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1977 NFL Standings, Team & Offensive Statistics

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League Standings

Glossary
Tm W L T W-L% Pts PtsO
AFC East
Baltimore Colts 10 4 0 .714 295 221
Miami Dolphins 10 4 0 .714 313 197
New England Patriots 9 5 0 .643 278 217
Buffalo Bills 3 11 0 .214 160 313
New York Jets 3 11 0 .214 191 300
AFC Central
Pittsburgh Steelers 9 5 0 .643 283 243
Houston Oilers 8 6 0 .571 299 230
Cincinnati Bengals 8 6 0 .571 238 235
Cleveland Browns 6 8 0 .429 269 267
AFC West
Denver Broncos 12 2 0 .857 274 148
Oakland Raiders 11 3 0 .786 351 230
San Diego Chargers 7 7 0 .500 222 205
Seattle Seahawks 5 9 0 .357 282 373
Kansas City Chiefs 2 12 0 .143 225 349
Tm W L T W-L% Pts PtsO
NFC East
Dallas Cowboys 12 2 0 .857 345 212
Washington Redskins 9 5 0 .643 196 189
St. Louis Cardinals 7 7 0 .500 272 287
Philadelphia Eagles 5 9 0 .357 220 207
New York Giants 5 9 0 .357 181 265
NFC Central
Minnesota Vikings 9 5 0 .643 231 227
Chicago Bears 9 5 0 .643 255 253
Detroit Lions 6 8 0 .429 183 252
Green Bay Packers 4 10 0 .286 134 219
Tampa Bay Buccaneers 2 12 0 .143 103 223
NFC West
Los Angeles Rams 10 4 0 .714 302 146
Atlanta Falcons 7 7 0 .500 179 129
San Francisco 49ers 5 9 0 .357 220 260
New Orleans Saints 3 11 0 .214 232 336

Playoff Games

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Week Date Winner/tie Loser/tie PtsW PtsL
Division Sat December 24 box W Denver Broncos Pittsburgh Steelers 34 21
Division Sat December 24 box W Oakland Raiders @ Baltimore Colts 37 31
Division Mon December 26 box W Dallas Cowboys Chicago Bears 37 7
Division Mon December 26 box W Minnesota Vikings @ Los Angeles Rams 14 7
ConfChamp Sun January 1 box W Dallas Cowboys Minnesota Vikings 23 6
ConfChamp Sun January 1 box W Denver Broncos Oakland Raiders 20 17
SuperBowl Sun January 15 box W Dallas Cowboys N Denver Broncos 27 10

Award Winners

AP MVPWalter Payton
PFWA MVPWalter Payton
Newspaper Ent. Assoc. MVPWalter Payton
Bert Bell Award (Player of the Year)Bob Griese
AP Offensive Player of the YearWalter Payton
AP Defensive Player of the YearHarvey Martin
Super Bowl MVPRandy White
Super Bowl MVPHarvey Martin
AP Offensive Rookie of the YearTony Dorsett
AP Defensive Rookie of the YearA.J. Duhe
Walter Payton Man of the YearWalter Payton
AP Comeback Player of the YearCraig Morton

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 Oakland Raiders 14 351 4736 1030 4.6 305 184 324 2109 21 24 6.0 125 681 2627 20 3.9 156 40 16 24
2 Dallas Cowboys 14 345 4812 969 5.0 272 215 372 2443 18 10 6.0 136 564 2369 21 4.2 118 24 14 18
3 Miami Dolphins 14 313 4327 866 5.0 267 182 311 1961 22 14 5.7 107 519 2366 18 4.6 143 27 13 17
4 Los Angeles Rams 14 302 4591 985 4.7 270 182 339 2016 16 11 5.5 112 621 2575 19 4.1 139 28 17 19
5 Houston Oilers 14 299 3864 879 4.4 228 181 347 1875 14 21 5.1 91 509 1989 15 3.9 112 38 17 25
6 Baltimore Colts 14 295 4588 987 4.6 269 224 395 2465 17 12 5.9 136 566 2123 17 3.8 111 26 14 22
7 Pittsburgh Steelers 14 283 4645 949 4.9 266 173 341 2387 17 21 6.5 124 581 2258 20 3.9 122 49 28 20
8 Seattle Seahawks 14 282 4292 869 4.9 251 175 387 2328 23 32 5.7 116 461 1964 12 4.3 116 46 14 19
9 New England Patriots 14 278 4310 922 4.7 247 160 305 2007 17 21 6.3 101 603 2303 13 3.8 132 36 15 14
10 Denver Broncos 14 274 3906 886 4.4 223 163 313 1863 15 12 5.1 107 523 2043 16 3.9 101 27 15 15
11 St. Louis Cardinals 14 272 4541 888 5.1 247 195 366 2499 14 21 6.6 117 507 2042 19 4.0 114 37 16 16
12 Cleveland Browns 14 269 4375 911 4.8 271 208 377 2175 19 31 5.4 119 510 2200 9 4.3 119 53 22 33
13 Chicago Bears 14 255 4655 930 5.0 247 161 305 1844 11 18 5.6 94 599 2811 18 4.7 141 35 17 12
14 Cincinnati Bengals 14 238 4194 904 4.6 248 192 385 2333 12 16 5.6 112 488 1861 10 3.8 110 32 16 26
15 New Orleans Saints 14 232 3597 851 4.2 223 166 321 1573 13 21 4.3 96 484 2024 14 4.2 115 32 11 12
16 Minnesota Vikings 14 231 4189 933 4.5 245 228 388 2368 19 22 5.6 126 510 1821 9 3.6 110 46 24 9
17 Kansas City Chiefs 14 225 3936 878 4.5 228 190 374 2093 11 26 5.0 110 456 1843 13 4.0 95 47 21 23
18 San Diego Chargers 14 222 4005 881 4.5 235 206 369 2244 11 20 5.7 121 488 1761 10 3.6 93 31 11 21
19 San Francisco 49ers 14 220 3594 877 4.1 219 136 277 1508 9 17 4.8 81 564 2086 16 3.7 126 25 8 12
20 Philadelphia Eagles 14 220 3578 880 4.1 211 167 349 1856 18 21 4.7 100 484 1722 10 3.6 98 38 17 13
21 Washington Redskins 14 196 3615 937 3.9 227 183 383 1863 15 16 4.3 124 502 1752 4 3.5 79 30 14 24
22 New York Jets 14 191 3620 832 4.4 195 170 360 2002 14 26 5.1 96 437 1618 6 3.7 83 40 14 16
23 Detroit Lions 14 183 3224 917 3.5 218 191 384 1518 7 16 3.5 103 479 1706 11 3.6 94 30 14 21
24 New York Giants 14 181 3284 905 3.6 201 134 311 1387 6 22 3.9 73 548 1897 11 3.5 105 34 12 23
25 Atlanta Falcons 14 179 3246 919 3.5 198 140 297 1356 8 16 4.0 80 582 1890 9 3.2 102 25 9 16
26 Buffalo Bills 14 160 4391 944 4.7 246 221 458 2530 12 24 5.1 141 450 1861 3 4.1 93 44 20 12
27 Green Bay Packers 14 134 3212 828 3.9 195 164 327 1748 6 21 4.9 91 469 1464 5 3.1 81 30 9 23
28 Tampa Bay Buccaneers 14 103 2693 834 3.2 168 131 321 1269 3 30 3.4 69 465 1424 4 3.1 84 46 16 15
Avg Team 240.5 4000.7 906.8 4.4 236.4 179.4 349.5 1986.4 13.9 20.1 5.2 107.4 523.2 2014.3 12.6 3.8 110.4 35.6 15.5 18.6
League Total 6733 112020 25391 4.4 6620 5022 9786 55620 388 562 5.2 3008 14650 56400 352 3.8 3092 996 434 520
Avg Tm/G 17.2 285.8 64.8 4.4 16.9 12.8 25.0 141.9 1.0 1.4 5.2 7.7 37.4 143.9 0.9 3.8 7.9 2.5 1.1 1.3

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 Buffalo Bills 14 221 458 48.3 2530 12 2.6 24 5.2 42 5.5 3.4 11.4 180.7 52.2 36 273 4.6 2.6 7.3
2 St. Louis Cardinals 14 195 366 53.3 2499 14 3.8 21 5.7 69 6.8 4.6 12.8 178.5 63.8 15 109 6.3 4.2 3.9
3 Baltimore Colts 14 224 395 56.7 2465 17 4.3 12 3.0 78 6.2 5.3 11.0 176.1 77.0 26 221 5.3 4.5 6.2
4 Dallas Cowboys 14 215 372 57.8 2443 18 4.8 10 2.7 67 6.6 5.8 11.4 174.5 82.5 33 246 5.4 4.8 8.1
5 Pittsburgh Steelers 14 173 341 50.7 2387 17 5.0 21 6.2 65 7.0 4.7 13.8 170.5 64.5 27 245 5.8 3.7 7.3
6 Minnesota Vikings 14 228 388 58.8 2368 19 4.9 22 5.7 69 6.1 4.0 10.4 169.1 69.2 35 324 4.8 2.9 8.3
7 Cincinnati Bengals 14 192 385 49.9 2333 12 3.1 16 4.2 94 6.1 4.5 12.2 166.6 62.0 31 217 5.1 3.6 7.5
8 Seattle Seahawks 14 175 387 45.2 2328 23 5.9 32 8.3 82 6.0 2.9 13.3 166.3 50.2 21 131 5.4 2.4 5.1
9 San Diego Chargers 14 206 369 55.8 2244 11 3.0 20 5.4 78 6.1 3.9 10.9 160.3 61.3 24 198 5.2 3.2 6.1
10 Cleveland Browns 14 208 377 55.2 2175 19 5.0 31 8.2 60 5.8 2.6 10.5 155.4 54.6 24 199 4.9 1.9 6.0
11 Oakland Raiders 14 184 324 56.8 2109 21 6.5 24 7.4 44 6.5 3.8 11.5 150.6 67.3 25 229 5.4 2.9 7.2
12 Kansas City Chiefs 14 190 374 50.8 2093 11 2.9 26 7.0 63 5.6 2.8 11.0 149.5 48.6 48 421 4.0 1.5 11.4
13 Los Angeles Rams 14 182 339 53.7 2016 16 4.7 11 3.2 58 5.9 5.0 11.1 144.0 73.8 25 237 4.9 4.0 6.9
14 New England Patriots 14 160 305 52.5 2007 17 5.6 21 6.9 68 6.6 4.0 12.5 143.4 63.1 14 155 5.8 3.4 4.4
15 New York Jets 14 170 360 47.2 2002 14 3.9 26 7.2 87 5.6 2.7 11.8 143.0 47.5 35 284 4.3 1.7 8.9
16 Miami Dolphins 14 182 311 58.5 1961 22 7.1 14 4.5 73 6.3 5.0 10.8 140.1 81.9 36 303 4.8 3.6 10.4
17 Houston Oilers 14 181 347 52.2 1875 14 4.0 21 6.1 85 5.4 3.1 10.4 133.9 56.3 23 232 4.4 2.3 6.2
18 Denver Broncos 14 163 313 52.1 1863 15 4.8 12 3.8 81 6.0 4.7 11.4 133.1 70.3 50 402 4.0 3.0 13.8
19 Washington Redskins 14 183 383 47.8 1863 15 3.9 16 4.2 59 4.9 3.4 10.2 133.1 57.8 52 421 3.3 2.0 12.0
20 Philadelphia Eagles 14 167 349 47.9 1856 18 5.2 21 6.0 55 5.3 3.1 11.1 132.6 56.2 47 342 3.8 1.9 11.9
21 Chicago Bears 14 161 305 52.8 1844 11 3.6 18 5.9 75 6.0 3.8 11.5 131.7 58.7 26 226 4.9 2.8 7.9
22 Green Bay Packers 14 164 327 50.2 1748 6 1.8 21 6.4 95 5.3 2.6 10.7 124.9 45.5 32 265 4.1 1.7 8.9
23 New Orleans Saints 14 166 321 51.7 1573 13 4.0 21 6.5 59 4.9 2.4 9.5 112.4 51.8 46 360 3.3 1.1 12.5
24 Detroit Lions 14 191 384 49.7 1518 7 1.8 16 4.2 61 4.0 2.3 7.9 108.4 48.7 54 441 2.5 1.0 12.3
25 San Francisco 49ers 14 136 277 49.1 1508 9 3.2 17 6.1 47 5.4 3.0 11.1 107.7 50.9 36 289 3.9 1.7 11.5
26 New York Giants 14 134 311 43.1 1387 6 1.9 22 7.1 82 4.5 1.5 10.4 99.1 33.5 46 375 2.8 0.2 12.9
27 Atlanta Falcons 14 140 297 47.1 1356 8 2.7 16 5.4 73 4.6 2.4 9.7 96.9 46.9 40 384 2.9 1.0 11.9
28 Tampa Bay Buccaneers 14 131 321 40.8 1269 3 0.9 30 9.3 67 4.0 -0.2 9.7 90.6 16.7 48 445 2.2 -1.3 13.0
Avg Team 179.4 349.5 51.3 1986.4 13.9 4.0 20.1 5.7 69 5.7 3.5 11.1 141.9 57.8 34.1 284.8 4.4 2.4 8.9
League Total 5022 9786 51.3 55620 388 4.0 562 5.7 95 5.7 3.5 11.1 3972.9 57.8 955 7974 4.4 2.4 8.9
Avg Tm/G 12.8 25.0 51.3 141.9 1.0 4.0 1.4 5.7 5.7 3.5 11.1 141.9 57.8 2.4 20.3 4.4 2.4 8.9

Rushing Offense

Glossary · CSV · PRE
Rk Tm G Att Yds TD Lng Y/A Y/G Fmb
1 Chicago Bears 14 599 2811 18 73 4.7 200.8 36
2 Oakland Raiders 14 681 2627 20 37 3.9 187.6 22
3 Los Angeles Rams 14 621 2575 19 48 4.1 183.9 32
4 Dallas Cowboys 14 564 2369 21 84 4.2 169.2 26
5 Miami Dolphins 14 519 2366 18 77 4.6 169.0 22
6 New England Patriots 14 603 2303 13 41 3.8 164.5 28
7 Pittsburgh Steelers 14 581 2258 20 61 3.9 161.3 41
8 Cleveland Browns 14 510 2200 9 78 4.3 157.1 34
9 Baltimore Colts 14 566 2123 17 64 3.8 151.6 24
10 San Francisco 49ers 14 564 2086 16 80 3.7 149.0 27
11 Denver Broncos 14 523 2043 16 62 3.9 145.9 28
12 St. Louis Cardinals 14 507 2042 19 62 4.0 145.9 31
13 New Orleans Saints 14 484 2024 14 36 4.2 144.6 20
14 Houston Oilers 14 509 1989 15 77 3.9 142.1 30
15 Seattle Seahawks 14 461 1964 12 39 4.3 140.3 27
16 New York Giants 14 548 1897 11 32 3.5 135.5 27
17 Atlanta Falcons 14 582 1890 9 35 3.2 135.0 28
18 Buffalo Bills 14 450 1861 3 66 4.1 132.9 36
19 Cincinnati Bengals 14 488 1861 10 65 3.8 132.9 37
20 Kansas City Chiefs 14 456 1843 13 59 4.0 131.6 33
21 Minnesota Vikings 14 510 1821 9 51 3.6 130.1 36
22 San Diego Chargers 14 488 1761 10 46 3.6 125.8 29
23 Washington Redskins 14 502 1752 4 34 3.5 125.1 26
24 Philadelphia Eagles 14 484 1722 10 70 3.6 123.0 31
25 Detroit Lions 14 479 1706 11 35 3.6 121.9 26
26 New York Jets 14 437 1618 6 27 3.7 115.6 24
27 Green Bay Packers 14 469 1464 5 40 3.1 104.6 24
28 Tampa Bay Buccaneers 14 465 1424 4 35 3.1 101.7 30
Avg Team 523.2 2014.3 12.6 54 3.8 143.9 29.1
League Total 14650 56400 352 84 3.8 4028.6 815
Avg Tm/G 37.4 143.9 0.9 3.8 143.9 2.1

Kick & Punt Returns

Glossary · CSV · PRE
Punt Returns Kick Returns
Rk Tm G Ret Yds TD Lng Y/R Rt Yds TD Lng Y/Rt APYd
1 Dallas Cowboys 14 61 545 0 38 8.9 44 1071 0 64 24.3 6428
2 Washington Redskins 14 57 452 0 43 7.9 47 1087 0 46 23.1 5154
3 Chicago Bears 14 47 471 1 70 10.0 57 1273 1 84 22.3 6399
4 Seattle Seahawks 14 32 217 0 31 6.8 71 1502 0 44 21.2 6011
5 Minnesota Vikings 14 58 346 0 44 6.0 45 834 0 48 18.5 5369
6 New York Giants 14 46 446 1 68 9.7 54 1036 0 35 19.2 4766
7 New Orleans Saints 14 37 281 0 33 7.6 63 1355 1 92 21.5 5233
8 Detroit Lions 14 42 345 1 87 8.2 58 1239 1 98 21.4 4808
9 St. Louis Cardinals 14 40 300 0 23 7.5 59 1271 0 51 21.5 6112
10 Kansas City Chiefs 14 36 236 0 19 6.6 63 1284 0 70 20.4 5456
11 New York Jets 14 38 480 0 49 12.6 61 1374 0 60 22.5 5474
12 San Francisco 49ers 14 48 292 0 60 6.1 49 1174 1 80 24.0 5060
13 Philadelphia Eagles 14 50 518 0 48 10.4 45 1110 1 99 24.7 5206
14 Atlanta Falcons 14 59 402 0 37 6.8 34 621 0 30 18.3 4269
15 Buffalo Bills 14 32 380 2 91 11.9 60 1238 0 45 20.6 6009
16 Denver Broncos 14 58 712 1 87 12.3 34 732 0 52 21.5 5350
17 Tampa Bay Buccaneers 14 48 359 0 36 7.5 43 914 0 34 21.3 3966
18 Cleveland Browns 14 38 322 0 44 8.5 53 1075 0 36 20.3 5772
19 Pittsburgh Steelers 14 46 389 0 31 8.5 45 995 0 43 22.1 6029
20 Baltimore Colts 14 42 323 0 24 7.7 48 912 0 37 19.0 5823
21 Green Bay Packers 14 38 321 1 75 8.4 51 947 1 85 18.6 4480
22 Cincinnati Bengals 14 41 328 0 70 8.0 46 886 0 38 19.3 5408
23 Oakland Raiders 14 37 373 0 23 10.1 49 909 0 31 18.6 6018
24 San Diego Chargers 14 46 521 1 88 11.3 39 734 0 33 18.8 5260
25 Los Angeles Rams 14 51 360 0 48 7.1 33 705 0 38 21.4 5656
26 New England Patriots 14 43 429 0 53 10.0 39 1051 3 101 26.9 5790
27 Houston Oilers 14 36 539 2 87 15.0 46 1056 1 76 23.0 5459
28 Miami Dolphins 14 40 315 0 39 7.9 38 1011 1 90 26.6 5653
Avg Team 44.5 392.9 0.4 52 8.8 49.1 1049.9 0.4 59 21.4 5443.5
League Total 1247 11002 10 91 8.8 1374 29396 11 101 21.4 152418
Avg Tm/G 3.2 28.1 0.0 8.8 3.5 75.0 0.0 21.4 388.8

Kicking & Punting

Glossary · CSV · PRE
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 Atlanta Falcons 14 7 6 12 5 9 2 2 30 13 43.3% 20 20 100.0% 106 4367 61 0 41.2
2 Dallas Cowboys 14 2 2 7 5 8 4 11 6 1 1 29 18 62.1% 41 39 95.1% 83 3212 57 1 38.7
3 Washington Redskins 14 1 1 3 3 5 4 22 9 6 4 37 21 56.8% 19 19 100.0% 91 3504 56 0 38.5
4 Baltimore Colts 14 8 5 7 5 10 7 1 26 17 65.4% 35 32 91.4% 84 3142 59 2 37.4
5 Denver Broncos 14 4 3 10 7 5 3 19 13 68.4% 34 31 91.2% 91 3567 63 0 39.2
6 New York Giants 14 1 1 8 7 5 3 6 2 3 1 23 14 60.9% 20 19 95.0% 100 3990 58 0 39.9
7 Detroit Lions 14 5 2 7 3 7 3 19 8 42.1% 23 19 82.6% 101 3656 51 2 36.2
8 Houston Oilers 14 1 1 10 8 8 6 5 1 1 25 16 64.0% 36 29 80.6% 79 3034 55 2 38.4
9 Chicago Bears 14 9 6 10 6 5 2 2 27 14 51.9% 31 27 87.1% 82 3231 58 2 39.4
10 Philadelphia Eagles 14 1 2 2 9 3 3 2 15 7 46.7% 29 25 86.2% 95 3468 68 2 36.5
11 Los Angeles Rams 14 1 1 11 10 6 5 10 2 2 30 18 60.0% 36 32 88.9% 73 2570 56 0 35.2
12 Kansas City Chiefs 14 6 6 5