Saturday December 19, 1970
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NFL leaders as of 12/19/1970:



Team Rankings:
Rush Pass Total Offense Games Yds/Gm Yds/Gm Yds/Gm 1 OAK 13 144.3 199.6 343.9 2 STL 13 148.4 176.3 324.7 3 NYG 13 134.5 189.8 324.4 4 SF 13 111.9 211.7 323.6 5 LA 13 120.8 181.5 302.3 6 HOU 13 113.1 187.8 300.8 7 DAL 13 160.9 139.1 300.0 8 CLE 13 115.2 183.2 298.3 9 WAS 13 144.6 150.9 295.5 10 BAL 14 95.4 199.9 295.3 11 DET 13 156.6 137.4 294.0 12 MIA 13 147.9 137.8 285.7 13 BUF 13 109.2 175.3 284.5 14 NYJ 14 118.1 164.8 282.9 15 PHI 13 110.2 167.3 277.5 16 DEN 13 124.8 148.0 272.8 17 CIN 13 140.0 129.5 269.5 18 SD 13 100.5 167.7 268.2 19 NO 13 89.8 178.1 267.8 20 MIN 13 115.2 147.6 262.8 21 PIT 13 112.0 150.4 262.4 22 KC 13 137.1 119.8 256.9 23 ATL 13 119.5 134.3 253.8 24 GB 13 119.2 133.5 252.7 25 CHI 13 76.0 146.2 222.2 26 BOS 13 74.8 115.8 190.6
Rush Pass Total Defense Games Yds/Gm Yds/Gm Yds/Gm 1 MIN 13 101.5 104.1 205.5 2 KC 13 116.5 129.8 246.2 3 DET 13 85.1 170.6 255.7 4 LA 13 100.7 155.6 256.3 5 NYJ 14 91.6 169.4 261.1 6 DAL 13 120.8 142.2 262.9 7 DEN 13 97.6 165.6 263.2 8 ATL 13 122.0 145.5 267.5 9 BUF 13 119.9 147.8 267.8 10 BAL 14 102.8 171.9 274.6 11 STL 13 124.7 150.8 275.5 12 PHI 13 138.8 139.0 277.8 13 PIT 13 120.9 157.0 277.9 14 SF 13 131.6 146.4 278.0 15 NYG 13 115.4 171.0 286.4 16 MIA 13 108.2 184.6 292.8 17 OAK 13 146.3 147.5 293.8 18 BOS 13 141.3 153.8 295.2 19 HOU 13 121.9 174.2 296.1 20 CHI 13 109.5 188.7 298.2 21 GB 13 133.7 165.8 299.5 22 SD 13 145.5 158.0 303.5 23 CLE 13 140.5 164.4 304.9 24 CIN 13 113.5 196.4 309.9 25 WAS 13 153.8 160.3 314.1 26 NO 13 137.5 214.5 352.0

Per Per Passing Team(s) Att Cmp Pct Yards Att Cmp TD TD% Int Int% Rating John Brodie SF 357 216 60.5 2,770 7.76 12.8 21 5.9 10 2.8 92.8 Sonny Jurgensen WAS 323 193 59.8 2,208 6.84 11.4 21 6.5 9 2.8 90.4 Fran Tarkenton NYG 356 206 57.9 2,674 7.51 13.0 19 5.3 11 3.1 86.5 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 John Hadl SD 300 146 48.7 2,111 7.04 14.5 19 6.3 15 5.0 72.2 Roman Gabriel LA 386 198 51.3 2,394 6.20 12.1 14 3.6 12 3.1 69.8 Bart Starr GB 228 125 54.8 1,523 6.68 12.2 8 3.5 10 4.4 69.0 Al Woodall NYJ 188 96 51.1 1,265 6.73 13.2 9 4.8 9 4.8 68.7 Bob Griese MIA 235 135 57.4 1,876 7.98 13.9 11 4.7 17 7.2 68.7 Dennis Shaw BUF 305 170 55.7 2,436 7.99 14.3 10 3.3 18 5.9 68.1 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 Bill Nelsen CLE 291 148 50.9 1,941 6.67 13.1 14 4.8 16 5.5 65.4 Johnny Unitas BAL 321 166 51.7 2,213 6.89 13.3 14 4.4 18 5.6 65.1 Jerry Rhome HOU 161 86 53.4 1,006 6.25 11.7 5 3.1 7 4.3 64.9 Virgil Carter CIN 275 140 50.9 1,551 5.64 11.1 8 2.9 9 3.3 64.1 Norm Snead PHI 306 160 52.3 2,047 6.69 12.8 13 4.2 18 5.9 63.2 Gary Cuozzo MIN 237 115 48.5 1,545 6.52 13.4 6 2.5 9 3.8 62.3 Jack Concannon CHI 335 168 50.1 1,850 5.52 11.0 13 3.9 15 4.5 61.2 Jim Hart STL 342 155 45.3 2,376 6.95 15.3 12 3.5 16 4.7 61.0 Billy Kilmer NO 226 128 56.6 1,493 6.61 11.7 6 2.7 14 6.2 59.8 Charley Johnson HOU 281 144 51.2 1,652 5.88 11.5 7 2.5 12 4.3 59.8 Pete Liske DEN 238 112 47.1 1,340 5.63 12.0 7 2.9 11 4.6 55.3 Joe Namath NYJ 179 90 50.3 1,259 7.03 14.0 5 2.8 12 6.7 54.7 Terry Hanratty PIT 148 57 38.5 737 4.98 12.9 5 3.4 8 5.4 43.7 Mike Taliaferro BOS 170 78 45.9 871 5.12 11.2 4 2.4 11 6.5 42.5 Joe Kapp BOS 198 91 46.0 1,003 5.07 11.0 2 1.0 15 7.6 33.3 Terry Bradshaw PIT 218 83 38.1 1,410 6.47 17.0 6 2.8 24 11.0 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 117 76 65.0 977 8.35 12.9 8 6.8 4 3.4 99.6 Earl Morrall BAL 93 51 54.8 792 8.52 15.5 9 9.7 4 4.3 97.6 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 Pete Beathard STL 17 7 41.2 114 6.71 16.3 2 11.8 1 5.9 79.0 Bob Lee MIN 69 34 49.3 507 7.35 14.9 4 5.8 4 5.8 68.9 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 Marty Domres SD 55 28 50.9 491 8.93 17.5 2 3.6 4 7.3 63.5 Sam Wyche CIN 43 19 44.2 320 7.44 16.8 1 2.3 2 4.7 58.3 Randy Johnson ATL 39 21 53.8 281 7.21 13.4 2 5.1 5 12.8 54.5 James Harris BUF 33 15 45.5 229 6.94 15.3 2 6.1 3 9.1 51.2 Rick Arrington PHI 73 37 50.7 328 4.49 8.9 1 1.4 3 4.1 50.5 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 Chuck Pastrana DEN 49 19 38.8 304 6.20 16.0 1 2.0 6 12.2 27.5 Frank Patrick GB 14 6 42.9 59 4.21 9.8 0 0.0 1 7.1 25.6 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 217 1,081 5.0 5 Ron Johnson NYG 249 984 4.0 8 MacArthur Lane STL 189 922 4.9 11 Floyd Little DEN 196 857 4.4 3 Donny Anderson GB 209 836 4.0 5 Hewritt Dixon OAK 186 817 4.4 1 Larry Csonka MIA 179 785 4.4 5 Mel Farr DET 166 717 4.3 9 Ken Willard SF 209 710 3.4 6 Ed Podolak KC 154 693 4.5 3 Duane Thomas DAL 134 688 5.1 5 Charlie Smith OAK 162 665 4.1 3 Dave Osborn MIN 197 658 3.3 4 Altie Taylor DET 187 646 3.5 2 Jim Kiick MIA 180 634 3.5 3 Cannonball Butler ATL 163 630 3.9 0 Jess Phillips CIN 157 619 3.9 4 Leroy Kelly CLE 193 613 3.2 6 Cyril Pinder PHI 153 604 3.9 2 Bo Scott CLE 138 590 4.3 6 Paul Robinson CIN 135 586 4.3 4 Emerson Boozer NYJ 139 581 4.2 5 Calvin Hill DAL 142 538 3.8 3 Les Josephson LA 130 534 4.1 4 Charlie Harraway WAS 128 503 3.9 3
Receiving Team(s) Att Yards Avg TD Dick Gordon CHI 62 907 14.6 12 Marlin Briscoe BUF 56 1,028 18.4 8 Gene Washington SF 51 1,035 20.3 11 Danny Abramowicz NO 51 839 16.5 5 Jack Snow LA 49 811 16.6 7 Eddie Hinton BAL 47 733 15.6 5 Alvin Reed HOU 47 604 12.9 2 Lee Bouggess PHI 46 379 8.2 2 Clifton McNeil NYG 45 695 15.4 4 Roy Jefferson BAL 44 749 17.0 7 Carroll Dale GB 44 748 17.0 2 Ron Johnson NYG 44 470 10.7 4 Fred Biletnikoff OAK 43 736 17.1 7 Al Denson DEN 43 598 13.9 2 Gary Ballman PHI 43 542 12.6 2 Les Josephson LA 43 422 9.8 0 Charley Taylor WAS 42 593 14.1 8 Gene Washington MIN 41 666 16.2 4 Jerry LeVias HOU 41 529 12.9 5 John Gilliam STL 40 827 20.7 4 Jerry Smith WAS 40 526 13.2 7 Raymond Chester OAK 40 508 12.7 6 Jim Kiick MIA 40 472 11.8 0 Gary Garrison SD 39 857 22.0 12 Warren Wells OAK 39 836 21.4 11
Kick Returns Team(s) Att Yards Avg TD Jim Duncan BAL 20 707 35.4 1 Cecil Turner CHI 23 752 32.7 4 Larry Krause GB 15 459 30.6 1 Mel Blount PIT 16 488 30.5 0 Lemar Parrish CIN 16 482 30.1 1 Alvin Haymond LA 33 984 29.8 1 Robert Holmes KC 16 457 28.6 0 Mercury Morris MIA 27 763 28.3 1 Paul Robinson CIN 14 363 25.9 0 Homer Jones CLE 29 739 25.5 1 Ted Vactor WAS 27 683 25.3 0 Billy Walik PHI 29 726 25.0 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
Punt Returns Team(s) Att Yards Avg TD Ed Podolak KC 22 306 13.9 0 Bruce Taylor SF 40 503 12.6 0 Ron Gardin BAL 28 330 11.8 1 Jake Scott MIA 25 281 11.2 1 Bill Thompson DEN 23 233 10.1 0 Carl Garrett BOS 15 149 9.9 0 Alvin Wyatt OAK 25 231 9.2 1 Jerry LeVias HOU 23 212 9.2 0 Chris Fletcher SD 14 126 9.0 0 Lemar Parrish CIN 22 194 8.8 1 Bobby Duhon NYG 18 157 8.7 1 Floyd Little DEN 22 187 8.5 0 Tommy Pharr BUF 23 184 8.0 0 Lem Barney DET 20 159 8.0 1 John Mallory ATL 15 113 7.5 0
Punting Team(s) Punts Yards Avg Dave Lewis CIN 75 3,454 46.1 Bobby Walden PIT 75 3,393 45.2 Jerrel Wilson KC 70 3,154 45.1 David Lee BAL 63 2,819 44.7 Dennis Partee SD 63 2,759 43.8 Julian Fagan NO 69 2,966 43.0 Billy Van Heusen DEN 84 3,582 42.6 Don Cockroft CLE 67 2,855 42.6 Spike Jones HOU 76 3,234 42.6 Mike Bragg WAS 56 2,316 41.4 Larry Seiple MIA 53 2,187 41.3 Ron Widby DAL 64 2,633 41.1 Donny Anderson GB 72 2,953 41.0 Bobby Joe Green CHI 77 3,156 41.0 Chuck Latourette STL 62 2,522 40.7 Steve O'Neal NYJ 73 2,925 40.1 Mike Eischeid OAK 74 2,943 39.8 Herman Weaver DET 58 2,305 39.7 Bill Johnson NYG 37 1,467 39.6 Tom Janik BOS 79 3,113 39.4
Kicking Team(s) FG PAT Pts David Ray LA 28/43 30/30 114 Fred Cox MIN 27/42 31/31 112 Jan Stenerud KC 28/40 25/25 109 Pete Gogolak NYG 24/38 32/32 104 Horst Muhlmann CIN 24/36 27/27 99 Bruce Gossett SF 20/29 34/36 94 Errol Mann DET 18/25 39/39 93 Jim O'Brien BAL 19/34 36/38 93 Curt Knight WAS 20/27 29/30 89 Garo Yepremian MIA 21/28 25/25 88 Jim Bakken STL 18/29 34/35 88 Jim Turner NYJ 19/35 28/28 85 George Blanda OAK 16/28 35/35 83 Mac Percival CHI 19/32 25/25 82 Mike Clark DAL 17/26 28/28 79 Bobby Howfield DEN 16/29 26/27 74 Roy Gerela HOU 17/31 22/22 73 Tom Dempsey NO 17/31 16/17 67 Dale Livingston GB 15/27 19/21 64 Mike Mercer SD 11/18 30/31 63

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