highest yards per pass attempt in nfl season

The Chicago Bears have averaged the most passing yards per attempt by a team in a season, with 10.2 yards in 1941.

TEAMAVGSEASONGPCMPATTPCTYDSYDS/GTDINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Bears
Bears
10.2
1941
11
98
196
50.0
2,002
182.0
19
11
95.2
9.7
5.6
2Bears
Bears
10.2
1942
11
94
194
48.5
1,974
179.5
21
29
81.4
10.8
14.9
3Browns
Browns
10.1
1953
12
191
303
63.0
3,059
254.9
16
9
101.9
5.3
3.0
31
245
4Bears
Bears
10.1
1943
10
117
229
51.1
2,310
231.0
28
17
95.3
12.2
7.4
5Rams
Rams
9.9
1954
12
171
321
53.3
3,180
265.0
15
23
73.5
4.7
7.2
17
133
6Browns
Browns
9.6
1957
12
108
195
55.4
1,873
156.1
12
14
78.9
6.2
7.2
20
161
7Browns
Browns
9.5
1955
12
130
234
55.6
2,225
185.4
21
11
98.3
9.0
4.7
34
275
849ers
49ers
9.5
1989
16
339
483
70.2
4,584
286.5
35
11
114.8
7.2
2.3
45
282
9Rams
Rams
9.4
2000
16
380
587
64.7
5,492
343.3
37
23
99.7
6.3
3.9
44
260
10Packers
Packers
9.3
2011
16
376
552
68.1
5,161
322.6
51
8
122.6
9.2
1.4
41
237
1149ers
49ers
9.3
2023
17
336
491
68.4
4,577
269.2
33
12
110.2
6.7
2.4
34
193
12Falcons
Falcons
9.2
2016
16
374
537
69.6
4,960
310.0
38
7
116.8
7.1
1.3
37
235
13Chiefs
Chiefs
9.2
1968
14
156
270
57.8
2,492
178.0
20
11
96.4
7.4
4.1
24
216
14Oilers
Oilers
9.2
1961
14
254
498
51.0
4,568
326.3
48
29
90.7
9.6
5.8
14
176
15Bengals
Bengals
9.2
1988
16
225
392
57.4
3,592
224.5
28
14
97.0
7.1
3.6
30
245
16Cowboys
Cowboys
9.0
1969
14
189
355
53.2
3,212
229.4
24
18
85.6
6.8
5.1
44
366
17Dolphins
Dolphins
9.0
1984
16
367
572
64.2
5,146
321.6
49
18
108.5
8.6
3.1
14
128
18Colts
Colts
9.0
2004
16
353
527
67.0
4,732
295.8
51
10
119.7
9.7
1.9
14
109
19Chargers
Chargers
8.9
1982
9
208
338
61.5
3,021
335.7
19
12
94.6
5.6
3.6
12
94
20Eagles
Eagles
8.9
1960
12
177
331
53.5
2,957
246.4
29
20
87.9
8.8
6.0
18
141
21Redskins
Redskins
8.9
1939
11
117
201
58.2
1,795
163.2
18
18
80.3
9.0
9.0
22Colts
Colts
8.9
1976
14
215
361
59.6
3,221
230.1
24
10
99.5
6.6
2.8
30
288
23Eagles
Eagles
8.9
1961
14
241
429
56.2
3,824
273.1
34
26
87.2
7.9
6.1
27
219
24Packers
Packers
8.9
1983
16
311
526
59.1
4,688
293.0
33
32
84.1
6.3
6.1
42
323
25Packers
Packers
8.9
1966
14
193
318
60.7
2,831
202.2
18
5
102.1
5.7
1.6
31
229
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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14
3
0
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5
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14
0
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AFC NorthWLTPCT
10
7
0
.588
8
9
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6
11
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.353
5
12
0
.294
AFC SouthWLTPCT
13
4
0
.765
12
5
0
.706
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8
9
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3
14
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AFC WestWLTPCT
14
3
0
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11
6
0
.647
6
11
0
.353
3
14
0
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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
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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