Saturday December 5, 1970
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NFL leaders as of 12/05/1970:



Team Rankings:
Rush Pass Total Offense Games Yds/Gm Yds/Gm Yds/Gm 1 OAK 11 145.5 208.7 354.3 2 STL 11 165.5 173.7 339.2 3 NYG 11 132.2 193.8 326.0 4 SF 11 113.4 206.9 320.3 5 WAS 11 147.2 158.3 305.5 6 HOU 11 119.7 183.5 303.2 7 DAL 11 154.0 146.2 300.2 8 NYJ 11 120.4 177.5 297.9 9 CLE 11 112.7 181.4 294.1 10 PHI 11 116.7 175.5 292.3 11 DET 11 154.3 136.6 290.9 12 BUF 11 113.5 176.0 289.5 13 BAL 11 94.3 192.4 286.6 14 MIA 11 142.8 143.0 285.8 15 DEN 11 130.5 154.7 285.2 16 LA 11 128.6 153.5 282.2 17 CIN 11 135.5 139.9 275.4 18 KC 11 137.8 134.6 272.5 19 SD 11 100.7 169.8 270.5 20 PIT 11 111.5 156.2 267.6 21 ATL 11 114.0 147.3 261.3 22 NO 11 89.7 171.5 261.3 23 GB 11 124.5 129.0 253.5 24 MIN 12 115.5 133.5 249.0 25 CHI 12 77.9 130.2 208.1 26 BOS 11 76.4 110.3 186.6 Rush Pass Total Defense Games Yds/Gm Yds/Gm Yds/Gm 1 MIN 12 104.4 103.1 207.5 2 NYJ 11 87.8 155.7 243.5 3 KC 11 112.2 136.1 248.3 4 LA 11 95.9 152.6 248.5 5 DET 11 92.8 161.5 254.3 6 ATL 11 126.5 139.9 266.5 7 BUF 11 123.5 143.4 266.9 8 STL 11 119.7 147.7 267.5 9 DAL 11 130.9 137.5 268.5 10 DEN 11 89.0 180.9 269.9 11 PHI 11 133.0 144.0 277.0 12 SF 11 132.1 145.7 277.8 13 PIT 11 122.1 157.5 279.5 14 BOS 11 137.9 144.5 282.5 15 BAL 11 109.3 173.8 283.1 16 HOU 11 108.8 179.1 287.9 17 NYG 11 123.3 167.5 290.8 18 GB 11 141.3 152.1 293.4 19 MIA 11 110.2 194.4 304.5 20 CHI 12 110.4 197.6 308.0 21 CIN 11 120.0 188.7 308.7 22 OAK 11 152.9 160.0 312.9 23 WAS 11 152.0 161.9 313.9 24 SD 11 149.4 172.9 322.3 25 CLE 11 145.0 179.3 324.3 26 NO 11 142.3 203.3 345.5

                                                          Per   Per
Passing               Team(s)   Att  Cmp    Pct  Yards    Att   Cmp  TD   TD%  Int  Int%  Rating
Sonny Jurgensen       WAS       283  169   59.7  1,937   6.84  11.5  20   7.1    7   2.5    93.6
John Brodie           SF        305  181   59.3  2,275   7.46  12.6  17   5.6    9   3.0    88.9
Daryle Lamonica       OAK       279  146   52.3  2,026   7.26  13.9  19   6.8   10   3.6    83.7
Craig Morton          DAL       153   73   47.7  1,298   8.48  17.8   9   5.9    6   3.9    80.5
Fran Tarkenton        NYG       316  181   57.3  2,291   7.25  12.7  14   4.4   11   3.5    80.3
Bill Munson           DET       158   84   53.2  1,049   6.64  12.5  10   6.3    7   4.4    76.7
Bob Berry             ATL       251  148   59.0  1,706   6.80  11.5  14   5.6   13   5.2    76.6
John Hadl             SD        254  124   48.8  1,811   7.13  14.6  17   6.7   14   5.5    71.8
Len Dawson            KC        210  114   54.3  1,571   7.48  13.8  12   5.7   13   6.2    71.7
Dennis Shaw           BUF       234  133   56.8  2,021   8.64  15.2   9   3.8   15   6.4    71.5
Bill Nelsen           CLE       225  110   48.9  1,541   6.85  14.0  13   5.8   11   4.9    70.2
Bart Starr            GB        191  109   57.1  1,250   6.54  11.5   6   3.1    8   4.2    69.9
Norm Snead            PHI       269  141   52.4  1,891   7.03  13.4  13   4.8   15   5.6    67.9
Bob Griese            MIA       203  115   56.7  1,658   8.17  14.4   9   4.4   15   7.4    67.3
Virgil Carter         CIN       243  126   51.9  1,418   5.84  11.3   7   2.9    8   3.3    65.5
Edd Hargett           NO        141   64   45.4    931   6.60  14.5   4   2.8    4   2.8    65.1
Johnny Unitas         BAL       269  142   52.8  1,861   6.92  13.1  13   4.8   17   6.3    64.7
Roman Gabriel         LA        302  150   49.7  1,766   5.85  11.8  10   3.3   11   3.6    63.7
Gary Cuozzo           MIN       237  115   48.5  1,545   6.52  13.4   6   2.5    9   3.8    62.3
Jim Hart              STL       286  132   46.2  1,959   6.85  14.8  10   3.5   13   4.5    61.8
Charley Johnson       HOU       263  139   52.9  1,603   6.10  11.5   7   2.7   12   4.6    61.4
Pete Liske            DEN       221  106   48.0  1,245   5.63  11.7   7   3.2    9   4.1    59.1
Joe Namath            NYJ       179   90   50.3  1,259   7.03  14.0   5   2.8   12   6.7    54.7
Jack Concannon        CHI       301  147   48.8  1,512   5.02  10.3   9   3.0   14   4.7    54.3
Billy Kilmer          NO        188  103   54.8  1,127   5.99  10.9   3   1.6   13   6.9    49.2
Mike Taliaferro       BOS       149   66   44.3    776   5.21  11.8   3   2.0   11   7.4    36.6
Terry Bradshaw        PIT       186   77   41.4  1,270   6.83  16.5   5   2.7   18   9.7    34.4
Joe Kapp              BOS       155   66   42.6    772   4.98  11.7   2   1.3   12   7.7    30.4
Others (10 or more attempts):
                                                          Per   Per
Passing               Team(s)   Att  Cmp    Pct  Yards    Att   Cmp  TD   TD%  Int  Int%  Rating
Greg Landry           DET        73   49   67.1    622   8.52  12.7   7   9.6    2   2.7   114.1
George Blanda         OAK        43   24   55.8    390   9.07  16.2   5  11.6    3   7.0    96.1
Marty Domres          SD         40   22   55.0    414  10.35  18.8   2   5.0    2   5.0    86.9
Earl Morrall          BAL        60   33   55.0    444   7.40  13.5   5   8.3    3   5.0    85.7
Karl Sweetan          LA         10    4   40.0     39   3.90   9.8   1  10.0    0   0.0    85.0
Pete Beathard         STL        17    7   41.2    114   6.71  16.3   2  11.8    1   5.9    79.0
Al Woodall            NYJ       111   60   54.1    876   7.89  14.6   6   5.4    6   5.4    75.5
Bobby Douglass        CHI        30   12   40.0    218   7.27  18.2   4  13.3    3  10.0    65.7
Mike Phipps           CLE        57   28   49.1    512   8.98  18.3   1   1.8    3   5.3    64.4
Jerry Rhome           HOU        97   53   54.6    618   6.37  11.7   2   2.1    4   4.1    63.9
Terry Hanratty        PIT       118   47   39.8    624   5.29  13.3   5   4.2    4   3.4    57.3
Sam Wyche             CIN        36   15   41.7    272   7.56  18.1   1   2.8    2   5.6    54.4
James Harris          BUF        30   14   46.7    218   7.27  15.6   2   6.7    3  10.0    53.9
Chuck Pastrana        DEN        20    6   30.0    140   7.00  23.3   1   5.0    1   5.0    52.1
Randy Johnson         ATL        23   14   60.9    195   8.48  13.9   0   0.0    3  13.0    48.6
John Stofa            MIA        42   15   35.7    204   4.86  13.6   2   4.8    2   4.8    48.1
Bob Davis             NYJ        17    6   35.3     66   3.88  11.0   0   0.0    0   0.0    47.7
Rick Arrington        PHI        53   26   49.1    235   4.43   9.0   1   1.9    3   5.7    44.1
Steve Tensi           DEN        80   38   47.5    539   6.74  14.2   3   3.8    8  10.0    42.7
Roger Staubach        DAL        73   39   53.4    460   6.30  11.8   2   2.7    8  11.0    42.4
Mike Livingston       KC         18    9   50.0     87   4.83   9.7   0   0.0    1   5.6    40.7
Bob Lee               MIN        44   16   36.4    239   5.43  14.9   2   4.5    4   9.1    32.3
Don Horn              GB         76   28   36.8    428   5.63  15.3   2   2.6   10  13.2    25.4
Dan Darragh           BUF        29   11   37.9     71   2.45   6.5   0   0.0    2   6.9    17.5
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 Brown           WAS       196    996    5.1    4
MacArthur Lane        STL       170    864    5.1   11
Ron Johnson           NYG       200    818    4.1    8
Floyd Little          DEN       178    783    4.4    3
Donny Anderson        GB        180    751    4.2    4
Hewritt Dixon         OAK       155    710    4.6    1
Mel Farr              DET       143    615    4.3    8
Ken Willard           SF        180    614    3.4    4
Larry Csonka          MIA       143    608    4.3    4
Dave Osborn           MIN       178    604    3.4    3
Charlie Smith         OAK       141    599    4.2    3
Cannonball Butler     ATL       142    567    4.0    0
Altie Taylor          DET       163    544    3.3    1
Jim Kiick             MIA       158    542    3.4    3
Ed Podolak            KC        130    533    4.1    2
Jess Phillips         CIN       129    525    4.1    3
Cyril Pinder          PHI       120    517    4.3    2
Duane Thomas          DAL        96    495    5.2    5
Calvin Hill           DAL       132    492    3.7    3
O.J. Simpson          BUF       120    488    4.1    5
Leroy Kelly           CLE       166    487    2.9    5
Bo Scott              CLE       115    484    4.2    5
Les Josephson         LA        115    482    4.2    2
Paul Robinson         CIN       108    460    4.3    4
Charlie Harraway      WAS       112    442    3.9    3
Receiving             Team(s)   Att  Yards    Avg   TD
Dick Gordon           CHI        55    815   14.8   10
Marlin Briscoe        BUF        45    862   19.2    7
Gene Washington       SF         43    789   18.3    7
Charley Taylor        WAS        42    593   14.1    8
Ron Johnson           NYG        42    456   10.9    3
Clifton McNeil        NYG        41    608   14.8    3
Jerry LeVias          HOU        41    529   12.9    5
Alvin Reed            HOU        40    524   13.1    2
Eddie Hinton          BAL        39    624   16.0    3
Danny Abramowicz      NO         39    619   15.9    2
Lee Bouggess          PHI        39    349    8.9    2
Al Denson             DEN        38    543   14.3    2
Jerry Smith           WAS        38    490   12.9    7
Fred Biletnikoff      OAK        36    616   17.1    6
Jim Mitchell          ATL        36    502   13.9    4
Raymond Chester       OAK        36    462   12.8    6
Tucker Frederickson   NYG        36    388   10.8    2
Warren Wells          OAK        35    757   21.6    9
Gary Garrison         SD         35    728   20.8   11
Jack Snow             LA         35    558   15.9    6
Gary Ballman          PHI        35    482   13.8    2
Jim Kiick             MIA        35    426   12.2    0
Doug Cunningham       SF         35    209    6.0    0
John Gilliam          STL        34    687   20.2    4
Carroll Dale          GB         34    580   17.1    2
Kick Returns          Team(s)   Att  Yards    Avg   TD
Jim Duncan            BAL        17    627   36.9    1
Cecil Turner          CHI        21    711   33.9    4
Alvin Haymond         LA         26    812   31.2    1
Lemar Parrish         CIN        15    467   31.1    1
Mel Blount            PIT        13    378   29.1    0
Robert Holmes         KC         12    325   27.1    0
Mercury Morris        MIA        24    636   26.5    0
Paul Robinson         CIN        12    315   26.2    0
Homer Jones           CLE        27    698   25.9    1
Ted Vactor            WAS        23    594   25.8    0
Billy Walik           PHI        25    634   25.4    0
Bobby Anderson        DEN        17    427   25.1    0
Bobby Williams        DET        20    478   23.9    1
Clint Jones           MIN        19    452   23.8    0
Bill Tucker           SF         21    494   23.5    0
Punt Returns          Team(s)   Att  Yards    Avg   TD
Ed Podolak            KC         18    274   15.2    0
Bruce Taylor          SF         34    445   13.1    0
Jake Scott            MIA        18    214   11.9    1
Ron Gardin            BAL        24    258   10.8    1
Bill Thompson         DEN        23    233   10.1    0
Carl Garrett          BOS        14    140   10.0    0
Bobby Duhon           NYG        16    157    9.8    1
Alvin Wyatt           OAK        25    231    9.2    1
Jerry LeVias          HOU        23    212    9.2    0
Lem Barney            DET        16    132    8.2    1
Tommy Pharr           BUF        23    184    8.0    0
Bob Hayes             DAL        12     93    7.8    0
Floyd Little          DEN        16    121    7.6    0
John Mallory          ATL        15    113    7.5    0
Linzy Cole            CHI        12     80    6.7    0
Punting               Team(s)  Punts    Yards    Avg
David Lee             BAL        50     2,308   46.2
Jerrel Wilson         KC         58     2,671   46.1
Dave Lewis            CIN        63     2,867   45.5
Bobby Walden          PIT        64     2,904   45.4
Dennis Partee         SD         50     2,189   43.8
Don Cockroft          CLE        58     2,507   43.2
Julian Fagan          NO         60     2,573   42.9
Billy Van Heusen      DEN        70     2,986   42.7
Spike Jones           HOU        64     2,701   42.2
Ron Widby             DAL        57     2,372   41.6
Donny Anderson        GB         57     2,368   41.5
Bobby Joe Green       CHI        73     3,017   41.3
Chuck Latourette      STL        52     2,147   41.3
Mike Bragg            WAS        47     1,938   41.2
Mike Eischeid         OAK        63     2,592   41.1
Larry Seiple          MIA        47     1,916   40.8
Paul Maguire          BUF        61     2,448   40.1
Steve O'Neal          NYJ        55     2,201   40.0
Herman Weaver         DET        47     1,858   39.5
Billy Lothridge       ATL        56     2,211   39.5
Kicking               Team(s)     FG      PAT    Pts
Fred Cox              MIN       27/41    26/26   107
David Ray             LA        23/36    24/24    93
Jan Stenerud          KC        23/31    24/24    93
Pete Gogolak          NYG       20/31    26/26    86
Curt Knight           WAS       19/24    26/27    83
Horst Muhlmann        CIN       20/30    22/22    82
Bruce Gossett         SF        18/26    26/28    80
Jim Bakken            STL       16/25    32/33    80
Errol Mann            DET       15/22    34/34    79
Mac Percival          CHI       19/31    20/20    77
George Blanda         OAK       14/26    31/31    73
Bobby Howfield        DEN       15/28    24/25    69
Jim O'Brien           BAL       14/26    27/28    69
Jim Turner            NYJ       14/27    24/24    66
Garo Yepremian        MIA       15/22    20/20    65
Mike Clark            DAL       13/19    24/24    63
Roy Gerela            HOU       14/26    19/19    61
Don Cockroft          CLE       10/17    28/29    58
Dale Livingston       GB        14/25    15/17    57
Mike Mercer           SD        10/16    26/27    56


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