1977 NFL Passing Yards by Team

The Buffalo Bills led the whole NFL in passing yards in 1977, with 2,803, 111 ahead of the Minnesota Vikings. The average across 28 NFL teams is 2,271.2.

Led the whole NFL in 1977 Buffalo Bills 14 games

2,803 Passing Yards 111 clear of Minnesota Vikings

#	Team	Conference	G	YDS
1	Buffalo Bills	AFC	14	2,803
2	Minnesota Vikings	NFC	14	2,692
3	Dallas Cowboys	NFC	14	2,689
4	Baltimore Colts	AFC	14	2,686
5	Pittsburgh Steelers	AFC	14	2,632
6	St. Louis Cardinals	NFC	14	2,608
7	Cincinnati Bengals	AFC	14	2,550
8	Kansas City Chiefs	AFC	14	2,514
9	Seattle Seahawks	AFC	14	2,459
10	San Diego Chargers	AFC	14	2,442
11	Cleveland Browns	AFC	14	2,374
12	Oakland Raiders	AFC	14	2,338
13	New York Jets	AFC	14	2,286
14	Washington Redskins	NFC	14	2,284
	NFL average			2,271.2
15	Denver Broncos	AFC	14	2,265
16	Miami Dolphins	AFC	14	2,264
17	Los Angeles Rams	NFC	14	2,253
18	Philadelphia Eagles	NFC	14	2,198
19	New England Patriots	AFC	14	2,162
20	Houston Oilers	AFC	14	2,107
21	Chicago Bears	NFC	14	2,070
22	Green Bay Packers	NFC	14	2,013
23	Detroit Lions	NFC	14	1,959
24	New Orleans Saints	NFC	14	1,933
25	San Francisco 49ers	NFC	14	1,797
26	New York Giants	NFC	14	1,762
27	Atlanta Falcons	NFC	14	1,740
28	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	NFC	14	1,714

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.