1979 NFL Pass Attempts by Team

The San Francisco 49ers led the whole NFL in pass attempts in 1979, with 602, 36 ahead of the Minnesota Vikings. The average across 28 NFL teams is 463.5.

Led the whole NFL in 1979 San Francisco 49ers 16 games

602 Pass Attempts 36 clear of Minnesota Vikings

#	Team	Conference	G	ATT
1	San Francisco 49ers	NFC	16	602
2	Minnesota Vikings	NFC	16	566
3	Baltimore Colts	AFC	16	550
4	Cleveland Browns	AFC	16	545
5	San Diego Chargers	AFC	16	541
6	Seattle Seahawks	AFC	16	523
7	Oakland Raiders	AFC	16	513
8	Dallas Cowboys	NFC	16	503
9	Pittsburgh Steelers	AFC	16	492
9	St. Louis Cardinals	NFC	16	492
11	Atlanta Falcons	NFC	16	479
12	Denver Broncos	AFC	16	476
13	New England Patriots	AFC	16	475
14	Buffalo Bills	AFC	16	465
	NFL average			463.5
15	Los Angeles Rams	NFC	16	456
16	Detroit Lions	NFC	16	452
17	Green Bay Packers	NFC	16	444
18	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	NFC	16	434
19	New Orleans Saints	NFC	16	428
20	Cincinnati Bengals	AFC	16	426
21	Miami Dolphins	AFC	16	416
22	Philadelphia Eagles	NFC	16	410
23	New York Giants	NFC	16	401
23	Washington Redskins	NFC	16	401
25	Houston Oilers	AFC	16	386
26	Chicago Bears	NFC	16	373
27	New York Jets	AFC	16	369
28	Kansas City Chiefs	AFC	16	361

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.