2003 NFL Passing First Downs by Team

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

The Indianapolis Colts led the whole NFL in passing first downs in 2003, with 212, 1 ahead of the St. Louis Rams. The average across 32 NFL teams is 165.8.

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

Led the whole NFL in 2003 Indianapolis Colts 16 games

212 Passing First Downs 1 clear of St. Louis Rams

#	Team	Conference	G	1D
1	Indianapolis Colts	AFC	16	212
2	St. Louis Rams	NFC	16	211
2	Tennessee Titans	AFC	16	211
4	Kansas City Chiefs	AFC	16	201
5	Minnesota Vikings	NFC	16	194
6	Seattle Seahawks	NFC	16	190
6	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	NFC	16	190
8	New York Giants	NFC	16	184
9	Cincinnati Bengals	AFC	16	181
9	New York Jets	AFC	16	181
11	New England Patriots	AFC	16	177
11	New Orleans Saints	NFC	16	177
13	Pittsburgh Steelers	AFC	16	174
14	San Francisco 49ers	NFC	16	172
15	Green Bay Packers	NFC	16	166
	NFL average			165.8
16	Jacksonville Jaguars	AFC	16	163
17	Denver Broncos	AFC	16	162
18	Washington Redskins	NFC	16	157
19	Philadelphia Eagles	NFC	16	156
20	Cleveland Browns	AFC	16	153
21	Detroit Lions	NFC	16	152
22	Buffalo Bills	AFC	16	150
23	Dallas Cowboys	NFC	16	149
24	Arizona Cardinals	NFC	16	147
25	Carolina Panthers	NFC	16	146
25	San Diego Chargers	AFC	16	146
27	Miami Dolphins	AFC	16	145
28	Chicago Bears	NFC	16	143
29	Oakland Raiders	AFC	16	139
30	Atlanta Falcons	NFC	16	127
30	Houston Texans	AFC	16	127
32	Baltimore Ravens	AFC	16	121

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.