Sunday January 2, 1972
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

NFL leaders as of 01/02/1972:



Team Rankings:
Rush Pass Total Offense Games Yds/Gm Yds/Gm Yds/Gm 1 DAL 14 160.6 199.0 359.6 2 SD 14 114.6 223.9 338.4 3 SF 14 152.1 184.1 336.1 4 DET 14 169.7 157.2 326.9 5 MIA 14 173.5 141.6 315.1 6 CIN 14 153.0 151.7 304.7 7 OAK 14 152.1 152.0 304.1 8 LA 14 152.8 149.6 302.4 9 KC 14 131.6 167.6 299.3 10 NYG 14 104.4 193.9 298.2 11 DEN 14 149.5 147.5 297.0 12 BAL 14 153.5 137.3 290.8 13 WAS 14 125.5 162.4 287.9 14 STL 14 109.3 176.5 285.8 15 ATL 14 121.6 161.1 282.8 16 GB 14 159.2 120.4 279.6 17 PIT 14 125.6 151.7 277.3 18 CLE 14 111.3 164.2 275.5 19 NO 14 122.2 139.6 261.9 20 PHI 14 89.1 165.9 255.1 21 NE 14 119.2 134.8 254.0 22 HOU 14 79.0 172.1 251.1 23 MIN 14 121.1 118.2 239.3 24 CHI 14 102.4 135.9 238.3 25 BUF 14 95.5 142.1 237.6 26 NYJ 14 134.9 98.5 233.4
Rush Pass Total Defense Games Yds/Gm Yds/Gm Yds/Gm 1 BAL 14 79.5 124.2 203.7 2 MIN 14 114.3 129.0 243.3 3 DAL 14 81.7 166.0 247.7 4 WAS 14 99.7 151.9 251.6 5 MIA 14 118.6 142.9 261.5 6 SF 14 119.1 143.6 262.8 7 KC 14 92.9 176.3 269.1 8 ATL 14 153.5 117.0 270.5 9 HOU 14 123.1 148.0 271.1 10 DEN 14 131.0 141.8 272.8 11 DET 14 131.6 144.1 275.6 12 CIN 14 127.0 152.0 279.0 13 GB 14 121.9 164.4 286.3 14 LA 14 118.4 169.9 288.4 15 NE 14 137.0 153.9 290.9 16 OAK 14 125.1 170.4 295.5 17 CLE 14 159.1 140.5 299.6 18 PIT 14 105.9 197.6 303.4 19 NYJ 14 164.4 146.8 311.2 20 STL 14 141.8 170.0 311.8 21 NYG 14 147.1 164.8 311.9 22 NO 14 157.1 159.9 317.0 23 CHI 14 151.1 171.7 322.9 24 SD 14 164.0 161.6 325.6 25 BUF 14 178.3 150.6 328.9 26 PHI 14 140.1 190.0 330.1

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 263 145 55.1 2,089 7.94 14.4 19 7.2 9 3.4 90.9 Virgil Carter CIN 222 138 62.2 1,624 7.32 11.8 10 4.5 7 3.2 86.2 Len Dawson KC 301 167 55.5 2,504 8.32 15.0 15 5.0 13 4.3 81.6 Greg Landry DET 261 136 52.1 2,237 8.57 16.4 16 6.1 13 5.0 80.9 Bob Berry ATL 226 136 60.2 2,005 8.87 14.7 11 4.9 16 7.1 75.9 Roman Gabriel LA 352 180 51.1 2,238 6.36 12.4 17 4.8 10 2.8 75.4 Billy Kilmer WAS 306 166 54.2 2,221 7.26 13.4 13 4.2 13 4.2 74.0 Craig Morton DAL 143 78 54.5 1,131 7.91 14.5 7 4.9 8 5.6 73.5 John Hadl SD 431 233 54.1 3,075 7.13 13.2 21 4.9 25 5.8 68.9 Jim Plunkett NE 328 158 48.2 2,158 6.58 13.7 19 5.8 16 4.9 68.6 Pete Liske PHI 269 143 53.2 1,957 7.28 13.7 11 4.1 15 5.6 67.1 Daryle Lamonica OAK 242 118 48.8 1,717 7.10 14.6 16 6.6 16 6.6 66.8 Fran Tarkenton NYG 386 226 58.5 2,567 6.65 11.4 11 2.8 21 5.4 65.4 John Brodie SF 387 208 53.7 2,642 6.83 12.7 18 4.7 24 6.2 65.0 Edd Hargett NO 210 96 45.7 1,191 5.67 12.4 6 2.9 5 2.4 63.4 Bill Nelsen CLE 325 174 53.5 2,319 7.14 13.3 13 4.0 23 7.1 60.3 Archie Manning NO 177 86 48.6 1,164 6.58 13.5 6 3.4 9 5.1 60.1 Terry Bradshaw PIT 373 203 54.4 2,259 6.06 11.1 13 3.5 22 5.9 59.7 Earl Morrall BAL 167 84 50.3 1,210 7.25 14.4 7 4.2 12 7.2 58.2 Jim Hart STL 243 110 45.3 1,626 6.69 14.8 8 3.3 14 5.8 54.7 Johnny Unitas BAL 176 92 52.3 942 5.35 10.2 3 1.7 9 5.1 52.3 Gary Cuozzo MIN 168 75 44.6 842 5.01 11.2 6 3.6 8 4.8 52.2 Pete Beathard STL 141 60 42.6 1,030 7.30 17.2 6 4.3 12 8.5 46.7 Steve Ramsey DEN 178 84 47.2 1,120 6.29 13.3 5 2.8 13 7.3 46.6 Scott Hunter GB 163 75 46.0 1,210 7.42 16.1 7 4.3 17 10.4 46.1 Dennis Shaw BUF 291 149 51.2 1,813 6.23 12.2 11 3.8 26 8.9 46.1 Dan Pastorini HOU 270 127 47.0 1,702 6.30 13.4 7 2.6 21 7.8 43.8 Don Horn DEN 173 89 51.4 1,056 6.10 11.9 3 1.7 14 8.1 42.4 Bobby Douglass CHI 225 91 40.4 1,164 5.17 12.8 5 2.2 15 6.7 37.0

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 Ken Anderson CIN 131 72 55.0 777 5.93 10.8 5 3.8 4 3.1 72.6 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 Randy Johnson NYG 74 41 55.4 477 6.45 11.6 3 4.1 3 4.1 71.7 Bill Munson DET 38 21 55.3 216 5.68 10.3 1 2.6 1 2.6 69.6 Joe Namath NYJ 59 28 47.5 537 9.10 19.2 5 8.5 6 10.2 68.2 Bob Lee MIN 90 45 50.0 598 6.64 13.3 2 2.2 4 4.4 60.3 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 Mike Livingston KC 28 12 42.9 130 4.64 10.8 0 0.0 0 0.0 57.1 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 118 55 46.6 576 4.88 10.5 2 1.7 5 4.2 49.3 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 Bart Starr GB 45 24 53.3 286 6.36 11.9 0 0.0 3 6.7 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 75 37 49.3 470 6.27 12.7 1 1.3 6 8.0 40.4 Kent Nix CHI 137 51 37.2 760 5.55 14.9 6 4.4 10 7.3 40.4 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 Terry Hanratty PIT 29 7 24.1 159 5.48 22.7 2 6.9 3 10.3 33.3 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 284 1,133 4.0 6 John Brockington GB 216 1,105 5.1 4 Larry Csonka MIA 195 1,051 5.4 7 Steve Owens DET 246 1,035 4.2 8 Willie Ellison LA 211 1,000 4.7 4 Larry Brown WAS 253 948 3.7 4 Marv Hubbard OAK 181 867 4.8 5 Leroy Kelly CLE 234 865 3.7 10 Ken Willard SF 216 855 4.0 4 Vic Washington SF 191 811 4.2 3 Duane Thomas DAL 175 793 4.5 11 Carl Garrett NE 181 784 4.3 1 John Riggins NYJ 180 769 4.3 1 Donny Anderson GB 186 757 4.1 5 O.J. Simpson BUF 183 742 4.1 5 Norm Bulaich BAL 152 741 4.9 8 Jim Kiick MIA 162 738 4.6 3 Altie Taylor DET 174 736 4.2 4 Ed Podolak KC 184 708 3.8 9 Clint Jones MIN 180 675 3.8 4 Charlie Harraway WAS 156 635 4.1 2 Frenchy Fuqua PIT 155 625 4.0 4 Emerson Boozer NYJ 188 618 3.3 5 Tom Matte BAL 173 607 3.5 8 Bo Scott CLE 179 606 3.4 9
Receiving Team(s) Att Yards Avg TD Fred Biletnikoff OAK 61 929 15.2 9 Bob Tucker NYG 59 791 13.4 4 Otis Taylor KC 57 1,110 19.5 7 Ted Kwalick SF 52 664 12.8 5 Randy Vataha NE 51 872 17.1 9 Ron Shanklin PIT 49 652 13.3 6 Frenchy Fuqua PIT 49 427 8.7 1 Harold Jackson PHI 47 716 15.2 3 Roy Jefferson WAS 47 701 14.9 4 Dave Smith PIT 47 663 14.1 5 Gene Washington SF 46 884 19.2 4 George Farmer CHI 46 737 16.0 5 Bob Grim MIN 45 691 15.4 7 Fair Hooker CLE 45 649 14.4 1 Marlin Briscoe BUF 44 603 13.7 5 Paul Warfield MIA 43 996 23.2 11 Dick Gordon CHI 43 610 14.2 5 Gary Garrison SD 42 889 21.2 6 John Gilliam STL 42 837 19.9 3 Billy Parks SD 41 609 14.9 4 Mike Garrett SD 41 283 6.9 3 Milt Morin CLE 40 581 14.5 2 Bob Trumpy CIN 40 531 13.3 3 Joe Morrison NYG 40 411 10.3 1 Walt Garrison DAL 40 396 9.9 1
Kick Returns Team(s) Att Yards Avg TD Travis Williams LA 25 743 29.7 1 Ron Jessie DET 16 470 29.4 2 Dave Hampton GB 46 1,314 28.6 1 Cliff Harris DAL 29 823 28.4 0 Mercury Morris MIA 15 423 28.2 1 Clarence Davis OAK 27 734 27.2 0 Speedy Duncan WAS 27 724 26.8 0 Billy Walik PHI 14 369 26.4 0 Rocky Thompson NYG 36 947 26.3 1 Linzy Cole HOU 32 834 26.1 0 Vic Washington SF 33 858 26.0 0 Ron Smith CHI 26 671 25.8 0 Alvin Wyatt BUF 30 762 25.4 0 Willie Belton ATL 28 706 25.2 0 Mel Gray STL 30 740 24.7 0
Punt Returns Team(s) Att Yards Avg TD Speedy Duncan WAS 22 233 10.6 0 Leroy Kelly CLE 30 292 9.7 0 Jake Scott MIA 33 318 9.6 0 Ike Hill BUF 14 133 9.5 1 Bill Thompson DEN 29 274 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 Alvin Wyatt BUF 23 188 8.2 1 Chris Farasopoulos NYJ 19 155 8.2 0 George Atkinson OAK 20 159 8.0 0 Linzy Cole HOU 14 107 7.6 0 Cliff Harris DAL 17 129 7.6 0 Ron Smith CHI 26 194 7.5 0 Bruce Taylor SF 34 235 6.9 0
Punting Team(s) Punts Yards Avg Dave Lewis CIN 72 3,229 44.8 Jerrel Wilson KC 64 2,864 44.8 Bobby Walden PIT 79 3,455 43.7 Dennis Partee SD 55 2,392 43.5 Tom McNeill PHI 73 3,063 42.0 Billy Van Heusen DEN 76 3,176 41.8 Herman Weaver DET 42 1,752 41.7 Ron Widby DAL 56 2,329 41.6 Julian Fagan NO 77 3,188 41.4 Pat Studstill LA 70 2,896 41.4 Spike Jones BUF 72 2,966 41.2 David Lee BAL 62 2,542 41.0 Tom Blanchard NYG 66 2,681 40.6 Dan Pastorini HOU 75 3,044 40.6 Mike Bragg WAS 58 2,348 40.5 Don Cockroft CLE 62 2,508 40.5 Donny Anderson GB 50 2,022 40.4 Bobby Joe Green CHI 77 3,095 40.2 Larry Seiple MIA 52 2,087 40.1 Bob Lee MIN 89 3,515 39.5
Kicking Team(s) FG PAT Pts Garo Yepremian MIA 28/40 33/33 117 Curt Knight WAS 29/49 27/27 114 Jan Stenerud KC 26/44 32/32 110 Errol Mann DET 22/37 37/37 103 Bruce Gossett SF 23/36 32/32 101 Jim O'Brien BAL 20/29 35/36 95 Jim Turner DEN 25/38 18/18 93 David Ray LA 18/29 37/37 91 Fred Cox MIN 22/32 25/25 91 Horst Muhlmann CIN 20/36 31/31 91 Dennis Partee SD 17/29 36/37 87 Jim Bakken STL 21/32 24/24 87 George Blanda OAK 15/22 41/42 86 Mike Clark DAL 13/25 47/47 86 Don Cockroft CLE 15/28 34/34 79 Roy Gerela PIT 17/27 27/27 78 Mark Moseley HOU 16/26 25/27 73 Charlie Durkee NO 16/23 24/25 72 Bill Bell ATL 13/21 29/33 68 Charlie Gogolak NE 12/21 28/28 64

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