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2008 NFL Opposition & Defensive Statistics

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Team Defense

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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 FR 1stPy
1 Tennessee Titans 10 131 2818 634 4.4 164 204 356 1867 5 15 4.9 95 250 951 10 3.8 53 20 5 16
2 Pittsburgh Steelers 10 150 2376 615 3.9 159 206 346 1687 9 10 4.4 105 233 689 4 3.0 42 14 4 12
3 Carolina Panthers 10 155 2930 630 4.7 167 195 338 1854 8 9 5.2 97 271 1076 5 4.0 57 18 9 13
4 Tampa Bay Buccaneers 10 160 2815 587 4.8 149 177 307 1822 13 12 5.6 91 260 993 1 3.8 45 18 6 13
5 New York Giants 10 170 2658 566 4.7 152 174 307 1748 12 14 5.2 90 228 910 4 4.0 46 17 3 16
6 Baltimore Ravens 10 180 2679 560 4.8 147 165 307 1883 12 15 5.8 102 233 796 3 3.4 31 17 2 14
7 Washington Redskins 10 182 2764 571 4.8 160 184 327 1921 10 8 5.6 101 229 843 7 3.7 48 11 3 11
8 Philadelphia Eagles 10 193 2927 642 4.6 165 186 330 1940 13 9 5.3 95 276 987 5 3.6 53 18 9 17
9 New England Patriots 10 194 3084 561 5.5 166 184 282 2044 16 10 6.8 113 260 1040 5 4.0 42 15 5 11
10 Miami Dolphins 10 197 3139 589 5.3 171 190 317 2226 12 7 6.5 99 245 913 5 3.7 55 15 8 17
11 Atlanta Falcons 10 198 3460 611 5.7 186 202 347 2264 13 9 6.2 117 246 1196 11 4.9 60 13 4 9
12 Green Bay Packers 10 209 3237 647 5.0 181 170 330 1763 11 16 5.1 78 300 1474 9 4.9 80 18 2 23
13 Jacksonville Jaguars 10 210 3282 576 5.7 182 184 295 2150 18 9 6.8 102 262 1132 7 4.3 63 13 4 17
14 Buffalo Bills 10 218 3120 614 5.1 181 192 318 2024 7 5 6.1 103 281 1096 13 3.9 69 12 7 9
15 Cleveland Browns 10 221 3683 629 5.9 208 185 296 2190 13 13 7.1 115 319 1493 11 4.7 82 18 5 11
16 New York Jets 10 221 3210 631 5.1 193 228 356 2397 14 9 6.1 134 241 813 7 3.4 46 19 10 13
17 Indianapolis Colts 10 224 3279 635 5.2 200 205 297 1894 2 10 6.1 103 324 1385 15 4.3 82 16 6 15
18 Arizona Cardinals 10 228 2998 571 5.3 174 192 309 2100 19 10 6.3 99 239 898 7 3.8 59 22 12 16
19 Dallas Cowboys 10 229 2936 601 4.9 175 201 323 1880 13 4 5.3 102 249 1056 8 4.2 59 12 8 14
20 San Diego Chargers 10 229 3722 675 5.5 224 271 395 2670 17 6 6.4 139 258 1052 6 4.1 66 10 4 19
21 Chicago Bears 10 231 3367 676 5.0 203 254 405 2493 13 13 5.9 137 254 874 10 3.4 56 21 8 10
22 Minnesota Vikings 10 234 2967 589 5.0 160 208 328 2228 8 6 6.3 105 235 739 9 3.1 45 15 9 10
23 Oakland Raiders 10 235 3592 660 5.4 206 171 291 1947 12 11 6.2 98 345 1645 15 4.8 88 17 6 20
24 Cincinnati Bengals 10 249 3377 653 5.2 194 204 328 2066 14 8 6.1 109 314 1311 12 4.2 72 15 7 13
25 New Orleans Saints 10 249 3462 621 5.6 190 194 342 2352 16 7 6.5 125 261 1110 5 4.3 50 12 5 15
26 Seattle Seahawks 10 257 3807 669 5.7 201 236 353 2652 15 5 7.0 129 292 1155 9 4.0 61 12 7 11
27 Denver Broncos 10 271 3866 650 5.9 207 233 337 2435 14 4 6.8 126 293 1431 13 4.9 71 10 6 10
28 Kansas City Chiefs 10 273 4025 640 6.3 205 204 310 2371 12 10 7.5 121 324 1654 16 5.1 77 21 11 7
29 San Francisco 49ers 10 275 3417 660 5.2 198 217 351 2349 15 10 6.4 115 291 1068 10 3.7 67 13 3 16
30 Houston Texans 10 287 3433 593 5.8 196 182 279 2108 17 6 7.1 105 297 1325 15 4.5 80 9 3 11
31 Detroit Lions 10 308 4017 634 6.3 215 184 278 2302 16 2 7.8 113 339 1715 17 5.1 93 10 8 9
32 St. Louis Rams 10 317 3921 634 6.2 220 180 279 2337 15 6 7.8 106 335 1584 18 4.7 100 13 7 14
Avg Team 221.4 3261.5 619.5 5.3 184.3 198.8 323.9 2123.9 12.6 9.0 6.2 108.4 274.5 1137.6 9.1 4.1 62.4 15.1 6.1 13.5
League Total 7085 104368 19824 5.3 5899 6362 10364 67964 404 288 6.2 3469 8784 36404 292 4.1 1998 484 196 432
Avg Tm/G 22.1 326.2 62.0 5.3 18.4 19.9 32.4 212.4 1.3 0.9 6.2 10.8 27.5 113.8 0.9 4.1 6.2 1.5 0.6 1.4

Passing Defense

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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 Pittsburgh Steelers 10 206 346 59.5 1687 9 2.6 10 2.9 4.9 3.8 8.2 168.7 68.6 36 266 4.4 2.8
2 New York Giants 10 174 307 56.7 1748 12 3.9 14 4.6 5.7 4.0 10.0 174.8 67.1 31 220 5.2 3.0
3 Green Bay Packers 10 170 330 51.5 1763 11 3.3 16 4.8 5.3 3.5 10.4 176.3 58.2 17 102 5.1 3.0
4 Tampa Bay Buccaneers 10 177 307 57.7 1822 13 4.2 12 3.9 5.9 4.6 10.3 182.2 72.7 20 121 5.6 3.9
5 Carolina Panthers 10 195 338 57.7 1854 8 2.4 9 2.7 5.5 4.5 9.5 185.4 69.8 21 146 5.2 3.9
6 Tennessee Titans 10 204 356 57.3 1867 5 1.4 15 4.2 5.2 3.5 9.2 186.7 58.8 28 177 4.9 2.8
7 Dallas Cowboys 10 201 323 62.2 1880 13 4.0 4 1.2 5.8 5.7 9.4 188.0 86.4 29 188 5.3 4.7
8 Baltimore Ravens 10 165 307 53.7 1883 12 3.9 15 4.9 6.1 4.3 11.4 188.3 65.1 20 150 5.8 3.6
9 Indianapolis Colts 10 205 297 69.0 1894 2 0.7 10 3.4 6.4 4.9 9.2 189.4 74.4 14 93 6.1 4.4
10 Washington Redskins 10 184 327 56.3 1921 10 3.1 8 2.4 5.9 5.1 10.4 192.1 73.5 15 89 5.6 4.6
11 Philadelphia Eagles 10 186 330 56.4 1940 13 3.9 9 2.7 5.9 5.0 10.4 194.0 75.3 36 211 5.3 4.0
12 Oakland Raiders 10 171 291 58.8 1947 12 4.1 11 3.8 6.7 5.4 11.4 194.7 76.9 24 151 6.2 4.5
13 Buffalo Bills 10 192 318 60.4 2024 7 2.2 5 1.6 6.4 5.9 10.5 202.4 79.7 15 115 6.1 5.3
14 New England Patriots 10 184 282 65.2 2044 16 5.7 10 3.5 7.2 6.2 11.1 204.4 90.8 19 147 6.8 5.3
15 Cincinnati Bengals 10 204 328 62.2 2066 14 4.3 8 2.4 6.3 5.6 10.1 206.6 84.2 11 81 6.1 5.2
16 Arizona Cardinals 10 192 309 62.1 2100 19 6.1 10 3.2 6.8 6.0 10.9 210.0 89.2 23 147 6.3 5.1
17 Houston Texans 10 182 279 65.2 2108 17 6.1 6 2.2 7.6 7.2 11.6 210.8 99.3 17 102 7.1 6.4
18 Jacksonville Jaguars 10 184 295 62.4 2150 18 6.1 9 3.1 7.3 6.5 11.7 215.0 92.1 19 124 6.8 5.7
19 Cleveland Browns 10 185 296 62.5 2190 13 4.4 13 4.4 7.4 5.9 11.8 219.0 81.3 14 80 7.1 5.3
20 Miami Dolphins 10 190 317 59.9 2226 12 3.8 7 2.2 7.0 6.4 11.7 222.6 84.7 27 145 6.5 5.5
21 Minnesota Vikings 10 208 328 63.4 2228 8 2.4 6 1.8 6.8 6.2 10.7 222.8 83.7 26 174 6.3 5.3
22 Atlanta Falcons 10 202 347 58.2 2264 13 3.7 9 2.6 6.5 5.7 11.2 226.4 79.5 18 101 6.2 5.2
23 Detroit Lions 10 184 278 66.2 2302 16 5.8 2 0.7 8.3 8.5 12.5 230.2 107.9 17 103 7.8 7.7
24 St. Louis Rams 10 180 279 64.5 2337 15 5.4 6 2.2 8.4 7.9 13.0 233.7 99.7 20 138 7.8 7.0
25 San Francisco 49ers 10 217 351 61.8 2349 15 4.3 10 2.8 6.7 5.8 10.8 234.9 83.9 18 91 6.4 5.3
26 New Orleans Saints 10 194 342 56.7 2352 16 4.7 7 2.0 6.9 6.4 12.1 235.2 85.1 18 115 6.5 5.8
27 Kansas City Chiefs 10 204 310 65.8 2371 12 3.9 10 3.2 7.6 6.6 11.6 237.1 88.3 6 38 7.5 6.3
28 New York Jets 10 228 356 64.0 2397 14 3.9 9 2.5 6.7 6.0 10.5 239.7 86.1 34 200 6.1 5.0
29 Denver Broncos 10 233 337 69.1 2435 14 4.2 4 1.2 7.2 7.1 10.5 243.5 98.7 20 115 6.8 6.4
30 Chicago Bears 10 254 405 62.7 2493 13 3.2 13 3.2 6.2 5.0 9.8 249.3 77.3 17 139 5.9 4.5
31 Seattle Seahawks 10 236 353 66.9 2652 15 4.2 5 1.4 7.5 7.3 11.2 265.2 97.4 24 134 7.0 6.5
32 San Diego Chargers 10 271 395 68.6 2670 17 4.3 6 1.5 6.8 6.5 9.9 267.0 95.4 22 106 6.4 5.9
Avg Team 198.8 323.9 61.4 2123.9 12.6 3.9 9.0 2.8 69 6.6 5.7 10.7 212.4 82.0 21.1 134.7 5.8 5.0 6.1
League Total 6362 10364 61.4 67964 404 3.9 288 2.8 96 6.6 5.7 10.7 6796.4 82.0 676 4309 5.8 5.0 6.1
Avg Tm/G 19.9 32.4 61.4 212.4 1.3 3.9 0.9 2.8 6.6 5.7 10.7 212.4 82.0 2.1 13.5 5.8 5.0 6.1

Rushing Defense

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Rk Tm G Att Yds TD Lng Y/A Y/G Fmb
1 Pittsburgh Steelers 10 233 689 4 3.0 68.9
2 Minnesota Vikings 10 235 739 9 3.1 73.9
3 Baltimore Ravens 10 233 796 3 3.4 79.6
4 New York Jets 10 241 813 7 3.4 81.3
5 Washington Redskins 10 229 843 7 3.7 84.3
6 Chicago Bears 10 254 874 10 3.4 87.4
7 Arizona Cardinals 10 239 898 7 3.8 89.8
8 New York Giants 10 228 910 4 4.0 91.0
9 Miami Dolphins 10 245 913 5 3.7 91.3
10 Tennessee Titans 10 250 951 10 3.8 95.1
11 Philadelphia Eagles 10 276 987 5 3.6 98.7
12 Tampa Bay Buccaneers 10 260 993 1 3.8 99.3
13 New England Patriots 10 260 1040 5 4.0 104.0
14 San Diego Chargers 10 258 1052 6 4.1 105.2
15 Dallas Cowboys 10 249 1056 8 4.2 105.6
16 San Francisco 49ers 10 291 1068 10 3.7 106.8
17 Carolina Panthers 10 271 1076 5 4.0 107.6
18 Buffalo Bills 10 281 1096 13 3.9 109.6
19 New Orleans Saints 10 261 1110 5 4.3 111.0
20 Jacksonville Jaguars 10 262 1132 7 4.3 113.2
21 Seattle Seahawks 10 292 1155 9 4.0 115.5
22 Atlanta Falcons 10 246 1196 11 4.9 119.6
23 Cincinnati Bengals 10 314 1311 12 4.2 131.1
24 Houston Texans 10 297 1325 15 4.5 132.5
25 Indianapolis Colts 10 324 1385 15 4.3 138.5
26 Denver Broncos 10 293 1431 13 4.9 143.1
27 Green Bay Packers 10 300 1474 9 4.9 147.4
28 Cleveland Browns 10 319 1493 11 4.7 149.3
29 St. Louis Rams 10 335 1584 18 4.7 158.4
30 Oakland Raiders 10 345 1645 15 4.8 164.5
31 Kansas City Chiefs 10 324 1654 16 5.1 165.4
32 Detroit Lions 10 339 1715 17 5.1 171.5
Avg Team 274.5 1137.6 9.1 51 4.1 113.8 13.1
League Total 8784 36404 292 80 4.1 3640.4 418
Avg Tm/G 27.5 113.8 0.9 4.1 113.8 1.3

Kick & Punt Returns Against

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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 Tennessee Titans 10 21 0 41 1083 0 26.4
2 Miami Dolphins 10 26 2 41 1118 0 27.3
3 New York Jets 10 19 0 50 1105 0 22.1
4 San Diego Chargers 10 13 0 49 1110 0 22.7
5 Indianapolis Colts 10 19 0 39 911 0 23.4
6 New Orleans Saints 10 20 0 44 1053 0 23.9
7 Baltimore Ravens 10 24 0 43 976 1 22.7
8 Denver Broncos 10 20 0 37 968 1 26.2
9 Cleveland Browns 10 19 0 40 918 1 23.0
10 Jacksonville Jaguars 10 23 0 33 669 0 20.3
11 Arizona Cardinals 10 14 0 48 1100 1 22.9
12 New England Patriots 10 7 0 38 939 1 24.7
13 Tampa Bay Buccaneers 10 22 0 46 952 0 20.7
14 New York Giants 10 12 0 57 1227 0 21.5
15 Pittsburgh Steelers 10 26 0 43 835 0 19.4
16 Carolina Panthers 10 29 0 32 750 0 23.4
17 Green Bay Packers 10 19 0 48 1080 0 22.5
18 Atlanta Falcons 10 10 0 48 1063 0 22.1
19 Washington Redskins 10 24 2 39 769 0 19.7
20 Detroit Lions 10 30 1 34 716 0 21.1
21 Kansas City Chiefs 10 28 0 38 963 1 25.3
22 Dallas Cowboys 10 27 0 42 942 1 22.4
23 Cincinnati Bengals 10 31 1 29 644 0 22.2
24 Minnesota Vikings 10 27 4 47 1053 0 22.4
25 Houston Texans 10 13 0 43 968 0 22.5
26 San Francisco 49ers 10 23 0 43 1012 0 23.5
27 Buffalo Bills 10 13 0 36 780 0 21.7
28 Chicago Bears 10 21 0 44 1007 0 22.9
29 Seattle Seahawks 10 32 1 30 734 0 24.5
30 St. Louis Rams 10 42 0 31 763 0 24.6
31 Philadelphia Eagles 10 27 0 48 1157 1 24.1
32 Oakland Raiders 10 31 0 25 619 0 24.8
Avg Team 22.3 213.7 0.3 42 9.6 40.8 937.0 0.3 65 23.0 4412.2
League Total 712 6839 11 93 9.6 1306 29984 8 104 23.0 141191
Avg Tm/G 2.2 21.4 0.0 9.6 4.1 93.7 0.0 23.0 441.2

Kicking & Punting Against

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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 Houston Texans 10 17 15 88.2% 32 32 100.0% 39 181 4.6
2 New England Patriots 10 15 13 86.7% 21 21 100.0% 46 207 4.5
3 Indianapolis Colts 10 28 25 89.3% 19 19 100.0% 29 132 4.6
4 San Diego Chargers 10 23 18 78.3% 22 19 86.4% 38 168 4.4
5 Denver Broncos 10 25 22 88.0% 27 27 100.0% 34 156 4.6
6 Arizona Cardinals 10 14 11 78.6% 25 25 100.0% 41 185 4.5
7 Jacksonville Jaguars 10 13 12 92.3% 24 24 100.0% 47 204 4.3
8 San Francisco 49ers 10 30 26 86.7% 27 27 100.0% 42 175 4.2
9 New Orleans Saints 10 28 24 85.7% 23 23 100.0% 41 175 4.3
10 Buffalo Bills 10 27 23 85.2% 21 21 100.0% 43 196 4.6
11 New York Jets 10 18 15 83.3% 22 22 100.0% 42 182 4.3
12 Dallas Cowboys 10 24 21 87.5% 22 22 100.0% 42 186 4.4
13 Atlanta Falcons 10 13 10 76.9% 24 24 100.0% 48 216 4.5
14 Pittsburgh Steelers 10 17 16 94.1% 14 14 100.0% 55 238 4.3
15 Washington Redskins 10 16 14 87.5% 19 18 94.7% 56 242 4.3
16 Miami Dolphins 10 20 17 85.0% 18 18 100.0% 41 196 4.8
17 Detroit Lions 10 19 16 84.2% 36 36 100.0% 44 184 4.2
18 Cleveland Browns 10 16 11 68.8% 26 26 100.0% 38 160 4.2
19 New York Giants 10 14 12 85.7% 18 18 100.0% 49 215 4.4
20 St. Louis Rams 10 20 19 95.0% 36 36 100.0% 41 184 4.5
21 Kansas City Chiefs 10 23 21 91.3% 28 28 100.0% 34 153 4.5
22 Baltimore Ravens 10 16 16 100.0% 18 18 100.0% 51 224 4.4
23 Cincinnati Bengals 10 17 16 94.1% 27 27 100.0% 47 201 4.3
24 Tampa Bay Buccaneers 10 20 18 90.0% 14 14 100.0% 52 226 4.3
25 Oakland Raiders 10