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Vikings Will Be Traveling Light In 2011

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)

1.

San Francisco 49ers

29,196

17.

Kansas City Chiefs

14,424

2.

Seattle Seahawks

26,918

18.

Pittsburgh Steelers

13,806

3.

San Diego Chargers

26,740

19.

Buffalo Bills

13,640

4.

Oakland Raiders

25,532

20.

Philadelphia Eagles

13,276

5.

Arizona Cardinals

23,954

21.

Houston Texans

13,184

6.

Tampa Bay Buccaneers

22,974

22.

Washington Redskins

12,342

7.

Miami Dolphins

20,480

23.

New York Jets

12,322

8.

Dallas Cowboys

20,232

24.

Minnesota Vikings

11,756

9.

Chicago Bears

17,960

25.

Carolina Panthers

11,246

10.

Cleveland Browns

16,188

26.

Atlanta Falcons

11,118

11.

Denver Broncos

16,130

27.

Green Bay Packers

10,510

12.

New York Giants

15,428

28.

New Orleans Saints

10,380

13.

St. Louis Rams

15,278

29.

Cincinnati Bengals

10,270

14.

Baltimore Ravens

15,096

30.

Jacksonville Jaguars

9,944

15.

New England Patriots

14,610

31.

Indianapolis Colts

9,554

16.

Detroit Lions

14,506

32.

Tennessee Titans

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.