1971 AFC Passing Yards per Game by Team

Every team's total, added up from its players' lines. Passing yards per game played

The San Diego Chargers led the AFC in passing yards per game in 1971, with 236.1, 43.7 ahead of the Kansas City Chiefs. The average across 13 AFC teams is 171.5.

YDS TD RTG Y/A CMP%Y/G CMP ATT 1D TD%INT INT%SK

Led the AFC in 1971 San Diego Chargers 14 games

236.1 Passing Yards per Game 43.7 clear of Kansas City Chiefs

#	Team	G	Y/G
1	San Diego Chargers	14	236.1
2	Kansas City Chiefs	14	192.4
3	Houston Oilers	14	188.8
4	Cleveland Browns	14	180.1
5	Pittsburgh Steelers	14	174.7
6	Cincinnati Bengals	14	173.4
7	Buffalo Bills	14	172.1
	AFC average		171.5
8	Oakland Raiders	14	168.8
9	Miami Dolphins	14	160.6
10	Denver Broncos	14	160.2
11	New England Patriots	14	157.6
12	Baltimore Colts	14	153.7
13	New York Jets	14	111.1

A team's total is its players' numbers for the club added up, so a player traded mid-season counts for each team only what he did there. Rates such as passer rating and yards per attempt are worked out from the team's summed totals, not averaged across players. Passing yards are gross, before sack yardage comes off; the league's official team figures are net, so they run a little lower.