Monday December 13, 1971
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NFL leaders as of 12/13/1971:



Team Rankings:
Rush Pass Total Offense Games Yds/Gm Yds/Gm Yds/Gm 1 DAL 13 157.2 205.2 362.5 2 SD 13 116.6 229.8 346.4 3 SF 13 150.6 183.9 334.5 4 DET 13 172.5 155.8 328.2 5 MIA 13 174.9 145.6 320.5 6 LA 13 157.7 149.7 307.4 7 CIN 13 154.2 151.5 305.6 8 OAK 13 152.5 151.2 303.6 9 KC 13 131.2 171.5 302.7 10 BAL 13 157.6 136.6 294.2 11 NYG 13 107.5 184.6 292.1 12 DEN 13 149.1 142.6 291.7 13 STL 13 110.9 180.3 291.2 14 GB 13 160.9 123.0 283.9 15 WAS 13 126.2 157.2 283.4 16 ATL 13 126.6 153.4 280.0 17 CLE 13 114.5 165.0 279.5 18 PIT 13 120.8 152.3 273.2 19 NO 13 118.9 140.0 258.9 20 NE 13 121.4 133.5 254.8 21 PHI 13 89.5 158.6 248.1 22 HOU 13 74.7 168.4 243.1 23 BUF 13 95.0 140.8 235.8 24 CHI 13 102.3 130.5 232.8 25 MIN 13 121.4 109.5 230.8 26 NYJ 13 129.1 93.5 222.5
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 DAL 13 81.2 169.0 250.2 4 WAS 13 102.1 151.8 253.8 5 SF 13 118.0 141.2 259.2 6 MIA 13 117.2 147.2 264.5 7 ATL 13 152.6 115.6 268.2 8 DET 13 128.5 140.8 269.4 9 KC 13 92.2 177.7 269.8 10 DEN 13 129.7 140.2 269.8 11 CIN 13 120.6 151.1 271.7 12 HOU 13 125.8 148.1 273.8 13 LA 13 113.2 171.9 285.1 14 GB 13 119.4 170.1 289.5 15 OAK 13 122.8 167.3 290.1 16 NE 13 139.8 154.5 294.3 17 CLE 13 162.3 133.7 296.0 18 PIT 13 107.2 201.4 308.5 19 NYG 13 151.8 157.4 309.2 20 STL 13 136.9 174.0 310.9 21 NYJ 13 166.5 146.2 312.6 22 NO 13 164.8 152.0 316.8 23 CHI 13 153.8 167.1 320.8 24 SD 13 166.2 157.1 323.3 25 PHI 13 146.0 180.5 326.5 26 BUF 13 181.5 153.1 334.5
                                                          Per   Per
Passing               Team(s)   Att  Cmp    Pct  Yards    Att   Cmp  TD   TD%  Int  Int%  Rating
Roger Staubach        DAL       195  116   59.5  1,735   8.90  15.0  14   7.2    3   1.5   106.2
Bob Griese            MIA       242  132   54.5  1,967   8.13  14.9  19   7.9    9   3.7    92.1
Virgil Carter         CIN       213  132   62.0  1,588   7.46  12.0   9   4.2    7   3.3    85.2
Len Dawson            KC        301  167   55.5  2,504   8.32  15.0  15   5.0   13   4.3    81.6
Greg Landry           DET       243  127   52.3  2,061   8.48  16.2  15   6.2   12   4.9    81.0
Billy Kilmer          WAS       273  148   54.2  1,992   7.30  13.5  12   4.4   11   4.0    75.5
Roman Gabriel         LA        330  167   50.6  2,090   6.33  12.5  16   4.8   10   3.0    74.2
Craig Morton          DAL       143   78   54.5  1,131   7.91  14.5   7   4.9    8   5.6    73.5
John Hadl             SD        402  221   55.0  2,928   7.28  13.2  21   5.2   22   5.5    72.9
Bob Berry             ATL       199  118   59.3  1,736   8.72  14.7  10   5.0   16   8.0    71.1
Daryle Lamonica       OAK       224  110   49.1  1,535   6.85  14.0  15   6.7   13   5.8    69.7
Fran Tarkenton        NYG       386  226   58.5  2,567   6.65  11.4  11   2.8   21   5.4    65.4
Jim Plunkett          NE        311  148   47.6  1,988   6.39  13.4  17   5.5   16   5.1    65.2
Edd Hargett           NO        210   96   45.7  1,191   5.67  12.4   6   2.9    5   2.4    63.4
John Brodie           SF        367  194   52.9  2,456   6.69  12.7  15   4.1   23   6.3    61.5
Terry Bradshaw        PIT       339  183   54.0  2,096   6.18  11.5  11   3.2   18   5.3    61.5
Pete Liske            PHI       251  131   52.2  1,736   6.92  13.3   8   3.2   15   6.0    60.1
Bill Nelsen           CLE       302  159   52.6  2,154   7.13  13.5  11   3.6   21   7.0    58.8
Jim Hart              STL       207   99   47.8  1,485   7.17  15.0   8   3.9   13   6.3    58.5
Earl Morrall          BAL       167   84   50.3  1,210   7.25  14.4   7   4.2   12   7.2    58.2
Archie Manning        NO        151   69   45.7    990   6.56  14.3   6   4.0    9   6.0    55.9
Gary Cuozzo           MIN       168   75   44.6    842   5.01  11.2   6   3.6    8   4.8    52.2
Pete Beathard         STL       134   59   44.0  1,028   7.67  17.4   6   4.5   11   8.2    51.5
Johnny Unitas         BAL       144   76   52.8    777   5.40  10.2   1   0.7    7   4.9    50.6
Dennis Shaw           BUF       257  132   51.4  1,617   6.29  12.2  11   4.3   24   9.3    46.5
Scott Hunter          GB        163   75   46.0  1,210   7.42  16.1   7   4.3   17  10.4    46.1
Steve Ramsey          DEN       140   68   48.6    915   6.54  13.5   4   2.9   12   8.6    43.6
Dan Pastorini         HOU       248  113   45.6  1,490   6.01  13.2   6   2.4   18   7.3    42.9
Don Horn              DEN       173   89   51.4  1,056   6.10  11.9   3   1.7   14   8.1    42.4
Bobby Douglass        CHI       202   82   40.6  1,017   5.03  12.4   4   2.0   14   6.9    34.6


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 Marty Domres SD 12 7 58.3 97 8.08 13.9 1 8.3 3 25.0 72.6 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 George Blanda OAK 58 32 55.2 378 6.52 11.8 4 6.9 6 10.3 58.6 Bob Davis NYJ 121 49 40.5 624 5.16 12.7 10 8.3 8 6.6 57.3 Joe Namath NYJ 44 19 43.2 373 8.48 19.6 3 6.8 5 11.4 56.5 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 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 Kent Nix CHI 120 45 37.5 701 5.84 15.6 6 5.0 9 7.5 43.1 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 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 Randy Johnson NYG 27 11 40.7 105 3.89 9.5 0 0.0 1 3.7 36.8 Terry Hanratty PIT 29 7 24.1 159 5.48 22.7 2 6.9 3 10.3 33.3 Bart Starr GB 23 11 47.8 160 6.96 14.5 0 0.0 3 13.0 31.3 Mike Phipps CLE 47 13 27.7 179 3.81 13.8 1 2.1 4 8.5 14.6 Lynn Dickey HOU 57 19 33.3 315 5.53 16.6 0 0.0 9 15.8 13.3 Bob Leahy PIT 11 3 27.3 18 1.64 6.0 0 0.0 1 9.1 1.7
Rushing Team(s) Att Yards Avg TD Floyd Little DEN 260 1,054 4.1 6 John Brockington GB 200 1,032 5.2 4 Larry Csonka MIA 181 983 5.4 6 Willie Ellison LA 200 977 4.9 4 Steve Owens DET 230 976 4.2 7 Larry Brown WAS 227 867 3.8 4 Marv Hubbard OAK 170 817 4.8 5 Leroy Kelly CLE 216 815 3.8 10 Ken Willard SF 201 774 3.9 4 Vic Washington SF 177 773 4.4 3 Norm Bulaich BAL 152 741 4.9 8 Carl Garrett NE 163 740 4.5 1 Donny Anderson GB 175 730 4.2 5 Duane Thomas DAL 157 710 4.5 8 Ed Podolak KC 179 698 3.9 9 Altie Taylor DET 164 685 4.2 3 Jim Kiick MIA 149 684 4.6 2 O.J. Simpson BUF 169 674 4.0 5 John Riggins NYJ 163 670 4.1 1 Charlie Harraway WAS 147 599 4.1 2 MacArthur Lane STL 150 592 3.9 3 Bo Scott CLE 170 587 3.5 9 Clint Jones MIN 166 585 3.5 4 Emerson Boozer NYJ 175 584 3.3 3 Frenchy Fuqua PIT 147 580 3.9 4
Receiving Team(s) Att Yards Avg TD Fred Biletnikoff OAK 59 897 15.2 9 Otis Taylor KC 53 1,055 19.9 7 Bob Tucker NYG 51 675 13.2 3 Ted Kwalick SF 49 632 12.9 5 Randy Vataha NE 47 772 16.4 7 Ron Shanklin PIT 46 619 13.5 5 Gene Washington SF 43 808 18.8 3 Roy Jefferson WAS 43 655 15.2 4 Dave Smith PIT 43 628 14.6 5 Fair Hooker CLE 42 615 14.6 1 Gary Garrison SD 41 858 20.9 6 Bob Grim MIN 41 622 15.2 5 Billy Parks SD 41 609 14.9 4 Marlin Briscoe BUF 41 563 13.7 5 Frenchy Fuqua PIT 41 371 9.0 1 Harold Jackson PHI 40 571 14.3 2 Mike Garrett SD 40 282 7.0 3 Paul Warfield MIA 39 935 24.0 11 George Farmer CHI 39 609 15.6 5 Dick Gordon CHI 39 574 14.7 4 Walt Garrison DAL 39 391 10.0 1 John Gilliam STL 38 788 20.7 3 Milt Morin CLE 37 541 14.6 2 Lance Rentzel LA 37 520 14.1 5 Bobby Anderson DEN 37 353 9.5 1
Kick Returns Team(s) Att Yards Avg TD Mercury Morris MIA 13 408 31.4 1 Travis Williams LA 23 688 29.9 1 Ron Jessie DET 16 470 29.4 2 Dave Hampton GB 42 1,232 29.3 1 Al Nelson PHI 13 358 27.5 0 Cliff Harris DAL 26 709 27.3 0 Clarence Davis OAK 27 734 27.2 0 Rocky Thompson NYG 34 891 26.2 1 Vic Washington SF 30 780 26.0 0 Ron Smith CHI 26 671 25.8 0 Alvin Wyatt BUF 27 694 25.7 0 Speedy Duncan WAS 23 590 25.7 0 Willie Belton ATL 28 706 25.2 0 Linzy Cole HOU 26 652 25.1 0 Mel Gray STL 26 627 24.1 0
Punt Returns Team(s) Att Yards Avg TD Ike Hill BUF 13 140 10.8 1 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 Lem Barney DET 14 122 8.7 0 Jon Staggers PIT 31 262 8.5 1 Ted Vactor WAS 23 194 8.4 0 Linzy Cole HOU 13 107 8.2 0 Chris Farasopoulos NYJ 19 155 8.2 0 George Atkinson OAK 20 159 8.0 0 Cliff Harris DAL 15 119 7.9 0 Ron Smith CHI 24 184 7.7 0 Alvin Wyatt BUF 22 168 7.6 1 Bruce Taylor SF 33 228 6.9 0
Punting Team(s) Punts Yards Avg Jerrel Wilson KC 59 2,683 45.5 Dave Lewis CIN 71 3,191 44.9 Bobby Walden PIT 76 3,333 43.9 Dennis Partee SD 50 2,167 43.3 Tom McNeill PHI 69 2,894 41.9 Ron Widby DAL 52 2,175 41.8 Billy Van Heusen DEN 74 3,085 41.7 Pat Studstill LA 65 2,697 41.5 Herman Weaver DET 40 1,658 41.5 Julian Fagan NO 72 2,970 41.2 Spike Jones BUF 68 2,799 41.2 David Lee BAL 56 2,301 41.1 Dan Pastorini HOU 72 2,935 40.8 Tom Blanchard NYG 61 2,482 40.7 Don Cockroft CLE 58 2,359 40.7 Mike Bragg WAS 57 2,302 40.4 Bobby Joe Green CHI 69 2,782 40.3 Larry Seiple MIA 48 1,920 40.0 Donny Anderson GB 46 1,836 39.9 Jerry DePoyster OAK 48 1,890 39.4
Kicking Team(s) FG PAT Pts Garo Yepremian MIA 26/37 30/30 108 Curt Knight WAS 27/45 26/26 107 Bruce Gossett SF 22/35 28/28 94 Errol Mann DET 20/35 34/34 94 Jan Stenerud KC 21/37 31/31 94 Jim O'Brien BAL 19/27 33/34 90 Horst Muhlmann CIN 20/33 29/29 89 Jim Turner DEN 23/35 17/17 86 George Blanda OAK 15/22 38/39 83 Fred Cox MIN 20/29 22/22 82 David Ray LA 15/25 35/35 80 Mike Clark DAL 12/24 43/43 79 Dennis Partee SD 15/26 33/33 78 Roy Gerela PIT 17/27 25/25 76 Jim Bakken STL 17/26 24/24 75 Don Cockroft CLE 13/26 32/32 71 Mark Moseley HOU 16/26 18/20 66 Charlie Durkee NO 14/21 22/23 64 Bill Bell ATL 12/19 26/30 62 Charlie Gogolak NE 12/20 25/25 61

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