One of the surprising facts about the 1999 season is that the St. Louis Rams did not lead the NFL in scoring percentage. Though they had 83 more points than second place Washington and 130 more points than 14-2 Jacksonville and averaged .7 more yards per play than any other team, the Rams had a lower scoring percentage than the Indianapolis Colts.
It wasn’t much lower — 40.9% to 39.9% — but the Colts had a slightly higher percentage of their drives end in scores. Obviously this had to do with one thing more than a few others: field goals.