average single season nfl passing yards before 1980

The Chicago Bears averaged 6.6 passing yards per attempt in 1932.

TEAMAVGSEASONGPCMPATTPCTYDSYDS/GTDINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Bears
Bears
6.6
1932
14
67
148
45.3
982
70.1
8
7
65.8
5.4
4.7
2Cardinals
Cardinals
5.0
1932
10
40
126
31.7
628
62.8
2
4
41.4
1.6
3.2
3Packers
Packers
6.0
1932
14
48
134
35.8
798
57.0
9
14
39.6
6.7
10.4
4Giants
Giants
5.8
1932
12
82
164
50.0
949
79.1
9
14
50.6
5.5
8.5
5Stapletons
Stapletons
4.0
1932
12
33
131
25.2
518
43.2
2
16
9.1
1.5
12.2
6
Dodgers
4.3
1932
12
42
136
30.9
586
48.8
5
16
18.4
3.7
11.8
7Spartans
Spartans
5.5
1932
12
43
113
38.1
623
51.9
6
12
34.9
5.3
10.6
8Braves
Braves
2.3
1932
10
17
92
18.5
216
21.6
1
15
3.6
1.1
16.3
9Bears
Bears
5.8
1933
13
74
212
34.9
1,229
94.5
11
29
33.0
5.2
13.7
10Cardinals
Cardinals
3.4
1933
11
37
139
26.6
470
42.7
3
30
8.8
2.2
21.6
11Packers
Packers
5.7
1933
13
89
209
42.6
1,186
91.2
6
18
34.9
2.9
8.6
12Giants
Giants
7.6
1933
14
74
178
41.6
1,348
96.3
15
19
56.8
8.4
10.7
13
Dodgers
6.6
1933
10
79
170
46.5
1,129
112.9
7
21
42.6
4.1
12.4
14Spartans
Spartans
5.6
1933
11
65
170
38.2
959
87.2
7
18
31.6
4.1
10.6
15Redskins
Redskins
4.8
1933
12
33
106
31.1
514
42.8
1
25
11.8
0.9
23.6
16Eagles
Eagles
4.4
1933
9
40
149
26.8
657
73.0
4
34
14.8
2.7
22.8
17Pirates
Pirates
5.3
1933
11
60
196
30.6
1,029
93.5
3
40
15.0
1.5
20.4
18Reds
Reds
3.5
1933
10
25
102
24.5
357
35.7
0
15
2.1
0.0
14.7
19Bears
Bears
5.0
1934
13
57
192
29.7
955
73.5
16
24
36.0
8.3
12.5
20Cardinals
Cardinals
2.3
1934
11
34
132
25.8
302
27.5
1
13
2.5
0.8
9.8
21Packers
Packers
5.9
1934
13
74
197
37.6
1,165
89.6
10
19
35.4
5.1
9.6
22Giants
Giants
5.3
1934
13
64
149
43.0
796
61.2
5
17
31.7
3.4
11.4
23
Dodgers
3.6
1934
11
42
161
26.1
577
52.5
5
26
12.8
3.1
16.1
24Lions
Lions
5.3
1934
13
46
142
32.4
747
57.5
3
15
18.5
2.1
10.6
25Redskins
Redskins
3.3
1934
12
35
138
25.4
459
38.3
4
22
11.0
2.9
15.9
StatMuse has team, season-level data for yards per attempt going back to the 1932 season.

More Bears Stats

Team Leaders

PASS

3,942

Williams

Caleb Williams

RUSH

1,087

Swift

D'Andre Swift

REC

713

Loveland

Colston Loveland
Team Rankings

PPG

25.9

9th

OPP PPG

24.4

23rd

RUSH YDS/G

144.5

3rd

PASS YDS/G

234.8

12th

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TEAMWLTPCT
Bears Bears
11
6
0
.647
9
7
1
.559
9
8
0
.529
9
8
0
.529
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2 - 0

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AFC EastWLTPCT
14
3
0
.824
Bills Bills - w
12
5
0
.706
7
10
0
.412
Jets Jets - e
3
14
0
.176
AFC NorthWLTPCT
10
7
0
.588
8
9
0
.471
6
11
0
.353
5
12
0
.294
AFC SouthWLTPCT
13
4
0
.765
12
5
0
.706
Colts Colts - e
8
9
0
.471
3
14
0
.176
AFC WestWLTPCT
14
3
0
.824
11
6
0
.647
6
11
0
.353
3
14
0
.176
NFC EastWLTPCT
11
6
0
.647
7
9
1
.441
5
12
0
.294
4
13
0
.235
NFC NorthWLTPCT
Bears Bears - y
11
6
0
.647
9
7
1
.559
9
8
0
.529
Lions Lions - e
9
8
0
.529
NFC SouthWLTPCT
8
9
0
.471
8
9
0
.471
8
9
0
.471
6
11
0
.353
NFC WestWLTPCT
14
3
0
.824
Rams Rams - w
12
5
0
.706
49ers 49ers - w
12
5
0
.706
3
14
0
.176