Every once in a while, I get some interesting stats in my mailbox from various different sources. I thought I'd toss this one out there for everyone's viewing pleasure.
Someone sat down and computed that the 32 NFL teams will travel a grand total of 506,054 miles traveling to various games in 2011. They went so far as to break them down by team, and the Minnesota Vikings are actually towards the bottom of the NFL as far as the number of miles that they will travel in 2011. Here's the full breakdown:
TOTAL MILES TRAVELED & NOTES ON 2011 TRAVEL
(2011 regular season)
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1. |
29,196 |
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17. |
14,424 |
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2. |
26,918 |
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18. |
13,806 |
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3. |
26,740 |
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19. |
13,640 |
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4. |
25,532 |
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20. |
13,276 |
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5. |
23,954 |
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21. |
13,184 |
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6. |
22,974 |
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22. |
12,342 |
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7. |
20,480 |
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23. |
12,322 |
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8. |
20,232 |
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24. |
Minnesota Vikings |
11,756 |
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9. |
17,960 |
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25. |
11,246 |
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10. |
16,188 |
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26. |
11,118 |
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11. |
16,130 |
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27. |
10,510 |
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12. |
15,428 |
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28. |
10,380 |
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13. |
15,278 |
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29. |
10,270 |
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14. |
15,096 |
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30. |
9,944 |
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15. |
14,610 |
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31. |
9,554 |
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16. |
14,506 |
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32. |
7,060 |
- The total air distance traveled by all teams during the regular season will be 506,054 miles.
- The teams of the NFC West (95,346) have the highest combined mileage total of all divisions.
- The remaining division totals ranking from highest to lowest are the AFC West (82,826), NFC East (61,278), AFC East (61,052), NFC South (55,718), AFC North (55,360), NFC North (54,732) and AFC South (39,742).
- Four teams - the SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS (29,196), SEATTLE SEAHAWKS (26,918), SAN DIEGO CHARGERS (26,740) and OAKLAND RAIDERS (25,532) - will "travel around the world" at least once. A trip around the globe is 25,000 miles.