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2001 NFL Tackles for Loss by Team

Every team's total, added up from its players' lines. Tackles behind the line

The Pittsburgh Steelers led the whole NFL in tackles for loss in 2001, with 106, 7 ahead of the Cincinnati Bengals. The average across 31 NFL teams is 70.6.

Led the whole NFL in 2001 Pittsburgh Steelers 16 games
106 Tackles for Loss 7 clear of Cincinnati Bengals
# Team Conference G TFL
1 Pittsburgh Steelers AFC 16 106
2 Cincinnati Bengals AFC 16 99
3 Philadelphia Eagles NFC 16 89
4 Baltimore Ravens AFC 16 84
5 Cleveland Browns AFC 16 83
5 Tennessee Titans AFC 16 83
7 Denver Broncos AFC 16 82
8 St. Louis Rams NFC 16 80
9 Chicago Bears NFC 16 79
9 New York Giants NFC 16 79
11 Buffalo Bills AFC 16 76
12 Kansas City Chiefs AFC 16 74
12 New Orleans Saints NFC 16 74
NFL average 70.6
14 San Diego Chargers AFC 16 70
14 Tampa Bay Buccaneers NFC 16 70
16 Atlanta Falcons NFC 16 69
17 Carolina Panthers NFC 16 68
17 Detroit Lions NFC 16 68
17 Green Bay Packers NFC 16 68
20 Minnesota Vikings NFC 16 66
20 Oakland Raiders AFC 16 66
22 San Francisco 49ers NFC 16 60
23 New England Patriots AFC 16 59
23 Washington Redskins NFC 16 59
25 Dallas Cowboys NFC 16 58
25 Indianapolis Colts AFC 16 58
27 Miami Dolphins AFC 16 57
28 New York Jets AFC 16 55
29 Seattle Seahawks NFC 16 54
30 Arizona Cardinals NFC 16 49
31 Jacksonville Jaguars AFC 16 47

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.