nfl teams with the fewest recieving yards allowed per game in a season from 1978 to 2020

Between the 1978 and 2020 seasons, the Buffalo Bills had the fewest opponent passing yards per game played by a team in a season, with 134.75 in 1978.

TEAMOPP YDS/GPOPP YDSGPSEASONOPP CMPOPP ATTOPP PCTOPP AVGOPP TDOPP INTOPP RTGOPP TD%OPP INT%OPP SCKOPP SCKY
1Bills
Bills
134.75
2,156
16
1978
167
317
52.7
6.8
20
14
77.0
6.3
4.4
22
196
2Dolphins
Dolphins
142.33
1,281
9
1982
119
226
52.7
5.7
7
19
44.9
3.1
8.4
29
254
3Buccaneers
Buccaneers
150.31
2,405
16
1979
250
436
57.3
5.5
14
14
70.2
3.2
3.2
40
329
4Rams
Rams
153.06
2,449
16
1978
188
399
47.1
6.1
15
28
50.2
3.8
7.0
47
401
5Bills
Bills
153.56
1,382
9
1982
114
256
44.5
5.4
8
13
50.9
3.1
5.1
12
82
6Redskins
Redskins
156.5
2,504
16
1980
187
392
47.7
6.4
17
33
47.8
4.3
8.4
43
333
7Bengals
Bengals
157.5
2,520
16
1978
193
396
48.7
6.4
14
20
60.0
3.5
5.1
33
284
8Buccaneers
Buccaneers
158.44
2,535
16
1978
241
419
57.5
6.1
13
29
56.7
3.1
6.9
33
256
9Bills
Bills
160.06
2,561
16
1980
240
433
55.4
5.9
15
24
61.4
3.5
5.5
33
279
10Chiefs
Chiefs
161.94
2,591
16
1988
214
410
52.2
6.3
12
18
63.4
2.9
4.4
23
157
11Seahawks
Seahawks
163.11
1,468
9
1982
138
246
56.1
6.0
4
13
57.1
1.6
5.3
17
135
12Raiders
Raiders
164.44
2,631
16
2006
245
410
59.8
6.4
17
18
74.1
4.1
4.4
34
218
13Giants
Giants
164.81
2,637
16
1978
210
443
47.4
6.0
10
21
54.2
2.3
4.7
29
251
14Cardinals
Cardinals
165.06
2,641
16
1978
212
428
49.5
6.2
19
26
58.6
4.4
6.1
37
290
15Saints
Saints
168.75
2,700
16
1978
215
418
51.4
6.5
21
21
67.7
5.0
5.0
33
236
16Redskins
Redskins
168.81
2,701
16
1978
197
409
48.2
6.6
11
22
56.3
2.7
5.4
35
323
17Jets
Jets
169
2,704
16
2009
259
501
51.7
5.4
8
17
58.8
1.6
3.4
32
245
18Colts
Colts
169.06
2,705
16
2006
266
415
64.1
6.5
16
15
80.4
3.9
3.6
25
157
19Broncos
Broncos
169.5
2,712
16
1978
246
438
56.2
6.2
9
31
52.0
2.1
7.1
30
242
20Bills
Bills
169.56
2,713
16
1979
193
382
50.5
7.1
14
24
59.8
3.7
6.3
23
183
21Cowboys
Cowboys
169.81
2,717
16
1997
253
473
53.5
5.7
20
7
78.5
4.2
1.5
38
195
22Steelers
Steelers
170.5
2,728
16
1990
236
460
51.3
5.9
9
24
54.3
2.0
5.2
34
228
23Cowboys
Cowboys
170.63
2,730
16
1978
202
432
46.8
6.3
11
23
53.7
2.5
5.3
58
442
24Steelers
Steelers
172.19
2,755
16
1978
221
442
50.0
6.2
10
27
51.8
2.3
6.1
44
361
25Titans
Titans
172.56
2,761
16
2000
242
466
51.9
5.9
10
17
62.0
2.1
3.6
55
338
StatMuse has team, season-level data for opponent passing yards going back to the 1933 season.

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Team Rankings

PPG

29.4

3rd

OPP PPG

23.1

17th

RUSH YDS/G

158.5

1st

PASS YDS/G

237.9

11th

2025 Division Standings
TEAMWLTPCT
Patriots Patriots
11
3
0
.786
Bills Bills
10
4
0
.714
Dolphins Dolphins
6
7
0
.462
Jets Jets
3
11
0
.214
Schedule
DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Sun
12/21
BUF BUF
@
CLE CLE
1:00 PM
Sun
12/28
PHI PHI
@
BUF BUF
4:25 PM
Sun
1/4
NYJ NYJ
@
BUF BUF
1:00 PM
Last Game
BUF Bills

10 - 4

35

Final

31

NE Patriots

11 - 3

Sun 14 Dec 2025

NFL 2025 Leaders

NFL 2025 Rankings

NFL Fantasy 2025

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NFL 2025 Division Standings

AFC EastWLTPCT
Patriots Patriots
11
3
0
.786
Bills Bills
10
4
0
.714
AFC NorthWLTPCT
Steelers Steelers
7
6
0
.538
Ravens Ravens
7
7
0
.500
AFC SouthWLTPCT
Jaguars Jaguars
10
4
0
.714
Texans Texans
9
5
0
.643
AFC WestWLTPCT
Broncos Broncos
12
2
0
.857
Chargers Chargers
10
4
0
.714
NFC EastWLTPCT
Eagles Eagles
9
5
0
.643
Cowboys Cowboys
6
7
1
.464
NFC NorthWLTPCT
Bears Bears
10
4
0
.714
Packers Packers
9
4
1
.679
NFC SouthWLTPCT
Buccaneers Buccaneers
7
7
0
.500
Panthers Panthers
7
7
0
.500
NFC WestWLTPCT
Rams Rams
11
3
0
.786
Seahawks Seahawks
11
3
0
.786

NFL 2025 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATEMATCHUPSCORE
Sat
9/13
BUF BUF
@
NYJ NYJ
30-10
Sat
9/13
SF SF
@
NO NO
26-21
Sat
9/13
NE NE
@
MIA MIA
33-27
Sat
9/13
CAR CAR
@
ARI ARI
22-27
Sat
9/13
DEN DEN
@
IND IND
28-29

Schedule

DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Mon
12/15
MIA MIA
@
PIT PIT
8:15 PM
Thu
12/18
LAR LAR
@
SEA SEA
8:15 PM
Sat
12/20
PHI PHI
@
WAS WAS
5:00 PM
Sat
12/20
GB GB
@
CHI CHI
8:20 PM
Sun
12/21
BUF BUF
@
CLE CLE
1:00 PM