league average sacks taken a season

league average sacks taken per game a season

Interpreted as:
league average sacks taken per game a season
SCK/GPSCKGPSEASONCMPATTPCTYDSAVGYDS/GTDINTRTGTD%INT%SCKY
1
2.2
264
120
1949
1,527
3,275
46.6
21,436
6.5
178.6
168
247
53.9
5.1
7.5
2,112
2
2.57
401
156
1950
2,008
4,307
46.6
29,050
6.7
186.2
220
343
52.9
5.1
8.0
3,194
3
2.65
381
144
1951
1,809
3,881
46.6
26,482
6.8
183.9
200
288
55.6
5.2
7.4
3,047
4
3.25
468
144
1952
1,863
4,024
46.3
26,781
6.7
186.0
218
297
55.7
5.4
7.4
3,748
5
2.44
351
144
1953
2,020
4,267
47.3
27,824
6.5
193.2
189
306
53.6
4.4
7.2
2,800
6
2.43
350
144
1954
2,135
4,232
50.4
30,387
7.2
211.0
211
294
61.7
5.0
6.9
2,794
7
1.98
285
144
1955
1,829
3,820
47.9
25,285
6.6
175.6
180
258
57.1
4.7
6.8
2,276
8
1.74
250
144
1956
1,656
3,282
50.5
23,242
7.1
161.4
162
240
59.6
4.9
7.3
1,991
9
2.3
331
144
1957
1,685
3,339
50.5
24,745
7.4
171.8
170
231
63.2
5.1
6.9
2,653
10
2.01
290
144
1958
1,953
3,951
49.4
28,291
7.2
196.5
211
243
65.3
5.3
6.2
2,319
11
2.14
308
144
1959
1,858
3,714
50.0
26,922
7.2
187.0
197
221
66.9
5.3
6.0
2,470
12
2.51
392
156
1960
2,064
4,114
50.2
29,753
7.2
190.7
221
274
64.2
5.4
6.7
3,135
13
2.38
266
112
1960
1,793
3,699
48.5
24,437
6.6
218.2
186
219
62.1
5.0
5.9
2,219
14
2.69
528
196
1961
2,759
5,292
52.1
39,591
7.5
202.0
285
332
68.5
5.4
6.3
4,218
15
2.51
281
112
1961
1,699
3,630
46.8
24,336
6.7
217.3
182
232
59.1
5.0
6.4
2,480
16
2.6
509
196
1962
2,854
5,356
53.3
42,057
7.9
214.6
300
325
72.6
5.6
6.1
4,070
17
2.27
254
112
1962
1,644
3,456
47.6
23,515
6.8
210.0
176
242
57.9
5.1
7.0
2,206
18
2.58
505
196
1963
2,791
5,415
51.5
40,746
7.5
207.9
302
302
71.7
5.6
5.6
4,340
19
2.79
312
112
1963
1,722
3,539
48.7
25,086
7.1
224.0
192
212
65.3
5.4
6.0
2,752
20
3.07
601
196
1964
2,794
5,437
51.4
38,914
7.2
198.5
278
262
71.7
5.1
4.8
4,880
21
2.65
297
112
1964
1,838
3,750
49.0
26,428
7.0
236.0
190
239
62.6
5.1
6.4
2,677
22
2.66
522
196
1965
2,774
5,407
51.3
40,349
7.5
205.9
307
277
73.5
5.7
5.1
4,321
23
2.1
235
112
1965
1,653
3,652
45.3
23,253
6.4
207.6
163
203
58.0
4.5
5.6
2,137
24
2.81
591
210
1966
3,149
6,108
51.6
42,225
6.9
201.1
280
318
67.4
4.6
5.2
4,789
25
1.96
247
126
1966
1,842
3,982
46.3
27,128
6.8
215.3
199
217
63.0
5.0
5.4
2,295
StatMuse has team, season-level data for times sacked going back to the 1949 season.

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3
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12
5
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7
10
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3
14
0
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10
7
0
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8
9
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6
11
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5
12
0
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13
4
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12
5
0
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8
9
0
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3
14
0
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14
3
0
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11
6
0
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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
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9
8
0
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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
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12
5
0
.706
3
14
0
.176