Monday December 6, 1971
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NFL leaders as of 12/06/1971:



Team Rankings:
Rush Pass Total Offense Games Yds/Gm Yds/Gm Yds/Gm 1 DAL 12 153.9 202.2 356.1 2 SF 12 148.9 189.3 338.2 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 KC 12 133.0 169.6 302.6 9 CIN 12 156.5 145.6 302.1 10 BAL 12 162.1 137.9 300.0 11 NYG 12 111.1 184.8 295.8 12 STL 12 110.8 181.9 292.8 13 ATL 12 132.1 160.4 292.5 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 ATL 12 151.1 115.3 266.4 7 MIA 12 118.3 149.4 267.8 8 SF 12 122.8 147.2 269.9 9 CIN 12 120.2 151.5 271.7 10 HOU 12 129.2 143.2 272.3 11 KC 12 92.1 183.0 275.1 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        270  149   55.2  2,305   8.54  15.5  14   5.2   11   4.1    84.0
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
John Brodie           SF        349  185   53.0  2,330   6.68  12.6  14   4.0   22   6.3    61.2
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
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 Vic Washington SF 164 740 4.5 3 Ken Willard SF 179 712 4.0 3 Carl Garrett NE 148 707 4.8 1 Donny Anderson GB 162 692 4.3 5 Norm Bulaich BAL 136 691 5.1 8 Ed Podolak KC 169 663 3.9 9 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 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 Ted Kwalick SF 47 620 13.2 5 Bob Tucker NYG 46 621 13.5 3 Otis Taylor KC 45 942 20.9 6 Ron Shanklin PIT 44 580 13.2 4 Randy Vataha NE 43 716 16.7 7 Dave Smith PIT 43 628 14.6 5 Gene Washington SF 41 763 18.6 3 Bob Grim MIN 41 622 15.2 5 Billy Parks SD 41 609 14.9 4 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 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 Alvin Wyatt BUF 26 671 25.8 0 Willie Belton ATL 26 664 25.5 0 Vic Washington SF 29 740 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 Bruce Taylor SF 31 221 7.1 0 Al Dodd NO 13 88 6.8 0 Bill Bradley PHI 17 114 6.7 0
Punting Team(s) Punts Yards Avg Jerrel Wilson KC 54 2,531 46.9 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 Bruce Gossett SF 21/33 25/25 88 Jim O'Brien BAL 19/27 31/32 88 Jan Stenerud KC 18/33 30/30 84 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 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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