1997 NFC Interceptions by Team

The New York Giants led the NFC in interceptions in 1997, with 27, 2 ahead of the San Francisco 49ers. The average across 15 NFC teams is 16.7.

Led the NFC in 1997 New York Giants 16 games

27 Interceptions 2 clear of San Francisco 49ers

#	Team	G	INT
1	New York Giants	16	27
2	San Francisco 49ers	16	25
2	St. Louis Rams	16	25
4	Green Bay Packers	16	21
5	Atlanta Falcons	16	18
6	Detroit Lions	16	17
	NFC average		16.7
7	New Orleans Saints	16	16
7	Washington Redskins	16	16
9	Arizona Cardinals	16	15
10	Philadelphia Eagles	16	14
11	Chicago Bears	16	13
11	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	16	13
13	Minnesota Vikings	16	12
14	Carolina Panthers	16	11
15	Dallas Cowboys	16	7

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.