Factoid
The two Super Bowl teams, oddly, are the two teams that have attempted the fewest field goals over the last four years. Both Indianapolis and New Orleans have tried only 103 field goals in the last four years.
This is unusual. Both teams have good offenses. Usually, you expect to see the league’s worst teams attempting the fewest field goals. (Certainly, the worst teams score the fewest kicking points – the Colts and Saints both pile up a lot of extra points).
In this case, it really comes down to both New Orleans and Indianapolis being very good at scoring touchdowns, rather than settling for field goals. Two other teams, over the last four years, also have averaged over 26 points per game. They also rank outside the top 10 in field goal attempts (though just outside). That would be San Diego and New England.
FIELD GOAL ATTEMPTS, 2006-2009
PPG FGA
25.3 144 Green Bay
24.7 132 Philadelphia
21.2 132 Tennessee
22.9 129 Chicago
20.9 129 Denver
16.2 129 St. Louis
20.9 128 NY Jets
21.9 127 Baltimore
20.4 126 Atlanta
18.3 126 Washington
24.3 125 NY Giants
17.9 123 Buffalo
28.1 123 San Diego
28.3 121 New England
17.5 120 Cleveland
21.9 119 Houston
18.0 119 Tampa Bay
18.5 118 Detroit
20.3 118 Seattle
19.7 117 Cincinnati
14.2 116 Oakland
23.8 114 Arizona
22.8 114 Pittsburgh
19.8 113 Carolina
25.0 112 Dallas
19.3 112 Miami
23.4 111 Minnesota
18.5 111 San Francisco
21.5 109 Jacksonville
17.8 109 Kansas City
26.1 103 Indianapolis
27.6 103 New Orleans
—Ian Allan
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