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1991 NFL Standings, Team & Offensive Statistics

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League Standings

Glossary
Tm W L T W-L% Pts PtsO
AFC East
Buffalo Bills 13 3 0 .813 458 318
New York Jets 8 8 0 .500 314 293
Miami Dolphins 8 8 0 .500 343 349
New England Patriots 6 10 0 .375 211 305
Indianapolis Colts 1 15 0 .063 143 381
AFC Central
Houston Oilers 11 5 0 .688 386 251
Pittsburgh Steelers 7 9 0 .438 292 344
Cleveland Browns 6 10 0 .375 293 298
Cincinnati Bengals 3 13 0 .188 263 435
AFC West
Denver Broncos 12 4 0 .750 304 235
Kansas City Chiefs 10 6 0 .625 322 252
Los Angeles Raiders 9 7 0 .563 298 297
Seattle Seahawks 7 9 0 .438 276 261
San Diego Chargers 4 12 0 .250 274 342
Tm W L T W-L% Pts PtsO
NFC East
Washington Redskins 14 2 0 .875 485 224
Dallas Cowboys 11 5 0 .688 342 310
Philadelphia Eagles 10 6 0 .625 285 244
New York Giants 8 8 0 .500 281 297
Phoenix Cardinals 4 12 0 .250 196 344
NFC Central
Detroit Lions 12 4 0 .750 339 295
Chicago Bears 11 5 0 .688 299 269
Minnesota Vikings 8 8 0 .500 301 306
Green Bay Packers 4 12 0 .250 273 313
Tampa Bay Buccaneers 3 13 0 .188 199 365
NFC West
New Orleans Saints 11 5 0 .688 341 211
Atlanta Falcons 10 6 0 .625 361 338
San Francisco 49ers 10 6 0 .625 393 239
Los Angeles Rams 3 13 0 .188 234 390

Playoff Games

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Week Date Winner/tie Loser/tie PtsW PtsL
WildCard Sat December 28 box W Atlanta Falcons @ New Orleans Saints 27 20
WildCard Sat December 28 box W Kansas City Chiefs Los Angeles Raiders 10 6
WildCard Sun December 29 box W Dallas Cowboys @ Chicago Bears 17 13
WildCard Sun December 29 box W Houston Oilers New York Jets 17 10
Division Sat January 4 box W Denver Broncos Houston Oilers 26 24
Division Sat January 4 box W Washington Redskins Atlanta Falcons 24 7
Division Sun January 5 box W Detroit Lions Dallas Cowboys 38 6
Division Sun January 5 box W Buffalo Bills Kansas City Chiefs 37 14
ConfChamp Sun January 12 box W Buffalo Bills Denver Broncos 10 7
ConfChamp Sun January 12 box W Washington Redskins Detroit Lions 41 10
SuperBowl Sun January 26 box W Washington Redskins N Buffalo Bills 37 24

Award Winners

AP MVPThurman Thomas
PFWA MVPThurman Thomas
Newspaper Ent. Assoc. MVPThurman Thomas
Bert Bell Award (Player of the Year)Barry Sanders
AP Offensive Player of the YearThurman Thomas
AP Defensive Player of the YearPat Swilling
Super Bowl MVPMark Rypien
AP Offensive Rookie of the YearLeonard Russell
AP Defensive Rookie of the YearMike Croel
Walter Payton Man of the YearAnthony Munoz
AP Comeback Player of the YearJim McMahon

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 Washington Redskins 16 485 5741 996 5.8 302 261 447 3692 30 11 8.1 179 540 2049 21 3.8 107 23 12 16
2 Buffalo Bills 16 458 6252 1056 5.9 359 332 516 3871 39 19 7.0 208 505 2381 16 4.7 128 35 16 23
3 San Francisco 49ers 16 393 5858 986 5.9 336 325 522 3997 29 12 7.3 197 440 1861 19 4.2 112 31 19 27
4 Houston Oilers 16 386 5987 1022 5.9 353 411 667 4621 24 21 6.7 236 331 1366 16 4.1 99 40 19 18
5 Atlanta Falcons 16 361 5113 940 5.4 258 260 499 3449 30 22 6.5 162 410 1664 6 4.1 82 36 14 14
6 Miami Dolphins 16 343 5241 970 5.4 312 327 563 3889 26 14 6.6 205 379 1352 8 3.6 91 28 14 16
7 Dallas Cowboys 16 342 5101 971 5.3 304 305 500 3390 16 12 6.3 191 433 1711 15 4.0 89 24 12 24
8 New Orleans Saints 16 341 4968 1008 4.9 267 292 506 3259 20 15 6.2 157 483 1709 15 3.5 93 30 15 17
9 Detroit Lions 16 339 4788 938 5.1 280 252 459 2858 16 17 5.9 148 454 1930 19 4.3 116 30 13 16
10 Kansas City Chiefs 16 322 5321 1021 5.2 322 284 479 3104 19 14 6.2 172 521 2217 14 4.3 127 22 8 23
11 New York Jets 16 314 5316 1059 5.0 331 295 503 3156 12 12 5.9 169 523 2160 17 4.1 133 25 13 29
12 Denver Broncos 16 304 5012 1012 5.0 284 246 459 2997 13 12 5.9 150 507 2015 16 4.0 117 25 13 17
13 Minnesota Vikings 16 301 5084 969 5.2 300 284 477 2883 16 16 5.7 158 464 2201 18 4.7 125 26 10 17
14 Chicago Bears 16 299 5069 1025 4.9 317 286 497 3120 16 17 6.0 168 502 1949 18 3.9 120 33 16 29
15 Los Angeles Raiders 16 298 4425 893 5.0 248 220 414 2719 20 18 6.1 132 446 1706 8 3.8 97 31 13 19
16 Cleveland Browns 16 293 4664 934 5.0 265 312 503 3304 19 10 6.1 163 389 1360 12 3.5 82 18 8 20
17 Pittsburgh Steelers 16 292 4581 915 5.0 254 259 476 2954 20 16 5.7 158 394 1627 8 4.1 82 30 14 14
18 Philadelphia Eagles 16 285 4302 1004 4.3 249 285 513 2906 17 27 5.2 142 446 1396 8 3.1 86 43 16 21
19 New York Giants 16 281 4908 951 5.2 280 261 428 2844 13 8 6.1 148 487 2064 16 4.2 120 23 15 12
20 Seattle Seahawks 16 276 4534 924 4.9 253 290 488 3108 15 26 5.9 159 394 1426 11 3.6 80 43 17 14
21 San Diego Chargers 16 274 4995 1010 4.9 285 272 511 2747 13 16 5.0 155 464 2248 16 4.8 114 28 12 16
22 Green Bay Packers 16 273 4332 940 4.6 259 272 514 2943 17 19 5.3 150 381 1389 12 3.6 88 36 17 21
23 Cincinnati Bengals 16 263 4969 993 5.0 286 290 511 3158 14 22 5.8 162 449 1811 11 4.0 96 42 20 28
24 Los Angeles Rams 16 234 4695 936 5.0 270 289 518 3410 13 20 6.2 180 388 1285 11 3.3 75 40 20 15
25 New England Patriots 16 211 4473 977 4.6 259 284 481 3006 11 22 5.5 155 433 1467 9 3.4 93 42 20 11
26 Tampa Bay Buccaneers 16 199 4001 922 4.3 249 250 495 2572 13 29 4.7 147 371 1429 9 3.9 79 47 18 23
27 Phoenix Cardinals 16 196 3962 926 4.3 237 254 492 2667 10 25 5.0 143 391 1295 6 3.3 73 39 14 21
28 Indianapolis Colts 16 143 3748 923 4.1 236 305 512 2579 10 16 4.5 163 354 1169 3 3.3 55 31 15 18
Avg Team 303.8 4908.6 972.2 5.0 284.1 285.8 498.2 3185.8 18.3 17.4 6.0 166.3 438.5 1722.8 12.8 3.9 98.5 32.2 14.8 19.3
League Total 8506 137440 27221 5.0 7955 8003 13950 89203 511 488 6.0 4657 12279 48237 358 3.9 2759 901 413 539
Avg Tm/G 19.0 306.8 60.8 5.0 17.8 17.9 31.1 199.1 1.1 1.1 6.0 10.4 27.4 107.7 0.8 3.9 6.2 2.0 0.9 1.2

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 Houston Oilers 16 411 667 61.6 4621 24 3.6 21 3.1 68 6.9 5.9 11.2 288.8 81.2 24 183 6.4 5.4 3.5
2 San Francisco 49ers 16 325 522 62.3 3997 29 5.6 12 2.3 97 7.7 7.2 12.3 249.8 94.8 24 170 7.0 6.6 4.4
3 Miami Dolphins 16 327 563 58.1 3889 26 4.6 14 2.5 54 6.9 6.3 11.9 243.1 84.3 28 188 6.3 5.6 4.7
4 Buffalo Bills 16 332 516 64.3 3871 39 7.6 19 3.7 77 7.5 6.6 11.7 241.9 96.8 35 269 6.5 5.7 6.4
5 Washington Redskins 16 261 447 58.4 3692 30 6.7 11 2.5 82 8.3 7.8 14.1 230.8 97.3 9 79 7.9 7.5 2.0
6 Atlanta Falcons 16 260 499 52.1 3449 30 6.0 22 4.4 80 6.9 5.5 13.3 215.6 76.0 31 185 6.2 4.9 5.8
7 Los Angeles Rams 16 289 518 55.8 3410 13 2.5 20 3.9 78 6.6 5.1 11.8 213.1 68.3 30 200 5.9 4.5 5.5
8 Dallas Cowboys 16 305 500 61.0 3390 16 3.2 12 2.4 66 6.8 6.0 11.1 211.9 81.8 38 273 5.8 5.1 7.1
9 Cleveland Browns 16 312 503 62.0 3304 19 3.8 10 2.0 71 6.6 6.1 10.6 206.5 85.4 42 243 5.6 5.1 7.7
10 New Orleans Saints 16 292 506 57.7 3259 20 4.0 15 3.0 65 6.4 5.5 11.2 203.7 77.8 19 160 5.9 5.0 3.6
11 Cincinnati Bengals 16 290 511 56.8 3158 14 2.7 22 4.3 53 6.2 4.5 10.9 197.4 66.3 33 255 5.3 3.8 6.1
12 New York Jets 16 295 503 58.6 3156 12 2.4 12 2.4 53 6.3 5.4 10.7 197.3 75.1 33 273 5.4 4.6 6.2
13 Chicago Bears 16 286 497 57.5 3120 16 3.2 17 3.4 84 6.3 5.1 10.9 195.0 72.7 26 172 5.6 4.5 5.0
14 Seattle Seahawks 16 290 488 59.4 3108 15 3.1 26 5.3 60 6.4 4.3 10.7 194.3 66.2 42 263 5.4 3.4 7.9
15 Kansas City Chiefs 16 284 479 59.3 3104 19 4.0 14 2.9 63 6.5 5.6 10.9 194.0 79.5 21 177 5.9 5.0 4.2
16 New England Patriots 16 284 481 59.0 3006 11 2.3 22 4.6 60 6.2 4.4 10.6 187.9 65.9 63 436 4.7 3.1 11.6
17 Denver Broncos 16 246 459 53.6 2997 13 2.8 12 2.6 71 6.5 5.6 12.2 187.3 72.5 46 313 5.3 4.5 9.1
18 Pittsburgh Steelers 16 259 476 54.4 2954 20 4.2 16 3.4 89 6.2 5.1 11.4 184.6 73.3 45 359 5.0 4.0 8.6
19 Green Bay Packers 16 272 514 52.9 2943 17 3.3 19 3.7 75 5.7 4.4 10.8 183.9 65.7 45 270 4.8 3.6 8.1
20 Philadelphia Eagles 16 285 513 55.6 2906 17 3.3 27 5.3 75 5.7 3.6 10.2 181.6 61.1 45 263 4.7 2.9 8.1
21 Minnesota Vikings 16 284 477 59.5 2883 16 3.4 16 3.4 50 6.0 4.9 10.2 180.2 74.1 28 133 5.4 4.3 5.5
22 Detroit Lions 16 252 459 54.9 2858 16 3.5 17 3.7 73 6.2 4.9 11.3 178.6 70.0 25 116 5.7 4.4 5.2
23 New York Giants 16 261 428 61.0 2844 13 3.0 8 1.9 55 6.6 6.1 10.9 177.8 82.9 36 181 5.7 5.2 7.8
24 San Diego Chargers 16 272 511 53.2 2747 13 2.5 16 3.1 58 5.4 4.2 10.1 171.7 64.3 35 236 4.6 3.5 6.4
25 Los Angeles Raiders 16 220 414 53.1 2719 20 4.8 18 4.3 80 6.6 5.1 12.4 169.9 71.7 33 258 5.5 4.1 7.4
26 Phoenix Cardinals 16 254 492 51.6 2667 10 2.0 25 5.1 62 5.4 3.3 10.5 166.7 53.3 43 372 4.3 2.4 8.0
27 Indianapolis Colts 16 305 512 59.6 2579 10 2.0 16 3.1 49 5.0 3.8 8.5 161.2 66.2 57 487 3.7 2.6 10.0
28 Tampa Bay Buccaneers 16 250 495 50.5 2572 13 2.6 29 5.9 87 5.2 2.8 10.3 160.8 50.2 56 383 4.0 1.8 10.2
Avg Team 285.8 498.2 57.4 3185.8 18.3 3.7 17.4 3.5 69 6.4 5.2 11.1 199.1 74.2 35.4 246.3 5.5 4.4 6.6
League Total 8003 13950 57.4 89203 511 3.7 488 3.5 97 6.4 5.2 11.1 5575.2 74.2 992 6897 5.5 4.4 6.6
Avg Tm/G 17.9 31.1 57.4 199.1 1.1 3.7 1.1 3.5 6.4 5.2 11.1 199.1 74.2 2.2 15.4 5.5 4.4 6.6

Rushing Offense

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Rk Tm G Att Yds TD Lng Y/A Y/G Fmb
1 Buffalo Bills 16 505 2381 16 78 4.7 148.8 25
2 San Diego Chargers 16 464 2248 16 63 4.8 140.5 24
3 Kansas City Chiefs 16 521 2217 14 48 4.3 138.6 22
4 Minnesota Vikings 16 464 2201 18 71 4.7 137.6 21
5 New York Jets 16 523 2160 17 58 4.1 135.0 28
6 New York Giants 16 487 2064 16 47 4.2 129.0 33
7 Washington Redskins 16 540 2049 21 65 3.8 128.1 26
8 Denver Broncos 16 507 2015 16 63 4.0 125.9 31
9 Chicago Bears 16 502 1949 18 42 3.9 121.8 25
10 Detroit Lions 16 454 1930 19 69 4.3 120.6 25
11 San Francisco 49ers 16 440 1861 19 53 4.2 116.3 33
12 Cincinnati Bengals 16 449 1811 11 75 4.0 113.2 31
13 Dallas Cowboys 16 433 1711 15 75 4.0 106.9 23
14 New Orleans Saints 16 483 1709 15 65 3.5 106.8 24
15 Los Angeles Raiders 16 446 1706 8 26 3.8 106.6 20
16 Atlanta Falcons 16 410 1664 6 36 4.1 104.0 19
17 Pittsburgh Steelers 16 394 1627 8 56 4.1 101.7 37
18 New England Patriots 16 433 1467 9 24 3.4 91.7 34
19 Tampa Bay Buccaneers 16 371 1429 9 64 3.9 89.3 30
20 Seattle Seahawks 16 394 1426 11 42 3.6 89.1 26
21 Philadelphia Eagles 16 446 1396 8 28 3.1 87.3 34
22 Green Bay Packers 16 381 1389 12 48 3.6 86.8 41
23 Houston Oilers 16 331 1366 16 39 4.1 85.4 33
24 Cleveland Browns 16 389 1360 12 52 3.5 85.0 18
25 Miami Dolphins 16 379 1352 8 24 3.6 84.5 23
26 Phoenix Cardinals 16 391 1295 6 22 3.3 80.9 31
27 Los Angeles Rams 16 388 1285 11 36 3.3 80.3 32
28 Indianapolis Colts 16 354 1169 3 44 3.3 73.1 31
Avg Team 438.5 1722.8 12.8 50 3.9 107.7 27.9
League Total 12279 48237 358 78 3.9 3014.8 780
Avg Tm/G 27.4 107.7 0.8 3.9 107.7 1.7

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 Pittsburgh Steelers 16 39 373 1 40 9.6 67 1314 0 54 19.6 6268
2 Green Bay Packers 16 41 396 0 62 9.7 60 1197 1 82 20.0 5925
3 Philadelphia Eagles 16 53 416 0 40 7.8 47 764 0 33 16.3 5482
4 Tampa Bay Buccaneers 16 39 361 0 33 9.3 60 1047 0 43 17.5 5409
5 Seattle Seahawks 16 38 325 1 59 8.6 60 1280 0 55 21.3 6139
6 Cincinnati Bengals 16 29 280 1 78 9.7 69 1225 0 63 17.8 6474
7 Los Angeles Rams 16 37 320 0 29 8.6 59 1070 0 48 18.1 6085
8 Washington Redskins 16 46 610 2 69 13.3 49 926 0 46 18.9 7277
9 New Orleans Saints 16 44 317 0 52 7.2 50 879 0 34 17.6 6164
10 Phoenix Cardinals 16 41 307 0 19 7.5 52 972 0 39 18.7 5241
11 San Francisco 49ers 16 42 320 0 24 7.6 50 1028 1 98 20.6 7206
12 Chicago Bears 16 47 340 0 37 7.2 45 763 0 31 17.0 6172
13 San Diego Chargers 16 33 328 0 48 9.9 55 1171 1 95 21.3 6494
14 Atlanta Falcons 16 35 286 0 23 8.2 52 997 1 100 19.2 6396
15 New England Patriots 16 31 211 0 39 6.8 56 1108 1 99 19.8 5792
16 Cleveland Browns 16 31 251 0 30 8.1 55 888 0 36 16.1 5803
17 New York Giants 16 36 336 1 70 9.3 50 917 0 51 18.3 6161
18 Detroit Lions 16 26 385 1 78 14.8 57 1170 0 71 20.5 6343
19 Houston Oilers 16 36 244 0 29 6.8 46 835 0 41 18.2 7066
20 Kansas City Chiefs 16 34 258 0 25 7.6 48 978 0 76 20.4 6557
21 Indianapolis Colts 16 27 171 0 22 6.3 55 1061 1 88 19.3 4980
22 New York Jets 16 23 157 0 25 6.8 58 1003 0 53 17.3 6476
23 Los Angeles Raiders 16 29 330 1 75 11.4 52 928 0 37 17.8 5683
24 Dallas Cowboys 16 29 309 1 85 10.7 52 1127 1 102 21.7 6537
25 Miami Dolphins 16 30 258 0 32 8.6 50 890 0 49 17.8 6389
26 Denver Broncos 16 41 284 0 20 6.9 37 687 0 55 18.6 5983
27 Buffalo Bills 16 26 281 0 59 10.8 52 970 1 91 18.7 7503
28 Minnesota Vikings 16 30 225 0 44 7.5 44 899 0 50 20.4 6208
Avg Team 35.5 310.0 0.3 45 8.7 53.1 1003.4 0.3 61 18.9 6221.9
League Total 993 8679 9 85 8.7 1487 28094 8 102 18.9 174213
Avg Tm/G 2.2 19.4 0.0 8.7 3.3 62.7 0.0 18.9 388.9

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 New Orleans Saints 16 6 6 13 11 9 6 4 2 32 25 78.1% 38 38 100.0% 87 3741 61 1 43.0
2 Washington Redskins 16 9 9 12 10 17 10 5 2 43 31 72.1% 56 56 100.0% 55 2068 61 3 37.6
3 Atlanta Falcons 16 12 11 4 4 8 5 2 1 26 21 80.8% 42 40 95.2% 82 3493 60 0 42.6
4 Philadelphia Eagles 16 2 2 8 8 10 9 10 8 3 1 33 28 84.8% 29 27 93.1% 88 3643 77 1 41.4
5 Detroit Lions 16 1 1 4 3 10 8 9 5 4 2 28 19 67.9% 40 40 100.0% 75 3090 63 0 41.2
6 Denver Broncos 16 5 5 10 10 12 9 9 3 36 27 75.0% 32 31 96.9% 74 3049 71 1 41.2
7 Green Bay Packers 16 9 9 5 4 9 4 1 1 24 18 75.0% 31 31 100.0% 86 3474 62 0 40.4
8 Buffalo Bills 16 1 1 8 7 7 3 9 5 4 2 29 18 62.1% 58 56 96.6% 54 2084 58 0 38.6
9 Pittsburgh Steelers 16 10 8 11 9 6 5 6 1 33 23 69.7% 31 31 100.0% 75 2992 63