2012 NFL Passing First Downs by Team

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

The Detroit Lions led the whole NFL in passing first downs in 2012, with 272, 5 ahead of the New Orleans Saints. The average across 32 NFL teams is 191.9.

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

Led the whole NFL in 2012 Detroit Lions 16 games

272 Passing First Downs 5 clear of New Orleans Saints

#	Team	Conference	G	1D
1	Detroit Lions	NFC	16	272
2	New Orleans Saints	NFC	16	267
3	New England Patriots	AFC	16	256
4	Atlanta Falcons	NFC	16	246
5	Dallas Cowboys	NFC	16	237
6	Denver Broncos	AFC	16	232
7	Green Bay Packers	NFC	16	213
8	Indianapolis Colts	AFC	16	208
9	Houston Texans	AFC	16	205
10	Pittsburgh Steelers	AFC	16	202
11	Oakland Raiders	AFC	16	200
	NFL average			191.9
12	Philadelphia Eagles	NFC	16	190
13	St. Louis Rams	NFC	16	189
14	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	NFC	16	188
15	New York Giants	NFC	16	187
16	Cleveland Browns	AFC	16	185
17	San Diego Chargers	AFC	16	184
18	Baltimore Ravens	AFC	16	182
19	Buffalo Bills	AFC	16	176
20	Cincinnati Bengals	AFC	16	173
21	San Francisco 49ers	NFC	16	172
22	Carolina Panthers	NFC	16	171
22	Washington Redskins	NFC	16	171
24	Arizona Cardinals	NFC	16	168
25	Tennessee Titans	AFC	16	166
26	Chicago Bears	NFC	16	163
26	Minnesota Vikings	NFC	16	163
28	New York Jets	AFC	16	162
29	Miami Dolphins	AFC	16	158
30	Jacksonville Jaguars	AFC	16	157
31	Seattle Seahawks	NFC	16	153
32	Kansas City Chiefs	AFC	16	144

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.