2006 NFL Passing First Downs by Team

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

The Indianapolis Colts led the whole NFL in passing first downs in 2006, with 241, 29 ahead of the St. Louis Rams. The average across 32 NFL teams is 170.5.

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

Led the whole NFL in 2006 Indianapolis Colts 16 games

241 Passing First Downs 29 clear of St. Louis Rams

#	Team	Conference	G	1D
1	Indianapolis Colts	AFC	16	241
2	St. Louis Rams	NFC	16	212
3	Detroit Lions	NFC	16	208
3	New Orleans Saints	NFC	16	208
5	Cincinnati Bengals	AFC	16	201
5	Pittsburgh Steelers	AFC	16	201
7	Dallas Cowboys	NFC	16	197
8	Philadelphia Eagles	NFC	16	189
9	Arizona Cardinals	NFC	16	187
10	Green Bay Packers	NFC	16	185
11	Kansas City Chiefs	AFC	16	184
12	New England Patriots	AFC	16	181
13	Miami Dolphins	AFC	16	180
14	Baltimore Ravens	AFC	16	179
	NFL average			170.5
15	San Diego Chargers	AFC	16	169
16	Seattle Seahawks	NFC	16	167
17	New York Giants	NFC	16	163
18	Chicago Bears	NFC	16	161
18	New York Jets	AFC	16	161
20	Minnesota Vikings	NFC	16	160
21	Carolina Panthers	NFC	16	158
22	Houston Texans	AFC	16	156
23	Cleveland Browns	AFC	16	153
24	Denver Broncos	AFC	16	151
25	Washington Redskins	NFC	16	150
26	Jacksonville Jaguars	AFC	16	147
27	Oakland Raiders	AFC	16	144
28	Atlanta Falcons	NFC	16	133
28	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	NFC	16	133
28	Tennessee Titans	AFC	16	133
31	Buffalo Bills	AFC	16	132
31	San Francisco 49ers	NFC	16	132

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.