Saturday October 3, 1970
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NFL leaders as of 10/03/1970:



Team Rankings:
Rush Pass Total Offense Games Yds/Gm Yds/Gm Yds/Gm 1 SF 2 154.0 225.5 379.5 2 NYJ 2 177.5 191.0 368.5 3 LA 2 163.0 190.0 353.0 4 OAK 3 122.0 221.3 343.3 5 DET 2 228.5 113.0 341.5 6 DAL 2 198.5 130.0 328.5 7 ATL 2 130.5 194.0 324.5 8 SD 2 108.0 208.0 316.0 9 STL 2 136.5 175.5 312.0 10 HOU 2 149.0 157.0 306.0 11 BAL 2 91.0 215.0 306.0 12 CLE 3 89.0 200.3 289.3 13 NYG 2 78.5 196.0 274.5 14 PHI 2 97.5 176.5 274.0 15 MIA 3 118.7 140.3 259.0 16 KC 2 108.0 148.5 256.5 17 MIN 2 119.0 136.5 255.5 18 BOS 2 127.0 128.0 255.0 19 DEN 2 109.0 145.0 254.0 20 CIN 2 161.5 90.5 252.0 21 PIT 3 74.3 166.3 240.7 22 WAS 2 135.5 96.0 231.5 23 GB 2 68.0 161.0 229.0 24 CHI 2 67.5 151.0 218.5 25 NO 2 72.5 110.5 183.0 26 BUF 2 72.5 90.5 163.0
Rush Pass Total Defense Games Yds/Gm Yds/Gm Yds/Gm 1 DET 2 63.0 64.0 127.0 2 MIN 2 61.5 113.0 174.5 3 DEN 2 55.5 141.5 197.0 4 NYJ 2 73.0 142.0 215.0 5 DAL 2 101.5 130.0 231.5 6 PHI 2 117.5 121.5 239.0 7 PIT 3 107.7 135.7 243.3 8 BOS 2 141.0 107.5 248.5 9 HOU 2 114.0 135.0 249.0 10 LA 2 75.5 176.5 252.0 11 KC 2 106.5 158.0 264.5 12 NO 2 127.5 150.5 278.0 13 CIN 2 119.5 168.5 288.0 14 ATL 2 85.5 204.0 289.5 15 BAL 2 118.0 173.5 291.5 16 STL 2 152.0 146.0 298.0 17 NYG 2 148.5 159.5 308.0 18 WAS 2 162.0 148.5 310.5 19 MIA 3 163.3 150.7 314.0 20 CHI 2 74.5 242.5 317.0 21 BUF 2 152.5 170.5 323.0 22 SF 2 123.0 205.5 328.5 23 OAK 3 161.3 167.7 329.0 24 SD 2 119.5 234.5 354.0 25 CLE 3 153.3 230.7 384.0 26 GB 2 189.0 202.0 391.0
                                                          Per   Per
Passing               Team(s)   Att  Cmp    Pct  Yards    Att   Cmp  TD   TD%  Int  Int%  Rating
John Brodie           SF         52   37   71.2    455   8.75  12.3   4   7.7    0   0.0   123.5
Len Dawson            KC         39   27   69.2    316   8.10  11.7   5  12.8    3   7.7   101.1
Roman Gabriel         LA         54   31   57.4    387   7.17  12.5   3   5.6    0   0.0    98.3
Bill Munson           DET        33   20   60.6    200   6.06  10.0   2   6.1    0   0.0    98.0
John Hadl             SD         61   27   44.3    497   8.15  18.4   5   8.2    2   3.3    86.6
Bill Nelsen           CLE        52   26   50.0    453   8.71  17.4   2   3.8    1   1.9    84.9
Roger Staubach        DAL        38   24   63.2    248   6.53  10.3   2   5.3    2   5.3    77.5
Charley Johnson       HOU        57   27   47.4    330   5.79  12.2   2   3.5    0   0.0    77.4
Norm Snead            PHI        56   34   60.7    395   7.05  11.6   2   3.6    3   5.4    71.7
Bob Berry             ATL        64   39   60.9    435   6.80  11.2   3   4.7    4   6.2    70.8
Bob Griese            MIA        60   28   46.7    479   7.98  17.1   4   6.7    4   6.7    68.7
Jack Concannon        CHI        56   32   57.1    253   4.52   7.9   1   1.8    1   1.8    67.0
Joe Namath            NYJ        51   27   52.9    394   7.73  14.6   2   3.9    3   5.9    67.0
Earl Morrall          BAL        37   18   48.6    262   7.08  14.6   3   8.1    3   8.1    65.4
Daryle Lamonica       OAK        96   52   54.2    686   7.15  13.2   4   4.2    6   6.2    64.8
Fran Tarkenton        NYG        75   37   49.3    434   5.79  11.7   1   1.3    4   5.3    49.5
Jim Hart              STL        49   16   32.7    349   7.12  21.8   1   2.0    2   4.1    48.8
Mike Taliaferro       BOS        47   23   48.9    292   6.21  12.7   2   4.3    4   8.5    47.5
Sonny Jurgensen       WAS        56   28   50.0    255   4.55   9.1   1   1.8    3   5.4    46.4
Gary Cuozzo           MIN        47   23   48.9    291   6.19  12.7   0   0.0    3   6.4    42.1
Terry Bradshaw        PIT        71   30   42.3    488   6.87  16.3   0   0.0    5   7.0    36.6
Johnny Unitas         BAL        46   20   43.5    260   5.65  13.0   0   0.0    3   6.5    34.7
Billy Kilmer          NO         42   20   47.6    159   3.79   8.0   0   0.0    3   7.1    27.8


Others (10 or more attempts): Per Per Passing Team(s) Att Cmp Pct Yards Att Cmp TD TD% Int Int% Rating Terry Hanratty PIT 18 8 44.4 122 6.78 15.2 1 5.6 0 0.0 85.9 Bart Starr GB 29 16 55.2 231 7.97 14.4 1 3.4 1 3.4 78.4 Edd Hargett NO 20 12 60.0 99 4.95 8.2 0 0.0 0 0.0 72.7 Steve Tensi DEN 28 12 42.9 248 8.86 20.7 2 7.1 2 7.1 68.8 Sam Wyche CIN 25 11 44.0 198 7.92 18.0 1 4.0 1 4.0 68.4 Dennis Shaw BUF 25 17 68.0 195 7.80 11.5 0 0.0 2 8.0 57.9 Pete Beathard STL 13 6 46.2 56 4.31 9.3 1 7.7 1 7.7 52.1 Don Horn GB 17 6 35.3 129 7.59 21.5 1 5.9 2 11.8 43.1 Pete Liske DEN 22 8 36.4 90 4.09 11.2 0 0.0 1 4.5 30.5 Dan Darragh BUF 28 10 35.7 69 2.46 6.9 0 0.0 2 7.1 14.6 Don Gault CLE 19 2 10.5 67 3.53 33.5 0 0.0 3 15.8 2.2
Rushing Team(s) Att Yards Avg TD Larry Csonka MIA 45 195 4.3 0 Matt Snell NYJ 42 193 4.6 1 Larry Brown WAS 23 188 8.2 2 Calvin Hill DAL 41 177 4.3 1 MacArthur Lane STL 35 176 5.0 2 Ken Willard SF 39 170 4.4 2 Charlie Smith OAK 41 168 4.1 0 Jess Phillips CIN 26 161 6.2 1 Willie Ellison LA 31 154 5.0 1 Emerson Boozer NYJ 31 148 4.8 3 Leroy Kelly CLE 41 144 3.5 2 Mel Farr DET 30 140 4.7 3 Floyd Little DEN 42 136 3.2 0 Hoyle Granger HOU 31 136 4.4 1 Jim Nance BOS 31 136 4.4 2 Jim Kiick MIA 47 124 2.6 1 Altie Taylor DET 28 117 4.2 0 Hewritt Dixon OAK 33 113 3.4 0 Carl Garrett BOS 21 111 5.3 2 Roger Staubach DAL 13 105 8.1 0 Preston Pearson PIT 39 97 2.5 0 Woody Campbell HOU 20 89 4.5 0 Tony Baker NO 29 88 3.0 0 Walt Garrison DAL 21 88 4.2 2 Cannonball Butler ATL 22 86 3.9 0
Receiving Team(s) Att Yards Avg TD Eddie Hinton BAL 16 264 16.5 1 Ron Johnson NYG 14 133 9.5 1 Warren Wells OAK 12 204 17.0 1 Jack Snow LA 12 197 16.4 1 Ron Shanklin PIT 11 276 25.1 1 George Sauer NYJ 11 185 16.8 1 Fred Biletnikoff OAK 11 184 16.7 3 Gene Washington SF 11 135 12.3 0 Dick Gordon CHI 11 111 10.1 2 Harmon Wages ATL 11 84 7.6 2 Gary Ballman PHI 10 131 13.1 1 Hewritt Dixon OAK 10 64 6.4 0 Lance Rentzel DAL 9 150 16.7 1 Ben Hawkins PHI 9 119 13.2 1 Bob Wallace CHI 9 110 12.2 0 Dennis Hughes PIT 9 109 12.1 0 John Gilliam STL 8 184 23.0 0 Gary Garrison SD 8 179 22.4 3 Jim Kiick MIA 8 152 19.0 0 Dave Smith PIT 8 151 18.9 0 Roy Jefferson BAL 8 114 14.2 1 Charley Taylor WAS 8 76 9.5 0 Paul Warfield MIA 7 203 29.0 2 Al Denson DEN 7 133 19.0 1 Milt Morin CLE 7 132 18.9 0
Kick Returns Team(s) Att Yards Avg TD Cecil Turner CHI 4 252 63.0 2 Mel Blount PIT 3 141 47.0 0 Alvin Haymond LA 5 207 41.4 1 Homer Jones CLE 9 293 32.6 1 Jim Duncan BAL 3 94 31.3 0 Jake Scott MIA 4 117 29.2 0 Lemar Parrish CIN 6 162 27.0 0 Mike Battle NYJ 5 133 26.6 0 Duane Thomas DAL 3 76 25.3 0 Ron Gardin BAL 5 124 24.8 0 Ken Burrough NO 3 74 24.7 0 Rich Houston NYG 4 97 24.2 0 Carl Garrett BOS 5 116 23.2 0 George Atkinson OAK 4 92 23.0 0 Glenn Alexander BUF 3 69 23.0 0
Punt Returns Team(s) Att Yards Avg TD Ed Podolak KC 4 95 23.8 0 Alvin Wyatt OAK 5 91 18.2 1 Bill Thompson DEN 5 89 17.8 0 Lem Barney DET 6 82 13.7 1 Lemar Parrish CIN 3 40 13.3 0 Ron Gardin BAL 7 76 10.9 0 Dicky Lyons NO 3 32 10.7 0 Jerry LeVias HOU 3 31 10.3 0 Mike Garrett KC 3 30 10.0 0 Charlie West MIN 6 56 9.3 0 Mel Renfro DAL 3 26 8.7 0 Chuck Latourette STL 3 24 8.0 0 Floyd Little DEN 6 47 7.8 0 Jake Scott MIA 6 44 7.3 0 Bobby Duhon NYG 3 17 5.7 0
Punting Team(s) Punts Yards Avg Jerrel Wilson KC 11 496 45.1 Dave Lewis CIN 13 586 45.1 David Lee BAL 11 494 44.9 Herman Weaver DET 7 311 44.4 Bobby Joe Green CHI 11 484 44.0 Julian Fagan NO 11 484 44.0 Pat Studstill LA 6 264 44.0 Billy Van Heusen DEN 14 612 43.7 Bill Johnson NYG 7 305 43.6 Don Cockroft CLE 16 693 43.3 Bobby Walden PIT 16 691 43.2 Paul Maguire BUF 17 728 42.8 Mike Bragg WAS 11 457 41.5 Mike Eischeid OAK 19 782 41.2 Tom McNeill MIN 9 367 40.8 Spike Jones HOU 11 446 40.5 Steve Spurrier SF 13 526 40.5 Larry Seiple MIA 13 522 40.2 Chuck Latourette STL 8 314 39.2 Donny Anderson GB 10 392 39.2
Kicking Team(s) FG PAT Pts Errol Mann DET 5/ 7 9/ 9 24 David Ray LA 6/10 5/ 5 23 Fred Cox MIN 6/ 8 5/ 5 23 George Blanda OAK 4/ 8 7/ 7 19 Jan Stenerud KC 4/ 5 6/ 6 18 Garo Yepremian MIA 4/ 6 4/ 4 16 Jim O'Brien BAL 4/ 5 4/ 4 16 Don Cockroft CLE 2/ 5 9/10 15 Mac Percival CHI 3/ 5 5/ 5 14 Pete Gogolak NYG 4/ 8 2/ 2 14 Bobby Howfield DEN 3/ 6 4/ 4 13 Gino Cappelletti BOS 2/ 4 6/ 6 12 Mike Mercer SD 2/ 3 5/ 5 11 Bruce Gossett SF 1/ 1 7/ 8 10 Curt Knight WAS 2/ 2 4/ 4 10 Horst Muhlmann CIN 2/ 4 4/ 4 10 Jim Bakken STL 2/ 3 4/ 5 10 Jim Turner NYJ 1/ 2 7/ 7 10 Gene Mingo PIT 2/ 8 3/ 3 9 Mike Clark DAL 1/ 3 6/ 6 9

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