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Defense Season-By-Season Statistics (since 1955)

Year
G
Rush
Att.
Rush
Yds
Rush
YPG
Rush
TD
Pass
Yds
Pass
YPG
Pass
Att-Comp-Int
Pass
TD
Total
Yds
Total
YPG
Total
Points
Pts/
Game
TDs
FG-ATT
First
Downs
1955
9
437
1673
185.9
--
946
105.1
134-65-17
7
2619
291.0
172
19.1
--
--
--
1956
9
474
1801
200.1
--
651
72.3
102-47-9
2
2452
272.4
87
9.7
13
0-4
130
1957
9
484
2050
227.8
--
906
100.7
137-63-12
8
2956
328.4
188
20.9
--
--
--
1958
9
616
1749
194.3
--
1109
123.2
172-76-15
6
2858
317.5
157
17.4
--
--
143
1959
9
427
1471
163.4
--
738
82.0
113-54-11
6
2209
245.4
159
17.7
--
--
107
Year
G
Rush
Att.
Rush
Yds
Rush
YPG
Rush
TD
Pass
Yds
Pass
YPG
Pass
Att-Comp-Int
Pass
TD
Total
Yds
Total
YPG
Total
Points
Pts/
Game
TDs
FG-ATT
First
Downs
1960
9
380
1043
115.9
--
759
84.3
146-60-18
2
1802
200.2
88
9.8
--
--
105
1961
9
365
759
84.3
--
1039
115.4
164-69-11
4
1798
199.8
75
8.3
--
--
102
1962
9
362
470
52.2
--
1034
114.9
206-89-13
5
1505
167.2
61
6.8
--
--
101
1963
9
415
1282
142.4
--
825
91.7
140-63-11
7
2107
234.1
117
13.0
--
--
113
1964
9
411
1284
142.7
--
1402
155.8
214-104-13
8
2686
298.4
131
14.6
--
--
146
1965
10
510
1652
165.2
--
1154
115.4
210-104-17
6
2806
280.6
160
16.0
--
--
174
1966
10
433
1342
134.2
--
909
90.9
181-86-9
8
2251
225.1
160
16.0
--
--
168
1967
10
444
1404
140.4
--
1525
152.5
262-125-17
4
2929
292.9
106
10.6
--
--
171
1968
10
598
2009
200.9
17
1363
136.3
245-112-12
9
3372
337.2
190
19.0
26
--
201
1969
10
571
2145
214.5
20
1702
170.2
233-111-16
13
3847
384.7
260
26.0
36
3-9
206
Year
G
Rush
Att.
Rush
Yds
Rush
YPG
Rush
TD
Pass
Yds
Pass
YPG
Pass
Att-Comp-Int
Pass
TD
Total
Yds
Total
YPG
Total
Points
Pts/
Game
TDs
FG-ATT
First
Downs
1970
10
614
2568
256.8
30
1335
133.5
234-93-26
5
3903
390.3
237
23.7
35
0-9
229
1971
11
599
2341
212.8
39
1674
152.2
212-109-11
12
4015
365.0
278
25.3
39
3-12
215
1972
11
581
2423
220.3
20
1291
117.4
183-89-11
8
3714
337.7
304
27.6
40
8-12
204
1973
11
547
2043
185.7
22
1669
151.7
231-114-10
14
3712
337.4
295
26.8
39
8-15
201
1974
11
617
3047
277.0
33
1489
135.4
177-97-6
13
1489
135.4
332
30.2
47
3-8
239
1975
11
582
2500
227.3
23
1017
92.4
182-78-12
1
3517
319.7
192
17.5
25
6-10
198
1976
11
557
2404
218.5
18
1345
122.3
201-97-13
8
3749
340.8
211
19.2
26
10-13
200
1977
11
536
2126
193.3
12
1185
107.1
153-71-15
7
3221
292.8
170
15.5
20
11-15
168
1978
11
548
2422
189.0
14
1630
148.0
225-115-13
14
3715
337.0
267
24.3
37
4-9
191
1979
11
537
2580
234.5
25
1586
144.2
238-119-13
11
4166
378.7
271
24.6
37
4-8
227
Year
G
Rush
Att.
Rush
Yds
Rush
YPG
Rush
TD
Pass
Yds
Pass
YPG
Pass
Att-Comp-Int
Pass
TD
Total
Yds
Total
YPG
Total
Points
Pts/
Game
TDs
FG-ATT
First
Downs
1980
11
470
1644
149.5
17
1796
163.3
295-140-11
13
3440
312.7
250
22.7
30
14-22
195
1981
11
464
1728
157.1
15
2247
204.3
312-161-11
17
3975
361.4
264
24.0
33
11-20
204
1982
11
529
2121
192.8
20
1767
160.6
244-135-8
13
3888
353.5
295
26.8
35
15-20
210
1983
11
516
2949
268.1
44
2002
182.0
250-136-12
20
4951
450.1
518
47.1
64
14-20
219
1984
11
528
2369
215.4
23
2277
207.0
293-182-4
16
4646
422.4
316
28.7
40
12-18
251
1985
11
494
1784
162.2
17
1979
179.9
292-161-8
10
3763
342.1
227
20.6
28
12-18
215
1986
11
477
1749
159.0
22
2187
198.8
300-173-17
12
3936
357.8
295
26.8
37
13-19
217
1987
11
483
2019
183.5
20
2112
192.0
310-175-13
12
4131
375.5
262
23.8
32
--
229
1988
11
551
2184
198.5
16
2008
182.5
233-142-11
11
4192
381.1
246
22.4
29
16-27
231
1989
11
480
2023
183.9
23
2427
220.6
291-170-18
14
4450
404.5
283
25.7
37
7-13
238
Year
G
Rush
Att.
Rush
Yds
Rush
YPG
Rush
TD
Pass
Yds
Pass
YPG
Pass
Att-Comp-Int
Pass
TD
Total
Yds
Total
YPG
Total
Points
Pts/
Game
TDs
FG-ATT
First
Downs
1990
11
456
1863
169.3
23
2127
193.4
304-170-16
13
3990
362.7
285
25.9
37
7-13
238
1991
11
471
2265
205.9
26
1887
171.5
256-150-10
7
4152
377.5
302
27.5
34
12-19
228
1992
11
493
1998
181.6
22
2441
221.9
286-170-7
16
4439
403.5
313
28.5
39
14-20
227
1993
11
464
1697
154.3
27
2894
263.1
394-212-18
15
4591
417.4
354
32.2
42
20-32
254
1994
11
447
1959
178.1
24
2480
225.4
317-179-11
19
4439
403.5
348
31.6
46
9-15
222
1995
11
454
2298
208.9
25
2575
234.1
289-171-10
19
4873
443.0
368
33.5
46
13-18
229
1996
11
549
2712
246.5
27
1792
162.9
208-119-12
13
4504
409.5
340
30.9
42
15-25
223
1997
12
491
1607
133.9
16
2812
234.3
344-194-9
21
4419
368.3
334
27.8
40
19-25
219
1998
11
433
1141
103.7
12
2699
245.4
374-203-12
15
3840
349.1
249
22.6
28
16-26
206
1999
12
491
1682
140.2
13
2153
179.4
383-179-8
10
3835
319.6
196
16.3
23
12-18
216
Year
G
Rush
Att.
Rush
Yds
Rush
YPG
Rush
TD
Pass
Yds
Pass
YPG
Pass
Att-Comp-Int
Pass
TD
Total
Yds
Total
YPG
Total
Points
Pts/
Game
TDs
FG-ATT
First
Downs
2000
12
492
1993
166.1
23
2437
203.1
375-196-8
17
4430
369.2
318
26.5
41
12-16
242
2001
11
482
2218
201.6
19
2456
223.3
337-199-8
16
4674
424.9
299
27.2
37
13-19
251
2002
13
534
2298
176.8
28
2332
178.6
367-203-7
12
4620
355.4
319
24.5
42
7-15
249
2003
13
452
1595
122.7
18
2830
217.7
454-268-11
14
4425
340.4
285
21.9
34
16-20
258
2004
12
424
1568
130.7
13
3192
266.0
451-271-12
17
4760
396.7
273
22.8
32
16-22
254
2005
12
428
1867
155.6
21
3085
257.1
410-233-8
19
4952
412.7
348
29.0
44
13-20
251
2006
13
485
2056
158.2
19
3487
268.2
434-270-17
24
5543
426.4
338
26.0
45
9-16
291
2007
12
433
2752
229.3
25
3472
289.3
430-275-7
25
6224
518.7
440
36.7
55
19-30
289
2008
13
458
1863
143.3
13
3124
240.3
415-245-15
21
4987
383.6
322
24.8
37
20-27
253
2009
13
513
1972
151.7
19
2827
217.5
401-233-12
15
4799
369.2
309
23.8
37
17-24
252
2010
12
436
2297
191.4
29
2409
200.8
280-182-11
21
4706
392.2
396
33.0
54
8-13
229
Year
G
Rush
Att.
Rush
Yds
Rush
YPG
Rush
TD
Pass
Yds
Pass
YPG
Pass
Att-Comp-Int
Pass
TD
Total
Yds
Total
YPG
Total
Points
Pts/
Game
TDs
FG-ATT
First
Downs
2011
12
459
2237
186.4
23
2600
216.7
353-239-4
23
4837
403.1
380
31.7
51
9-15
267
2012
13
478
2236
172.0
22
2426
186.6
404-231-13
15
4662
358.6
321
24.7
40
14-17
247