1980 NFL Pass Attempts by Team

The San Francisco 49ers led the whole NFL in pass attempts in 1980, with 597, 3 ahead of the San Diego Chargers. The average across 28 NFL teams is 489.5.

Led the whole NFL in 1980 San Francisco 49ers 16 games

597 Pass Attempts 3 clear of San Diego Chargers

#	Team	Conference	G	ATT
1	San Francisco 49ers	NFC	16	597
2	San Diego Chargers	AFC	16	594
3	Minnesota Vikings	NFC	16	574
4	New Orleans Saints	NFC	16	566
5	Cleveland Browns	AFC	16	554
6	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	NFC	16	530
7	Seattle Seahawks	AFC	16	517
8	New York Giants	NFC	16	514
9	Green Bay Packers	NFC	16	511
10	Cincinnati Bengals	AFC	16	510
11	Baltimore Colts	AFC	16	493
12	Miami Dolphins	AFC	16	492
	NFL average			489.5
13	Washington Redskins	NFC	16	486
14	Pittsburgh Steelers	AFC	16	484
15	New York Jets	AFC	16	481
16	Philadelphia Eagles	NFC	16	477
17	St. Louis Cardinals	NFC	16	470
18	Atlanta Falcons	NFC	16	467
18	Denver Broncos	AFC	16	467
20	Houston Oilers	AFC	16	463
21	Buffalo Bills	AFC	16	461
22	Oakland Raiders	AFC	16	456
23	Los Angeles Rams	NFC	16	451
24	Dallas Cowboys	NFC	16	449
25	Detroit Lions	NFC	16	423
26	New England Patriots	AFC	16	413
27	Chicago Bears	NFC	16	404
28	Kansas City Chiefs	AFC	16	401

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.