Saturday, August 31, 2013

NFL Dominating Receivers and Defenses

Breaking Sports Myths
NFL Trivia: Dominating Receivers and Defense

In 2007 which NFL team had both the league's leading receiver (1,510 yards) and the league's top defense (fewest points allowed; 16.4 pts/game)?

a) Green Bay Packers 13-3* (Greg Jennings)
b) New England Patriots 16-0* (Randy Moss)
c) Indianapolis Colts 13-3* (Reggie Wayne)
d) Dallas Cowboys 13-3* (Terrell Owens)

* = regular season records

(HINT: it wasn't the Patriots)

Sources:
http://www.pro-football-reference.com/leaders/rec_yds_year_by_year.htm

http://www.nfl.com/stats/categorystats?archive=true&conference=null&role=OPP&offensiveStatisticCategory=null&defensiveStatisticCategory=SCORING&season=2007&seasonType=REG&tabSeq=2&qualified=false&Submit=Go

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2007_NFL_season

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