Saturday December 18, 1971
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NFL leaders as of 12/18/1971:



Team Rankings:
Rush Pass Total Offense Games Yds/Gm Yds/Gm Yds/Gm 1 DAL 14 160.6 199.0 359.6 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 14 109.3 176.5 285.8 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 14 81.7 166.0 247.7 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 14 141.8 170.0 311.8 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       211  126   59.7  1,882   8.92  14.9  15   7.1    4   1.9   104.8
Bob Griese            MIA       242  132   54.5  1,967   8.13  14.9  19   7.9    9   3.7    92.1
Virgil Carter         CIN       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
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
Jim Hart              STL       243  110   45.3  1,626   6.69  14.8   8   3.3   14   5.8    54.7
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
Pete Beathard         STL       141   60   42.6  1,030   7.30  17.2   6   4.3   12   8.5    46.7
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
Duane Thomas          DAL       175    793    4.5   11
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
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
John Gilliam          STL        42    837   19.9    3
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
Walt Garrison         DAL        40    396    9.9    1
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
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
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
Cliff Harris          DAL        29    823   28.4    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        30    740   24.7    0
Charlie Pittman       BAL        14    330   23.6    0
Charlie West          MIN        23    530   23.0    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
Lem Barney            DET        14    122    8.7    0
Jon Staggers          PIT        31    262    8.5    1
Ted Vactor            WAS        23    194    8.4    0
Chris Farasopoulos    NYJ        19    155    8.2    0
George Atkinson       OAK        20    159    8.0    0
Ron Smith             CHI        24    184    7.7    0
Alvin Wyatt           BUF        22    168    7.6    1
Cliff Harris          DAL        17    129    7.6    0
Bruce Taylor          SF         33    228    6.9    0
Bill Bradley          PHI        17    114    6.7    0
Jerry LeVias          SD         21    140    6.7    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
Billy Van Heusen      DEN        74     3,085   41.7
Ron Widby             DAL        56     2,329   41.6
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 Bakken            STL       21/32    24/24    87
Jim Turner            DEN       23/35    17/17    86
Mike Clark            DAL       13/25    47/47    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
Dennis Partee         SD        15/26    33/33    78
Roy Gerela            PIT       17/27    25/25    76
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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