Monday September 18, 1972
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

NFL leaders as of 09/18/1972:



Team Rankings:
Rush Pass Total Offense Games Yds/Gm Yds/Gm Yds/Gm 1 DEN 1 239.0 239.0 478.0 2 LA 1 254.0 139.0 393.0 3 DET 1 192.0 200.0 392.0 4 DAL 1 154.0 235.0 389.0 5 MIN 1 182.0 200.0 382.0 6 OAK 1 97.0 273.0 370.0 7 BAL 1 117.0 247.0 364.0 8 CIN 1 246.0 111.0 357.0 9 KC 1 134.0 198.0 332.0 10 ATL 1 173.0 146.0 319.0 11 PHI 1 70.0 245.0 315.0 12 MIA 1 196.0 100.0 296.0 13 SF 1 117.0 178.0 295.0 14 NYJ 1 191.0 102.0 293.0 15 GB 1 145.0 145.0 290.0 16 BUF 1 80.0 207.0 287.0 17 NO 1 69.0 218.0 287.0 18 CHI 1 214.0 69.0 283.0 19 SD 1 87.0 171.0 258.0 20 PIT 1 141.0 106.0 247.0 21 NYG 1 112.0 133.0 245.0 22 WAS 1 146.0 57.0 203.0 23 HOU 1 54.0 142.0 196.0 24 CLE 1 62.0 126.0 188.0 25 NE 1 54.0 83.0 137.0 26 STL 1 46.0 88.0 134.0
Rush Pass Total Defense Games Yds/Gm Yds/Gm Yds/Gm 1 BAL 1 46.0 88.0 134.0 2 CIN 1 54.0 83.0 137.0 3 GB 1 62.0 126.0 188.0 4 DEN 1 54.0 142.0 196.0 5 MIN 1 146.0 57.0 203.0 6 DET 1 112.0 133.0 245.0 7 OAK 1 141.0 106.0 247.0 8 SF 1 87.0 171.0 258.0 9 ATL 1 214.0 69.0 283.0 10 LA 1 69.0 218.0 287.0 11 NYJ 1 80.0 207.0 287.0 12 CLE 1 145.0 145.0 290.0 13 BUF 1 191.0 102.0 293.0 14 SD 1 117.0 178.0 295.0 15 KC 1 196.0 100.0 296.0 16 DAL 1 70.0 245.0 315.0 17 CHI 1 173.0 146.0 319.0 18 MIA 1 134.0 198.0 332.0 19 NE 1 246.0 111.0 357.0 20 STL 1 117.0 247.0 364.0 21 PIT 1 97.0 273.0 370.0 22 WAS 1 182.0 200.0 382.0 23 PHI 1 154.0 235.0 389.0 24 NYG 1 192.0 200.0 392.0 25 NO 1 254.0 139.0 393.0 26 HOU 1 239.0 239.0 478.0
                                                          Per   Per
Passing               Team(s)   Att  Cmp    Pct  Yards    Att   Cmp  TD   TD%  Int  Int%  Rating
Daryle Lamonica       OAK        10    8   80.0    172  17.20  21.5   2  20.0    0   0.0   158.3
Greg Landry           DET        17    9   52.9    207  12.18  23.0   3  17.6    0   0.0   136.5
Scott Hunter          GB         17    7   41.2    150   8.82  21.4   2  11.8    0   0.0   112.4
Ken Anderson          CIN        15   10   66.7    102   6.80  10.2   1   6.7    0   0.0   108.2
Fran Tarkenton        MIN        31   18   58.1    233   7.52  12.9   2   6.5    0   0.0   103.3
John Brodie           SF         19   11   57.9    156   8.21  14.2   3  15.8    1   5.3   102.2
Tim Van Galder        STL        15   10   66.7    110   7.33  11.0   0   0.0    0   0.0    88.2
George Blanda         OAK        11    4   36.4     64   5.82  16.0   1   9.1    0   0.0    86.9
Steve Ramsey          DEN        24   11   45.8    261  10.88  23.7   1   4.2    1   4.2    82.1
Craig Morton          DAL        26   13   50.0    235   9.04  18.1   2   7.7    2   7.7    75.0
Norm Snead            NYG        25   16   64.0    137   5.48   8.6   1   4.0    1   4.0    74.9
Len Dawson            KC         33   22   66.7    237   7.18  10.8   1   3.0    2   6.1    72.4
Dennis Shaw           BUF        24   14   58.3    190   7.92  13.6   2   8.3    4  16.7    71.9
Bob Griese            MIA        15    8   53.3    111   7.40  13.9   1   6.7    1   6.7    71.8
Dan Pastorini         HOU        33   14   42.4    203   6.15  14.5   2   6.1    1   3.0    70.6
Roman Gabriel         LA         21   11   52.4    139   6.62  12.6   1   4.8    1   4.8    69.3
Archie Manning        NO         46   21   45.7    249   5.41  11.9   2   4.3    1   2.2    68.1
Bobby Douglass        CHI        12    4   33.3     73   6.08  18.2   2  16.7    1   8.3    60.1
Johnny Unitas         BAL        36   22   61.1    257   7.14  11.7   0   0.0    2   5.6    59.6
Joe Namath            NYJ        14    5   35.7    113   8.07  22.6   1   7.1    1   7.1    59.5
Pete Liske            PHI        17    9   52.9    107   6.29  11.9   0   0.0    1   5.9    47.9
Terry Bradshaw        PIT        17    7   41.2    124   7.29  17.7   1   5.9    3  17.6    46.8
John Reaves           PHI        19   11   57.9    143   7.53  13.0   0   0.0    2  10.5    42.1
Jim Plunkett          NE         17    9   52.9    117   6.88  13.0   0   0.0    2  11.8    35.3
Billy Kilmer          WAS        17    7   41.2     57   3.35   8.1   0   0.0    1   5.9    25.9
John Hadl             SD         25   11   44.0    109   4.36   9.9   0   0.0    2   8.0    23.6
Bill Nelsen           CLE        19    9   47.4     84   4.42   9.3   0   0.0    2  10.5    20.4
Mike Phipps           CLE        14    5   35.7     49   3.50   9.8   0   0.0    1   7.1    16.7
Ken Stabler           OAK        12    5   41.7     54   4.50  10.8   0   0.0    3  25.0    16.0


Others (10 or more attempts): Per Per Passing Team(s) Att Cmp Pct Yards Att Cmp TD TD% Int Int% Rating No passers in this category.
Rushing Team(s) Att Yards Avg TD Bob Thomas LA 18 144 8.0 2 John Riggins NYJ 26 125 4.8 1 Larry Csonka MIA 21 118 5.6 1 Jim Harrison CHI 20 113 5.7 1 Steve Owens DET 20 113 5.7 0 Larry Brown WAS 21 105 5.0 1 Floyd Little DEN 22 101 4.6 0 John Brockington GB 23 83 3.6 0 Essex Johnson CIN 15 82 5.5 1 Ed Podolak KC 13 81 6.2 0 Mike Garrett SD 19 80 4.2 0 Norm Bulaich BAL 17 80 4.7 0 Art Malone ATL 19 77 4.1 0 Bobby Douglass CHI 9 68 7.6 0 Oscar Reed MIN 12 68 5.7 0 Mercury Morris MIA 14 67 4.8 0 Billy Van Heusen DEN 1 66 66.0 1 Clint Jones MIN 21 66 3.1 1 Calvin Hill DAL 17 65 3.8 1 Jimmy Thomas SF 13 64 4.9 1 Larry Smith LA 11 61 5.5 1 Marv Hubbard OAK 15 58 3.9 0 Charlie Evans NYG 14 57 4.1 0 Paul Robinson CIN 9 56 6.2 0 Preston Pearson PIT 18 54 3.0 0
Receiving Team(s) Att Yards Avg TD Harold Jackson PHI 9 161 17.9 0 Gene Washington SF 8 140 17.5 3 Jim Strong NO 7 53 7.6 0 Ed Podolak KC 7 48 6.9 0 J.D. Hill BUF 6 95 15.8 2 Eddie Hinton BAL 6 50 8.3 0 Norm Bulaich BAL 6 35 5.8 0 Bob Tucker NYG 5 69 13.8 1 Bill Brown MIN 5 47 9.4 1 Charlie Evans NYG 5 38 7.6 0 Mike Siani OAK 4 111 27.8 2 Rod Sherman DEN 4 110 27.5 0 Ken Burrough HOU 4 92 23.0 1 Billy Masters DEN 4 86 21.5 1 Otis Taylor KC 4 69 17.2 0 Charlie Joiner HOU 4 56 14.0 0 John Gilliam MIN 4 53 13.2 1 Tom Mitchell BAL 4 50 12.5 0 Bob Moore OAK 4 41 10.2 0 Roy Jefferson WAS 4 38 9.5 0 Johnny Roland STL 4 36 9.0 0 Bob Thomas LA 4 35 8.8 0 Bob Gladieux NE 4 30 7.5 0 Don Herrmann NYG 4 24 6.0 0 John Hilton DET 3 120 40.0 1
Kick Returns Team(s) Att Yards Avg TD Rocky Thompson NYG 4 198 49.5 1 Mickey Zofko DET 1 44 44.0 0 Bruce Laird BAL 1 41 41.0 0 Mercury Morris MIA 1 33 33.0 0 Alvin Wyatt BUF 3 98 32.7 0 Willie Rodgers HOU 1 32 32.0 0 Dave Hampton ATL 3 87 29.0 0 Willie Belton ATL 1 29 29.0 0 Ron Jessie DET 3 86 28.7 0 Bernard Jackson CIN 1 28 28.0 0 Phil Wise NYJ 2 55 27.5 0 Ike Thomas GB 3 82 27.3 0 Craig Clemons CHI 2 53 26.5 0 Bobby Duhon NYG 1 26 26.0 0 Tommy Maxwell OAK 1 26 26.0 0
Punt Returns Team(s) Att Yards Avg TD Chris Farasopoulos NYJ 1 65 65.0 1 Lemar Parrish CIN 1 51 51.0 1 Frank Lewis PIT 2 34 17.0 0 Ron Smith CHI 1 15 15.0 0 Rod Sherman DEN 2 26 13.0 0 Charlie Leigh MIA 3 36 12.0 0 Ray Brown ATL 1 12 12.0 0 Speedy Duncan WAS 1 11 11.0 0 Ken Houston HOU 4 41 10.2 0 Bobby Duhon NYG 2 20 10.0 0 Bruce Taylor SF 3 26 8.7 0 Lem Barney DET 3 26 8.7 0 Bruce Laird BAL 2 17 8.5 0 George Atkinson OAK 1 8 8.0 0 Ken Ellis GB 6 45 7.5 0
Punting Team(s) Punts Yards Avg David Lee BAL 3 162 54.0 Jerrel Wilson KC 4 203 50.8 Dan Pastorini HOU 7 354 50.6 John James ATL 2 97 48.5 Bobby Walden PIT 5 242 48.4 Don Cockroft CLE 7 327 46.7 Billy Van Heusen DEN 4 185 46.2 Tom McNeill PHI 4 176 44.0 Tom Blanchard NYG 4 171 42.8 Dave Chapple LA 2 85 42.5 Spike Jones BUF 4 168 42.0 Bobby Joe Green CHI 4 167 41.8 Ron Widby GB 5 207 41.4 Larry Seiple MIA 3 124 41.3 Jim McCann SF 5 204 40.8 Dave Lewis CIN 5 198 39.6 Mike Bragg WAS 4 158 39.5 Dennis Partee SD 6 229 38.2 Donny Anderson STL 9 343 38.1 Pat Studstill NE 7 265 37.9
Kicking Team(s) FG PAT Pts Chester Marcol GB 4/ 6 2/ 2 14 Bill Bell ATL 3/ 3 4/ 4 13 Errol Mann DET 3/ 3 3/ 3 12 Jim Turner DEN 3/ 3 3/ 3 12 Bobby Howfield NYJ 2/ 2 5/ 5 11 Bruce Gossett SF 2/ 2 4/ 4 10 David Ray LA 2/ 3 4/ 4 10 Roy Gerela PIT 2/ 2 4/ 4 10 Garo Yepremian MIA 2/ 5 2/ 2 8 Horst Muhlmann CIN 1/ 2 4/ 4 7 Curt Knight WAS 1/ 2 3/ 3 6 John Leypoldt BUF 1/ 1 3/ 3 6 Tom Dempsey PHI 2/ 4 0/ 0 6 Mark Moseley HOU 1/ 2 2/ 2 5 Don Cockroft CLE 1/ 1 1/ 1 4 George Blanda OAK 0/ 0 4/ 4 4 Jan Stenerud KC 1/ 2 1/ 1 4 Jim Bakken STL 1/ 1 1/ 1 4 Pete Gogolak NYG 1/ 2 1/ 2 4 Toni Fritsch DAL 0/ 1 4/ 4 4

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