League Leaders Daily Quiz

1972 NFL Field Goals Made by Team

Every team's total, added up from its players' lines. Field goals made

The Green Bay Packers led the whole NFL in field goals made in 1972, with 33, 5 ahead of the Pittsburgh Steelers. The average across 26 NFL teams is 19.2.

Led the whole NFL in 1972 Green Bay Packers 14 games
33 Field Goals Made 5 clear of Pittsburgh Steelers
# Team Conference G FGM
1 Green Bay Packers NFC 14 33
2 Pittsburgh Steelers AFC 14 28
3 Cincinnati Bengals AFC 14 27
3 New York Jets AFC 14 27
5 Los Angeles Rams NFC 14 24
5 Miami Dolphins AFC 14 24
7 Cleveland Browns AFC 14 22
8 Dallas Cowboys NFC 14 21
8 Kansas City Chiefs AFC 14 21
8 Minnesota Vikings NFC 14 21
8 New York Giants NFC 14 21
12 Denver Broncos AFC 14 20
12 Detroit Lions NFC 14 20
12 Philadelphia Eagles NFC 14 20
NFL average 19.2
15 San Diego Chargers AFC 14 18
15 San Francisco 49ers NFC 14 18
17 Oakland Raiders AFC 14 17
18 Atlanta Falcons NFC 14 16
18 Buffalo Bills AFC 14 16
20 St. Louis Cardinals NFC 14 14
20 Washington Redskins NFC 14 14
22 Baltimore Colts AFC 14 13
22 Houston Oilers AFC 14 13
24 Chicago Bears NFC 14 12
25 New Orleans Saints NFC 14 11
26 New England Patriots AFC 14 8

A team's total is its players' numbers for the club added up, so a player traded mid-season counts for each team only what he did there. Rates such as passer rating and yards per attempt are worked out from the team's summed totals, not averaged across players.