2005 NFL Passing First Downs by Team

Every team's total, added up from its players' lines. First downs gained passing

The Arizona Cardinals led the whole NFL in passing first downs in 2005, with 224, 7 ahead of the Indianapolis Colts. The average across 32 NFL teams is 170.2.

YDS TD RTG Y/A CMP%Y/G CMP ATT 1D TD%INT INT%SK

Led the whole NFL in 2005 Arizona Cardinals 16 games

224 Passing First Downs 7 clear of Indianapolis Colts

#	Team	Conference	G	1D
1	Arizona Cardinals	NFC	16	224
2	Indianapolis Colts	AFC	16	217
3	St. Louis Rams	NFC	16	209
4	Green Bay Packers	NFC	16	206
5	New England Patriots	AFC	16	204
6	Cincinnati Bengals	AFC	16	203
7	Seattle Seahawks	NFC	16	192
8	San Diego Chargers	AFC	16	191
8	Tennessee Titans	AFC	16	191
10	Oakland Raiders	AFC	16	189
11	Kansas City Chiefs	AFC	16	182
11	New Orleans Saints	NFC	16	182
11	Philadelphia Eagles	NFC	16	182
14	Dallas Cowboys	NFC	16	177
15	New York Giants	NFC	16	172
	NFL average			170.2
16	Jacksonville Jaguars	AFC	16	170
17	Minnesota Vikings	NFC	16	169
18	Washington Redskins	NFC	16	166
19	Baltimore Ravens	AFC	16	163
20	Denver Broncos	AFC	16	162
21	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	NFC	16	161
22	Miami Dolphins	AFC	16	159
23	Carolina Panthers	NFC	16	157
24	Detroit Lions	NFC	16	151
25	Atlanta Falcons	NFC	16	149
25	Cleveland Browns	AFC	16	149
27	New York Jets	AFC	16	146
28	Pittsburgh Steelers	AFC	16	144
29	Houston Texans	AFC	16	142
30	Buffalo Bills	AFC	16	129
31	Chicago Bears	NFC	16	111
32	San Francisco 49ers	NFC	16	96

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.