Saturday December 26, 1970
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NFL leaders as of 12/26/1970:



Team Rankings:
Rush Pass Total Offense Games Yds/Gm Yds/Gm Yds/Gm 1 OAK 14 140.3 204.6 344.9 2 SF 14 112.9 208.8 321.6 3 STL 14 142.7 176.6 319.4 4 DAL 14 164.3 153.5 317.8 5 NYG 14 128.5 188.1 316.6 6 LA 14 125.9 179.1 305.1 7 CLE 14 112.8 184.4 297.2 8 BAL 14 95.4 199.9 295.3 9 WAS 14 144.4 150.6 294.9 10 HOU 14 111.1 179.0 290.1 11 MIA 14 148.7 139.8 288.5 12 PHI 14 109.9 175.1 285.0 13 DET 14 151.9 132.6 284.6 14 NYJ 14 118.1 164.8 282.9 15 SD 14 103.6 178.8 282.4 16 CIN 14 146.9 133.6 280.5 17 BUF 14 104.6 173.6 278.2 18 DEN 14 128.7 144.6 273.4 19 MIN 14 116.7 155.8 272.5 20 PIT 14 122.5 145.5 268.0 21 NO 14 86.8 175.6 262.4 22 KC 14 132.7 122.8 255.5 23 ATL 14 114.3 130.8 245.1 24 GB 14 113.9 129.6 243.5 25 CHI 14 78.0 155.2 233.2 26 BOS 14 74.3 113.4 187.6
Rush Pass Total Defense Games Yds/Gm Yds/Gm Yds/Gm 1 MIN 14 97.5 102.7 200.2 2 DET 14 82.3 164.0 246.3 3 LA 14 97.1 156.4 253.4 4 DAL 14 118.3 136.6 254.9 5 NYJ 14 91.6 169.4 261.1 6 KC 14 118.4 143.6 261.9 7 DEN 14 96.5 168.1 264.6 8 BUF 14 122.7 149.1 271.9 9 BAL 14 102.8 171.9 274.6 10 STL 14 125.9 150.5 276.4 11 ATL 14 123.0 153.9 276.9 12 PHI 14 147.4 134.9 282.4 13 SF 14 128.5 155.2 283.7 14 PIT 14 119.9 165.5 285.4 15 MIA 14 103.8 182.2 286.0 16 GB 14 130.6 159.0 289.6 17 NYG 14 120.9 169.4 290.3 18 CHI 14 105.1 185.4 290.5 19 OAK 14 144.8 149.2 294.0 20 CIN 14 110.2 188.2 298.4 21 SD 14 140.5 158.2 298.7 22 CLE 14 143.3 159.9 303.1 23 BOS 14 148.1 156.2 304.4 24 WAS 14 147.7 161.8 309.5 25 HOU 14 128.1 186.1 314.1 26 NO 14 135.1 218.6 353.7
                                                          Per   Per
Passing               Team(s)   Att  Cmp    Pct  Yards    Att   Cmp  TD   TD%  Int  Int%  Rating
John Brodie           SF        378  223   59.0  2,941   7.78  13.2  24   6.3   10   2.6    93.8
Sonny Jurgensen       WAS       337  202   59.9  2,354   6.99  11.7  23   6.8   10   3.0    91.5
Craig Morton          DAL       207  102   49.3  1,819   8.79  17.8  15   7.2    7   3.4    89.8
Fran Tarkenton        NYG       389  219   56.3  2,777   7.14  12.7  19   4.9   12   3.1    82.2
Bob Berry             ATL       269  156   58.0  1,806   6.71  11.6  16   5.9   13   4.8    78.1
John Hadl             SD        327  162   49.5  2,388   7.30  14.7  22   6.7   15   4.6    77.1
Bill Munson           DET       158   84   53.2  1,049   6.64  12.5  10   6.3    7   4.4    76.7
Daryle Lamonica       OAK       356  179   50.3  2,516   7.07  14.1  22   6.2   15   4.2    76.5
Roman Gabriel         LA        407  211   51.8  2,552   6.27  12.1  16   3.9   12   2.9    72.2
Bob Griese            MIA       245  142   58.0  2,019   8.24  14.2  12   4.9   17   6.9    72.1
Len Dawson            KC        262  141   53.8  1,876   7.16  13.3  13   5.0   14   5.3    71.0
Bill Nelsen           CLE       313  159   50.8  2,156   6.89  13.6  16   5.1   16   5.1    68.9
Al Woodall            NYJ       188   96   51.1  1,265   6.73  13.2   9   4.8    9   4.8    68.7
Virgil Carter         CIN       278  143   51.4  1,647   5.92  11.5   9   3.2    9   3.2    66.9
Norm Snead            PHI       335  181   54.0  2,323   6.93  12.8  15   4.5   20   6.0    66.1
Dennis Shaw           BUF       321  178   55.5  2,507   7.81  14.1  10   3.1   20   6.2    65.3
Johnny Unitas         BAL       321  166   51.7  2,213   6.89  13.3  14   4.4   18   5.6    65.1
Gary Cuozzo           MIN       257  128   49.8  1,720   6.69  13.4   7   2.7   10   3.9    64.3
Bart Starr            GB        255  140   54.9  1,645   6.45  11.8   8   3.1   13   5.1    63.9
Edd Hargett           NO        175   78   44.6  1,133   6.47  14.5   5   2.9    5   2.9    63.8
Jack Concannon        CHI       385  194   50.4  2,130   5.53  11.0  16   4.2   18   4.7    61.5
Jim Hart              STL       373  171   45.8  2,575   6.90  15.1  14   3.8   18   4.8    61.5
Jerry Rhome           HOU       168   88   52.4  1,031   6.14  11.7   5   3.0    8   4.8    61.4
Charley Johnson       HOU       281  144   51.2  1,652   5.88  11.5   7   2.5   12   4.3    59.8
Billy Kilmer          NO        237  135   57.0  1,557   6.57  11.5   6   2.5   17   7.2    55.5
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       163   64   39.3    842   5.17  13.2   5   3.1    8   4.9    46.1
Mike Taliaferro       BOS       173   78   45.1    871   5.03  11.2   4   2.3   11   6.4    41.8
Joe Kapp              BOS       219   98   44.7  1,104   5.04  11.3   3   1.4   17   7.8    32.6
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 Earl Morrall BAL 93 51 54.8 792 8.52 15.5 9 9.7 4 4.3 97.6 Dick Shiner NYG 12 9 75.0 87 7.25 9.7 0 0.0 0 0.0 94.8 Greg Landry DET 136 83 61.0 1,072 7.88 12.9 9 6.6 5 3.7 92.5 Karl Sweetan LA 13 6 46.2 81 6.23 13.5 1 7.7 0 0.0 92.1 George Blanda OAK 55 29 52.7 461 8.38 15.9 6 10.9 5 9.1 79.4 Pete Beathard STL 17 7 41.2 114 6.71 16.3 2 11.8 1 5.9 79.0 Sam Wyche CIN 57 26 45.6 411 7.21 15.8 3 5.3 2 3.5 73.1 Bob Lee MIN 79 40 50.6 610 7.72 15.2 5 6.3 5 6.3 71.2 Bobby Douglass CHI 30 12 40.0 218 7.27 18.2 4 13.3 3 10.0 65.7 Marty Domres SD 55 28 50.9 491 8.93 17.5 2 3.6 4 7.3 63.5 James Harris BUF 50 24 48.0 338 6.76 14.1 3 6.0 4 8.0 56.9 Rick Arrington PHI 73 37 50.7 328 4.49 8.9 1 1.4 3 4.1 50.5 Mike Phipps CLE 60 29 48.3 529 8.82 18.2 1 1.7 5 8.3 49.9 John Stofa MIA 53 16 30.2 240 4.53 15.0 3 5.7 2 3.8 49.3 Mike Livingston KC 22 11 50.0 122 5.55 11.1 0 0.0 1 4.5 47.9 Bob Davis NYJ 17 6 35.3 66 3.88 11.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 47.7 Randy Johnson ATL 72 40 55.6 443 6.15 11.1 2 2.8 8 11.1 43.7 Roger Staubach DAL 82 44 53.7 542 6.61 12.3 2 2.4 8 9.8 42.9 Steve Tensi DEN 80 38 47.5 539 6.74 14.2 3 3.8 8 10.0 42.7 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 Chuck Pastrana DEN 75 29 38.7 420 5.60 14.5 1 1.3 9 12.0 22.5 Dan Darragh BUF 29 11 37.9 71 2.45 6.5 0 0.0 2 6.9 17.5 Bob Naponic HOU 20 6 30.0 85 4.25 14.2 0 0.0 2 10.0 5.2 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 237 1,125 4.7 5 Ron Johnson NYG 263 1,027 3.9 8 MacArthur Lane STL 206 977 4.7 11 Floyd Little DEN 209 901 4.3 3 Larry Csonka MIA 193 874 4.5 6 Hewritt Dixon OAK 197 861 4.4 1 Donny Anderson GB 222 853 3.8 5 Duane Thomas DAL 151 803 5.3 5 Ken Willard SF 236 789 3.3 7 Ed Podolak KC 168 749 4.5 3 Mel Farr DET 166 717 4.3 9 Frenchy Fuqua PIT 138 691 5.0 7 Charlie Smith OAK 168 681 4.1 3 Dave Osborn MIN 207 681 3.3 5 Altie Taylor DET 198 666 3.4 2 Jim Kiick MIA 191 658 3.4 6 Cyril Pinder PHI 166 657 4.0 2 Leroy Kelly CLE 206 656 3.2 6 Jess Phillips CIN 163 648 4.0 4 Les Josephson LA 150 640 4.3 5 Cannonball Butler ATL 166 636 3.8 0 Bo Scott CLE 151 625 4.1 7 Paul Robinson CIN 149 622 4.2 6 Emerson Boozer NYJ 139 581 4.2 5 Calvin Hill DAL 153 577 3.8 4
Receiving Team(s) Att Yards Avg TD Dick Gordon CHI 71 1,026 14.5 13 Marlin Briscoe BUF 57 1,036 18.2 8 Danny Abramowicz NO 55 906 16.5 5 Gene Washington SF 53 1,100 20.8 12 Jack Snow LA 51 859 16.8 7 Clifton McNeil NYG 50 764 15.3 4 Lee Bouggess PHI 50 401 8.0 2 Carroll Dale GB 49 814 16.6 2 Ron Johnson NYG 48 487 10.1 4 Eddie Hinton BAL 47 733 15.6 5 Al Denson DEN 47 646 13.7 2 Alvin Reed HOU 47 604 12.9 2 Gary Ballman PHI 47 601 12.8 3 John Gilliam STL 45 952 21.2 5 Fred Biletnikoff OAK 45 768 17.1 7 Gary Garrison SD 44 1,006 22.9 12 Roy Jefferson BAL 44 749 17.0 7 Gene Washington MIN 44 702 16.0 4 Jim Mitchell ATL 44 650 14.8 6 Les Josephson LA 44 427 9.7 0 Warren Wells OAK 43 935 21.7 11 Jerry Smith WAS 43 575 13.4 9 Charley Taylor WAS 42 593 14.1 8 Raymond Chester OAK 42 556 13.2 7 Jim Kiick MIA 42 497 11.8 0
Kick Returns Team(s) Att Yards Avg TD Jim Duncan BAL 20 707 35.4 1 Cecil Turner CHI 23 752 32.7 4 Lemar Parrish CIN 16 482 30.1 1 Mel Blount PIT 18 535 29.7 0 Alvin Haymond LA 35 1,022 29.2 1 Mercury Morris MIA 28 812 29.0 1 Larry Krause GB 18 513 28.5 1 Robert Holmes KC 19 535 28.2 0 Paul Robinson CIN 14 363 25.9 0 Les Shy NYG 21 544 25.9 0 Homer Jones CLE 29 739 25.5 1 Billy Walik PHI 32 805 25.2 0 Ted Vactor WAS 28 700 25.0 0 George Atkinson OAK 23 574 25.0 0 Bobby Anderson DEN 21 520 24.8 0
Punt Returns Team(s) Att Yards Avg TD Ed Podolak KC 23 311 13.5 0 Bruce Taylor SF 43 516 12.0 0 John Mallory ATL 17 203 11.9 1 Ron Gardin BAL 28 330 11.8 1 Jake Scott MIA 27 290 10.7 1 Lem Barney DET 25 259 10.4 1 Bill Thompson DEN 23 233 10.1 0 Carl Garrett BOS 17 168 9.9 0 Tom McCauley ATL 14 138 9.9 1 Alvin Wyatt OAK 25 231 9.2 1 Al Dodd NO 14 129 9.2 0 Reece Morrison CLE 15 133 8.9 0 Charlie Greer DEN 14 123 8.8 0 Chris Fletcher SD 16 137 8.6 0 Jerry LeVias HOU 25 213 8.5 0
Punting Team(s) Punts Yards Avg Dave Lewis CIN 79 3,651 46.2 Bobby Walden PIT 75 3,393 45.2 Jerrel Wilson KC 76 3,415 44.9 David Lee BAL 63 2,819 44.7 Dennis Partee SD 65 2,852 43.9 Billy Van Heusen DEN 87 3,732 42.9 Don Cockroft CLE 71 3,023 42.6 Julian Fagan NO 77 3,269 42.5 Spike Jones HOU 84 3,559 42.4 Ron Widby DAL 69 2,847 41.3 Larry Seiple MIA 58 2,392 41.2 Chuck Latourette STL 65 2,659 40.9 Bobby Joe Green CHI 83 3,395 40.9 Mike Bragg WAS 61 2,493 40.9 Donny Anderson GB 81 3,302 40.8 Steve O'Neal NYJ 73 2,925 40.1 Herman Weaver DET 62 2,483 40.0 Bill Johnson NYG 43 1,700 39.5 Mike Eischeid OAK 79 3,121 39.5 Tom Janik BOS 86 3,364 39.1
Kicking Team(s) FG PAT Pts Fred Cox MIN 30/46 35/35 125 David Ray LA 29/45 34/34 121 Jan Stenerud KC 30/42 26/26 116 Horst Muhlmann CIN 25/37 33/33 108 Pete Gogolak NYG 25/41 32/32 107 Bruce Gossett SF 21/31 39/41 102 Errol Mann DET 20/29 41/41 101 Garo Yepremian MIA 22/29 31/31 97 Jim Bakken STL 20/32 37/38 97 Curt Knight WAS 20/27 33/34 93 Jim O'Brien BAL 19/34 36/38 93 Mike Clark DAL 18/27 35/35 89 Mac Percival CHI 20/34 28/28 88 Jim Turner NYJ 19/35 28/28 85 George Blanda OAK 16/29 36/36 84 Bobby Howfield DEN 18/32 27/28 81 Roy Gerela HOU 18/32 23/23 77 Don Cockroft CLE 12/22 34/35 70 Mike Mercer SD 12/19 34/35 70 Tom Dempsey NO 18/34 16/17 70

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