Sunday December 5, 1971
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

NFL leaders as of 12/05/1971:



Team Rankings:
Rush Pass Total Offense Games Yds/Gm Yds/Gm Yds/Gm 1 DAL 12 153.9 202.2 356.1 2 SF 11 152.3 186.6 338.9 3 DET 12 177.9 158.0 335.9 4 SD 12 113.4 220.3 333.8 5 MIA 12 181.5 145.2 326.7 6 OAK 12 157.4 154.2 311.7 7 LA 12 162.2 144.3 306.5 8 CIN 12 156.5 145.6 302.1 9 BAL 12 162.1 137.9 300.0 10 NYG 12 111.1 184.8 295.8 11 STL 12 110.8 181.9 292.8 12 ATL 12 132.1 160.4 292.5 13 KC 11 129.5 161.8 291.3 14 DEN 12 147.6 140.9 288.5 15 GB 12 164.8 118.2 283.0 16 WAS 12 130.1 150.3 280.4 17 CLE 12 113.1 166.1 279.2 18 PIT 12 120.4 152.8 273.2 19 NO 12 115.6 146.2 261.8 20 NE 12 123.2 132.1 255.2 21 HOU 12 73.2 167.8 241.0 22 MIN 12 122.1 116.8 238.9 23 PHI 12 82.2 154.8 236.9 24 CHI 12 105.8 125.8 231.6 25 BUF 12 95.8 135.3 231.2 26 NYJ 12 126.0 93.3 219.3 Rush Pass Total Defense Games Yds/Gm Yds/Gm Yds/Gm 1 BAL 12 77.2 119.7 196.8 2 MIN 12 115.8 122.6 238.3 3 WAS 12 101.9 146.6 248.5 4 DAL 12 82.7 167.8 250.5 5 DEN 12 127.6 123.2 250.8 6 SF 11 118.3 137.4 255.6 7 ATL 12 151.1 115.3 266.4 8 MIA 12 118.3 149.4 267.8 9 KC 11 90.3 179.7 270.0 10 CIN 12 120.2 151.5 271.7 11 HOU 12 129.2 143.2 272.3 12 DET 12 129.8 150.8 280.7 13 LA 12 116.0 166.2 282.2 14 OAK 12 123.8 165.1 288.9 15 GB 12 124.2 168.8 293.0 16 NE 12 137.7 159.4 297.1 17 NYG 12 148.1 150.3 298.4 18 CLE 12 162.6 139.3 301.9 19 STL 12 133.6 171.4 305.0 20 PIT 12 105.6 199.7 305.2 21 NYJ 12 172.0 145.8 317.8 22 NO 12 167.6 152.0 319.6 23 SD 12 166.2 156.6 322.8 24 CHI 12 157.0 166.0 323.0 25 PHI 12 148.8 182.1 330.9 26 BUF 12 188.9 151.2 340.1

                                                          Per   Per
Passing               Team(s)   Att  Cmp    Pct  Yards    Att   Cmp  TD   TD%  Int  Int%  Rating
Bob Griese            MIA       212  115   54.2  1,816   8.57  15.8  19   9.0    7   3.3    99.1
Roger Staubach        DAL       181  106   58.6  1,503   8.30  14.2  11   6.1    3   1.7    98.8
Virgil Carter         CIN       183  114   62.3  1,341   7.33  11.8   8   4.4    5   2.7    87.7
Greg Landry           DET       227  121   53.3  2,019   8.89  16.7  15   6.6   10   4.4    87.2
Len Dawson            KC        242  133   55.0  2,042   8.44  15.4  13   5.4   11   4.5    82.0
Roman Gabriel         LA        286  150   52.4  1,871   6.54  12.5  15   5.2    7   2.4    80.3
Bob Berry             ATL       176  109   61.9  1,656   9.41  15.2  10   5.7   14   8.0    78.7
Craig Morton          DAL       137   76   55.5  1,101   8.04  14.5   7   5.1    7   5.1    77.5
Billy Kilmer          WAS       254  134   52.8  1,746   6.87  13.0   9   3.5   10   3.9    70.1
Daryle Lamonica       OAK       215  105   48.8  1,499   6.97  14.3  15   7.0   13   6.0    69.9
John Hadl             SD        366  200   54.6  2,596   7.09  13.0  17   4.6   22   6.0    67.6
Edd Hargett           NO        198   95   48.0  1,181   5.96  12.4   6   3.0    5   2.5    66.5
Fran Tarkenton        NYG       357  209   58.5  2,416   6.77  11.6  10   2.8   19   5.3    66.2
Jim Plunkett          NE        280  130   46.4  1,812   6.47  13.9  17   6.1   15   5.4    65.7
Jim Hart              STL       196   95   48.5  1,420   7.24  14.9   8   4.1   11   5.6    62.9
Bill Nelsen           CLE       284  150   52.8  2,024   7.13  13.5  11   3.9   19   6.7    60.8
Gary Cuozzo           MIN       153   71   46.4    821   5.37  11.6   6   3.9    6   3.9    59.8
John Brodie           SF        317  165   52.1  2,101   6.63  12.7  13   4.1   21   6.6    59.1
Terry Bradshaw        PIT       326  177   54.3  1,991   6.11  11.2   9   2.8   18   5.5    59.0
Earl Morrall          BAL       167   84   50.3  1,210   7.25  14.4   7   4.2   12   7.2    58.2
Bob Davis             NYJ       121   49   40.5    624   5.16  12.7  10   8.3    8   6.6    57.3
Pete Liske            PHI       228  116   50.9  1,531   6.71  13.2   7   3.1   15   6.6    55.3
Pete Beathard         STL       120   55   45.8    918   7.65  16.7   5   4.2    9   7.5    54.8
Archie Manning        NO        140   63   45.0    899   6.42  14.3   6   4.3    9   6.4    53.8
Dennis Shaw           BUF       228  112   49.1  1,384   6.07  12.4  10   4.4   22   9.6    43.3
Johnny Unitas         BAL       125   60   48.0    635   5.08  10.6   1   0.8    7   5.6    42.6
Scott Hunter          GB        151   69   45.7  1,041   6.89  15.1   6   4.0   16  10.6    42.5
Don Horn              DEN       173   89   51.4  1,056   6.10  11.9   3   1.7   14   8.1    42.4
Dan Pastorini         HOU       215   96   44.7  1,279   5.95  13.3   6   2.8   18   8.4    38.5
Bobby Douglass        CHI       191   78   40.8    966   5.06  12.4   4   2.1   14   7.3    33.6
Others (10 or more attempts):
                                                          Per   Per
Passing               Team(s)   Att  Cmp    Pct  Yards    Att   Cmp  TD   TD%  Int  Int%  Rating
Zeke Bratkowski       GB         37   19   51.4    298   8.05  15.7   4  10.8    3   8.1    80.7
George Blanda         OAK        36   20   55.6    284   7.89  14.2   4  11.1    4  11.1    78.7
Dick Shiner           ATL        57   30   52.6    463   8.12  15.4   5   8.8    5   8.8    72.5
Bill Munson           DET        22   12   54.5    109   4.95   9.1   0   0.0    0   0.0    68.2
Ken Anderson          CIN       110   59   53.6    637   5.79  10.8   4   3.6    4   3.6    67.9
Joe Namath            NYJ        32   12   37.5    278   8.69  23.2   3   9.4    3   9.4    61.7
George Mira           MIA        30   11   36.7    159   5.30  14.5   1   3.3    1   3.3    51.9
Jack Concannon        CHI        77   42   54.5    334   4.34   8.0   0   0.0    3   3.9    49.4
Rick Arrington        PHI       111   52   46.8    555   5.00  10.7   2   1.8    5   4.5    49.2
Charley Johnson       HOU        94   46   48.9    592   6.30  12.9   3   3.2    7   7.4    48.7
Steve Ramsey          DEN       115   58   50.4    746   6.49  12.9   3   2.6    9   7.8    47.2
Al Woodall            NYJ        97   42   43.3    395   4.07   9.4   0   0.0    2   2.1    46.5
Sonny Jurgensen       WAS        28   16   57.1    170   6.07  10.6   0   0.0    2   7.1    45.2
James Harris          BUF       103   51   49.5    512   4.97  10.0   1   1.0    6   5.8    43.0
Norm Snead            MIN        74   37   50.0    470   6.35  12.7   1   1.4    6   8.1    40.9
Dave Lewis            CIN        10    3   30.0     18   1.80   6.0   0   0.0    0   0.0    39.6
Kent Nix              CHI       102   38   37.3    552   5.41  14.5   5   4.9    8   7.8    39.3
Ken Stabler           OAK        48   24   50.0    268   5.58  11.2   1   2.1    4   8.3    39.2
Jerry Rhome           LA         18    5   27.8     66   3.67  13.2   1   5.6    1   5.6    37.7
Bob Lee               MIN        68   32   47.1    327   4.81  10.2   0   0.0    4   5.9    36.8
Marty Domres          SD         11    6   54.5     72   6.55  12.0   0   0.0    3  27.3    35.2
Terry Hanratty        PIT        26    6   23.1    125   4.81  20.8   2   7.7    3  11.5    33.2
Bart Starr            GB         22   10   45.5    147   6.68  14.7   0   0.0    3  13.6    28.2
Lynn Dickey           HOU        57   19   33.3    315   5.53  16.6   0   0.0    9  15.8    13.3
Mike Phipps           CLE        45   12   26.7    155   3.44  12.9   1   2.2    4   8.9    11.8
Randy Johnson         NYG        13    3   23.1     31   2.38  10.3   0   0.0    1   7.7     7.5
Rushing               Team(s)   Att  Yards    Avg   TD
John Brockington      GB        180    969    5.4    3
Floyd Little          DEN       242    958    4.0    5
Larry Csonka          MIA       170    939    5.5    6
Willie Ellison        LA        188    929    4.9    3
Steve Owens           DET       213    911    4.3    7
Larry Brown           WAS       200    825    4.1    3
Leroy Kelly           CLE       205    802    3.9    9
Marv Hubbard          OAK       149    740    5.0    3
Carl Garrett          NE        148    707    4.8    1
Vic Washington        SF        152    697    4.6    2
Ken Willard           SF        171    694    4.1    3
Donny Anderson        GB        162    692    4.3    5
Norm Bulaich          BAL       136    691    5.1    8
Altie Taylor          DET       153    651    4.3    3
O.J. Simpson          BUF       157    645    4.1    4
Jim Kiick             MIA       140    640    4.6    2
Duane Thomas          DAL       141    616    4.4    6
Ed Podolak            KC        152    588    3.9    9
John Riggins          NYJ       139    579    4.2    0
MacArthur Lane        STL       142    573    4.0    3
Charlie Harraway      WAS       135    562    4.2    2
Cannonball Butler     ATL       166    558    3.4    2
Bo Scott              CLE       156    541    3.5    8
Tom Matte             BAL       147    534    3.6    6
Clint Jones           MIN       150    532    3.5    3
Receiving             Team(s)   Att  Yards    Avg   TD
Fred Biletnikoff      OAK        53    845   15.9    9
Bob Tucker            NYG        46    621   13.5    3
Ron Shanklin          PIT        44    580   13.2    4
Randy Vataha          NE         43    716   16.7    7
Dave Smith            PIT        43    628   14.6    5
Ted Kwalick           SF         42    562   13.4    4
Bob Grim              MIN        41    622   15.2    5
Billy Parks           SD         41    609   14.9    4
Otis Taylor           KC         40    861   21.5    5
Gary Garrison         SD         39    777   19.9    5
Fair Hooker           CLE        39    563   14.4    1
Walt Garrison         DAL        39    391   10.0    1
John Gilliam          STL        38    788   20.7    3
Gene Washington       SF         38    690   18.2    3
George Farmer         CHI        37    564   15.2    4
Marlin Briscoe        BUF        37    525   14.2    5
Mike Garrett          SD         37    259    7.0    3
Paul Warfield         MIA        36    907   25.2   11
Milt Morin            CLE        36    517   14.4    2
Dick Gordon           CHI        36    494   13.7    4
Harold Jackson        PHI        36    462   12.8    1
Frenchy Fuqua         PIT        36    298    8.3    0
Roy Jefferson         WAS        35    518   14.8    2
Lance Rentzel         LA         35    488   13.9    5
Bobby Anderson        DEN        35    314    9.0    1
Kick Returns          Team(s)   Att  Yards    Avg   TD
Ron Jessie            DET        13    413   31.8    2
Travis Williams       LA         22    678   30.8    1
Dave Hampton          GB         39  1,159   29.7    1
Cliff Harris          DAL        25    694   27.8    0
Al Nelson             PHI        12    333   27.8    0
Clarence Davis        OAK        25    673   26.9    0
Ron Smith             CHI        25    669   26.8    0
Rocky Thompson        NYG        31    822   26.5    1
Speedy Duncan         WAS        22    579   26.3    0
Vic Washington        SF         25    647   25.9    0
Alvin Wyatt           BUF        26    671   25.8    0
Willie Belton         ATL        26    664   25.5    0
Linzy Cole            HOU        26    652   25.1    0
Jim Thrower           PHI        12    299   24.9    0
Mel Gray              STL        26    627   24.1    0
Punt Returns          Team(s)   Att  Yards    Avg   TD
Ike Hill              BUF        12    134   11.2    1
Leroy Kelly           CLE        29    290   10.0    0
Jake Scott            MIA        29    286    9.9    0
Speedy Duncan         WAS        21    200    9.5    0
Bill Thompson         DEN        28    264    9.4    0
Ted Vactor            WAS        22    196    8.9    0
Jon Staggers          PIT        30    256    8.5    1
Chris Farasopoulos    NYJ        17    138    8.1    0
George Atkinson       OAK        20    159    8.0    0
Ron Smith             CHI        22    171    7.8    0
Cliff Harris          DAL        13    101    7.8    0
Alvin Wyatt           BUF        19    139    7.3    1
Al Dodd               NO         13     88    6.8    0
Bill Bradley          PHI        17    114    6.7    0
Willie Belton         ATL        24    155    6.5    0
Punting               Team(s)  Punts    Yards    Avg
Jerrel Wilson         KC         51     2,395   47.0
Dave Lewis            CIN        67     3,031   45.2
Bobby Walden          PIT        69     3,045   44.1
Dennis Partee         SD         47     2,047   43.6
Herman Weaver         DET        35     1,514   43.3
Ron Widby             DAL        48     2,033   42.4
Tom McNeill           PHI        65     2,736   42.1
Pat Studstill         LA         61     2,540   41.6
Billy Van Heusen      DEN        68     2,822   41.5
Julian Fagan          NO         66     2,732   41.4
David Lee             BAL        52     2,146   41.3
Don Cockroft          CLE        55     2,258   41.1
Spike Jones           BUF        61     2,499   41.0
Tom Blanchard         NYG        55     2,233   40.6
Bobby Joe Green       CHI        63     2,555   40.6
Dan Pastorini         HOU        67     2,710   40.4
Mike Bragg            WAS        52     2,083   40.1
Donny Anderson        GB         42     1,680   40.0
Larry Seiple          MIA        45     1,794   39.9
Jerry DePoyster       OAK        43     1,697   39.5
Kicking               Team(s)     FG      PAT    Pts
Garo Yepremian        MIA       25/35    30/30   105
Curt Knight           WAS       26/42    21/21    99
Errol Mann            DET       19/33    33/33    90
Jim O'Brien           BAL       19/27    31/32    88
Bruce Gossett         SF        20/31    23/23    83
Horst Muhlmann        CIN       18/30    28/28    82
George Blanda         OAK       15/20    36/37    81
Jim Turner            DEN       22/33    15/15    81
David Ray             LA        14/23    32/32    74
Jim Bakken            STL       17/25    23/23    74
Fred Cox              MIN       18/26    19/19    73
Mike Clark            DAL       12/24    37/37    73
Roy Gerela            PIT       17/27    22/22    73
Jan Stenerud          KC        14/27    28/28    70
Dennis Partee         SD        14/24    27/27    69
Don Cockroft          CLE       13/25    29/29    68
Bill Bell             ATL       11/18    26/30    59
Charlie Durkee        NO        13/18    20/21    59
Mark Moseley          HOU       14/22    16/18    58
Charlie Gogolak       NE        10/18    25/25    55


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