Saturday December 11, 1971
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

NFL leaders as of 12/11/1971:



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 SD 12 113.4 220.3 333.8 4 DET 13 172.5 155.8 328.2 5 MIA 13 174.9 145.6 320.5 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 NYG 12 111.1 184.8 295.8 11 BAL 13 157.6 136.6 294.2 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 PHI 12 82.2 154.8 236.9 23 CHI 12 105.8 125.8 231.6 24 BUF 12 95.8 135.3 231.2 25 MIN 13 121.4 109.5 230.8 26 NYJ 12 126.0 93.3 219.3 Rush Pass Total Defense Games Yds/Gm Yds/Gm Yds/Gm 1 BAL 13 78.6 122.1 200.7 2 MIN 13 115.1 123.1 238.2 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 MIA 13 117.2 147.2 264.5 7 ATL 12 151.1 115.3 266.4 8 DET 13 128.5 140.8 269.4 9 SF 12 122.8 147.2 269.9 10 CIN 12 120.2 151.5 271.7 11 HOU 12 129.2 143.2 272.3 12 KC 12 92.1 183.0 275.1 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
Roger Staubach        DAL       181  106   58.6  1,503   8.30  14.2  11   6.1    3   1.7    98.8
Bob Griese            MIA       242  132   54.5  1,967   8.13  14.9  19   7.9    9   3.7    92.1
Virgil Carter         CIN       183  114   62.3  1,341   7.33  11.8   8   4.4    5   2.7    87.7
Len Dawson            KC        270  149   55.2  2,305   8.54  15.5  14   5.2   11   4.1    84.0
Greg Landry           DET       243  127   52.3  2,061   8.48  16.2  15   6.2   12   4.9    81.0
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
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
Pete Liske            PHI       228  116   50.9  1,531   6.71  13.2   7   3.1   15   6.6    55.3
Archie Manning        NO        140   63   45.0    899   6.42  14.3   6   4.3    9   6.4    53.8
Gary Cuozzo           MIN       168   75   44.6    842   5.01  11.2   6   3.6    8   4.8    52.2
Johnny Unitas         BAL       144   76   52.8    777   5.40  10.2   1   0.7    7   4.9    50.6
Dennis Shaw           BUF       228  112   49.1  1,384   6.07  12.4  10   4.4   22   9.6    43.3
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        38   21   55.3    216   5.68  10.3   1   2.6    1   2.6    69.6
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
Bob Davis             NYJ       121   49   40.5    624   5.16  12.7  10   8.3    8   6.6    57.3
Pete Beathard         STL       120   55   45.8    918   7.65  16.7   5   4.2    9   7.5    54.8
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
Larry Csonka          MIA       181    983    5.4    6
Steve Owens           DET       230    976    4.2    7
John Brockington      GB        180    969    5.4    3
Floyd Little          DEN       242    958    4.0    5
Willie Ellison        LA        188    929    4.9    3
Larry Brown           WAS       200    825    4.1    3
Leroy Kelly           CLE       205    802    3.9    9
Norm Bulaich          BAL       152    741    4.9    8
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
Altie Taylor          DET       164    685    4.2    3
Jim Kiick             MIA       149    684    4.6    2
Ed Podolak            KC        169    663    3.9    9
O.J. Simpson          BUF       157    645    4.1    4
Duane Thomas          DAL       141    616    4.4    6
Clint Jones           MIN       166    585    3.5    4
John Riggins          NYJ       139    579    4.2    0
MacArthur Lane        STL       142    573    4.0    3
Charlie Harraway      WAS       135    562    4.2    2
Tom Matte             BAL       159    560    3.5    8
Cannonball Butler     ATL       166    558    3.4    2
Bo Scott              CLE       156    541    3.5    8
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
Paul Warfield         MIA        39    935   24.0   11
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
Milt Morin            CLE        36    517   14.4    2
Dick Gordon           CHI        36    494   13.7    4
Harold Jackson        PHI        36    462   12.8    1
Jim Kiick             MIA        36    323    9.0    0
Frenchy Fuqua         PIT        36    298    8.3    0
Roy Jefferson         WAS        35    518   14.8    2
Lance Rentzel         LA         35    488   13.9    5
Kick Returns          Team(s)   Att  Yards    Avg   TD
Mercury Morris        MIA        13    408   31.4    1
Travis Williams       LA         22    678   30.8    1
Dave Hampton          GB         39  1,159   29.7    1
Ron Jessie            DET        16    470   29.4    2
Cliff Harris          DAL        25    694   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
Mel Gray              STL        26    627   24.1    0
Charlie Pittman       BAL        14    330   23.6    0
Punt Returns          Team(s)   Att  Yards    Avg   TD
Leroy Kelly           CLE        29    290   10.0    0
Jake Scott            MIA        30    295    9.8    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
Lem Barney            DET        14    122    8.7    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
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
Herman Weaver         DET        40     1,658   41.5
Julian Fagan          NO         66     2,732   41.4
David Lee             BAL        56     2,301   41.1
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        48     1,920   40.0
Jerry DePoyster       OAK        43     1,697   39.5
Kicking               Team(s)     FG      PAT    Pts
Garo Yepremian        MIA       26/37    30/30   108
Curt Knight           WAS       26/42    21/21    99
Errol Mann            DET       20/35    34/34    94
Jim O'Brien           BAL       19/27    33/34    90
Bruce Gossett         SF        21/33    25/25    88
Jan Stenerud          KC        18/33    30/30    84
Fred Cox              MIN       20/29    22/22    82
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
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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