1997 NFL Sacks by Team

The New Orleans Saints led the whole NFL in sacks in 1997, with 59.0, 4.0 ahead of the Atlanta Falcons. The average across 30 NFL teams is 41.4.

Led the whole NFL in 1997 New Orleans Saints 16 games

59.0 Sacks 4.0 clear of Atlanta Falcons

#	Team	Conference	G	SK
1	New Orleans Saints	NFC	16	59.0
2	Atlanta Falcons	NFC	16	55.0
3	Kansas City Chiefs	AFC	16	54.0
3	New York Giants	NFC	16	54.0
3	San Francisco 49ers	NFC	16	54.0
6	Pittsburgh Steelers	AFC	16	48.0
7	Jacksonville Jaguars	AFC	16	47.0
8	Buffalo Bills	AFC	16	46.0
9	Minnesota Vikings	NFC	16	44.0
9	New England Patriots	AFC	16	44.0
9	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	NFC	16	44.0
12	Denver Broncos	AFC	16	43.0
12	Detroit Lions	NFC	16	43.0
14	Baltimore Ravens	AFC	16	42.0
14	Seattle Seahawks	AFC	16	42.0
	NFL average			41.4
16	Philadelphia Eagles	NFC	16	41.0
17	Green Bay Packers	NFC	16	39.0
18	Chicago Bears	NFC	16	38.0
18	Dallas Cowboys	NFC	16	38.0
18	St. Louis Rams	NFC	16	38.0
21	Indianapolis Colts	AFC	16	36.0
21	Washington Redskins	NFC	16	36.0
23	Carolina Panthers	NFC	16	35.0
23	Cincinnati Bengals	AFC	16	35.0
23	Tennessee Oilers	AFC	16	35.0
26	Arizona Cardinals	NFC	16	34.0
27	Miami Dolphins	AFC	16	31.0
27	Oakland Raiders	AFC	16	31.0
29	New York Jets	AFC	16	29.0
30	San Diego Chargers	AFC	16	27.0

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.