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



Team Rankings:
Rush Pass Total Offense Games Yds/Gm Yds/Gm Yds/Gm 1 OAK 13 144.3 199.6 343.9 2 STL 12 154.8 168.2 323.1 3 SF 12 111.8 211.2 323.1 4 NYG 12 133.8 187.6 321.3 5 DAL 13 160.9 139.1 300.0 6 CLE 13 115.2 183.2 298.3 7 HOU 12 118.9 177.6 296.5 8 LA 12 127.0 168.8 295.8 9 NYJ 12 123.5 171.0 294.5 10 WAS 12 140.5 153.3 293.8 11 DET 12 154.8 135.2 289.9 12 MIA 12 148.2 138.8 287.1 13 BAL 12 98.8 184.8 283.5 14 PHI 12 115.1 168.3 283.4 15 BUF 12 110.2 170.2 280.4 16 DEN 12 125.9 147.7 273.6 17 SD 12 101.8 169.6 271.3 18 PIT 12 113.1 155.1 268.2 19 CIN 12 135.5 128.2 263.8 20 NO 12 88.5 172.2 260.8 21 GB 12 120.9 137.8 258.8 22 KC 13 137.1 119.8 256.9 23 ATL 12 117.2 139.3 256.6 24 MIN 12 115.5 133.5 249.0 25 CHI 12 77.9 130.2 208.1 26 BOS 12 75.6 115.8 191.3
Rush Pass Total Defense Games Yds/Gm Yds/Gm Yds/Gm 1 MIN 12 104.4 103.1 207.5 2 NYJ 12 86.4 157.7 244.1 3 DET 12 88.2 157.0 245.2 4 KC 13 116.5 129.8 246.2 5 LA 12 94.2 154.9 249.1 6 DAL 13 120.8 142.2 262.9 7 DEN 12 98.6 167.3 265.9 8 BUF 12 125.8 141.3 267.2 9 STL 12 123.1 145.3 268.4 10 SF 12 133.8 137.9 271.8 11 ATL 12 123.9 149.8 273.8 12 PHI 12 134.2 140.4 274.7 13 BAL 12 108.2 166.8 275.0 14 NYG 12 119.1 162.5 281.6 15 PIT 12 118.8 163.9 282.7 16 BOS 12 143.8 140.2 284.0 17 GB 12 140.4 151.3 291.8 18 HOU 12 115.9 176.7 292.6 19 OAK 13 146.3 147.5 293.8 20 MIA 12 106.6 192.8 299.4 21 CLE 13 140.5 164.4 304.9 22 CIN 12 119.4 186.9 306.3 23 SD 12 148.2 158.5 306.8 24 CHI 12 110.4 197.6 308.0 25 WAS 12 162.3 160.8 323.1 26 NO 12 139.5 214.3 353.8
                                                          Per   Per
Passing               Team(s)   Att  Cmp    Pct  Yards    Att   Cmp  TD   TD%  Int  Int%  Rating
John Brodie           SF        335  201   60.0  2,543   7.59  12.7  18   5.4   10   3.0    89.2
Sonny Jurgensen       WAS       308  183   59.4  2,047   6.65  11.2  20   6.5    9   2.9    88.8
Fran Tarkenton        NYG       335  192   57.3  2,432   7.26  12.7  16   4.8   11   3.3    82.3
Bob Berry             ATL       269  156   58.0  1,806   6.71  11.6  16   5.9   13   4.8    78.1
Craig Morton          DAL       190   89   46.8  1,470   7.74  16.5  10   5.3    6   3.2    77.7
Daryle Lamonica       OAK       337  168   49.9  2,331   6.92  13.9  21   6.2   13   3.9    77.1
Bill Munson           DET       158   84   53.2  1,049   6.64  12.5  10   6.3    7   4.4    76.7
Al Woodall            NYJ       133   69   51.9    975   7.33  14.1   7   5.3    7   5.3    71.5
John Hadl             SD        281  138   49.1  1,967   7.00  14.3  18   6.4   15   5.3    71.3
Bob Griese            MIA       218  126   57.8  1,760   8.07  14.0  10   4.6   15   6.9    70.5
Dennis Shaw           BUF       262  147   56.1  2,184   8.34  14.9   9   3.4   16   6.1    69.6
Bart Starr            GB        223  123   55.2  1,485   6.66  12.1   8   3.6   10   4.5    69.1
Len Dawson            KC        241  127   52.7  1,715   7.12  13.5  12   5.0   14   5.8    68.0
Edd Hargett           NO        157   71   45.2  1,021   6.50  14.4   5   3.2    4   2.5    66.9
Roman Gabriel         LA        344  171   49.7  2,060   5.99  12.0  12   3.5   11   3.2    66.8
Bill Nelsen           CLE       291  148   50.9  1,941   6.67  13.1  14   4.8   16   5.5    65.4
Johnny Unitas         BAL       287  152   53.0  1,974   6.88  13.0  14   4.9   18   6.3    65.0
Gary Cuozzo           MIN       237  115   48.5  1,545   6.52  13.4   6   2.5    9   3.8    62.3
Virgil Carter         CIN       261  133   51.0  1,437   5.51  10.8   7   2.7    9   3.4    62.1
Norm Snead            PHI       290  149   51.4  1,951   6.73  13.1  13   4.5   18   6.2    62.0
Charley Johnson       HOU       281  144   51.2  1,652   5.88  11.5   7   2.5   12   4.3    59.8
Pete Liske            DEN       221  106   48.0  1,245   5.63  11.7   7   3.2    9   4.1    59.1
Jim Hart              STL       312  142   45.5  2,085   6.68  14.7  10   3.2   15   4.8    58.5
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
Terry Hanratty        PIT       132   52   39.4    657   4.98  12.6   5   3.8    5   3.8    52.5
Billy Kilmer          NO        204  113   55.4  1,232   6.04  10.9   3   1.5   13   6.4    51.8
Mike Taliaferro       BOS       170   78   45.9    871   5.12  11.2   4   2.4   11   6.5    42.5
Joe Kapp              BOS       169   76   45.0    875   5.18  11.5   2   1.2   12   7.1    35.5
Terry Bradshaw        PIT       206   80   38.8  1,380   6.70  17.2   6   2.9   22  10.7    32.5


Others (10 or more attempts): Per Per Passing Team(s) Att Cmp Pct Yards Att Cmp TD TD% Int Int% Rating Greg Landry DET 94 60 63.8 779 8.29 13.0 7 7.4 3 3.2 101.3 George Blanda OAK 48 26 54.2 410 8.54 15.8 6 12.5 3 6.2 96.4 Karl Sweetan LA 13 6 46.2 81 6.23 13.5 1 7.7 0 0.0 92.1 Earl Morrall BAL 60 33 55.0 444 7.40 13.5 5 8.3 3 5.0 85.7 Pete Beathard STL 17 7 41.2 114 6.71 16.3 2 11.8 1 5.9 79.0 Bobby Douglass CHI 30 12 40.0 218 7.27 18.2 4 13.3 3 10.0 65.7 Jerry Rhome HOU 107 59 55.1 691 6.46 11.7 3 2.8 5 4.7 64.8 Mike Phipps CLE 57 28 49.1 512 8.98 18.3 1 1.8 3 5.3 64.4 Marty Domres SD 49 25 51.0 451 9.20 18.0 2 4.1 4 8.2 62.5 Sam Wyche CIN 37 16 43.2 279 7.54 17.4 1 2.7 2 5.4 56.0 James Harris BUF 33 15 45.5 229 6.94 15.3 2 6.1 3 9.1 51.2 Rick Arrington PHI 61 32 52.5 269 4.41 8.4 1 1.6 3 4.9 49.1 Randy Johnson ATL 23 14 60.9 195 8.48 13.9 0 0.0 3 13.0 48.6 Bob Davis NYJ 17 6 35.3 66 3.88 11.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 47.7 Roger Staubach DAL 77 42 54.5 526 6.83 12.5 2 2.6 8 10.4 45.1 John Stofa MIA 46 15 32.6 204 4.43 13.6 2 4.3 2 4.3 44.1 Steve Tensi DEN 80 38 47.5 539 6.74 14.2 3 3.8 8 10.0 42.7 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 Chuck Pastrana DEN 41 15 36.6 255 6.22 17.0 1 2.4 6 14.6 27.0 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 Ron Johnson NYG 221 918 4.2 8 MacArthur Lane STL 180 896 5.0 11 Floyd Little DEN 191 843 4.4 3 Hewritt Dixon OAK 186 817 4.4 1 Donny Anderson GB 198 780 3.9 4 Larry Csonka MIA 164 723 4.4 5 Mel Farr DET 164 701 4.3 9 Ed Podolak KC 154 693 4.5 3 Duane Thomas DAL 134 688 5.1 5 Charlie Smith OAK 162 665 4.1 3 Ken Willard SF 192 650 3.4 6 Leroy Kelly CLE 193 613 3.2 6 Cannonball Butler ATL 155 609 3.9 0 Jim Kiick MIA 167 605 3.6 3 Dave Osborn MIN 178 604 3.4 3 Altie Taylor DET 174 598 3.4 1 Bo Scott CLE 138 590 4.3 6 Jess Phillips CIN 144 580 4.0 4 Cyril Pinder PHI 135 568 4.2 2 Calvin Hill DAL 142 538 3.8 3 Les Josephson LA 125 520 4.2 4 Paul Robinson CIN 123 503 4.1 4 Walt Garrison DAL 121 499 4.1 3 O.J. Simpson BUF 120 488 4.1 5
Receiving Team(s) Att Yards Avg TD Dick Gordon CHI 55 815 14.8 10 Marlin Briscoe BUF 49 950 19.4 7 Gene Washington SF 46 904 19.7 8 Danny Abramowicz NO 44 699 15.9 3 Clifton McNeil NYG 44 654 14.9 4 Alvin Reed HOU 44 568 12.9 2 Lee Bouggess PHI 44 366 8.3 2 Fred Biletnikoff OAK 43 736 17.1 7 Ron Johnson NYG 43 461 10.7 3 Jack Snow LA 42 661 15.7 7 Eddie Hinton BAL 42 654 15.6 3 Charley Taylor WAS 42 593 14.1 8 Jerry LeVias HOU 41 529 12.9 5 Jerry Smith WAS 40 526 13.2 7 Gary Ballman PHI 40 519 13.0 2 Raymond Chester OAK 40 508 12.7 6 Warren Wells OAK 39 836 21.4 11 Jim Mitchell ATL 39 573 14.7 6 Jim Kiick MIA 39 467 12.0 0 John Gilliam STL 38 792 20.8 4 Al Denson DEN 38 543 14.3 2 Tucker Frederickson NYG 38 396 10.4 3 Gary Garrison SD 37 776 21.0 11 Les Josephson LA 37 370 10.0 0 Bo Scott CLE 37 299 8.1 3
Kick Returns Team(s) Att Yards Avg TD Jim Duncan BAL 18 655 36.4 1 Cecil Turner CHI 21 711 33.9 4 Alvin Haymond LA 30 911 30.4 1 Lemar Parrish CIN 16 482 30.1 1 Mercury Morris MIA 26 752 28.9 1 Robert Holmes KC 16 457 28.6 0 Mel Blount PIT 14 398 28.4 0 Paul Robinson CIN 13 338 26.0 0 Billy Walik PHI 26 663 25.5 0 Homer Jones CLE 29 739 25.5 1 Ted Vactor WAS 27 683 25.3 0 Les Shy NYG 16 397 24.8 0 Bobby Anderson DEN 21 520 24.8 0 Clint Jones MIN 19 452 23.8 0 Bill Tucker SF 22 519 23.6 0
Punt Returns Team(s) Att Yards Avg TD Ed Podolak KC 22 306 13.9 0 Bruce Taylor SF 38 488 12.8 0 Jake Scott MIA 23 262 11.4 1 Ron Gardin BAL 24 258 10.8 1 Bill Thompson DEN 23 233 10.1 0 Carl Garrett BOS 15 149 9.9 0 Lemar Parrish CIN 20 191 9.6 1 Alvin Wyatt OAK 25 231 9.2 1 Jerry LeVias HOU 23 212 9.2 0 Bobby Duhon NYG 18 157 8.7 1 Floyd Little DEN 22 187 8.5 0 Tommy Pharr BUF 23 184 8.0 0 Reece Morrison CLE 13 103 7.9 0 John Mallory ATL 15 113 7.5 0 Lem Barney DET 19 143 7.5 1
Punting Team(s) Punts Yards Avg Dave Lewis CIN 69 3,190 46.2 David Lee BAL 53 2,400 45.3 Bobby Walden PIT 70 3,162 45.2 Jerrel Wilson KC 70 3,154 45.1 Dennis Partee SD 55 2,422 44.0 Julian Fagan NO 67 2,861 42.7 Don Cockroft CLE 67 2,855 42.6 Billy Van Heusen DEN 78 3,309 42.4 Spike Jones HOU 72 3,039 42.2 Mike Bragg WAS 53 2,217 41.8 Bobby Joe Green CHI 73 3,017 41.3 Ron Widby DAL 64 2,633 41.1 Donny Anderson GB 63 2,591 41.1 Larry Seiple MIA 50 2,051 41.0 Chuck Latourette STL 58 2,376 41.0 Paul Maguire BUF 67 2,670 39.9 Bill Johnson NYG 33 1,314 39.8 Steve O'Neal NYJ 61 2,427 39.8 Mike Eischeid OAK 74 2,943 39.8 Tom Janik BOS 73 2,897 39.7
Kicking Team(s) FG PAT Pts Jan Stenerud KC 28/40 25/25 109 Fred Cox MIN 27/41 26/26 107 David Ray LA 25/39 28/28 103 Pete Gogolak NYG 22/35 28/28 94 Errol Mann DET 18/25 35/35 89 Horst Muhlmann CIN 21/33 24/24 87 Bruce Gossett SF 19/28 29/31 86 Curt Knight WAS 19/25 26/27 83 George Blanda OAK 16/28 35/35 83 Jim Bakken STL 17/27 32/33 83 Jim O'Brien BAL 17/31 29/31 80 Mike Clark DAL 17/26 28/28 79 Garo Yepremian MIA 18/25 24/24 78 Mac Percival CHI 19/31 20/20 77 Jim Turner NYJ 16/32 25/25 73 Bobby Howfield DEN 15/28 24/25 69 Roy Gerela HOU 15/27 20/20 65 Tom Dempsey NO 17/30 13/13 64 Don Cockroft CLE 10/19 31/32 61 Dale Livingston GB 14/26 17/19 59

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