What was our lowest amount of sacks in a season?

[Nicomo Cosca]

Does anyone know what our lowest total for a season was? I couldn’t find it with a quick search, but I’d imagine the 15 we’re currently at, plus maybe a couple more the next 3 games would have to be right around the bottom. I know sacks didn’t officially become a stat until the 80’s, but were any of those 90’s teams worse at getting to the QB? This feels historically bad.

[fredtoast]

17 in 2008
20 in 2014
21 in 1991

[motoarch]

We have 15 on the season?! That's it?

Some dude from the Packers (I think) had 5 in one game yesterday.


God this team sucks


Edit: it's was a cardinals player, not Packers.

[Nicomo Cosca]

(12-14-2020, 03:19 PM)fredtoast Wrote: 17 in 2008

So assuming Pittsburgh blanks us (because ofc they will) we need 3 against Houston and Baltimore to not be the worst ever...

[*ochocincos*]

(12-14-2020, 03:19 PM)fredtoast Wrote: 17 in 2008
20 in 2014
21 in 1991

Crazy to think that 2008 year was Zimmer's first season as DC, taking over for Bresnahan.
That year, no player had more than 3.0 sacks, which was a tie between Ndukwe (safety), Odom (DE), and Thorton (DT).
The very next year, Zimmer's defense doubled their sack total to 34 en route to a 10-6 record and sweeping the division.