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1977 NFL Opposition & Defensive Statistics

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Super Bowl Champion: Dallas Cowboys

AP MVP: Walter Payton

AP Offensive Rookie of the Year: Tony Dorsett

AP Defensive Rookie of the Year: A.J. Duhe

AP Offensive Player of the Year: Walter Payton

AP Defensive Player of the Year: Harvey Martin

Passing Leader: Joe Ferguson, 2803 Yds

Rushing Leader: Walter Payton, 1852 Yds

Receiving Leader: Drew Pearson, 870 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	Atlanta Falcons	14	129	3242	866	3.7	48	22	192	141	320	1384	9	26	3.8	76	504	1858	5	3.7	100	99	860	16
2	Los Angeles Rams	14	146	3575	868	4.1	41	16	203	180	370	1877	11	25	4.6	94	462	1698	7	3.7	90	94	825	19
3	Denver Broncos	14	148	3775	931	4.1	39	14	217	235	426	2244	11	25	4.9	123	470	1531	5	3.3	77	97	718	17
4	Washington Redskins	14	189	4110	962	4.3	33	12	234	167	380	2071	12	21	4.9	102	537	2039	8	3.8	112	100	857	20
5	Miami Dolphins	14	197	3982	901	4.4	33	18	227	226	414	2233	10	15	5.1	117	467	1749	12	3.7	101	82	644	9
6	San Diego Chargers	14	205	3652	882	4.1	31	10	228	172	330	1725	14	21	4.6	105	508	1927	11	3.8	102	87	831	21
7	Philadelphia Eagles	14	207	3793	926	4.1	34	13	216	183	358	1876	14	21	4.6	106	521	1917	10	3.7	95	84	698	15
8	Dallas Cowboys	14	212	3213	880	3.7	31	10	205	154	370	1562	14	21	3.7	94	457	1651	9	3.6	88	78	731	23
9	New England Patriots	14	217	3638	866	4.2	29	10	215	188	356	2033	16	19	4.9	111	452	1605	8	3.6	86	71	610	18
10	Green Bay Packers	14	219	4033	938	4.3	24	11	261	186	319	1719	10	13	4.8	105	582	2314	16	4.0	140	101	799	16
11	Baltimore Colts	14	221	3988	852	4.7	47	17	210	181	382	2190	10	30	5.1	116	423	1798	11	4.3	78	78	618	16
12	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	14	223	3934	949	4.1	41	18	241	191	338	1903	10	23	5.2	106	581	2031	13	3.5	124	87	714	11
13	Minnesota Vikings	14	227	3799	890	4.3	29	13	212	149	312	1581	15	16	4.6	80	548	2218	11	4.0	119	82	688	13
14	Oakland Raiders	14	230	3976	810	4.9	47	21	204	177	367	2222	17	26	5.5	105	408	1754	7	4.3	86	82	717	13
15	Houston Oilers	14	230	3957	933	4.2	54	28	247	192	379	2142	12	26	5.2	124	522	1815	11	3.5	103	97	791	20
16	Cincinnati Bengals	14	235	4124	901	4.6	39	23	253	196	351	2227	14	16	5.9	113	525	1897	15	3.6	113	103	788	27
17	Pittsburgh Steelers	14	243	3692	882	4.2	44	13	228	157	357	1969	16	31	5.1	112	493	1723	9	3.5	80	82	784	36
18	Detroit Lions	14	252	3772	855	4.4	35	16	206	161	302	1867	14	19	5.6	103	521	1905	13	3.7	93	88	770	10
19	Chicago Bears	14	253	4285	948	4.5	31	13	241	182	377	2127	7	18	5.3	106	544	2158	14	4.0	124	83	731	11
20	San Francisco 49ers	14	260	3457	863	4.0	18	10	221	139	270	1588	14	8	5.1	94	551	1869	16	3.4	107	96	820	20
21	New York Giants	14	265	3870	884	4.4	32	20	226	185	328	2097	12	12	5.7	110	519	1773	16	3.4	94	106	886	22
22	Cleveland Browns	14	267	4115	895	4.6	39	16	261	184	340	2017	15	23	5.4	116	524	2098	14	4.0	113	117	979	32
23	St. Louis Cardinals	14	287	4504	914	4.9	31	12	258	198	375	2267	22	19	5.7	120	514	2237	11	4.4	122	82	817	16
24	New York Jets	14	300	4648	978	4.8	28	17	283	215	377	2403	23	11	6.0	131	575	2245	14	3.9	137	89	788	15
25	Buffalo Bills	14	313	4453	922	4.8	33	12	260	155	316	2048	17	21	6.2	98	589	2405	21	4.1	134	71	638	28
26	New Orleans Saints	14	336	4622	940	4.9	25	15	272	154	290	1893	15	10	6.0	103	623	2729	21	4.4	153	104	972	16
27	Kansas City Chiefs	14	349	4993	992	5.0	44	23	304	175	333	2022	15	21	5.6	113	634	2971	23	4.7	169	105	929	22
28	Seattle Seahawks	14	373	4818	963	5.0	36	11	295	199	349	2333	19	25	6.4	125	596	2485	21	4.2	152	96	794	18
	Avg Team		240.5	4000.7	906.8	4.4	35.6	15.5	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	90.8	778.5	18.6
	League Total		6733	112020	25391	4.4	996	434	6620	5022	9786	55620	388	562	5.2	3008	14650	56400	352	3.8	3092	2541	21797	520
	Avg Tm/G		17.2	285.8	64.8	4.4	2.5	1.1	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	6.5	55.6	1.3

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