most passing yard in a season nfl history team before 1940

Before 1940, the Chicago Bears had the most passing yards by a team in a season, with 1,965 yards in 1939.

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	TEAM	YDS	SEASON	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	AVG	YDS/G	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%
1	Bears	1,965	1939	11	89	221	40.3	8.9	178.6	16	19	61.0	7.2	8.6
2	Packers	1,871	1939	11	101	248	40.7	7.5	170.1	14	15	61.1	5.6	6.0
3	Redskins	1,795	1939	11	117	201	58.2	8.9	163.2	18	18	80.3	9.0	9.0
4	Packers	1,629	1936	12	108	255	42.4	6.4	135.8	17	19	55.2	6.7	7.5
5	Redskins	1,536	1938	11	114	248	46.0	6.2	139.6	9	28	38.7	3.6	11.3
6	Eagles	1,516	1939	11	119	267	44.6	5.7	137.8	7	22	37.3	2.6	8.2
7	Packers	1,466	1938	11	91	210	43.3	7.0	133.3	20	20	59.4	9.5	9.5
8	Packers	1,449	1935	12	93	230	40.4	6.3	120.8	11	27	38.4	4.8	11.7
9	Rams	1,415	1939	11	127	253	50.2	5.6	128.6	12	21	48.4	4.7	8.3
10	Packers	1,398	1937	11	95	216	44.0	6.5	127.1	16	26	50.8	7.4	12.0
11	Rams	1,363	1938	11	88	245	35.9	5.6	123.9	9	34	27.9	3.7	13.9
12	Lions	1,357	1939	11	92	227	40.5	6.0	123.4	7	20	34.3	3.1	8.8
13	Giants	1,348	1933	14	74	178	41.6	7.6	96.3	15	19	56.8	8.4	10.7
14	Cardinals	1,340	1938	11	114	240	47.5	5.6	121.8	4	26	30.9	1.7	10.8
15	Redskins	1,316	1937	11	99	222	44.6	5.9	119.6	11	20	42.9	5.0	9.0
16	Cardinals	1,243	1937	11	77	189	40.7	6.6	113.0	8	21	38.0	4.2	11.1
17	Bears	1,229	1933	13	74	212	34.9	5.8	94.5	11	29	33.0	5.2	13.7
18	Bears	1,222	1938	11	72	197	36.5	6.2	111.1	12	18	40.6	6.1	9.1
19	Bears	1,221	1935	12	73	221	33.0	5.5	101.8	13	21	32.7	5.9	9.5
20	Packers	1,186	1933	13	89	209	42.6	5.7	91.2	6	18	34.9	2.9	8.6
21	Cardinals	1,170	1939	11	85	247	34.4	4.7	106.4	5	33	17.7	2.0	13.4
22	Packers	1,165	1934	13	74	197	37.6	5.9	89.6	10	19	35.4	5.1	9.6
23	Giants	1,142	1938	11	91	186	48.9	6.1	103.8	10	19	46.8	5.4	10.2
24	Dodgers	1,129	1933	10	79	170	46.5	6.6	112.9	7	21	42.6	4.1	12.4
25	Cardinals	1,123	1936	12	68	183	37.2	6.1	93.6	3	26	24.5	1.6	14.2

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Williams

RUSH

169

Swift

REC

124

Raymond

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Vikings	2	0	1.000
Bears	1	1	.500
Lions	1	1	.500
Packers	1	2	.333

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DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Mon 9/28	PHI	@	CHI	8:15 PM
Sun 10/4	NYJ	@	CHI	1:00 PM
Sun 10/11	CHI	@	GB	4:25 PM
Sun 10/18	CHI	@	ATL	1:00 PM
Thu 10/22	NE	@	CHI	8:15 PM

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2 - 0

Final

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Rec Yards Leaders

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Smith-Njigba

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Rush TD Leaders

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Gibbs

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Rec TD Leaders

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Smith-Njigba

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QB Rating Leaders

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Sack Leaders

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38.5

35.5

31.0

29.3

Opp PPG Rankings

8.5

10.0

12.0

12.5

13.5

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Total Yards Rankings

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416.3

409.0

385.5

Rush Yards Rankings

212.5

173.0

157.0

155.0

153.3

144.5

Pass Yards Rankings

331.0

324.0

313.5

291.0

281.3

279.5

Sack Leaders

12.0

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80.3

Gibbs

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Walker

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Fantasy WR Rankings

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St. Brown

52.4

Watson

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Smith-Njigba

Fantasy TE Rankings

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Fantasy K Rankings

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NFC East	W	L	T	PCT
Eagles	2	0	0	1.000
Giants	1	1	0	.500
Cowboys	1	1	0	.500
Commanders	0	2	0	.000
NFC North	W	L	T	PCT
Vikings	2	0	0	1.000
Lions	1	1	0	.500
Bears	1	1	0	.500
Packers	1	2	0	.333
NFC South	W	L	T	PCT
Panthers	1	1	0	.500
Saints	1	1	0	.500
Falcons	1	2	0	.333
Buccaneers	0	2	0	.000
NFC West	W	L	T	PCT
Seahawks	2	0	0	1.000
49ers	2	0	0	1.000
Rams	1	1	0	.500
Cardinals	1	1	0	.500

AFC East	W	L	T	PCT
Bills	2	0	0	1.000
Patriots	1	1	0	.500
Jets	1	1	0	.500
Dolphins	0	2	0	.000
AFC North	W	L	T	PCT
Bengals	2	0	0	1.000
Ravens	1	1	0	.500
Steelers	1	1	0	.500
Browns	1	1	0	.500
AFC South	W	L	T	PCT
Jaguars	1	1	0	.500
Titans	0	2	0	.000
Texans	0	2	0	.000
Colts	0	2	0	.000
AFC West	W	L	T	PCT
Chiefs	2	0	0	1.000
Raiders	2	0	0	1.000
Broncos	1	1	0	.500
Chargers	0	2	0	.000