nfl league average points per game by decade

NFL league average points per game by decade

DECADEPPGGPPASS TDRUSH TDRET TDTDFGMXPMXP2SFTYPTS
1
1920s
9.2
1,584
14,647
2
1930s
11.4
1,138
709
843
207
1,760
333
1,293
41
12,934
3
1940s
19.1
1,080
1,325
1,234
291
2,800
402
2,547
34
20,621
4
1950s
21.6
1,452
1,958
1,689
373
4,020
1,091
3,791
61
31,306
5
1960s
21.7
2,018
2,927
1,977
474
5,378
2,087
5,161
69
43,828
6
1960s
22.7
1,204
1,861
1,179
312
3,352
1,307
3,076
55
27,389
7
1970s
19.2
3,864
4,233
3,805
737
8,775
4,333
8,152
133
74,067
8
1980s
20.9
4,256
5,690
3,967
811
10,468
5,302
9,957
173
89,017
9
1990s
20.2
4,656
5,931
3,587
1,025
10,543
6,722
9,701
262
165
93,979
10
2000s
21.1
5,088
6,717
4,226
1,153
12,096
7,605
11,221
318
150
107,548
11
2010s
22.6
5,120
7,877
4,064
1,068
13,010
8,330
11,747
402
165
115,933
12
2020s
22.9
3,230
4,835
3,015
445
8,295
5,368
7,061
382
88
73,879

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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