1979 AFC Interceptions by Team

The Houston Oilers led the AFC in interceptions in 1979, with 34, 6 ahead of the San Diego Chargers. The average across 14 AFC teams is 22.8.

Led the AFC in 1979 Houston Oilers 16 games

34 Interceptions 6 clear of San Diego Chargers

#	Team	G	INT
1	Houston Oilers	16	34
2	San Diego Chargers	16	28
3	Pittsburgh Steelers	16	27
4	Buffalo Bills	16	24
4	Oakland Raiders	16	24
6	Baltimore Colts	16	23
6	Kansas City Chiefs	16	23
6	Miami Dolphins	16	23
	AFC average		22.8
9	New York Jets	16	21
10	Cincinnati Bengals	16	20
10	New England Patriots	16	20
12	Denver Broncos	16	19
13	Seattle Seahawks	16	17
14	Cleveland Browns	16	16

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.