least passing yards per game allowed by defense single season 1966 or later

Since 1966, the New England Patriots have the fewest opponent passing yards per game played by a team in a season, with 114.29 in 1973.

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	TEAM	OPP YDS/GP	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	Patriots	114.29	1,600	14	1973	134	240	55.8	6.7	11	13	69.1	4.6	5.4	32	262
2	Dolphins	114.57	1,604	14	1973	151	322	46.9	5.0	5	21	39.9	1.6	6.5	45	314
3	Falcons	115.64	1,619	14	1973	151	324	46.6	5.0	11	22	44.8	3.4	6.8	29	189
4	Packers	117.43	1,644	14	1967	155	337	46.0	4.9	13	26	41.5	3.9	7.7	29	267
5	Falcons	126.79	1,775	14	1977	141	320	44.1	5.5	9	26	37.4	2.8	8.1	42	391
6	Vikings	127.93	1,791	14	1972	169	331	51.1	5.4	13	26	47.5	3.9	7.9	21	92
7	Vikings	128.43	1,798	14	1970	195	367	53.1	4.9	6	28	40.4	1.6	7.6	49	360
8	Vikings	131.07	1,835	14	1977	149	312	47.8	5.9	15	16	61.0	4.8	5.1	30	254
9	Falcons	131.93	1,847	14	1974	136	302	45.0	6.1	13	17	56.0	4.3	5.6	31	275
10	Steelers	133.71	1,872	14	1974	147	339	43.4	5.5	14	25	44.3	4.1	7.4	52	406
11	Bills	134.75	2,156	16	1978	167	317	52.7	6.8	20	14	77.0	6.3	4.4	22	196
12	Falcons	135.36	1,895	14	1971	164	343	47.8	5.5	9	20	49.4	2.6	5.8	31	257
13	Vikings	135.5	1,897	14	1976	158	323	48.9	5.9	8	19	51.1	2.5	5.9	45	322
14	Bills	135.57	1,898	14	1974	146	311	46.9	6.1	11	20	51.6	3.5	6.4	32	287
15	Lions	136	1,904	14	1976	137	313	43.8	6.1	11	24	43.7	3.5	7.7	28	218
16	Falcons	136.5	1,911	14	1972	137	301	45.5	6.3	13	18	55.9	4.3	6.0	24	207
17	Steelers	137.36	1,923	14	1973	164	359	45.7	5.4	11	37	33.1	3.1	10.3	33	251
18	Chiefs	138.71	1,942	14	1973	157	324	48.5	6.0	11	21	51.7	3.4	6.5	38	323
19	49ers	139.14	1,948	14	1977	139	270	51.5	7.2	14	8	80.0	5.2	3.0	42	360
20	Bears	141.29	1,978	14	1973	156	303	51.5	6.5	17	14	71.6	5.6	4.6	32	304
21	Browns	141.71	1,984	14	1973	144	312	46.2	6.4	16	12	68.1	5.1	3.8	29	248
22	Cowboys	142.21	1,991	14	1977	154	370	41.6	5.4	14	21	48.2	3.8	5.7	53	429
23	Dolphins	142.33	1,281	9	1982	119	226	52.7	5.7	7	19	44.9	3.1	8.4	29	254
24	Vikings	142.43	1,994	14	1975	175	360	48.6	5.5	14	28	46.2	3.9	7.8	46	373
25	Browns	142.43	1,994	14	1972	160	310	51.6	6.4	14	13	69.5	4.5	4.2	38	258

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Cowboys	1	2	0	.333
Commanders	1	2	0	.333
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Vikings	3	0	0	1.000
Lions	2	1	0	.667
Bears	1	1	0	.500
Packers	1	2	0	.333
NFC South	W	L	T	PCT
Panthers	1	2	0	.333
Saints	1	2	0	.333
Falcons	1	2	0	.333
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Patriots	1	2	0	.333
Dolphins	0	3	0	.000
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Browns	2	1	0	.667
Bengals	2	1	0	.667
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Titans	0	3	0	.000
Texans	0	3	0	.000
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Raiders	3	0	0	1.000
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Chargers	0	3	0	.000