1981 NFL Pass Attempts by Team

The Minnesota Vikings led the whole NFL in pass attempts in 1981, with 709, 80 ahead of the San Diego Chargers. The average across 28 NFL teams is 506.4.

Led the whole NFL in 1981 Minnesota Vikings 16 games

709 Pass Attempts 80 clear of San Diego Chargers

#	Team	Conference	G	ATT
1	Minnesota Vikings	NFC	16	709
2	San Diego Chargers	AFC	16	629
3	Cleveland Browns	AFC	16	624
4	Atlanta Falcons	NFC	16	563
5	Cincinnati Bengals	AFC	16	550
6	Oakland Raiders	AFC	16	545
7	Washington Redskins	NFC	16	525
8	Seattle Seahawks	AFC	16	524
9	San Francisco 49ers	NFC	16	517
10	Green Bay Packers	NFC	16	514
11	New York Jets	AFC	16	507
	NFL average			506.4
12	New York Giants	NFC	16	506
13	Buffalo Bills	AFC	16	503
14	Miami Dolphins	AFC	16	498
15	Chicago Bears	NFC	16	489
16	Denver Broncos	AFC	16	485
17	New England Patriots	AFC	16	482
18	Baltimore Colts	AFC	16	479
19	Los Angeles Rams	NFC	16	477
19	St. Louis Cardinals	NFC	16	477
21	Philadelphia Eagles	NFC	16	476
22	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	NFC	16	473
23	Pittsburgh Steelers	AFC	16	461
24	Houston Oilers	AFC	16	441
24	New Orleans Saints	NFC	16	441
26	Dallas Cowboys	NFC	16	439
27	Detroit Lions	NFC	16	436
28	Kansas City Chiefs	AFC	16	410

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.