NIFA : League History

Contents


League Champions
Individual Awards
Individual League Leaders
Team Statistics
Team History


League Champions

Final Score

Offensive & Defensive MVP

1998 New York (N) 16 Pittsburgh 7Charlie Garner, HB, New York (N)
Russell Maryland, DT, New York (N)
1999 Oakland 31 Detroit 3
2000 Jacksonville 16 New Orleans 14Mark Brunell, QB, Jacksonville
Winfred Tubbs, LB, New Orleans
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Individual Awards

Most Valuable Player

1998 Antowain *Smith, HB, Oakland
1999 Marshall Faulk, HB, Detroit
2000 Marshall Faulk, HB, Detroit


Offensive Player of the Year

Defensive Player of the Year

1998 Antowain *Smith, HB, Oakland1998 Junior Seau, LB, Jacksonville
1999 Marshall Faulk, HB, Detroit1999 William Thomas, LB, Oakland
2000 Marshall Faulk, HB, Detroit2000 Mo Lewis, LB, Minnesota


Offensive Rookie of the Year

Defensive Rookie of the Year

1998 Antowain *Smith, HB, Oakland1998 Peter *Boulware, LB, Baltimore
1999 Fred *Taylor, HB, Green Bay1999 Keith *Brooking, LB, New England
2000 Jeff *Wall, WR, Arizona2000 Mike *Maxie, DT, Detroit


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Individual League Leaders

Passing Rating

1998 Steve Young, S.F., 106.8
1999 Gus Frerotte, N.O., 91.5
2000 Trent Dilfer, ATL, 84.7


Pass Attempts

Pass Completions

1998 Vinny Testaverde, SEA, 5521998 Jeff Blake, BALT, 307
1999 John Friesz, SEA, 6171999 Drew Bledsoe, S.F., 315
2000 Rob Johnson, SEA, 6062000 Rob Johnson, SEA, 330


Passing Percentage

Passing Yards

1998 Steve Young, S.F., 66.0%1998 Steve Young, S.F., 3,307
1999 Danny Kanell, NYG, 62.8%1999 Brett Favre, N.E., 3,613
2000 Trent Dilfer, ATL, 60.0%2000 Trent Dilfer, ATL, 3,642


Passing Touchdowns

Interceptions Thrown

1998 Steve Young, S.F., 161998 Dave Brown, CIN, 15
1999 Gus Frerotte, N.O., 161999 Bobby Hoying, PHIL, 28
2000 Chris *Kato, STL, 132000 Bobby Hoying, PHIL, 20


Rushing Yards

Rushing Touchdowns

1998 Antowain *Smith, OAK, 2,1511998 Jerome Bettis, PITT, 19
1999 Eddie George, TENN, 1,9991999 Errict Rhett, MINN, 18
2000 Marshall Faulk, DET, 1,8982000 Daniel Taylor, ATL, 20


Pass Receptions

1998 Jerry Rice, WR, S.F., 148
1999 Michael Westbrook, WR, DET, 126
2000 Michael Irvin, WR, PITT, 125


Receiving Yards

Receiving Touchdowns

1998 Jerry Rice, WR, S.F., 2,3111998 Jerry Rice, WR, S.F., 11
1999 Michael Westbrook, WR, DET, 1,6241999 Marvin Harrison, WR, CHI, 9
2000 Carl Pickens, WR, N.O., 1,450 Michael Westbrook, WR, DET, 9
2000 Carl Pickens, WR, N.O., 9


Interceptions

1998 Deion Sanders, CB, S.F., 5
Kevin Smith, CB, DALL, 5
1999 Darryll Lewis, CB, T.B., 6
Tom Carter, CB, NYJ, 6
2000 Marty Carter, S, NYJ, 6
Eric Davis, CB, IND, 6
Keith Lyle, S, MINN, 6


Punt Return Average

KO Return Average

1998 Desmond Howard, WR, OAK, 22.21998 Eddie Kennison, WR, CHI, 34.2
1999 Sean Dawkins, WR, G.B., 15.51999 Eddie Kennison, WR, CHI, 31.3
2000 Tim Dwight, WR, MIA, 15.22000 Jeff *Wall, WR, ARIZ, 30.6


Punting Gross Average

Punting Net Average

1998 Kelvin *Smith, DET, 45.71998 Reggie Roby, NYJ, 41.6
1999 Chris Gardocki, IND, 46.21999 Chris Gardocki, IND, 41.6
2000 Chris Gardocki, IND, 46.52000 Toby Gowin, S.D., 41.5


Sacks

Tackles

1998 Hugh Douglas, DE, MINN, 251998 Toby Wright, S, T.B., 129
1999 Junior Seau, LB, JAX, 231999 Orlando Thomas, S, CIN, 151
2000 Keith Traylor, DT, ARIZ, 232000 LeRoy Butler, S, G.B., 125


Extra Point %

1998 Steve Christie, PITT, 100.0%
Cary Blanchard, BUF, 100.0%
Adam Vinatieri, N.O., 100.0%
Mike Hollis, STL, 100.0%
Norm Johnson, N.E., 100.0%
Al Del Greco, NYJ, 100.0%
Joe Nedny, DET, 100.0%
Richie Cunningham, BALT, 100.0%
Chris Boniol, DEN, 100.0%
Jeff Jaeger, G.B., 100.0%
Jason Hanson, ARIZ, 100.0%
Eddie Murray, TENN, 100.0%
Doug Brien, WASH, 100.0%
1999 Steve Christie, PITT, 100.0%
John Hall, T.B., 100.0%
Mike Hollis, STL, 100.0%
Al Del Greco, NYJ, 100.0%
Jason Elam, IND, 100.0%
John Carney, MIA, 100.0%
Richie Cunningham, BALT, 100.0%
Chris Boniol, DEN, 100.0%
John Kasay, CHI, 100.0%
Michael *Reeder, S.F., 100.0%
2000 John Hall, T.B., 100.0%
Matt Stover, MINN, 100.0%
Cole Ford, ATL, 100.0%
John Carney, MIA, 100.0%
Todd Peterson, CIN, 100.0%
Scott Blanton, DALL, 100.0%
John Kasay, CHI, 100.0%


Field Goal %

Field Goals

1998 Olindo *Mare, CAR, 83.9%1998 Gary Anderson, S.F., 35
1999 Steve Christie, PITT, 84.4%1999 Brad Daluiso, NYG, 32
2000 John Hall, T.B., 87.2%2000 John Hall, T.B., 34


Fumbles

Fumbles Recovered

1998 Troy Aikman, QB, DALL, 241998 Napoleon Kaufman, HB, DALL, 16
1999 Scott Mitchell, QB, DET, 301999 Marshall Faulk, HB, DET, 19
2000 Elvis Grbac, QB, DET, 412000 Marshall Faulk, HB, DET, 20


Scoring (kickers)

Touchdowns

1998 Gary Anderson, S.F., 1441998 Jerome Bettis, HB, PITT, 21
1999 Brad Daluiso, NYG, 1291999 Errict Rhett, HB, MINN, 19
2000 Ryan Longwell, S.D., 1242000 Daniel Taylor, HB, ATL, 21


All Purpose Yards

1998 Antowain *Smith, HB, OAK, 2,339
1999 Eddie George, HB, TENN, 2,205
2000 Karim Abdul-Jabbar, HB, OAK, 2,196


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Team Statistics

First Downs

First Downs Allowed

1998 San Francisco, 3331998 New York (N), 210
1999 Detroit, 3121999 Oakland, 182
2000 Detroit, 3282000 Oakland, 171


Points Scored

Points Allowed

1998 San Francisco, 4041998 New York (N), 140
1999 New Orleans, 3801999 Oakland, 77
2000 Detroit, 3782000 Oakland, 111


Rushing Yards

Rushing Yards Allowed

1998 Pittsburgh, 3,8301998 Pittsburgh, 865
1999 New Orleans, 3,7141999 Oakland, 598
2000 Detroit, 3,5632000 Detroit, 619


Net Passing Yards

Net Passing Yards Allowed

1998 San Francisco, 4,7201998 Jacksonville, 2,309
1999 Chicago, 4,2451999 Oakland, 2,014
2000 Atlanta, 4,2992000 Oakland, 1,966


Total Yards

Total Yards Allowed

1998 San Francisco, 5,8761998 Jacksonville, 3,477
1999 New Orleans, 5,5501999 Oakland, 2,612
2000 Detroit, 5,2952000 Oakland, 2,722


Best Net Takeaways

1998 San Francisco, +16
1999 New Orleans, +17
2000 San Diego, +14


Fewest Times Penalized

Most Times Penalized

1998 Buffalo, 231998 Kansas City, 53
1999 Jacksonville, 251999 Tampa Bay, 51
Denver, 252000 Tennessee, 50
2000 New York (N), 25


Best Time of Possession

Worst Time of Possession

1998 San Francisco, 34:131998 San Diego, 26:08
1999 Oakland, 34:331999 Philadelphia, 25:32
2000 Oakland, 35:252000 Kansas City, 26:00


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Team History

Buffalo

OffenseDefense
YearW-L-TPctForRkAgtRkRPTotRPTotFinish/Playoffs
1998 8-8 .500 255 15 275 19 20 23 23 21 9 205th:AE/
1999 4-12 .250 176 28 296 24 27 19 25 20 21 205th:AE/
2000 4-12 .250 233 21 354 25 18 28 25 24 30 295th:AE/


Indianapolis

OffenseDefense
YearW-L-TPctForRkAgtRkRPTotRPTotFinish/Playoffs
1998 9-7 .563 255 15 223 12 5 27 11 15 15 143rd:AE/
1999 7-9 .438 249 16 263 17 18 27 24 8 23 124th:AE/
2000 6-10 .375 181 28 257 19 24 27 28 17 2 114th:AE/


Miami

OffenseDefense
YearW-L-TPctForRkAgtRkRPTotRPTotFinish/Playoffs
1998 10-6 .625 231 23 187 5 13 17 16 7 30 162nd:AE/wc 6-17 N.E.
1999 12-4 .750 305 7 190 6 9 16 9 3 14 61st:AE/cf 12-13 OAK
2000 13-3 .813 325 5 154 3 3 25 9 3 4 31st:AE/dv 24-27(ot) PITT


New England

OffenseDefense
YearW-L-TPctForRkAgtRkRPTotRPTotFinish/Playoffs
1998 11-5 .688 268 12 229 13 12 5 7 22 17 231st:AE/dv 14-20 PITT
1999 11-5 .688 315 5 228 12 11 2 3 16 12 142nd:AE/dv 0-16 OAK
2000 8-8 .500 247 14 239 17 16 11 13 16 7 133rd:AE/


New York (A)

OffenseDefense
YearW-L-TPctForRkAgtRkRPTotRPTotFinish/Playoffs
1998 8-8 .500 192 28 165 2 19 22 19 14 5 104th:AE/
1999 7-9 .438 217 19 198 8 23 7 21 10 15 103rd:AE/
2000 9-7 .563 207 25 213 12 27 10 19 7 11 72nd:AE/


Baltimore

OffenseDefense
YearW-L-TPctForRkAgtRkRPTotRPTotFinish/Playoffs
1998 8-8 .500 274 9 241 14 8 11 10 19 2 93rd:AC/
1999 11-5 .688 283 12 165 4 13 8 10 11 7 82nd:AC/wc 15-16 N.E.
2000 9-7 .563 189 26 206 8 13 26 22 13 5 64th:AC/


Cincinnati

OffenseDefense
YearW-L-TPctForRkAgtRkRPTotRPTotFinish/Playoffs
1998 5-11 .313 186 29 276 21 27 21 28 25 29 255th:AC/
1999 5-11 .313 202 23 269 18 25 23 26 26 6 165th:AC/
2000 10-6 .625 226 22 196 6 14 29 23 20 6 143rd:AC/wc 18-19 JAX


Jacksonville

OffenseDefense
YearW-L-TPctForRkAgtRkRPTotRPTotFinish/Playoffs
1998 10-6 .625 284 8 208 10 17 10 14 5 1 12nd:AC/cf 3-16 PITT
1999 10-6 .625 215 20 144 2 15 18 16 7 2 23rd:AC/wc 10-17 PITT
2000 12-4 .750 287 8 144 2 8 6 7 5 3 41st:AC/WON CHAMP 16-14 New Orleans


Pittsburgh

OffenseDefense
YearW-L-TPctForRkAgtRkRPTotRPTotFinish/Playoffs
1998 13-3 .813 366 2 188 6 1 18 2 1 21 51st:AC/champ 7-16 NYG
1999 11-5 .688 304 8 191 7 5 25 12 5 27 111st:AC/dv 6-23 MIA
2000 11-5 .688 296 7 219 13 4 3 2 4 8 52nd:AC/cf 16-20 JAX


Tennessee

OffenseDefense
YearW-L-TPctForRkAgtRkRPTotRPTotFinish/Playoffs
1998 6-10 .375 245 18 309 24 11 19 15 17 20 184th:AC/
1999 10-6 .625 278 13 277 21 4 29 11 17 25 214th:AC/
2000 4-12 .250 162 29 234 14 22 30 29 21 20 215th:AC/


Denver

OffenseDefense
YearW-L-TPctForRkAgtRkRPTotRPTotFinish/Playoffs
1998 12-4 .750 334 5 211 11 6 4 3 9 28 191st:AW/dv 6-9 JAX
1999 4-12 .250 198 24 244 14 26 22 27 24 9 194th:AW/
2000 4-12 .250 245 15 277 22 23 18 21 23 25 224th:AW/


Kansas City

OffenseDefense
YearW-L-TPctForRkAgtRkRPTotRPTotFinish/Playoffs
1998 2-14 .125 250 17 452 30 18 2 6 30 13 305th:AW/
1999 2-14 .125 107 30 418 30 29 30 30 30 5 275th:AW/
2000 3-13 .188 151 30 426 30 30 23 30 30 27 305th:AW/


Oakland

OffenseDefense
YearW-L-TPctForRkAgtRkRPTotRPTotFinish/Playoffs
1998 11-5 .688 358 3 174 3 2 29 5 4 6 32nd:AW/wc 3-6 JAX
1999 15-1 .938 325 4 77 1 6 6 5 1 1 11st:AW/WON CHAMP 31-3 Detroit
2000 14-2 .875 315 6 111 1 2 16 4 2 1 11st:AW/dv 0-3 JAX


San Diego

OffenseDefense
YearW-L-TPctForRkAgtRkRPTotRPTotFinish/Playoffs
1998 7-9 .438 269 11 351 25 26 12 22 27 12 263rd:AW/
1999 7-9 .438 207 22 271 19 20 28 28 15 29 242nd:AW/
2000 10-6 .625 348 4 210 10 6 9 6 12 21 162nd:AW/wc 11-27 PITT


Seattle

OffenseDefense
YearW-L-TPctForRkAgtRkRPTotRPTotFinish/Playoffs
1998 4-12 .250 241 19 382 27 22 13 18 24 26 244th:AW/
1999 5-11 .313 195 26 281 22 24 3 17 19 24 223rd:AW/
2000 5-11 .313 185 27 291 23 29 2 15 22 10 183rd:AW/


Arizona

OffenseDefense
YearW-L-TPctForRkAgtRkRPTotRPTotFinish/Playoffs
1998 7-9 .438 231 23 267 17 25 14 25 11 18 133rd:NE/
1999 9-7 .563 212 21 219 11 22 17 22 13 4 92nd:NE/wc 6-12(ot) MINN
2000 9-7 .563 239 19 239 17 26 20 27 18 22 202nd:NE/wc 6-32 DALL


Dallas

OffenseDefense
YearW-L-TPctForRkAgtRkRPTotRPTotFinish/Playoffs
1998 7-9 .438 256 14 259 15 15 7 12 10 4 64th:NE/
1999 8-8 .500 252 15 243 13 12 5 6 12 17 133rd:NE/
2000 10-5-1 .656 269 10 206 8 9 7 8 15 12 151st:NE/cf 13-17 N.O.


New York (N)

OffenseDefense
YearW-L-TPctForRkAgtRkRPTotRPTotFinish/Playoffs
1998 14-2 .875 307 7 140 1 4 9 4 2 10 21st:NE/WON CHAMP 16-7 Pittsburgh
1999 11-5 .688 363 3 205 9 2 20 4 4 16 71st:NE/dv 17-19 DET
2000 8-8 .500 277 9 210 10 17 14 14 10 15 123rd:NE/


Philadelphia

OffenseDefense
YearW-L-TPctForRkAgtRkRPTotRPTotFinish/Playoffs
1998 6-10 .375 265 13 275 19 21 24 26 20 14 225th:NE/
1999 2-14 .125 131 29 337 27 30 21 29 27 13 265th:NE/
2000 6-9-1 .406 240 18 272 21 12 19 17 9 13 104th:NE/


Washington

OffenseDefense
YearW-L-TPctForRkAgtRkRPTotRPTotFinish/Playoffs
1998 10-6 .625 235 22 206 9 9 30 21 12 24 152nd:NE/cf 9-20 NYG
1999 7-9 .438 245 17 289 23 17 12 19 21 11 184th:NE/
2000 5-11 .313 243 16 382 27 21 24 26 27 28 285th:NE/


Chicago

OffenseDefense
YearW-L-TPctForRkAgtRkRPTotRPTotFinish/Playoffs
1998 12-4 .750 323 6 198 7 3 25 8 6 22 82nd:NC/wc 6-13 WASH
1999 9-7 .563 297 10 262 15 19 1 13 18 26 233rd:NC/wc 10-32 NYG
2000 2-14 .125 221 23 404 28 25 22 24 26 26 265th:NC/


Detroit

OffenseDefense
YearW-L-TPctForRkAgtRkRPTotRPTotFinish/Playoffs
1998 3-13 .188 241 19 366 26 29 16 27 26 27 274th:NC/
1999 12-4 .750 365 2 212 10 3 9 2 6 8 41st:NC/champ 3-31 OAK
2000 15-1 .938 378 1 157 4 1 15 1 1 9 21st:NC/dv 3-6 DALL


Green Bay

OffenseDefense
YearW-L-TPctForRkAgtRkRPTotRPTotFinish/Playoffs
1998 7-9 .438 195 26 289 23 24 15 24 13 3 73rd:NC/dv 0-20 NYG
1999 9-7 .563 227 18 326 26 8 24 14 25 30 294th:NC/
2000 5-11 .313 252 13 377 26 28 4 16 29 19 274th:NC/


Minnesota

OffenseDefense
YearW-L-TPctForRkAgtRkRPTotRPTotFinish/Playoffs
1998 13-3 .813 357 4 205 8 10 8 9 8 25 121st:NC/wc 7-12 G.B.
1999 10-6 .625 307 6 174 5 7 15 8 9 3 52nd:NC/dv 8-17 N.O.
2000 10-6 .625 255 12 201 7 20 17 18 8 14 92nd:NC/dv 18-20 N.O.


Tampa Bay

OffenseDefense
YearW-L-TPctForRkAgtRkRPTotRPTotFinish/Playoffs
1998 2-14 .125 166 30 421 29 30 6 29 28 23 295th:NC/
1999 8-8 .500 291 11 271 19 10 26 15 14 18 155th:NC/
2000 9-7 .563 263 11 235 16 11 13 11 11 24 173rd:NC/


Atlanta

OffenseDefense
YearW-L-TPctForRkAgtRkRPTotRPTotFinish/Playoffs
1998 3-13 .188 271 10 400 28 23 3 13 29 19 285th:NW/
1999 6-10 .375 298 9 305 25 14 4 7 23 22 252nd:NW/
2000 10-6 .625 349 3 234 14 7 1 3 19 16 192nd:NW/wc 10-13 MINN


Carolina

OffenseDefense
YearW-L-TPctForRkAgtRkRPTotRPTotFinish/Playoffs
1998 6-10 .375 240 21 265 16 14 20 17 18 11 173rd:NW/
1999 5-11 .313 257 14 409 29 16 13 18 29 20 284th:NW/
2000 4-12 .250 216 24 423 29 15 8 12 28 17 255th:NW/


New Orleans

OffenseDefense
YearW-L-TPctForRkAgtRkRPTotRPTotFinish/Playoffs
1998 5-11 .313 195 26 282 22 28 26 30 23 8 214th:NW/
1999 15-1 .938 380 1 161 3 1 10 1 2 19 31st:NW/cf 7-23 DET
2000 13-3 .813 373 2 184 5 5 5 5 6 18 81st:NW/champ 14-16 JAX


San Francisco

OffenseDefense
YearW-L-TPctForRkAgtRkRPTotRPTotFinish/Playoffs
1998 14-2 .875 404 1 180 4 7 1 1 3 16 41st:NW/dv 10-19 WASH
1999 5-11 .313 197 25 262 15 21 14 20 22 10 173rd:NW/
2000 7-9 .438 242 17 271 20 19 21 20 14 29 243rd:NW/


St. Louis

OffenseDefense
YearW-L-TPctForRkAgtRkRPTotRPTotFinish/Playoffs
1998 7-9 .438 201 25 271 18 16 28 20 16 7 112nd:NW/
1999 3-13 .188 195 26 406 28 28 11 23 28 28 305th:NW/
2000 4-12 .250 234 20 322 24 10 12 10 25 23 234th:NW/


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