The total distance traveled by all teams will be 578,912 miles. This is 18,128 fewer miles than last year, when teams traveled a total of 597,040 miles.

Five teams will "travel around the world" and more. A trip around the globe is 25,000 miles.

The SEATTLE SEAHAWKS will travel the most this season, accumulating a total of 29,054 miles. The Seahawks will travel 256 more miles than the INDIANAPOLIS COLTS, PITTSBURGH STEELERS and CLEVELAND BROWNS will travel combined.

In the past two years, the Seahawks have traveled a total of 63,820 miles, the most of any team.

The Browns will log the fewest traveling miles this season, finishing with 7,554 miles. This is 1,138 more than last year, when they also finished with the lowest total in the NFL. Cleveland will travel more than 1,000 total miles for only two games – at Denver and at Kansas City.

The teams of the NFC West will travel the farthest distance for the third consecutive season. This year, they will fly 102,610 miles, compared to last year's total of 114,616. The teams of the AFC North will travel the least this year, accumulating a total of 49,904 miles.

2009 NFL Travel Miles - 2009 Preseason and Regular Season

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Steelers & Titans Kickoff NFL 2009
NFL 2009 Kickoff Weekend

The NFL kicks off its 2009 season when the Super Bowl XLIII champion PITTSBURGH STEELERS host the TENNESSEE TITANS on NBC at 8:30 PM ET. Continuing a tradition that started in 2004, the previous year's Super Bowl winner hosts the NFL Thursday night season Kickoff the following September. This year's Kickoff Weekend features ...

New Rules for NFL 2009 Season
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The primary focus of this season's playing-rules those changes was enhancing player safety. "We want to make the game safer both for the player getting hit and the player doing the hitting," says NFL Executive Vice President of Football Operations RAY ANDERSON. Following the NFL 2009 changes ...

Notable NFL Players who Switched Teams this Offseason
NFL 2009 Kickoff Weekend

Although only about eight percent of the free agents available switched teams this year, it seemed that this offseason contained an unusual amount of big-name switches through free agency and trades.

Best NFL Records, Past 10 Years
NFL 2009 Kickoff Weekend

Over the past 10 years, five NFL teams have posted a winning percentage of .600 or better – led by the INDIANAPOLIS COLTS (114-46, .713).

NFL 2009: Teams Strength of Schedule
NFL 2009 Kickoff Weekend

NFL 2009: Best Quarterback Performances Past & Present
NFL 2009 Kickoff Weekend

Norm Van Brocklin's NFL-record 554 yards still stands today, some 58 years later, as the best single-game passing performance The Pro Football Hall of Fame quarterback tossed five touchdowns and completed 27 of 41 passes in the Rams 54-14 rout over the Yanks at the Los Angeles Coliseum.