Saturday October 23, 1971
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

NFL leaders as of 10/23/1971:



Team Rankings:
Rush Pass Total Offense Games Yds/Gm Yds/Gm Yds/Gm 1 SF 5 168.6 196.8 365.4 2 DET 5 191.0 160.4 351.4 3 DAL 5 142.0 199.6 341.6 4 OAK 5 183.4 154.2 337.6 5 MIA 5 170.6 160.4 331.0 6 CIN 5 160.0 166.4 326.4 7 BAL 5 196.2 127.6 323.8 8 SD 6 112.0 208.3 320.3 9 CLE 5 115.4 204.0 319.4 10 GB 5 168.2 146.6 314.8 11 WAS 5 163.6 141.4 305.0 12 LA 5 183.2 118.4 301.6 13 ATL 5 101.2 200.2 301.4 14 PIT 5 121.8 171.4 293.2 15 DEN 5 114.2 170.8 285.0 16 KC 5 114.4 168.0 282.4 17 STL 5 108.0 165.6 273.6 18 NYG 5 81.0 191.6 272.6 19 MIN 5 110.6 148.6 259.2 20 NO 5 115.8 128.6 244.4 21 CHI 5 90.6 152.6 243.2 22 HOU 5 60.0 178.2 238.2 23 PHI 5 54.4 174.4 228.8 24 NE 5 122.0 100.4 222.4 25 BUF 6 82.0 124.8 206.8 26 NYJ 5 119.8 86.2 206.0 Rush Pass Total Defense Games Yds/Gm Yds/Gm Yds/Gm 1 BAL 5 68.2 99.0 167.2 2 WAS 5 67.6 147.4 215.0 3 MIN 5 92.6 130.2 222.8 4 MIA 5 123.6 115.6 239.2 5 SF 5 112.2 130.0 242.2 6 DEN 5 131.4 120.2 251.6 7 KC 5 63.0 192.4 255.4 8 CLE 5 136.4 125.6 262.0 9 STL 5 134.0 129.0 263.0 10 DAL 5 94.6 174.4 269.0 11 LA 5 114.8 154.6 269.4 12 OAK 5 104.8 168.4 273.2 13 DET 5 89.4 194.8 284.2 14 SD 6 175.2 118.3 293.5 15 CIN 5 114.0 186.4 300.4 16 PIT 5 87.2 216.6 303.8 17 HOU 5 143.2 169.2 312.4 18 GB 5 109.8 202.8 312.6 19 NYJ 5 164.8 148.0 312.8 20 NO 5 143.4 170.8 314.2 21 ATL 5 171.2 144.0 315.2 22 NE 5 166.6 149.8 316.4 23 CHI 5 161.2 163.0 324.2 24 NYG 5 168.4 200.4 368.8 25 BUF 6 197.0 178.2 375.2 26 PHI 5 179.8 223.8 403.6

                                                          Per   Per
Passing               Team(s)   Att  Cmp    Pct  Yards    Att   Cmp  TD   TD%  Int  Int%  Rating
Greg Landry           DET       101   53   52.5    881   8.72  16.6   9   8.9    3   3.0    99.5
Bob Griese            MIA       102   53   52.0    865   8.48  16.3   8   7.8    3   2.9    94.6
Daryle Lamonica       OAK        81   39   48.1    594   7.33  15.2   6   7.4    1   1.2    92.3
Virgil Carter         CIN        75   46   61.3    546   7.28  11.9   3   4.0    1   1.3    91.3
Billy Kilmer          WAS        97   53   54.6    730   7.53  13.8   4   4.1    2   2.1    84.1
Bob Berry             ATL       105   64   61.0  1,065  10.14  16.6   7   6.7    9   8.6    81.6
Len Dawson            KC        116   64   55.2    928   8.00  14.5   5   4.3    4   3.4    81.4
Craig Morton          DAL        91   49   53.8    725   7.97  14.8   5   5.5    4   4.4    80.2
Gary Cuozzo           MIN        90   47   52.2    576   6.40  12.3   6   6.7    4   4.4    76.0
Fran Tarkenton        NYG       150   88   58.7  1,058   7.05  12.0   6   4.0    8   5.3    71.5
Ken Anderson          CIN        64   33   51.6    400   6.25  12.1   2   3.1    2   3.1    68.5
Bill Nelsen           CLE       143   81   56.6  1,059   7.41  13.1   4   2.8    8   5.6    66.2
Archie Manning        NO         86   40   46.5    613   7.13  15.3   5   5.8    5   5.8    65.7
Roman Gabriel         LA        115   53   46.1    682   5.93  12.9   1   0.9    2   1.7    60.9
Earl Morrall          BAL        78   40   51.3    552   7.08  13.8   4   5.1    6   7.7    59.3
John Brodie           SF        153   78   51.0    977   6.39  12.5   7   4.6   10   6.5    59.2
Terry Bradshaw        PIT       144   75   52.1    948   6.58  12.6   4   2.8    8   5.6    59.0
John Hadl             SD        197  100   50.8  1,293   6.56  12.9   7   3.6   12   6.1    58.2
Pete Beathard         STL        87   40   46.0    635   7.30  15.9   3   3.4    6   6.9    53.6
Scott Hunter          GB         69   31   44.9    532   7.71  17.2   4   5.8   10  14.5    51.4
Jim Plunkett          NE        109   45   41.3    577   5.29  12.8   5   4.6    6   5.5    50.9
Jack Concannon        CHI        77   42   54.5    334   4.34   8.0   0   0.0    3   3.9    49.4
Al Woodall            NYJ        92   39   42.4    360   3.91   9.2   0   0.0    1   1.1    49.2
Kent Nix              CHI        96   37   38.5    539   5.61  14.6   5   5.2    7   7.3    44.6
Charley Johnson       HOU        65   31   47.7    365   5.62  11.8   2   3.1    5   7.7    43.4
Dennis Shaw           BUF       127   63   49.6    786   6.19  12.5   5   3.9   12   9.4    43.0
Don Horn              DEN       105   53   50.5    674   6.42  12.7   1   1.0   12  11.4    34.5
Pete Liske            PHI       114   53   46.5    709   6.22  13.4   2   1.8   12  10.5    33.0
Dan Pastorini         HOU        62   25   40.3    365   5.89  14.6   2   3.2    7  11.3    31.4
Others (10 or more attempts):
                                                          Per   Per
Passing               Team(s)   Att  Cmp    Pct  Yards    Att   Cmp  TD   TD%  Int  Int%  Rating
Bob Davis             NYJ        17    9   52.9    154   9.06  17.1   2  11.8    0   0.0   123.2
Zeke Bratkowski       GB         25   14   56.0    192   7.68  13.7   2   8.0    0   0.0   107.4
Roger Staubach        DAL        40   23   57.5    349   8.72  15.2   3   7.5    2   5.0    90.5
Steve Ramsey          DEN        24   13   54.2    167   6.96  12.8   2   8.3    2   8.3    69.3
Rick Arrington        PHI        51   26   51.0    273   5.35  10.5   1   2.0    1   2.0    65.2
Ken Stabler           OAK        43   23   53.5    255   5.93  11.1   1   2.3    2   4.7    59.7
Edd Hargett           NO         41   20   48.8    246   6.00  12.3   1   2.4    2   4.9    55.5
Norm Snead            MIN        45   23   51.1    238   5.29  10.3   0   0.0    2   4.4    48.2
Randy Johnson         NYG        11    2   18.2     20   1.82  10.0   0   0.0    0   0.0    39.6
Jerry Rhome           LA         12    3   25.0     14   1.17   4.7   1   8.3    1   8.3    32.6
James Harris          BUF        23   12   52.2    127   5.52  10.6   0   0.0    3  13.0    29.0
Jim Hart              STL        42   18   42.9    212   5.05  11.8   1   2.4    4   9.5    27.2
Lynn Dickey           HOU        40   14   35.0    226   5.65  16.1   0   0.0    6  15.0    15.2
Johnny Unitas         BAL        30   12   40.0    131   4.37  10.9   0   0.0    3  10.0    14.0
Rushing               Team(s)   Att  Yards    Avg   TD
Larry Brown           WAS        98    433    4.4    1
Norm Bulaich          BAL        59    420    7.1    3
Steve Owens           DET        90    403    4.5    4
Ken Willard           SF         86    366    4.3    2
Marv Hubbard          OAK        66    366    5.5    0
Donny Anderson        GB         78    363    4.7    4
Larry Csonka          MIA        71    359    5.1    2
Willie Ellison        LA         78    357    4.6    2
John Brockington      GB         62    321    5.2    1
Charlie Harraway      WAS        71    319    4.5    2
O.J. Simpson          BUF        78    317    4.1    3
Jim Kiick             MIA        69    315    4.6    1
Bo Scott              CLE        83    311    3.7    4
Carl Garrett          NE         60    300    5.0    0
Altie Taylor          DET        75    298    4.0    1
Mike Garrett          SD         70    293    4.2    2
Leroy Kelly           CLE        86    285    3.3    5
Calvin Hill           DAL        74    277    3.7    6
Essex Johnson         CIN        36    276    7.7    3
Pete Banaszak         OAK        64    274    4.3    3
Vic Washington        SF         43    256    6.0    1
Floyd Little          DEN        85    251    3.0    1
Emerson Boozer        NYJ        71    247    3.5    1
Les Josephson         LA         57    244    4.3    2
Dave Osborn           MIN        69    222    3.2    2
Receiving             Team(s)   Att  Yards    Avg   TD
Billy Parks           SD         29    422   14.6    3
Milt Morin            CLE        25    370   14.8    1
Dick Gordon           CHI        25    345   13.8    3
Otis Taylor           KC         22    473   21.5    3
Bob Grim              MIN        22    352   16.0    4
Ted Kwalick           SF         22    317   14.4    4
Dave Osborn           MIN        22    168    7.6    1
Mike Garrett          SD         22    109    5.0    1
Paul Warfield         MIA        21    475   22.6    5
Fred Biletnikoff      OAK        21    363   17.3    3
John Riggins          NYJ        19    142    7.5    1
Dave Smith            PIT        18    320   17.8    2
Ron Shanklin          PIT        18    268   14.9    1
Gary Garrison         SD         17    394   23.2    1
Gene Washington       SF         17    291   17.1    1
Roy Jefferson         WAS        17    280   16.5    1
Charley Taylor        WAS        17    245   14.4    2
George Farmer         CHI        17    239   14.1    2
Walt Garrison         DAL        17    186   10.9    1
Leroy Kelly           CLE        17    170   10.0    1
Danny Abramowicz      NO         16    316   19.8    4
Bob Trumpy            CIN        16    215   13.4    1
Bob Wallace           CHI        16    211   13.2    1
Bobby Anderson        DEN        16    183   11.4    0
Bob Tucker            NYG        16    180   11.2    1
Kick Returns          Team(s)   Att  Yards    Avg   TD
Ron Jessie            DET         6    195   32.5    1
Dave Hampton          GB         15    483   32.2    0
Cliff Harris          DAL        15    461   30.7    0
Rocky Thompson        NYG        19    554   29.2    1
Clarence Davis        OAK        12    347   28.9    0
Ron Smith             CHI        12    330   27.5    0
Norm Thompson         STL         6    164   27.3    0
Jim Thrower           PHI        11    291   26.5    0
Willie Belton         ATL        11    289   26.3    0
Alvin Wyatt           BUF        14    362   25.9    0
Travis Williams       LA          6    155   25.8    0
Linzy Cole            HOU        13    325   25.0    0
Ken Brown             CLE         7    173   24.7    0
Joe Profit            ATL        10    247   24.7    0
Chris Farasopoulos    NYJ         7    170   24.3    0
Punt Returns          Team(s)   Att  Yards    Avg   TD
Lenny Dunlap          BAL         8    112   14.0    0
Jon Staggers          PIT        14    180   12.9    1
Lem Barney            DET        11    115   10.5    0
Speedy Duncan         WAS        10     98    9.8    0
Jake Scott            MIA        14    128    9.1    0
Ted Vactor            WAS        11     93    8.5    0
Chris Farasopoulos    NYJ         7     59    8.4    0
Ken Ellis             GB          7     55    7.9    0
George Atkinson       OAK         9     68    7.6    0
Bob Grim              MIN         6     44    7.3    0
Leroy Kelly           CLE        12     87    7.2    0
Bobby Duhon           NYG         7     49    7.0    0
Cliff Harris          DAL         9     60    6.7    0
Larry Willingham      STL         7     45    6.4    0
Al Dodd               NO          8     51    6.4    0
Punting               Team(s)  Punts    Yards    Avg
Jerrel Wilson         KC         25     1,209   48.4
Dave Lewis            CIN        30     1,363   45.4
Bobby Walden          PIT        31     1,388   44.8
Dennis Partee         SD         25     1,118   44.7
Ron Widby             DAL        20       879   44.0
Billy Van Heusen      DEN        26     1,139   43.8
Pat Studstill         LA         29     1,265   43.6
Julian Fagan          NO         29     1,250   43.1
David Lee             BAL        16       683   42.7
Spike Jones           BUF        27     1,150   42.6
Jim McCann            SF         16       673   42.1
Dan Pastorini         HOU        30     1,259   42.0
Tom McNeill           PHI        30     1,251   41.7
Jerry DePoyster       OAK        14       582   41.6
Donny Anderson        GB         13       539   41.5
Don Cockroft          CLE        21       865   41.2
Mike Bragg            WAS        24       982   40.9
Larry Seiple          MIA        14       572   40.9
Tom Blanchard         NYG        26     1,061   40.8
Bobby Joe Green       CHI        27     1,097   40.6
Kicking               Team(s)     FG      PAT    Pts
Curt Knight           WAS       13/19    11/11    50
Garo Yepremian        MIA       12/19    11/11    47
Jim O'Brien           BAL       11/11    13/14    46
Errol Mann            DET        8/14    16/16    40
David Ray             LA         8/10    11/11    35
Don Cockroft          CLE        7/14    14/14    35
Horst Muhlmann        CIN        8/12    11/11    35
Jan Stenerud          KC         7/13    14/14    35
Bruce Gossett         SF         7/14    13/13    34
Fred Cox              MIN        8/12     9/ 9    33
George Blanda         OAK        6/ 9    15/16    33
Mike Clark            DAL        5/10    18/18    33
Jim Bakken            STL        8/ 9     8/ 8    32
Jim Turner            DEN        9/15     5/ 5    32
Bill Bell             ATL        7/10    10/12    31
Dennis Partee         SD         7/13     9/ 9    30
Roy Gerela            PIT        7/11     9/ 9    30
Lou Michaels          GB         5/ 6    11/12    26
Mac Percival          CHI        4/ 9     9/ 9    21
Pete Gogolak          NYG        3/ 9    11/11    20


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