2005 NFC Passing First Downs by Team

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

The Arizona Cardinals led the NFC in passing first downs in 2005, with 224, 15 ahead of the St. Louis Rams. The average across 16 NFC teams is 169.0.

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

Led the NFC in 2005 Arizona Cardinals 16 games

224 Passing First Downs 15 clear of St. Louis Rams

#	Team	G	1D
1	Arizona Cardinals	16	224
2	St. Louis Rams	16	209
3	Green Bay Packers	16	206
4	Seattle Seahawks	16	192
5	New Orleans Saints	16	182
5	Philadelphia Eagles	16	182
7	Dallas Cowboys	16	177
8	New York Giants	16	172
9	Minnesota Vikings	16	169
	NFC average		169.0
10	Washington Redskins	16	166
11	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	16	161
12	Carolina Panthers	16	157
13	Detroit Lions	16	151
14	Atlanta Falcons	16	149
15	Chicago Bears	16	111
16	San Francisco 49ers	16	96

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.