Best of 1980's Defense Defense Run Yards Ave TD Pass Comp Comp% Yards Ave Int Int% TD TD% Rate Run/G Pass/G Tot/G Play 85 Chicago 371 1096 3.0 5 488 274 56.1 2835 5.8 28 5.7 11 2.3 60.9 68.5 177.2 245.7 4.2 81 Cincinnati 438 1748 4.0 12 422 221 52.4 2220 5.3 15 3.6 9 2.1 64.5 109.3 138.8 248.0 4.3 86 N.Y. Giants 476 1498 3.1 14 427 237 55.5 2907 6.8 14 3.3 14 3.3 77.7 93.6 181.7 275.3 4.6 80 Buffalo 525 1789 3.4 16 389 238 61.2 2665 6.9 18 4.6 17 4.4 80.6 111.8 166.6 278.4 4.6 83 L.A. Raiders 474 1786 3.8 12 500 271 54.2 2764 5.5 22 4.4 23 4.6 71.0 111.6 172.8 284.4 4.4 89 San Fran 421 1529 3.6 9 501 286 57.1 3120 6.2 22 4.4 24 4.8 75.9 95.6 195.0 290.6 4.8 88 Minnesota 453 1481 3.3 12 562 306 54.4 3248 5.8 27 4.8 13 2.3 61.3 92.6 203.0 295.6 4.5 80 Philadelphia 446 1416 3.2 7 551 314 57.0 3334 6.1 23 4.2 22 4.0 73.8 88.5 208.4 296.9 4.5 80 Atlanta 442 1649 3.7 16 426 274 64.3 3179 7.5 14 3.3 22 5.2 93.2 103.1 198.7 301.8 5.3 84 San Fran 471 1805 3.8 14 471 272 57.7 3041 6.5 17 3.6 17 3.6 77.5 112.8 190.1 302.9 4.9 85 New England 536 2211 4.1 22 408 250 61.3 2728 6.7 17 4.2 18 4.4 81.0 138.2 170.5 308.7 5.0 86 Kansas City 521 1808 3.5 8 471 267 56.7 3204 6.8 18 3.8 20 4.2 79.3 113.0 200.3 313.3 4.8 83 Detroit 547 2286 4.2 16 460 260 56.5 2869 6.2 10 2.2 23 5.0 86.3 142.9 179.3 322.2 4.8 86 Denver 482 1697 3.5 8 525 295 56.2 3484 6.6 17 3.2 32 6.1 86.6 106.1 217.8 323.8 4.9 81 Tampa Bay 491 1690 3.4 11 514 300 58.4 3539 6.9 26 5.1 22 4.3 74.5 105.6 221.2 326.8 5.0 86 Cleveland 529 1999 3.8 15 483 281 58.2 3291 6.8 17 3.5 18 3.7 79.1 124.9 205.7 330.6 5.0 83 Washington 488 1740 3.6 15 489 311 63.6 3584 7.3 23 4.7 19 3.9 82.2 108.8 224.0 332.8 5.1 80 Dallas 498 1846 3.7 16 443 287 64.8 3484 7.9 22 5.0 25 5.6 89.7 115.4 217.8 333.1 5.4 88 Houston 549 1813 3.3 18 407 251 61.7 3538 8.7 17 4.2 24 5.9 94.7 113.3 221.1 334.4 5.4 88 L.A. Rams 531 2230 4.2 20 427 263 61.6 3164 7.4 13 3.0 27 6.3 96.0 139.4 197.8 337.1 5.3 84 St. Louis 567 2214 3.9 27 401 261 65.1 3256 8.1 21 5.2 25 6.2 92.0 138.4 203.5 341.9 5.4 84 Miami 546 2778 5.1 20 454 251 55.3 2746 6.0 16 3.5 20 4.4 76.5 173.6 171.6 345.3 5.2 85 N.Y. Jets 500 1536 3.1 15 464 300 64.7 4005 8.6 16 3.4 25 5.4 98.6 96.0 250.3 346.3 5.5 89 Green Bay 566 2109 3.7 20 408 263 64.5 3484 8.5 17 4.2 34 8.3 104.4 131.8 217.8 349.6 5.5 88 Indianapolis 539 1983 3.7 14 462 275 59.5 3665 7.9 12 2.6 27 5.8 95.6 123.9 229.1 353.0 5.5 86 Seattle 485 1762 3.6 16 492 314 63.8 4015 8.2 19 3.9 24 4.9 92.1 110.1 250.9 361.1 5.6 84 Pittsburgh 524 2034 3.9 18 455 282 62.0 3794 8.3 21 4.6 30 6.6 94.0 127.1 237.1 364.3 5.7 88 Cincinnati 482 1925 4.0 12 515 297 57.7 3994 7.8 22 4.3 28 5.4 85.0 120.3 249.6 369.9 5.7 88 New Orleans 532 2052 3.9 19 483 303 62.7 3959 8.2 15 3.1 33 6.8 100.8 128.3 247.4 375.7 5.7 81 San Diego 471 1775 3.8 12 523 337 64.4 4285 8.2 18 3.4 35 6.7 101.0 110.9 267.8 378.8 5.8 14901 3.7 14021 59.5 7.1 4.0 4.9 115.2 322.3 55285 439 8341 99401 557 681 80.8 207.1 5.1 Net Yards Net Yards/Game Points 1 85 Chicago 3931 1 85 Chicago 245.7 1 85 Chicago 174 2 81 Cincinnati 3968 2 81 Cincinnati 248.0 2 81 Cincinnati 205 3 86 N.Y. Giant 4405 3 86 N.Y. Giant 275.3 3 88 Minnesota 237 4 80 Buffalo 4454 4 80 Buffalo 278.4 4 86 N.Y. Giant 260 5 83 L.A. Raide 4550 5 83 L.A. Raide 284.4 5 83 Washington 279 Points/Game Rushing Attempts Rushing Yards 1 85 Chicago 10.9 1 85 Chicago 371 1 85 Chicago 1096 2 81 Cincinnati 12.8 2 89 San Fran 421 2 80 Philadelph 1416 3 88 Minnesota 14.8 3 81 Cincinnati 438 3 88 Minnesota 1481 4 86 N.Y. Giant 16.3 4 80 Atlanta 442 4 86 N.Y. Giant 1498 5 83 Washington 17.4 5 80 Philadelph 446 5 89 San Fran 1529 Rushing Yards/Game Rushing Touchdowns Rushing Average 1 85 Chicago 68.5 1 85 Chicago 5 1 85 Chicago 3.0 2 80 Philadelph 88.5 2 80 Philadelph 7 2 85 N.Y. Jets 3.1 3 88 Minnesota 92.6 3 86 Denver 8 3 86 N.Y. Giant 3.1 4 86 N.Y. Giant 93.6 4 86 Kansas Cit 8 4 80 Philadelph 3.2 5 89 San Fran 95.6 5 89 San Fran 9 5 88 Minnesota 3.3 Rushing Touchdown% Pass Attempts Pass Completions 1 85 Chicago 1.3 1 80 Buffalo 389 1 81 Cincinnati 221 2 86 Kansas Cit 1.5 2 84 St. Louis 401 2 86 N.Y. Giant 237 3 80 Philadelph 1.6 3 88 Houston 407 3 80 Buffalo 238 4 86 Denver 1.7 4 89 Green Bay 408 4 85 New Englan 250 5 89 San Fran 2.1 5 85 New Englan 408 5 88 Houston 251 Passing Yards Pass Yards/Game Passing Int's 1 81 Cincinnati 2220 1 81 Cincinnati 138.8 1 85 Chicago 28 2 80 Buffalo 2665 2 80 Buffalo 166.6 2 88 Minnesota 27 3 85 New Englan 2728 3 85 New Englan 170.5 3 81 Tampa Bay 26 4 84 Miami 2746 4 84 Miami 171.6 4 80 Philadelph 23 5 83 L.A. Raide 2764 5 83 L.A. Raide 172.8 5 83 Washington 23 Passing TD's Yards/Pass Attempt Yards/Completion 1 81 Cincinnati 9 1 88 Minnesota 6.3 1 88 Minnesota 11.5 2 85 Chicago 11 2 81 Cincinnati 6.4 2 83 L.A. Raide 11.9 3 88 Minnesota 13 3 83 L.A. Raide 6.4 3 80 Philadelph 11.9 4 86 N.Y. Giant 14 4 80 Philadelph 6.8 4 85 New Englan 12.0 5 80 Buffalo 17 5 84 Miami 6.8 5 89 San Fran 12.0 Passing Comp% Passing Int% Passing TD% 1 81 Cincinnati 52.4 1 85 Chicago 5.7 1 81 Cincinnati 2.1 2 83 L.A. Raide 54.2 2 84 St. Louis 5.2 2 85 Chicago 2.3 3 88 Minnesota 54.4 3 81 Tampa Bay 5.1 3 88 Minnesota 2.3 4 84 Miami 55.3 4 80 Dallas 5.0 4 86 N.Y. Giant 3.3 5 86 N.Y. Giant 55.5 5 88 Minnesota 4.8 5 84 San Fran 3.6 Sacks Sack% Passing Rating 1 85 Chicago 69 1 81 Cincinnati 13.0 1 85 Chicago 60.9 2 81 Cincinnati 63 2 85 Chicago 12.4 2 88 Minnesota 61.3 3 80 Philadelph 63 3 86 N.Y. Giant 11.2 3 81 Cincinnati 64.5 4 83 L.A. Raide 61 4 80 Buffalo 11.2 4 83 L.A. Raide 71.0 5 86 Denver 59 5 84 Miami 11.2 5 80 Philadelph 73.8 First Downs Fumbles Penalties 1 85 Chicago 210 1 81 Cincinnati 40 1 89 Green Bay 66 2 81 Cincinnati 242 2 83 Washington 38 2 88 Houston 72 3 86 N.Y. Giant 245 3 88 Minnesota 36 3 83 L.A. Raide 72 4 80 Buffalo 264 4 83 Detroit 33 4 83 Washington 73 5 86 Kansas Cit 266 5 81 San Diego 32 5 84 Miami 74