1997 NFC Field Goal Percentage by Team

Every team's total, added up from its players' lines. Share of field goals made

The Detroit Lions led the NFC in field goal percentage in 1997, with 89.7%, 0.2% ahead of the Dallas Cowboys. The average across 15 NFC teams is 77.5%.

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Led the NFC in 1997 Detroit Lions 16 games

89.7% Field Goal Percentage 0.2% clear of Dallas Cowboys

#	Team	G	FG%
1	Detroit Lions	16	89.7%
2	Dallas Cowboys	16	89.5%
3	Atlanta Falcons	16	85.2%
3	New Orleans Saints	16	85.2%
5	Carolina Panthers	16	84.6%
6	Chicago Bears	16	80.8%
7	San Francisco 49ers	16	80.6%
8	Green Bay Packers	16	80.0%
	NFC average		77.5%
9	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	16	76.5%
10	Philadelphia Eagles	16	71.0%
11	Minnesota Vikings	16	70.4%
12	New York Giants	16	68.8%
13	St. Louis Rams	16	67.6%
14	Washington Redskins	16	66.7%
15	Arizona Cardinals	16	65.5%

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.