Thirty years ago, the average number of passing plays* (52.6%) and running plays (47.4%) were almost evenly split and teams were scoring 20.2 points per game. Ten years later, passing plays were up slightly to 54.3 percent. But with a number of rules in place to help the defense, scoring was down to 18.7 points per game. Over the next 15 years, passing plays hovered around 55-56 percent of all plays and scoring in most seasons fell between 20.5 and 21.5 points per game.
But over the last five years, both passing and scoring have been on the rise. And so far this year, the number of passing plays is up to 58.1 percent, up from 56.9 percent a year ago. And so far, teams are scoring 22.5 points per game, the league's highest total in the Super Bowl era.
all data via Pro-Football-Reference.com
* Including sacks
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