league average passing yards per game by year

league average passing passing yards per game by year

Interpreted as:
league average passing passing yards per game by year
YDS/GAVGSEASONGPCMPATTPCTYDSTDINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1
55.2
5.1
1932
96
372
1,044
35.6
5,300
42
98
27.2
4.0
9.4
2
77.9
5.4
1933
114
576
1,631
35.3
8,878
57
249
26.3
3.5
15.3
3
59.3
4.4
1934
120
505
1,606
31.4
7,117
56
206
18.8
3.5
12.8
4
79.7
5.2
1935
106
552
1,630
33.9
8,453
64
238
25.4
3.9
14.6
5
83.0
5.4
1936
108
604
1,656
36.5
8,960
67
216
28.9
4.0
13.0
6
93.0
5.6
1937
110
697
1,815
38.4
10,227
90
206
34.5
5.0
11.3
7
105.8
5.7
1938
110
824
2,030
40.6
11,641
93
221
35.5
4.6
10.9
8
128.8
6.3
1939
110
952
2,238
42.5
14,168
99
209
39.7
4.4
9.3
9
125.3
6.1
1940
110
968
2,254
42.9
13,788
100
223
38.6
4.4
9.9
10
121.8
6.1
1941
110
978
2,210
44.3
13,397
99
220
39.6
4.5
10.0
11
123.7
6.1
1942
110
986
2,249
43.8
13,608
108
219
40.3
4.8
9.7
12
141.4
6.5
1943
80
769
1,732
44.4
11,308
114
182
48.6
6.6
10.5
13
129.3
6.1
1944
100
906
2,114
42.9
12,925
117
234
42.1
5.5
11.1
14
143.8
6.8
1945
100
961
2,107
45.6
14,377
109
193
47.6
5.2
9.2
15
143.1
6.7
1946
110
1,049
2,341
44.8
15,736
126
212
47.6
5.4
9.1
16
180.6
7.2
1947
120
1,406
2,991
47.0
21,670
188
250
57.6
6.3
8.4
17
173.9
6.7
1948
120
1,498
3,116
48.1
20,871
196
232
60.0
6.3
7.4
18
178.6
6.5
1949
120
1,527
3,275
46.6
21,436
168
247
53.9
5.1
7.5
264
2,112
19
186.2
6.7
1950
156
2,008
4,307
46.6
29,050
220
343
52.9
5.1
8.0
401
3,194
20
183.9
6.8
1951
144
1,809
3,881
46.6
26,482
200
288
55.6
5.2
7.4
381
3,047
21
186.0
6.7
1952
144
1,863
4,024
46.3
26,781
218
297
55.7
5.4
7.4
468
3,748
22
193.2
6.5
1953
144
2,020
4,267
47.3
27,824
189
306
53.6
4.4
7.2
351
2,800
23
211.0
7.2
1954
144
2,135
4,232
50.4
30,387
211
294
61.7
5.0
6.9
350
2,794
24
175.6
6.6
1955
144
1,829
3,820
47.9
25,285
180
258
57.1
4.7
6.8
285
2,276
25
161.4
7.1
1956
144
1,656
3,282
50.5
23,242
162
240
59.6
4.9
7.3
250
1,991
StatMuse has team, season-level data for passing yards per game and yards per attempt going back to the 1932 season.

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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