1981 Offensive And Defensive Team Stat Leaders

The most yards gained in 1981 by an offensive team was the San Diego Chargers with 6,878. The Chargers also finished in the top 5 in 3 other major offensive team stat categories: 1st in passing yards, 1st in passing touchdowns and 1st in rushing touchdowns. The least amount of yards allowed in 1981 by a defensive team was the Philadelphia Eagles with 4,801. The Eagles also finished in the top 5 in 3 other major defensive team stat categories: 1st in passing yards allowed, 2nd in passing touchdowns allowed and 4th in rushing yards allowed. View all of the offensive and defensive team stat leaders for 1981 and see where your favorite team ranked.

1981 Offensive Team Stat Rankings
TotYds Rank	Team	TotYds	PassComp	PassAtt	PassYds	PassYPA	PassTds	PassInts	RushAtt	RushYds	RushYPA	RushTds
1	San Diego Chargers	6878	368	629	4873	8	34	18	481	2005	4	26
2	Detroit Lions	6270	228	436	3475	8	18	23	596	2795	5	26
3	Cleveland Browns	6268	348	624	4339	7	21	27	474	1929	4	11
4	Cincinnati Bengals	6173	332	550	4200	8	30	12	493	1973	4	19
5	Dallas Cowboys	6125	241	439	3414	8	24	15	630	2711	4	15
6	Minnesota Vikings	6079	382	709	4567	6	27	29	391	1512	4	8
7	Atlanta Falcons	5951	311	563	3986	7	30	24	495	1965	4	15
8	New England Patriots	5944	254	482	3904	8	17	34	499	2040	4	23
9	Washington Redskins	5900	307	525	3743	7	19	22	532	2157	4	19
10	Denver Broncos	5887	289	485	3992	8	27	21	515	1895	4	12
11	Pittsburgh Steelers	5829	247	461	3457	8	25	19	554	2372	4	21
12	Buffalo Bills	5786	253	503	3661	7	25	20	524	2125	4	13
13	Philadelphia Eagles	5758	258	476	3249	7	25	22	559	2509	4	17
14	San Francisco 49ers	5707	328	517	3766	7	20	13	560	1941	3	17
15	New York Jets	5620	283	507	3279	6	26	14	571	2341	4	11
16	Miami Dolphins	5558	271	498	3385	7	18	21	535	2173	4	18
17	Kansas City Chiefs	5550	224	410	2917	7	12	22	610	2633	4	22
18	St. Louis Cardinals	5482	253	477	3269	7	15	24	519	2213	4	20
19	Oakland Raiders	5414	267	545	3356	6	18	28	493	2058	4	11
20	Seattle Seahawks	5321	307	524	3727	7	21	15	440	1594	4	14
21	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	5296	239	473	3565	8	20	14	458	1731	4	13
22	Green Bay Packers	5246	286	514	3576	7	24	24	478	1670	3	11
23	Los Angeles Rams	5244	235	477	3008	6	15	32	559	2236	4	17
24	Baltimore Colts	5229	265	479	3379	7	21	23	441	1850	4	11
25	New Orleans Saints	5064	238	441	2778	6	8	27	546	2286	4	16
26	Chicago Bears	4899	222	489	2728	6	14	23	608	2171	4	13
27	Houston Oilers	4853	258	441	3119	7	21	23	466	1734	4	11
28	New York Giants	4694	251	506	3009	6	16	20	481	1685	4	11

1981 Defensive Team Stat Rankings
TotYds Rank	Team	TotYds	PassComp	PassAtt	PassYds	PassYPA	PassTds	PassInts	RushAtt	RushYds	RushYPA	RushTds
1	Philadelphia Eagles	4801	248	507	3050	6.02	12	26	476	1751	3.68	11
2	San Francisco 49ers	5053	273	514	3135	6.10	16	27	464	1918	4.13	10
3	Denver Broncos	5173	267	497	3168	6.37	13	23	467	2005	4.29	17
4	New York Giants	5209	294	544	3318	6.10	14	17	553	1891	3.42	10
5	Detroit Lions	5219	261	475	3596	7.57	22	24	469	1623	3.46	14
6	Buffalo Bills	5318	267	474	3243	6.84	21	19	516	2075	4.02	7
7	New York Jets	5389	275	505	3522	6.97	15	21	465	1867	4.02	19
8	Green Bay Packers	5451	284	505	3353	6.64	18	30	546	2098	3.84	21
9	Los Angeles Rams	5454	204	439	3057	6.96	17	17	585	2397	4.10	19
10	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	5469	317	541	3297	6.09	10	32	551	2172	3.94	16
11	Washington Redskins	5471	214	452	3310	7.32	21	24	532	2161	4.06	17
12	New Orleans Saints	5494	287	471	3578	7.60	26	17	504	1916	3.80	17
13	Kansas City Chiefs	5568	291	567	3821	6.74	16	26	507	1747	3.45	17
14	Cleveland Browns	5590	275	469	3512	7.49	28	15	516	2078	4.03	14
15	Atlanta Falcons	5593	322	565	3927	6.95	30	25	459	1666	3.63	10
16	Cincinnati Bengals	5638	316	548	3757	6.86	24	19	465	1881	4.05	12
17	Minnesota Vikings	5644	265	481	3599	7.48	26	16	540	2045	3.79	15
18	Chicago Bears	5673	233	525	3527	6.72	23	18	521	2146	4.12	13
19	Miami Dolphins	5677	297	509	3645	7.16	23	18	492	2032	4.13	10
20	Dallas Cowboys	5766	236	511	3717	7.27	17	37	468	2049	4.38	16
21	Oakland Raiders	5843	289	537	4011	7.47	24	13	524	1832	3.50	15
22	Houston Oilers	5965	295	502	3554	7.08	22	18	549	2411	4.39	16
23	St. Louis Cardinals	5975	282	495	3547	7.17	29	21	509	2428	4.77	20
24	Pittsburgh Steelers	5977	302	544	4108	7.55	22	30	500	1869	3.74	10
25	New England Patriots	6002	243	439	3052	6.95	18	16	644	2950	4.58	20
26	Seattle Seahawks	6200	294	502	3394	6.76	25	21	588	2806	4.77	20
27	San Diego Chargers	6520	313	571	4695	8.22	22	23	491	1825	3.72	25
28	Baltimore Colts	6893	301	491	4228	8.61	37	16	607	2665	4.39	30