Pts Yds Ply Y/P 1stD Cmp Att Yds TD Int NY/A 1stD Att Yds TD Y/A 1stD TO FL 1stPy
1 Buffalo Bills 14 420 5467 964 5.7 318 182 354 2493 28 19 6.6 132 588 2974 26 5.1 162 34 15 24
2 Baltimore Colts 14 395 4498 928 4.8 266 211 354 2281 19 8 5.8 114 536 2217 28 4.1 131 18 10 21
3 Minnesota Vikings 14 377 4955 1031 4.8 314 281 446 2861 27 14 6.0 156 556 2094 18 3.8 142 26 12 16
4 Oakland Raiders 14 375 4964 1019 4.9 315 196 350 2391 19 28 6.4 139 643 2573 28 4.0 159 48 20 17
5 Pittsburgh Steelers 14 373 4887 949 5.1 288 191 337 2254 21 12 6.1 125 581 2633 22 4.5 149 32 20 14
6 Miami Dolphins 14 357 4509 896 5.0 266 170 279 2009 19 17 6.7 108 594 2500 26 4.2 136 26 9 22
7 St. Louis Cardinals 14 356 4955 918 5.4 276 187 355 2553 20 20 7.0 128 555 2402 19 4.3 131 39 19 17
8 Dallas Cowboys 14 350 5025 986 5.1 288 207 376 2593 19 17 6.2 142 571 2432 17 4.3 132 35 18 14
9 Cincinnati Bengals 14 340 5060 966 5.2 295 255 433 3241 23 14 6.9 166 499 1819 20 3.6 107 34 20 22
10 Washington Redskins 14 325 4669 919 5.1 272 229 448 2917 28 29 6.1 150 444 1752 9 3.9 97 46 17 25
11 Los Angeles Rams 14 312 4566 949 4.8 273 181 334 2195 14 17 6.0 120 585 2371 18 4.1 134 25 8 19
12 Houston Oilers 14 293 3937 900 4.4 234 165 347 1869 14 17 5.0 90 526 2068 14 3.9 121 34 17 23
13 Kansas City Chiefs 14 282 4207 935 4.5 261 217 395 2360 15 16 5.3 128 487 1847 14 3.8 110 34 18 23
14 New England Patriots 14 258 4283 912 4.7 253 193 401 2438 16 28 5.5 133 472 1845 14 3.9 94 50 22 26
15 New York Jets 14 258 4230 919 4.6 266 174 384 2151 16 33 5.1 111 501 2079 15 4.1 126 41 8 29
16 San Francisco 49ers 14 255 4158 905 4.6 240 234 450 2560 15 19 5.3 133 422 1598 12 3.8 86 44 25 21
17 Denver Broncos 14 254 4534 964 4.7 268 210 427 2541 15 34 5.4 137 490 1993 9 4.1 109 48 14 22
18 Detroit Lions 14 245 4064 935 4.3 241 183 362 1917 15 12 4.8 111 532 2147 10 4.0 111 30 18 19
19 Atlanta Falcons 14 240 3861 885 4.4 225 165 388 2067 18 29 4.9 118 465 1794 12 3.9 87 48 19 20
20 Green Bay Packers 14 226 3619 867 4.2 211 212 394 2072 11 22 4.8 112 431 1547 14 3.6 84 38 16 15
21 Philadelphia Eagles 14 225 4142 949 4.4 237 238 458 2440 19 23 5.0 134 461 1702 3 3.7 84 35 12 19
22 Cleveland Browns 14 218 3807 915 4.2 247 220 437 1957 7 23 4.1 114 440 1850 14 4.2 109 37 14 24
23 New York Giants 14 216 3729 910 4.1 229 193 379 2102 11 18 4.9 105 482 1627 17 3.4 95 37 19 29
24 Chicago Bears 14 191 3492 829 4.2 190 191 356 1839 9 23 4.7 99 441 1653 11 3.7 74 40 17 17
25 San Diego Chargers 14 189 3411 821 4.2 198 165 337 1610 7 17 4.2 89 434 1801 14 4.1 98 29 12 11
26 New Orleans Saints 14 165 3187 908 3.5 215 181 392 1545 8 24 3.5 82 463 1642 9 3.5 109 40 16 24
Avg Team 288.3 4316.0 926.1 4.7 257.2 201.2 383.6 2279.1 16.7 20.5 5.4 122.2 507.7 2036.9 15.9 4.0 114.5 36.5 16.0 20.5
League Total 7495 112216 24079 4.7 6686 5231 9973 59256 433 533 5.4 3176 13199 52960 413 4.0 2977 948 415 533
Avg Tm/G 20.6 308.3 66.2 4.7 18.4 14.4 27.4 162.8 1.2 1.5 5.4 8.7 36.3 145.5 1.1 4.0 8.2 2.6 1.1 1.5

Passing Offense

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Rk Tm G Cmp Att Cmp% Yds TD TD% Int Int% Lng Y/A AY/A Y/C Y/G Rate Sk Yds NY/A ANY/A Sk%
1 Cincinnati Bengals 14 255 433 58.9 3241 23 5.3 14 3.2 55 7.5 6.6 12.7 231.5 86.6 34 256 6.4 5.5 7.3
2 Washington Redskins 14 229 448 51.1 2917 28 6.3 29 6.5 96 6.5 4.2 12.7 208.4 65.7 27 175 5.8 3.6 5.7
3 Minnesota Vikings 14 281 446 63.0 2861 27 6.1 14 3.1 46 6.4 5.6 10.2 204.4 88.4 29 260 5.5 4.7 6.1
4 Dallas Cowboys 14 207 376 55.1 2593 19 5.1 17 4.5 62 6.9 5.4 12.5 185.2 74.7 39 242 5.7 4.3 9.4
5 San Francisco 49ers 14 234 450 52.0 2560 15 3.3 19 4.2 68 5.7 4.1 10.9 182.9 62.6 33 246 4.8 3.3 6.8
6 St. Louis Cardinals 14 187 355 52.7 2553 20 5.6 20 5.6 80 7.2 5.2 13.7 182.4 71.2 8 66 6.9 4.9 2.2
7 Denver Broncos 14 210 427 49.2 2541 15 3.5 34 8.0 90 6.0 2.7 12.1 181.5 46.4 47 359 4.6 1.7 9.9
8 Buffalo Bills 14 182 354 51.4 2493 28 7.9 19 5.4 77 7.0 5.4 13.7 178.1 78.3 22 168 6.2 4.7 5.9
9 Philadelphia Eagles 14 238 458 52.0 2440 19 4.1 23 5.0 62 5.3 3.5 10.3 174.3 60.5 30 200 4.6 2.9 6.1
10 New England Patriots 14 193 401 48.1 2438 16 4.0 28 7.0 76 6.1 3.3 12.6 174.1 51.7 39 330 4.8 2.3 8.9
11 Oakland Raiders 14 196 350 56.0 2391 19 5.4 28 8.0 53 6.8 3.8 12.2 170.8 62.0 26 234 5.7 2.9 6.9
12 Kansas City Chiefs 14 217 395 54.9 2360 15 3.8 16 4.1 69 6.0 4.5 10.9 168.6 68.5 53 425 4.3 3.0 11.8
13 Baltimore Colts 14 211 354 59.6 2281 19 5.4 8 2.3 90 6.4 6.0 10.8 162.9 87.1 38 325 5.0 4.6 9.7
14 Pittsburgh Steelers 14 191 337 56.7 2254 21 6.2 12 3.6 59 6.7 5.7 11.8 161.0 83.1 31 290 5.3 4.4 8.4
15 Los Angeles Rams 14 181 334 54.2 2195 14 4.2 17 5.1 54 6.6 4.7 12.1 156.8 67.4 30 255 5.3 3.6 8.2
16 New York Jets 14 174 384 45.3 2151 16 4.2 33 8.6 91 5.6 2.2 12.4 153.6 41.3 34 317 4.4 1.2 8.1
17 New York Giants 14 193 379 50.9 2102 11 2.9 18 4.7 56 5.5 3.7 10.9 150.1 57.5 49 355 4.1 2.4 11.4
18 Green Bay Packers 14 212 394 53.8 2072 11 2.8 22 5.6 56 5.3 3.0 9.8 148.0 54.9 42 328 4.0 2.0 9.6
19 Atlanta Falcons 14 165 388 42.5 2067 18 4.6 29 7.5 68 5.3 2.4 12.5 147.6 44.0 32 294 4.2 1.5 7.6
20 Miami Dolphins 14 170 279 60.9 2009 19 6.8 17 6.1 79 7.2 5.1 11.8 143.5 80.2 23 187 6.0 4.1 7.6
21 Cleveland Browns 14 220 437 50.3 1957 7 1.6 23 5.3 48 4.5 2.3 8.9 139.8 46.1 38 340 3.4 1.4 8.0
22 Detroit Lions 14 183 362 50.6 1917 15 4.1 12 3.3 65 5.3 4.2 10.5 136.9 66.3 41 323 4.0 3.0 10.2
23 Houston Oilers 14 165 347 47.6 1869 14 4.0 17 4.9 77 5.4 3.6 11.3 133.5 57.2 27 230 4.4 2.7 7.2
24 Chicago Bears 14 191 356 53.7 1839 9 2.5 23 6.5 57 5.2 2.5 9.6 131.4 49.8 32 330 3.9 1.5 8.2
25 San Diego Chargers 14 165 337 49.0 1610 7 2.1 17 5.0 57 4.8 2.7 9.8 115.0 48.7 50 388 3.2 1.4 12.9
26 New Orleans Saints 14 181 392 46.2 1545 8 2.0 24 6.1 71 3.9 1.4 8.5 110.4 38.3 53 416 2.5 0.3 11.9
Avg Team 201.2 383.6 52.5 2279.1 16.7 4.3 20.5 5.3 68 5.9 4.0 11.3 162.8 62.8 34.9 282.3 4.8 3.0 8.3
League Total 5231 9973 52.5 59256 433 4.3 533 5.3 96 5.9 4.0 11.3 4232.6 62.8 907 7339 4.8 3.0 8.3
Avg Tm/G 14.4 27.4 52.5 162.8 1.2 4.3 1.5 5.3 5.9 4.0 11.3 162.8 62.8 2.5 20.2 4.8 3.0 8.3

Rushing Offense

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Rk Tm G Att Yds TD Lng Y/A Y/G Fmb
1 Buffalo Bills 14 588 2974 26 88 5.1 212.4 24
2 Pittsburgh Steelers 14 581 2633 22 36 4.5 188.1 34
3 Oakland Raiders 14 643 2573 28 66 4.0 183.8 31
4 Miami Dolphins 14 594 2500 26 56 4.2 178.6 20
5 Dallas Cowboys 14 571 2432 17 32 4.3 173.7 25
6 St. Louis Cardinals 14 555 2402 19 57 4.3 171.6 33
7 Los Angeles Rams 14 585 2371 18 43 4.1 169.4 26
8 Baltimore Colts 14 536 2217 28 70 4.1 158.4 18
9 Detroit Lions 14 532 2147 10 46 4.0 153.4 28
10 Minnesota Vikings 14 556 2094 18 31 3.8 149.6 34
11 New York Jets 14 501 2079 15 42 4.1 148.5 24
12 Houston Oilers 14 526 2068 14 46 3.9 147.7 28
13 Denver Broncos 14 490 1993 9 34 4.1 142.4 28
14 Cleveland Browns 14 440 1850 14 50 4.2 132.1 35
15 Kansas City Chiefs 14 487 1847 14 65 3.8 131.9 38
16 New England Patriots 14 472 1845 14 66 3.9 131.8 43
17 Cincinnati Bengals 14 499 1819 20 29 3.6 129.9 31
18 San Diego Chargers 14 434 1801 14 48 4.1 128.6 32
19 Atlanta Falcons 14 465 1794 12 26 3.9 128.1 37
20 Washington Redskins 14 444 1752 9 43 3.9 125.1 28
21 Philadelphia Eagles 14 461 1702 3 51 3.7 121.6 29
22 Chicago Bears 14 441 1653 11 54 3.7 118.1 35
23 New Orleans Saints 14 463 1642 9 22 3.5 117.3 33
24 New York Giants 14 482 1627 17 46 3.4 116.2 44
25 San Francisco 49ers 14 422 1598 12 52 3.8 114.1 44
26 Green Bay Packers 14 431 1547 14 29 3.6 110.5 31
Avg Team 507.7 2036.9 15.9 47 4.0 145.5 31.3
League Total 13199 52960 413 88 4.0 3782.9 813
Avg Tm/G 36.3 145.5 1.1 4.0 145.5 2.2

Kick & Punt Returns

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Punt Returns Kick Returns
Rk Tm G Ret Yds TD Lng Y/R Rt Yds TD Lng Y/Rt APYd
1 Chicago Bears 14 52 512 0 39 9.8 74 1644 0 70 22.2 5648
2 San Francisco 49ers 14 63 616 0 66 9.8 60 1372 0 52 22.9 6146
3 Washington Redskins 14 61 464 1 52 7.6 58 1296 0 50 22.3 6429
4 Oakland Raiders 14 58 688 0 64 11.9 51 1324 1 102 26.0 6976
5 San Diego Chargers 14 38 442 1 52 11.6 69 1482 0 41 21.5 5335
6 Cleveland Browns 14 40 294 0 30 7.4 67 1526 0 92 22.8 5627
7 New York Giants 14 49 350 1 65 7.1 55 1250 0 64 22.7 5329
8 New Orleans Saints 14 41 370 0 42 9.0 63 1319 0 88 20.9 4876
9 Atlanta Falcons 14 35 248 0 24 7.1 66 1217 0 33 18.4 5326
10 Denver Broncos 14 41 470 0 51 11.5 59 1446 0 58 24.5 6450
11 New England Patriots 14 33 262 0 29 7.9 66 1520 1 99 23.0 6065
12 Kansas City Chiefs 14 37 303 0 34 8.2 62 1350 0 53 21.8 5860
13 Houston Oilers 14 43 620 3 83 14.4 54 1144 1 81 21.2 5701
14 New York Jets 14 22 116 0 34 5.3 74 1704 0 53 23.0 6050
15 Buffalo Bills 14 33 278 0 30 8.4 62 1457 0 59 23.5 7202
16 St. Louis Cardinals 14 40 410 1 69 10.3 55 1337 1 93 24.3 6702
17 Cincinnati Bengals 14 48 267 0 34 5.6 46 1042 0 64 22.7 6369
18 Philadelphia Eagles 14 35 299 0 39 8.5 59 1388 0 42 23.5 5829
19 Baltimore Colts 14 42 439 0 53 10.5 52 1190 0 65 22.9 6127
20 Green Bay Packers 14 30 190 0 27 6.3 63 1398 1 93 22.2 5207
21 Pittsburgh Steelers 14 54 548 0 48 10.1 38 815 1 94 21.4 6250
22 Los Angeles Rams 14 55 517 0 40 9.4 34 764 0 46 22.5 5847
23 Detroit Lions 14 36 328 0 43 9.1 52 1114 0 42 21.4 5506
24 Dallas Cowboys 14 32 313 1 43 9.8 54 1158 1 97 21.4 6496
25 Miami Dolphins 14 43 509 1 60 11.8 40 949 0 42 23.7 5967
26 Minnesota Vikings 14 36 168 0 22 4.7 38 787 0 63 20.7 5910
Avg Team 42.2 385.4 0.3 45 9.1 56.6 1269.0 0.3 67 22.4 5970.4
League Total 1097 10021 9 83 9.1 1471 32993 7 102 22.4 155230
Avg Tm/G 3.0 27.5 0.0 9.1 4.0 90.6 0.0 22.4 426.5

Kicking & Punting

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0--19 20--29 30--39 40--49 50+ Tot PAT Punting
Rk Tm G FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FG% XPA XPM XP% Pnt Yds Lng Blck Y/P
1 Baltimore Colts 14 2 2 3 10 7 3 1 18 10 55.6% 52 51 98.1% 86 3406 62 1 39.6
2 Dallas Cowboys 14 2 2 14 13 9 4 9 3 1 35 22 62.9% 40 38 95.0% 68 2679 55 1 39.4
3 Green Bay Packers 14 1 1 8 7 3 2 5 2 17 12 70.6% 27 22 81.5% 95 3401 55 3 35.8
4 Chicago Bears 14 7 3 6 5 7 4 3 1 23 13 56.5% 22 18 81.8% 94 3666 60 0 39.0
5 Houston Oilers 14 9 8 8 4 12 6 1 30 18 60.0% 34 31 91.2% 74 2908 68 0 39.3
6 Minnesota Vikings 14 3 3 6 6 7 3 1 1 17 13 76.5% 48 46 95.8% 73 3000 62 2 41.1
7 Oakland Raiders 14 2 2 8 7 6 4 5 21 13 61.9% 48 44 91.7% 68 2978 64 0 43.8
8 Pittsburgh Steelers 14 4 4 7 7 7 5 2 1 1 21 17 81.0% 46 44 95.7% 69 2719 67 1 39.4
9 Philadelphia Eagles 14 1 1 11 8 3 3 13 7 1 1 29 20 69.0% 24 21 87.5% 83 3229 64 0 38.9
10 Washington Redskins 14 3 1 10 9 9 6 3 25 16 64.0% 39 37 94.9% 72 2923 63 0 40.6
11 Kansas City Chiefs 14 1 1 8 7 9 8 10 5 4 1 32 22 68.8% 31 30 96.8% 72 2830 64 2 39.3
12 Los Angeles Rams 14 2 2 7 7 10 7 5 4 2 1 26 21 80.8% 36 31 86.1% 73 2876 57 0 39.4
13 Buffalo Bills 14 1 2 2 5 4 7 3 1 16 9 56.3% 57 51 89.5% 61 2538 74 2 41.6
14 Cincinnati Bengals 14 1 1 8 5 7 1 5 3 21 10 47.6% 45 40 88.9% 68 2652 57 1 39.0
15 New England Patriots 14 1 1 1 1 6 5 8 2 1 17 9 52.9% 33 33 100.0% 83 3220 62 0 38.8
16 Atlanta Falcons 14 3 3 3 4 1 10 4 40.0% 33 30 90.9% 89 3694 75 1 41.5
17 New Orleans Saints 14 1 1 5 4 6 3 7 2 2 1 21 11 52.4% 19 18 94.7% 92 3772 61 3 41.0