Sunday October 31, 1971
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NFL leaders as of 10/31/1971:



Team Rankings:
Rush Pass Total Offense Games Yds/Gm Yds/Gm Yds/Gm 1 DAL 7 145.3 225.4 370.7 2 SD 7 119.6 229.7 349.3 3 SF 7 150.6 198.0 348.6 4 DET 6 178.5 157.8 336.3 5 MIA 7 183.1 149.4 332.6 6 BAL 7 168.7 156.7 325.4 7 OAK 7 175.7 146.6 322.3 8 WAS 7 155.7 159.4 315.1 9 LA 7 170.6 143.4 314.0 10 ATL 7 137.9 174.7 312.6 11 GB 6 155.7 146.2 301.8 12 PIT 7 114.3 180.9 295.1 13 DEN 7 145.9 148.7 294.6 14 KC 7 127.9 155.7 283.6 15 CIN 7 149.4 131.3 280.7 16 STL 7 112.9 166.7 279.6 17 NYG 7 99.3 165.1 264.4 18 CLE 7 95.1 163.4 258.6 19 CHI 7 101.1 146.4 247.6 20 MIN 7 105.3 141.4 246.7 21 HOU 7 69.4 164.9 234.3 22 NO 7 106.1 127.6 233.7 23 NE 7 123.3 107.7 231.0 24 BUF 7 79.1 142.3 221.4 25 NYJ 7 128.6 89.4 218.0 26 PHI 7 69.6 141.7 211.3
Rush Pass Total Defense Games Yds/Gm Yds/Gm Yds/Gm 1 BAL 7 62.0 105.1 167.1 2 DEN 7 103.9 102.0 205.9 3 WAS 7 86.6 143.7 230.3 4 MIN 7 102.4 132.1 234.6 5 SF 7 120.9 127.9 248.7 6 MIA 7 123.4 132.0 255.4 7 DAL 7 90.1 166.7 256.9 8 KC 7 75.0 186.9 261.9 9 OAK 7 113.7 152.6 266.3 10 LA 7 113.4 157.4 270.9 11 ATL 7 139.9 136.0 275.9 12 STL 7 124.6 159.7 284.3 13 CLE 7 162.4 122.1 284.6 14 CIN 7 123.7 161.3 285.0 15 SD 7 174.3 114.9 289.1 16 DET 6 103.3 187.3 290.7 17 HOU 7 145.1 149.7 294.9 18 PIT 7 85.6 225.0 310.6 19 GB 6 118.8 196.8 315.7 20 NE 7 153.1 166.1 319.3 21 NO 7 167.7 162.6 330.3 22 NYG 7 161.1 172.3 333.4 23 CHI 7 151.6 186.0 337.6 24 NYJ 7 184.4 165.3 349.7 25 PHI 7 176.3 184.6 360.9 26 BUF 7 189.1 176.0 365.1
                                                          Per   Per
Passing               Team(s)   Att  Cmp    Pct  Yards    Att   Cmp  TD   TD%  Int  Int%  Rating
Bob Griese            MIA       139   71   51.1  1,142   8.22  16.1  11   7.9    3   2.2    96.3
Roger Staubach        DAL        72   43   59.7    633   8.79  14.7   5   6.9    3   4.2    94.3
Virgil Carter         CIN        75   46   61.3    546   7.28  11.9   3   4.0    1   1.3    91.3
Greg Landry           DET       127   64   50.4  1,054   8.30  16.5  10   7.9    5   3.9    88.5
Bob Berry             ATL       105   64   61.0  1,065  10.14  16.6   7   6.7    9   8.6    81.6
Len Dawson            KC        152   81   53.3  1,264   8.32  15.6   8   5.3    7   4.6    79.5
Billy Kilmer          WAS       157   81   51.6  1,154   7.35  14.2   7   4.5    5   3.2    77.3
Daryle Lamonica       OAK       116   56   48.3    809   6.97  14.4   7   6.0    4   3.4    77.1
Roman Gabriel         LA        168   86   51.2  1,082   6.44  12.6   5   3.0    3   1.8    74.1
Craig Morton          DAL       131   72   55.0  1,026   7.83  14.2   6   4.6    7   5.3    73.5
John Hadl             SD        224  119   53.1  1,651   7.37  13.9  11   4.9   13   5.8    69.3
Earl Morrall          BAL       124   67   54.0    986   7.95  14.7   7   5.6    9   7.3    68.8
Fran Tarkenton        NYG       206  119   57.8  1,302   6.32  10.9   6   2.9    9   4.4    68.1
Ken Anderson          CIN        97   51   52.6    571   5.89  11.2   4   4.1    4   4.1    67.0
Gary Cuozzo           MIN       132   66   50.0    779   5.90  11.8   6   4.5    6   4.5    64.6
John Brodie           SF        205  104   50.7  1,403   6.84  13.5   9   4.4   13   6.3    61.1
Jim Plunkett          NE        157   68   43.3    907   5.78  13.3   8   5.1    7   4.5    60.7
Pete Beathard         STL       112   51   45.5    847   7.56  16.6   5   4.5    7   6.2    60.4
Terry Bradshaw        PIT       211  116   55.0  1,414   6.70  12.2   5   2.4   12   5.7    60.0
Rick Arrington        PHI        81   38   46.9    435   5.37  11.4   2   2.5    3   3.7    56.4
Archie Manning        NO        122   55   45.1    780   6.39  14.2   5   4.1    7   5.7    56.0
Bill Nelsen           CLE       181   96   53.0  1,236   6.83  12.9   5   2.8   13   7.2    54.0
Jack Concannon        CHI        77   42   54.5    334   4.34   8.0   0   0.0    3   3.9    49.4
Dennis Shaw           BUF       160   80   50.0  1,006   6.29  12.6   7   4.4   14   8.8    48.1
Edd Hargett           NO         73   31   42.5    405   5.55  13.1   1   1.4    3   4.1    48.0
Al Woodall            NYJ        97   42   43.3    395   4.07   9.4   0   0.0    2   2.1    46.5
Kent Nix              CHI        96   37   38.5    539   5.61  14.6   5   5.2    7   7.3    44.6
Scott Hunter          GB         88   39   44.3    624   7.09  16.0   4   4.5   11  12.5    44.1
Don Horn              DEN       148   75   50.7    886   5.99  11.8   2   1.4   14   9.5    34.3
Pete Liske            PHI       121   54   44.6    719   5.94  13.3   2   1.7   12   9.9    30.0
Dan Pastorini         HOU       111   48   43.2    642   5.78  13.4   2   1.8   12  10.8    28.6


Others (10 or more attempts): Per Per Passing Team(s) Att Cmp Pct Yards Att Cmp TD TD% Int Int% Rating Bobby Douglass CHI 43 24 55.8 331 7.70 13.8 3 7.0 2 4.7 84.5 Dick Shiner ATL 31 18 58.1 250 8.06 13.9 4 12.9 4 12.9 84.1 Zeke Bratkowski GB 31 16 51.6 246 7.94 15.4 3 9.7 2 6.5 83.5 Bob Davis NYJ 59 25 42.4 370 6.27 14.8 6 10.2 2 3.4 83.3 George Blanda OAK 13 6 46.2 114 8.77 19.0 2 15.4 2 15.4 77.1 Steve Ramsey DEN 24 13 54.2 167 6.96 12.8 2 8.3 2 8.3 69.3 Norm Snead MIN 51 27 52.9 325 6.37 12.0 1 2.0 2 3.9 62.9 Ken Stabler OAK 43 23 53.5 255 5.93 11.1 1 2.3 2 4.7 59.7 Jim Hart STL 69 33 47.8 383 5.55 11.6 3 4.3 4 5.8 55.4 Charley Johnson HOU 65 31 47.7 365 5.62 11.8 2 3.1 5 7.7 43.4 Randy Johnson NYG 11 2 18.2 20 1.82 10.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 39.6 Dave Lewis CIN 10 3 30.0 18 1.80 6.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 39.6 Jerry Rhome LA 17 5 29.4 66 3.88 13.2 1 5.9 1 5.9 38.4 James Harris BUF 23 12 52.2 127 5.52 10.6 0 0.0 3 13.0 29.0 Mike Phipps CLE 15 3 20.0 38 2.53 12.7 1 6.7 2 13.3 22.2 Johnny Unitas BAL 50 22 44.0 188 3.76 8.5 0 0.0 4 8.0 21.1 Lynn Dickey HOU 45 15 33.3 233 5.18 15.5 0 0.0 6 13.3 11.9
Rushing Team(s) Att Yards Avg TD Larry Brown WAS 129 586 4.5 1 Larry Csonka MIA 101 529 5.2 4 Marv Hubbard OAK 103 510 5.0 3 Norm Bulaich BAL 86 509 5.9 4 Jim Kiick MIA 101 502 5.0 1 Floyd Little DEN 134 487 3.6 2 Steve Owens DET 106 484 4.6 4 Willie Ellison LA 111 478 4.3 2 Ken Willard SF 116 438 3.8 3 Charlie Harraway WAS 92 428 4.7 2 Donny Anderson GB 96 419 4.4 4 Carl Garrett NE 80 418 5.2 0 Ed Podolak KC 103 399 3.9 5 Cannonball Butler ATL 110 379 3.4 1 Vic Washington SF 74 377 5.1 1 O.J. Simpson BUF 94 359 3.8 3 Bo Scott CLE 98 356 3.6 5 John Brockington GB 68 349 5.1 1 Mike Garrett SD 79 348 4.4 2 Emerson Boozer NYJ 101 344 3.4 2 Pete Banaszak OAK 79 343 4.3 3 Essex Johnson CIN 55 340 6.2 3 Frenchy Fuqua PIT 77 325 4.2 4 Leroy Kelly CLE 105 323 3.1 5 Bobby Anderson DEN 82 322 3.9 2
Receiving Team(s) Att Yards Avg TD Billy Parks SD 33 497 15.1 4 Dick Gordon CHI 31 431 13.9 4 Otis Taylor KC 30 648 21.6 5 Ron Shanklin PIT 30 429 14.3 2 Fred Biletnikoff OAK 29 507 17.5 4 Milt Morin CLE 29 431 14.9 1 Dave Smith PIT 28 424 15.1 2 Ted Kwalick SF 27 402 14.9 4 Paul Warfield MIA 26 631 24.3 7 Bob Grim MIN 26 442 17.0 5 Bob Tucker NYG 26 260 10.0 1 Gene Washington SF 25 477 19.1 2 George Farmer CHI 25 393 15.7 3 Charley Taylor WAS 24 370 15.4 4 Walt Garrison DAL 24 216 9.0 1 Mike Garrett SD 24 123 5.1 1 Gary Garrison SD 23 556 24.2 2 Roy Jefferson WAS 23 351 15.3 1 John Riggins NYJ 23 200 8.7 2 Dave Osborn MIN 22 168 7.6 1 Bob Hayes DAL 21 484 23.0 5 Danny Abramowicz NO 21 395 18.8 4 Fair Hooker CLE 21 304 14.5 0 Jim Kiick MIA 21 209 10.0 0 Randy Vataha NE 20 356 17.8 4
Kick Returns Team(s) Att Yards Avg TD Ron Jessie DET 8 317 39.6 2 Al Nelson PHI 8 269 33.6 0 Dave Hampton GB 20 608 30.4 0 Mercury Morris MIA 8 241 30.1 0 Travis Williams LA 8 238 29.8 0 Cliff Harris DAL 19 565 29.7 0 Rocky Thompson NYG 21 600 28.6 1 Clarence Davis OAK 13 371 28.5 0 Ron Smith CHI 16 456 28.5 0 Willie Belton ATL 15 420 28.0 0 Vic Washington SF 13 357 27.5 0 Frank Pitts CLE 8 215 26.9 0 Alvin Wyatt BUF 17 442 26.0 0 Charlie West MIN 8 206 25.8 0 Speedy Duncan WAS 15 377 25.1 0
Punt Returns Team(s) Att Yards Avg TD Lenny Dunlap BAL 8 112 14.0 0 Leroy Kelly CLE 17 180 10.6 0 Lem Barney DET 11 115 10.5 0 Jon Staggers PIT 19 195 10.3 1 Alvin Wyatt BUF 9 88 9.8 1 Jake Scott MIA 19 177 9.3 0 Speedy Duncan WAS 14 120 8.6 0 Larry Willingham STL 10 84 8.4 0 Bill Thompson DEN 20 162 8.1 0 Ted Vactor WAS 15 117 7.8 0 Ron Smith CHI 13 100 7.7 0 Bill Bradley PHI 15 115 7.7 0 Ed Podolak KC 7 52 7.4 0 Chris Farasopoulos NYJ 8 59 7.4 0 George Atkinson OAK 14 101 7.2 0
Punting Team(s) Punts Yards Avg Jerrel Wilson KC 34 1,634 48.1 Dave Lewis CIN 43 1,982 46.1 Bobby Walden PIT 41 1,842 44.9 Ron Widby DAL 26 1,165 44.8 Dennis Partee SD 28 1,254 44.8 Don Cockroft CLE 34 1,483 43.6 Julian Fagan NO 42 1,818 43.3 Tom McNeill PHI 42 1,814 43.2 Pat Studstill LA 35 1,503 42.9 Spike Jones BUF 32 1,373 42.9 Dan Pastorini HOU 42 1,794 42.7 Billy Van Heusen DEN 37 1,570 42.4 Herman Weaver DET 19 800 42.1 David Lee BAL 25 1,052 42.1 Tom Blanchard NYG 38 1,573 41.4 Mike Bragg WAS 30 1,238 41.3 Jim McCann SF 25 1,030 41.2 Donny Anderson GB 15 609 40.6 Bobby Joe Green CHI 38 1,520 40.0 Bob Lee MIN 47 1,865 39.7
Kicking Team(s) FG PAT Pts Garo Yepremian MIA 17/25 16/16 67 Curt Knight WAS 16/25 16/16 64 Jim O'Brien BAL 14/16 17/18 59 Bruce Gossett SF 13/21 18/18 57 Jan Stenerud KC 11/19 19/19 52 Mike Clark DAL 9/18 25/25 52 Errol Mann DET 11/17 18/18 51 Jim Turner DEN 14/20 9/ 9 51 Horst Muhlmann CIN 12/19 14/14 50 David Ray LA 11/15 16/16 49 George Blanda OAK 9/12 21/22 48 Roy Gerela PIT 10/14 14/14 44 Bill Bell ATL 8/12 18/20 42 Fred Cox MIN 10/14 12/12 42 Jim Bakken STL 8/11 14/14 38 Dennis Partee SD 7/13 16/16 37 Don Cockroft CLE 7/14 16/16 37 Mac Percival CHI 7/14 14/14 35 Lou Michaels GB 7/ 9 12/13 33 Happy Feller PHI 6/15 8/ 8 26

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