1976 NFL Opposition & Defensive Statistics

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Super Bowl Champion: Oakland Raiders

AP MVP: Bert Jones

AP Offensive Rookie of the Year: Sammy White

AP Defensive Rookie of the Year: Mike Haynes

AP Offensive Player of the Year: Bert Jones

AP Defensive Player of the Year: Jack Lambert

Passing Leader: Bert Jones, 3104 Yds

Rushing Leader: O.J. Simpson, 1503 Yds

Receiving Leader: Roger Carr, 1112 Yds

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Team Defense

Team Defense Table
					Tot Yds & TO					Passing							Rushing					Penalties
Rk	Tm	G	PA	Yds	Ply	Y/P	TO	FL	1stD	Cmp	Att	Yds	TD	Int	NY/A	1stD	Att	Yds	TD	Y/A	1stD	Pen	Yds	1stPy	Sc%	TO%
1	Pittsburgh Steelers	14	138	3323	866	3.8	46	24	182	158	373	1866	9	22	4.5	96	452	1457	5	3.2	69	80	630	17
2	Minnesota Vikings	14	176	3671	855	4.3	32	13	207	158	323	1575	8	19	4.3	91	487	2096	14	4.3	103	76	653	13
3	San Francisco 49ers	14	190	3562	922	3.9	25	16	218	180	374	1776	13	9	4.1	102	487	1786	10	3.7	94	94	906	22
4	Los Angeles Rams	14	190	3656	871	4.2	48	16	213	199	397	2092	11	32	4.7	118	429	1564	11	3.6	79	82	747	16
5	Dallas Cowboys	14	194	3730	919	4.1	28	12	246	187	391	1909	12	16	4.4	111	484	1821	12	3.8	113	71	643	22
6	Denver Broncos	14	206	3734	919	4.1	37	13	222	214	391	2025	8	24	4.8	104	496	1709	14	3.4	90	88	715	28
7	Cincinnati Bengals	14	210	3670	930	3.9	41	15	234	177	364	1758	13	26	4.3	103	520	1912	11	3.7	116	90	768	15
8	Chicago Bears	14	216	4201	972	4.3	47	23	250	200	401	2217	15	24	4.9	128	522	1984	10	3.8	104	86	699	18
9	Washington Redskins	14	217	4122	953	4.3	47	21	215	146	354	1917	11	26	4.8	91	555	2205	12	4.0	109	95	818	15
10	Detroit Lions	14	220	3587	837	4.3	39	15	191	137	313	1686	11	24	4.9	76	496	1901	13	3.8	94	88	696	21
11	New England Patriots	14	236	4022	946	4.3	50	27	258	229	437	2175	16	23	4.5	134	462	1847	12	4.0	102	83	715	22
12	Oakland Raiders	14	237	4379	913	4.8	25	9	261	197	389	2476	13	16	5.7	138	478	1903	17	4.0	98	96	918	25
13	Baltimore Colts	14	246	4187	866	4.8	36	21	229	192	372	2343	16	15	5.5	126	438	1844	11	4.2	83	89	770	20
14	New York Giants	14	250	4191	921	4.6	27	15	251	189	330	1988	11	12	5.5	119	560	2203	14	3.9	120	104	835	12
15	Miami Dolphins	14	264	5081	892	5.7	29	18	268	195	347	2670	20	11	7.3	131	525	2411	14	4.6	125	94	716	12
16	St. Louis Cardinals	14	267	4089	864	4.7	39	20	239	176	342	2110	13	19	5.7	105	491	1979	19	4.0	111	83	708	23
17	Houston Oilers	14	273	3987	935	4.3	28	17	226	173	345	1915	17	11	4.8	90	540	2072	13	3.8	117	107	963	19
18	San Diego Chargers	14	285	4676	925	5.1	31	11	259	219	386	2628	21	20	6.4	132	516	2048	10	4.0	113	92	823	14
19	Philadelphia Eagles	14	286	4603	955	4.8	24	15	262	237	404	2550	17	9	6.0	129	532	2053	16	3.9	113	105	907	20
20	Cleveland Browns	14	287	3793	869	4.4	32	11	244	225	392	2032	18	21	4.8	111	445	1761	15	4.0	109	89	711	24
21	Green Bay Packers	14	299	4123	943	4.4	26	15	262	196	354	1835	13	11	4.6	107	546	2288	17	4.2	132	104	914	23
22	Atlanta Falcons	14	312	4578	949	4.8	38	20	257	184	340	2001	14	18	5.3	95	574	2577	22	4.5	143	102	868	19
23	New Orleans Saints	14	346	4491	960	4.7	39	27	275	200	367	2202	18	12	5.4	121	554	2289	22	4.1	129	105	883	25
24	Buffalo Bills	14	363	4730	898	5.3	42	23	262	163	337	2265	18	19	6.2	110	533	2465	19	4.6	128	92	704	24
25	Kansas City Chiefs	14	376	5357	952	5.6	43	20	309	215	375	2496	25	23	6.3	132	555	2861	24	5.2	161	88	762	16
26	New York Jets	14	383	4916	972	5.1	32	21	277	204	374	2324	25	11	6.0	127	582	2592	14	4.5	135	87	796	15
27	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	14	412	4801	933	5.1	28	19	284	178	321	2241	19	9	6.5	124	588	2560	23	4.4	136	114	935	24
28	Seattle Seahawks	14	429	5400	1008	5.4	26	11	323	223	367	2524	27	15	6.4	136	614	2876	20	4.7	166	106	926	21
	Avg Team		268.1	4237.9	919.5	4.6	35.2	17.4	247.3	191.1	366.4	2128.4	15.4	17.8	5.3	113.8	516.5	2109.4	14.8	4.1	114.0	92.5	790.3	19.5
	League Total		7508	118660	25745	4.6	985	488	6924	5351	10260	59596	432	497	5.3	3187	14461	59064	414	4.1	3192	2590	22129	545
	Avg Tm/G		19.2	302.7	65.7	4.6	2.5	1.2	17.7	13.7	26.2	152.0	1.1	1.3	5.3	8.1	36.9	150.7	1.1	4.1	8.1	6.6	56.5	1.4

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