1978 NFC Passing Yards by Team

Every team's total, added up from its players' lines. Yards gained passing

The Minnesota Vikings led the NFC in passing yards in 1978, with 3,528, 76 ahead of the New Orleans Saints. The average across 14 NFC teams is 2,816.4.

YDS TD RTG Y/A CMP%Y/G CMP ATT 1D TD%INT INT%SK

Led the NFC in 1978 Minnesota Vikings 16 games

3,528 Passing Yards 76 clear of New Orleans Saints

#	Team	G	YDS
1	Minnesota Vikings	16	3,528
2	New Orleans Saints	16	3,452
3	Dallas Cowboys	16	3,405
4	St. Louis Cardinals	16	3,357
5	Los Angeles Rams	16	3,109
6	Washington Redskins	16	2,978
7	Atlanta Falcons	16	2,883
	NFC average		2,816.4
8	Detroit Lions	16	2,746
9	Philadelphia Eagles	16	2,487
10	New York Giants	16	2,428
11	Green Bay Packers	16	2,358
12	San Francisco 49ers	16	2,306
13	Chicago Bears	16	2,221
14	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	16	2,171

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. Passing yards are gross, before sack yardage comes off; the league's official team figures are net, so they run a little lower.