fewest passing yards allowed in a season with 16 games played

The Buffalo Bills have allowed the fewest passing yards by a team in a season when playing 16+ games, with 2,156 yards in 1978.

Interpreted as:

fewest passing yards allowed in a season with 16 or more games played

	TEAM	OPP YDS	GP	SEASON	OPP CMP	OPP ATT	OPP PCT	OPP AVG	OPP TD	OPP INT	OPP RTG	OPP TD%	OPP INT%	OPP SCK	OPP SCKY
1	Bills	2,156	16	1978	167	317	52.7	6.8	20	14	77.0	6.3	4.4	22	196
2	Buccaneers	2,405	16	1979	250	436	57.3	5.5	14	14	70.2	3.2	3.2	40	329
3	Rams	2,449	16	1978	188	399	47.1	6.1	15	28	50.2	3.8	7.0	47	401
4	Redskins	2,504	16	1980	187	392	47.7	6.4	17	33	47.8	4.3	8.4	43	333
5	Bengals	2,520	16	1978	193	396	48.7	6.4	14	20	60.0	3.5	5.1	33	284
6	Buccaneers	2,535	16	1978	241	419	57.5	6.1	13	29	56.7	3.1	6.9	33	256
7	Bills	2,561	16	1980	240	433	55.4	5.9	15	24	61.4	3.5	5.5	33	279
8	Chiefs	2,591	16	1988	214	410	52.2	6.3	12	18	63.4	2.9	4.4	23	157
9	Raiders	2,631	16	2006	245	410	59.8	6.4	17	18	74.1	4.1	4.4	34	218
10	Giants	2,637	16	1978	210	443	47.4	6.0	10	21	54.2	2.3	4.7	29	251
11	Cardinals	2,641	16	1978	212	428	49.5	6.2	19	26	58.6	4.4	6.1	37	290
12	Saints	2,700	16	1978	215	418	51.4	6.5	21	21	67.7	5.0	5.0	33	236
13	Redskins	2,701	16	1978	197	409	48.2	6.6	11	22	56.3	2.7	5.4	35	323
14	Jets	2,704	16	2009	259	501	51.7	5.4	8	17	58.8	1.6	3.4	32	245
15	Colts	2,705	16	2006	266	415	64.1	6.5	16	15	80.4	3.9	3.6	25	157
16	Broncos	2,712	16	1978	246	438	56.2	6.2	9	31	52.0	2.1	7.1	30	242
17	Bills	2,713	16	1979	193	382	50.5	7.1	14	24	59.8	3.7	6.3	23	183
18	Cowboys	2,717	16	1997	253	473	53.5	5.7	20	7	78.5	4.2	1.5	38	195
19	Steelers	2,728	16	1990	236	460	51.3	5.9	9	24	54.3	2.0	5.2	34	228
20	Cowboys	2,730	16	1978	202	432	46.8	6.3	11	23	53.7	2.5	5.3	58	442
21	Steelers	2,755	16	1978	221	442	50.0	6.2	10	27	51.8	2.3	6.1	44	361
22	Titans	2,761	16	2000	242	466	51.9	5.9	10	17	62.0	2.1	3.6	55	338
23	Vikings	2,763	16	1988	219	480	45.6	5.8	12	36	41.2	2.5	7.5	37	274
24	Lions	2,781	16	1978	191	350	54.6	7.9	19	22	72.6	5.4	6.3	55	482
25	Buccaneers	2,785	16	2002	259	510	50.8	5.5	10	31	48.4	2.0	6.1	43	295

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