1979 NFL Passing Yards by Team

The San Diego Chargers led the whole NFL in passing yards in 1979, with 4,138, 255 ahead of the Dallas Cowboys. The average across 28 NFL teams is 3,184.6.

Led the whole NFL in 1979 San Diego Chargers 16 games

4,138 Passing Yards 255 clear of Dallas Cowboys

#	Team	Conference	G	YDS
1	San Diego Chargers	AFC	16	4,138
2	Dallas Cowboys	NFC	16	3,883
3	Pittsburgh Steelers	AFC	16	3,877
4	Cleveland Browns	AFC	16	3,838
5	Seattle Seahawks	AFC	16	3,791
6	San Francisco 49ers	NFC	16	3,760
7	Oakland Raiders	AFC	16	3,704
8	Buffalo Bills	AFC	16	3,603
9	New England Patriots	AFC	16	3,600
10	Baltimore Colts	AFC	16	3,575
11	Denver Broncos	AFC	16	3,433
12	Minnesota Vikings	NFC	16	3,397
13	New Orleans Saints	NFC	16	3,291
	NFL average			3,184.6
14	Atlanta Falcons	NFC	16	3,127
15	Green Bay Packers	NFC	16	3,057
16	Los Angeles Rams	NFC	16	3,032
17	Miami Dolphins	AFC	16	3,018
18	Philadelphia Eagles	NFC	16	2,882
19	St. Louis Cardinals	NFC	16	2,870
20	New York Jets	AFC	16	2,864
21	Washington Redskins	NFC	16	2,839
22	Cincinnati Bengals	AFC	16	2,821
23	Detroit Lions	NFC	16	2,775
24	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	NFC	16	2,700
25	Houston Oilers	AFC	16	2,494
26	Chicago Bears	NFC	16	2,429
27	New York Giants	NFC	16	2,419
28	Kansas City Chiefs	AFC	16	1,953

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.