Monday November 15, 1971
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

NFL leaders as of 11/15/1971:



Team Rankings:
Rush Pass Total Offense Games Yds/Gm Yds/Gm Yds/Gm 1 DAL 9 152.1 211.8 363.9 2 SD 9 118.8 231.6 350.3 3 DET 9 185.1 153.1 338.2 4 MIA 9 189.3 147.1 336.4 5 SF 9 146.2 186.6 332.8 6 LA 9 160.3 147.6 307.9 7 PIT 9 122.1 183.1 305.2 8 OAK 9 160.7 143.9 304.6 9 BAL 9 161.7 140.1 301.8 10 WAS 9 137.7 160.8 298.4 11 ATL 9 133.3 163.8 297.1 12 DEN 9 149.6 144.1 293.7 13 GB 9 174.2 118.4 292.7 14 CIN 9 150.3 139.1 289.4 15 NYG 9 113.8 174.2 288.0 16 KC 9 130.3 154.0 284.3 17 STL 9 106.4 174.8 281.2 18 CHI 9 109.8 156.7 266.4 19 NO 9 119.7 141.1 260.8 20 CLE 9 93.3 163.6 256.9 21 NE 9 120.1 120.9 241.0 22 HOU 9 68.4 171.6 240.0 23 BUF 9 94.3 142.4 236.8 24 MIN 9 99.3 120.8 220.1 25 PHI 9 67.6 147.7 215.2 26 NYJ 9 123.4 83.1 206.6
Rush Pass Total Defense Games Yds/Gm Yds/Gm Yds/Gm 1 BAL 9 68.6 111.4 180.0 2 MIN 9 120.1 120.4 240.6 3 WAS 9 98.7 142.3 241.0 4 SF 9 117.7 131.9 249.6 5 KC 9 78.4 173.8 252.2 6 DAL 9 79.0 177.9 256.9 7 DEN 9 129.8 129.3 259.1 8 ATL 9 138.3 130.8 269.1 9 OAK 9 118.6 151.0 269.6 10 MIA 9 126.6 144.6 271.1 11 LA 9 125.1 148.4 273.6 12 CIN 9 127.0 148.9 275.9 13 GB 9 116.0 167.6 283.6 14 HOU 9 133.0 151.7 284.7 15 DET 9 131.3 161.2 292.6 16 PIT 9 94.2 205.0 299.2 17 STL 9 131.7 174.0 305.7 18 CLE 9 172.2 135.4 307.7 19 NE 9 136.9 172.3 309.2 20 SD 9 167.7 142.0 309.7 21 NYJ 9 167.2 146.9 314.1 22 NYG 9 144.4 174.7 319.1 23 NO 9 161.2 159.3 320.6 24 CHI 9 146.7 181.1 327.8 25 PHI 9 163.8 173.0 336.8 26 BUF 9 193.9 166.8 360.7
                                                          Per   Per
Passing               Team(s)   Att  Cmp    Pct  Yards    Att   Cmp  TD   TD%  Int  Int%  Rating
Bob Griese            MIA       167   87   52.1  1,442   8.63  16.6  16   9.6    5   3.0   100.9
Roger Staubach        DAL       131   77   58.8  1,008   7.69  13.1   6   4.6    3   2.3    88.9
Greg Landry           DET       182   92   50.5  1,564   8.59  17.0  13   7.1    7   3.8    87.8
Virgil Carter         CIN       121   70   57.9    906   7.49  12.9   5   4.1    3   2.5    84.9
Bob Berry             ATL       114   70   61.4  1,169  10.25  16.7   8   7.0   10   8.8    82.8
Daryle Lamonica       OAK       140   69   49.3  1,090   7.79  15.8  11   7.9    7   5.0    81.0
Len Dawson            KC        201  109   54.2  1,609   8.00  14.8  10   5.0    9   4.5    78.6
Roman Gabriel         LA        217  115   53.0  1,431   6.59  12.4   9   4.1    5   2.3    77.9
Fran Tarkenton        NYG       252  149   59.1  1,724   6.84  11.6   8   3.2   10   4.0    73.9
Craig Morton          DAL       131   72   55.0  1,026   7.83  14.2   6   4.6    7   5.3    73.5
Edd Hargett           NO        121   58   47.9    800   6.61  13.8   5   4.1    3   2.5    73.0
Jim Plunkett          NE        203   91   44.8  1,282   6.32  14.1  13   6.4    8   3.9    70.7
Billy Kilmer          WAS       211  113   53.6  1,470   6.97  13.0   8   3.8    9   4.3    70.6
John Hadl             SD        283  155   54.8  2,061   7.28  13.3  13   4.6   16   5.7    69.8
Ken Anderson          CIN        98   52   53.1    565   5.77  10.9   4   4.1    4   4.1    66.9
Bobby Douglass        CHI       113   57   50.4    737   6.52  12.9   4   3.5    5   4.4    64.7
Terry Bradshaw        PIT       258  145   56.2  1,737   6.73  12.0   8   3.1   15   5.8    63.1
John Brodie           SF        263  137   52.1  1,716   6.52  12.5  12   4.6   17   6.5    61.0
Pete Beathard         STL       112   51   45.5    847   7.56  16.6   5   4.5    7   6.2    60.4
Jim Hart              STL       127   62   48.8    824   6.49  13.3   5   3.9    7   5.5    60.0
Gary Cuozzo           MIN       153   71   46.4    821   5.37  11.6   6   3.9    6   3.9    59.8
Earl Morrall          BAL       158   78   49.4  1,111   7.03  14.2   7   4.4   11   7.0    58.3
Bill Nelsen           CLE       211  113   53.6  1,480   7.01  13.1   6   2.8   15   7.1    55.8
Archie Manning        NO        124   55   44.4    780   6.29  14.2   5   4.0    8   6.5    51.8
Rick Arrington        PHI       111   52   46.8    555   5.00  10.7   2   1.8    5   4.5    49.2
Dennis Shaw           BUF       164   82   50.0  1,020   6.22  12.4   7   4.3   14   8.5    48.3
Al Woodall            NYJ        97   42   43.3    395   4.07   9.4   0   0.0    2   2.1    46.5
Scott Hunter          GB        115   52   45.2    827   7.19  15.9   5   4.3   14  12.2    44.6
Kent Nix              CHI        96   37   38.5    539   5.61  14.6   5   5.2    7   7.3    44.6
Don Horn              DEN       173   89   51.4  1,056   6.10  11.9   3   1.7   14   8.1    42.4
Pete Liske            PHI       151   73   48.3    981   6.50  13.4   3   2.0   13   8.6    40.2
Dan Pastorini         HOU       168   74   44.0    992   5.90  13.4   5   3.0   16   9.5    33.7


Others (10 or more attempts): Per Per Passing Team(s) Att Cmp Pct Yards Att Cmp TD TD% Int Int% Rating George Blanda OAK 13 6 46.2 114 8.77 19.0 2 15.4 2 15.4 77.1 Dick Shiner ATL 57 30 52.6 463 8.12 15.4 5 8.8 5 8.8 72.5 Steve Ramsey DEN 37 19 51.4 273 7.38 14.4 3 8.1 3 8.1 68.9 Zeke Bratkowski GB 34 17 50.0 250 7.35 14.7 3 8.8 3 8.8 67.0 Bob Davis NYJ 89 37 41.6 519 5.83 14.0 7 7.9 5 5.6 63.8 Norm Snead MIN 66 33 50.0 419 6.35 12.7 1 1.5 3 4.5 56.3 George Mira MIA 15 4 26.7 86 5.73 21.5 0 0.0 0 0.0 51.0 Jack Concannon CHI 77 42 54.5 334 4.34 8.0 0 0.0 3 3.9 49.4 Terry Hanratty PIT 12 3 25.0 93 7.75 31.0 1 8.3 2 16.7 47.6 James Harris BUF 85 43 50.6 452 5.32 10.5 1 1.2 5 5.9 45.8 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 Ken Stabler OAK 48 24 50.0 268 5.58 11.2 1 2.1 4 8.3 39.2 Jerry Rhome LA 17 5 29.4 66 3.88 13.2 1 5.9 1 5.9 38.4 Johnny Unitas BAL 71 30 42.3 304 4.28 10.1 0 0.0 4 5.6 31.7 Mike Phipps CLE 40 12 30.0 155 3.88 12.9 1 2.5 4 10.0 12.0 Lynn Dickey HOU 56 18 32.1 293 5.23 16.3 0 0.0 9 16.1 11.1
Rushing Team(s) Att Yards Avg TD John Brockington GB 137 751 5.5 2 Steve Owens DET 160 724 4.5 4 Larry Csonka MIA 129 681 5.3 5 Floyd Little DEN 178 679 3.8 2 Larry Brown WAS 151 629 4.2 1 Willie Ellison LA 133 593 4.5 2 Marv Hubbard OAK 114 563 4.9 3 Donny Anderson GB 137 551 4.0 4 Norm Bulaich BAL 102 542 5.3 4 Altie Taylor DET 129 534 4.1 2 Ken Willard SF 147 531 3.6 3 Vic Washington SF 106 521 4.9 1 O.J. Simpson BUF 120 510 4.2 3 Jim Kiick MIA 101 502 5.0 1 Frenchy Fuqua PIT 118 487 4.1 4 Charlie Harraway WAS 110 471 4.3 2 Ed Podolak KC 123 468 3.8 5 Cannonball Butler ATL 136 467 3.4 1 Carl Garrett NE 100 467 4.7 1 Leroy Kelly CLE 136 455 3.3 5 Bobby Anderson DEN 104 425 4.1 3 John Riggins NYJ 96 407 4.2 0 Duane Thomas DAL 93 402 4.3 4 Mike Garrett SD 87 400 4.6 2 Bo Scott CLE 117 398 3.4 6
Receiving Team(s) Att Yards Avg TD Billy Parks SD 40 592 14.8 4 Dave Smith PIT 37 581 15.7 5 Ron Shanklin PIT 36 514 14.3 3 Otis Taylor KC 35 749 21.4 5 Dick Gordon CHI 34 469 13.8 4 Ted Kwalick SF 34 465 13.7 4 Bob Tucker NYG 34 373 11.0 2 Fred Biletnikoff OAK 33 592 17.9 6 Gene Washington SF 32 575 18.0 3 George Farmer CHI 32 482 15.1 4 Walt Garrison DAL 32 272 8.5 1 Paul Warfield MIA 31 801 25.8 11 Milt Morin CLE 31 466 15.0 2 Gary Garrison SD 30 647 21.6 4 Bob Grim MIN 30 506 16.9 5 Randy Vataha NE 30 496 16.5 5 Roy Jefferson WAS 30 435 14.5 1 Fair Hooker CLE 29 427 14.7 0 Frenchy Fuqua PIT 29 246 8.5 0 Lance Rentzel LA 28 369 13.2 3 Mike Garrett SD 28 150 5.4 1 Willie Ellison LA 27 231 8.6 0 Marlin Briscoe BUF 26 368 14.2 4 Danny Abramowicz NO 25 456 18.2 4 Lance Alworth DAL 25 323 12.9 0
Kick Returns Team(s) Att Yards Avg TD Ron Jessie DET 12 393 32.8 2 Al Nelson PHI 9 286 31.8 0 Dave Hampton GB 25 780 31.2 0 Rocky Thompson NYG 24 705 29.4 1 Cliff Harris DAL 22 639 29.0 0 Clint Jones MIN 9 260 28.9 0 Clarence Davis OAK 16 456 28.5 0 Travis Williams LA 12 342 28.5 0 Vic Washington SF 20 560 28.0 0 Willie Belton ATL 17 464 27.3 0 Ron Smith CHI 19 513 27.0 0 Frank Pitts CLE 9 238 26.4 0 Speedy Duncan WAS 17 447 26.3 0 Mel Gray STL 21 542 25.8 0 Alvin Wyatt BUF 19 488 25.7 0
Punt Returns Team(s) Att Yards Avg TD Ike Hill BUF 9 123 13.7 1 Lem Barney DET 11 115 10.5 0 Leroy Kelly CLE 23 238 10.3 0 Jake Scott MIA 23 225 9.8 0 Bill Thompson DEN 24 228 9.5 0 Ted Vactor WAS 19 177 9.3 0 Alvin Wyatt BUF 10 90 9.0 1 Jon Staggers PIT 23 204 8.9 1 George Atkinson OAK 16 138 8.6 0 Speedy Duncan WAS 17 145 8.5 0 Chris Farasopoulos NYJ 16 135 8.4 0 Larry Willingham STL 10 84 8.4 0 Al Dodd NO 11 76 6.9 0 Bruce Taylor SF 25 172 6.9 0 Bill Bradley PHI 17 114 6.7 0
Punting Team(s) Punts Yards Avg Jerrel Wilson KC 45 2,163 48.1 Dave Lewis CIN 54 2,470 45.7 Bobby Walden PIT 51 2,303 45.2 Ron Widby DAL 36 1,594 44.3 Dennis Partee SD 35 1,540 44.0 Herman Weaver DET 28 1,214 43.4 Julian Fagan NO 48 2,062 43.0 Billy Van Heusen DEN 48 2,059 42.9 Tom McNeill PHI 54 2,284 42.3 Dan Pastorini HOU 53 2,197 41.5 Don Cockroft CLE 46 1,905 41.4 Pat Studstill LA 45 1,862 41.4 Tom Blanchard NYG 46 1,902 41.3 Spike Jones BUF 43 1,764 41.0 David Lee BAL 37 1,501 40.6 Jim McCann SF 28 1,135 40.5 Mike Bragg WAS 40 1,621 40.5 Chuck Latourette STL 43 1,718 40.0 Donny Anderson GB 29 1,155 39.8 Bobby Joe Green CHI 46 1,828 39.7
Kicking Team(s) FG PAT Pts Garo Yepremian MIA 20/28 23/23 83 Curt Knight WAS 21/32 17/17 80 Bruce Gossett SF 17/28 20/20 71 Jim O'Brien BAL 15/19 22/23 67 Errol Mann DET 14/25 24/24 66 Jan Stenerud KC 14/23 21/21 63 Jim Turner DEN 17/25 12/12 63 George Blanda OAK 11/15 29/30 62 Horst Muhlmann CIN 15/24 17/17 62 Roy Gerela PIT 14/21 19/19 61 David Ray LA 12/19 21/21 57 Fred Cox MIN 14/19 12/12 54 Mike Clark DAL 9/18 25/25 52 Bill Bell ATL 10/15 20/23 50 Dennis Partee SD 10/17 20/20 50 Jim Bakken STL 11/16 17/17 50 Mac Percival CHI 10/20 16/16 46 Lou Michaels GB 8/14 16/17 40 Don Cockroft CLE 7/18 18/18 39 Charlie Gogolak NE 6/13 18/18 36

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