1983 NFL Sacks by Team

The St. Louis Cardinals led the whole NFL in sacks in 1983, with 58.0, 1.0 ahead of the Dallas Cowboys. The average across 28 NFL teams is 43.2.

Led the whole NFL in 1983 St. Louis Cardinals 16 games

58.0 Sacks 1.0 clear of Dallas Cowboys

#	Team	Conference	G	SK
1	St. Louis Cardinals	NFC	16	58.0
2	Dallas Cowboys	NFC	16	57.0
2	Los Angeles Raiders	AFC	16	57.0
2	San Francisco 49ers	NFC	16	57.0
5	New Orleans Saints	NFC	16	56.0
6	Chicago Bears	NFC	16	51.0
6	Washington Redskins	NFC	16	51.0
8	Pittsburgh Steelers	AFC	16	50.0
9	Miami Dolphins	AFC	16	49.0
10	New York Jets	AFC	16	48.0
11	Minnesota Vikings	NFC	16	47.0
12	New York Giants	NFC	16	44.0
	NFL average			43.2
13	Detroit Lions	NFC	16	43.0
13	Seattle Seahawks	AFC	16	43.0
15	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	NFC	16	42.0
16	Baltimore Colts	AFC	16	41.0
16	Cincinnati Bengals	AFC	16	41.0
16	Green Bay Packers	NFC	16	41.0
19	New England Patriots	AFC	16	39.0
20	Denver Broncos	AFC	16	36.0
20	Philadelphia Eagles	NFC	16	36.0
22	Kansas City Chiefs	AFC	16	34.0
23	Los Angeles Rams	NFC	16	33.0
24	Buffalo Bills	AFC	16	32.0
24	Cleveland Browns	AFC	16	32.0
26	Atlanta Falcons	NFC	16	31.0
26	Houston Oilers	AFC	16	31.0
28	San Diego Chargers	AFC	16	30.0

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.