Monday September 25, 1972
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NFL leaders as of 09/25/1972:



Team Rankings:
Rush Pass Total Offense Games Yds/Gm Yds/Gm Yds/Gm 1 NYJ 2 137.0 296.0 433.0 2 DEN 2 167.0 228.5 395.5 3 BAL 2 98.5 289.5 388.0 4 MIA 2 235.0 130.5 365.5 5 ATL 2 177.5 181.5 359.0 6 DAL 2 146.5 196.5 343.0 7 OAK 2 146.5 195.0 341.5 8 MIN 2 156.0 178.0 334.0 9 KC 2 136.5 191.5 328.0 10 PHI 2 68.0 246.5 314.5 11 CIN 2 183.5 129.5 313.0 12 DET 2 140.5 162.0 302.5 13 NYG 2 98.0 202.0 300.0 14 SD 2 114.5 173.0 287.5 15 LA 2 180.0 102.0 282.0 16 BUF 2 128.5 131.5 260.0 17 GB 2 144.0 104.5 248.5 18 SF 2 75.0 173.5 248.5 19 CLE 2 108.5 134.0 242.5 20 WAS 2 163.5 74.0 237.5 21 CHI 2 179.0 47.5 226.5 22 PIT 2 107.5 118.5 226.0 23 NO 2 64.0 155.5 219.5 24 NE 2 78.5 133.5 212.0 25 HOU 2 58.5 123.0 181.5 26 STL 2 62.5 114.0 176.5
Rush Pass Total Defense Games Yds/Gm Yds/Gm Yds/Gm 1 CIN 2 64.0 107.0 171.0 2 MIN 2 117.5 90.5 208.0 3 KC 2 127.5 96.5 224.0 4 OAK 2 142.0 85.0 227.0 5 LA 2 106.5 122.0 228.5 6 CHI 2 139.5 105.5 245.0 7 SF 2 132.0 113.5 245.5 8 BUF 2 112.0 135.5 247.5 9 MIA 2 98.5 151.0 249.5 10 GB 2 129.0 121.5 250.5 11 DEN 2 98.0 158.5 256.5 12 DET 2 121.0 144.5 265.5 13 ATL 2 158.5 126.5 285.0 14 WAS 2 130.5 170.0 300.5 15 CLE 2 105.5 196.5 302.0 16 SD 2 106.0 198.0 304.0 17 STL 2 149.0 169.0 318.0 18 PIT 2 109.0 210.5 319.5 19 DAL 2 77.0 258.0 335.0 20 PHI 2 154.5 188.5 343.0 21 NYG 2 165.5 179.0 344.5 22 NYJ 2 80.0 269.5 349.5 23 BAL 2 64.5 289.0 353.5 24 NO 2 196.5 162.0 358.5 25 NE 2 214.0 164.0 378.0 26 HOU 2 256.5 200.0 456.5
                                                          Per   Per
Passing               Team(s)   Att  Cmp    Pct  Yards    Att   Cmp  TD   TD%  Int  Int%  Rating
Joe Namath            NYJ        42   20   47.6    609  14.50  30.4   7  16.7    2   4.8   113.6
Fran Tarkenton        MIN        46   26   56.5    391   8.50  15.0   4   8.7    0   0.0   113.6
Bob Berry             ATL        32   20   62.5    374  11.69  18.7   2   6.2    1   3.1   110.7
Daryle Lamonica       OAK        31   16   51.6    314  10.13  19.6   2   6.5    0   0.0   108.8
Norm Snead            NYG        51   35   68.6    435   8.53  12.4   3   5.9    2   3.9    98.1
Scott Hunter          GB         26   11   42.3    216   8.31  19.6   2   7.7    0   0.0    97.6
Len Dawson            KC         62   43   69.4    441   7.11  10.3   3   4.8    3   4.8    85.5
Johnny Unitas         BAL        81   48   59.3    633   7.81  13.2   2   2.5    2   2.5    82.0
Bob Griese            MIA        31   19   61.3    253   8.16  13.3   2   6.5    2   6.5    81.8
Craig Morton          DAL        53   28   52.8    393   7.42  14.0   3   5.7    2   3.8    80.1
John Brodie           SF         24   12   50.0    174   7.25  14.5   3  12.5    2   8.3    78.8
Ken Anderson          CIN        42   23   54.8    259   6.17  11.3   1   2.4    1   2.4    71.4
Archie Manning        NO         70   31   44.3    364   5.20  11.7   3   4.3    1   1.4    69.0
Billy Kilmer          WAS        39   20   51.3    154   3.95   7.7   2   5.1    1   2.6    67.7
John Reaves           PHI        33   19   57.6    251   7.61  13.2   1   3.0    2   6.1    66.6
Dan Pastorini         HOU        54   23   42.6    307   5.69  13.3   3   5.6    2   3.7    64.4
Greg Landry           DET        32   12   37.5    246   7.69  20.5   3   9.4    3   9.4    57.6
Jim Plunkett          NE         46   21   45.7    312   6.78  14.9   1   2.2    2   4.3    57.5
Steve Ramsey          DEN        49   25   51.0    453   9.24  18.1   1   2.0    4   8.2    55.9
Dennis Shaw           BUF        44   22   50.0    295   6.70  13.4   3   6.8    5  11.4    54.8
John Hadl             SD         57   26   45.6    297   5.21  11.4   2   3.5    3   5.3    51.6
Tim Van Galder        STL        30   18   60.0    195   6.50  10.8   0   0.0    2   6.7    51.4
Terry Bradshaw        PIT        51   25   49.0    294   5.76  11.8   1   2.0    3   5.9    49.0
Pete Liske            PHI        42   23   54.8    293   6.98  12.7   0   0.0    3   7.1    47.0
Bill Munson           DET        25   14   56.0     89   3.56   6.4   0   0.0    1   4.0    46.9
Roman Gabriel         LA         26   12   46.2    158   6.08  13.2   1   3.8    2   7.7    46.6
Mike Phipps           CLE        34   14   41.2    201   5.91  14.4   1   2.9    2   5.9    46.3
Bobby Douglass        CHI        27    7   25.9    125   4.63  17.9   3  11.1    3  11.1    43.8
Steve Spurrier        SF         31   12   38.7    203   6.55  16.9   1   3.2    3   9.7    32.8


Others (10 or more attempts): Per Per Passing Team(s) Att Cmp Pct Yards Att Cmp TD TD% Int Int% Rating George Blanda OAK 11 4 36.4 64 5.82 16.0 1 9.1 0 0.0 86.9 Gary Cuozzo STL 13 8 61.5 94 7.23 11.8 0 0.0 0 0.0 83.5 Charley Johnson DEN 12 6 50.0 66 5.50 11.0 0 0.0 3 25.0 27.1 Pete Beathard LA 13 6 46.2 46 3.54 7.7 0 0.0 1 7.7 23.2 Bill Nelsen CLE 19 9 47.4 84 4.42 9.3 0 0.0 2 10.5 20.4 Ken Stabler OAK 12 5 41.7 54 4.50 10.8 0 0.0 3 25.0 16.0
Rushing Team(s) Att Yards Avg TD Larry Brown WAS 47 253 5.4 1 John Riggins NYJ 47 212 4.5 1 Larry Csonka MIA 38 197 5.2 2 Mike Garrett SD 40 184 4.6 1 Marv Hubbard OAK 39 183 4.7 0 O.J. Simpson BUF 43 179 4.2 0 Steve Owens DET 36 166 4.6 0 Mercury Morris MIA 29 161 5.6 1 Jim Harrison CHI 36 159 4.4 1 Calvin Hill DAL 37 156 4.2 1 John Brockington GB 41 156 3.8 2 Bobby Douglass CHI 16 150 9.4 0 Ed Podolak KC 31 150 4.8 0 Art Malone ATL 34 147 4.3 1 Dave Hampton ATL 23 146 6.3 1 Essex Johnson CIN 36 146 4.1 1 Bob Thomas LA 18 144 8.0 2 Floyd Little DEN 29 115 4.0 0 Bo Scott CLE 19 107 5.6 1 Ron Johnson NYG 26 96 3.7 0 Charlie Evans NYG 24 94 3.9 0 Larry Smith LA 27 92 3.4 1 Leroy Kelly CLE 30 92 3.1 0 Oscar Reed MIN 22 91 4.1 0 MacArthur Lane GB 26 89 3.4 0
Receiving Team(s) Att Yards Avg TD Harold Jackson PHI 16 292 18.2 1 Ed Podolak KC 14 95 6.8 0 Tom Mitchell BAL 12 164 13.7 0 Tom Matte BAL 12 145 12.1 1 Gene Washington SF 11 229 20.8 3 Otis Taylor KC 11 144 13.1 1 Rod Sherman DEN 10 205 20.5 0 Eddie Bell NYJ 9 240 26.7 1 Charlie Evans NYG 9 59 6.6 0 John Gilliam MIN 8 162 20.2 2 Art Malone ATL 8 149 18.6 1 Billy Masters DEN 8 143 17.9 1 J.D. Hill BUF 8 128 16.0 2 Bob Tucker NYG 8 111 13.9 1 Jim Strong NO 8 61 7.6 0 Rich Caster NYJ 7 240 34.3 3 Mike Siani OAK 7 182 26.0 2 Ron Shanklin PIT 7 139 19.9 1 Ken Burrow ATL 7 119 17.0 1 Gary Garrison SD 7 83 11.9 1 Fred Biletnikoff OAK 7 74 10.6 0 Bill Brown MIN 7 73 10.4 1 John McMakin PIT 7 63 9.0 0 Tony Baker PHI 7 62 8.9 0 Charley Taylor WAS 7 48 6.9 0
Kick Returns Team(s) Att Yards Avg TD Rocky Thompson NYG 8 278 34.8 1 Randy Montgomery DEN 6 201 33.5 1 Mickey Zofko DET 5 165 33.0 0 Bruce Laird BAL 7 222 31.7 0 Al Nelson PHI 3 89 29.7 0 Larry Marshall KC 5 147 29.4 0 Ike Thomas GB 4 110 27.5 0 Phil Wise NYJ 2 55 27.5 0 Ron Smith CHI 4 110 27.5 0 Willie Belton ATL 3 80 26.7 0 Craig Clemons CHI 2 53 26.5 0 Ron Jessie DET 5 132 26.4 0 Dave Hampton ATL 5 131 26.2 0 Mercury Morris MIA 2 52 26.0 0 Alvin Wyatt BUF 7 174 24.9 0
Punt Returns Team(s) Att Yards Avg TD Bill Bradley PHI 2 69 34.5 0 Chris Farasopoulos NYJ 4 84 21.0 1 Frank Lewis PIT 2 34 17.0 0 Bruce Taylor SF 7 93 13.3 0 Rod Sherman DEN 2 26 13.0 0 Larry Marshall KC 5 57 11.4 0 Ron Smith CHI 2 22 11.0 0 Charlie Waters DAL 2 21 10.5 0 Cliff Branch OAK 2 21 10.5 0 Bobby Duhon NYG 2 20 10.0 0 Charlie Leigh MIA 6 53 8.8 0 Ken Houston HOU 5 44 8.8 0 Lem Barney DET 7 57 8.1 0 George Atkinson OAK 2 16 8.0 0 Tommy Casanova CIN 7 56 8.0 0
Punting Team(s) Punts Yards Avg David Lee BAL 8 387 48.4 Bobby Walden PIT 11 532 48.4 Dave Chapple LA 7 333 47.6 Jerrel Wilson KC 8 378 47.2 Don Cockroft CLE 11 519 47.2 Dan Pastorini HOU 13 607 46.7 Tom Blanchard NYG 7 325 46.4 Spike Jones BUF 12 540 45.0 John James ATL 5 224 44.8 Bobby Joe Green CHI 10 440 44.0 Ron Widby GB 11 484 44.0 Dave Lewis CIN 9 378 42.0 Jim McCann SF 11 462 42.0 Pat Studstill NE 12 502 41.8 Tom McNeill PHI 7 290 41.4 Dennis Partee SD 10 404 40.4 Larry Seiple MIA 5 199 39.8 Mike Bragg WAS 9 356 39.6 Steve O'Neal NYJ 6 237 39.5 Donny Anderson STL 14 539 38.5
Kicking Team(s) FG PAT Pts Horst Muhlmann CIN 6/ 7 4/ 4 22 Bill Bell ATL 5/ 7 6/ 6 21 Bobby Howfield NYJ 3/ 5 10/11 19 Bruce Gossett SF 4/ 4 6/ 6 18 David Ray LA 4/ 7 5/ 5 17 Chester Marcol GB 4/ 6 4/ 4 16 Errol Mann DET 4/ 5 4/ 4 16 John Leypoldt BUF 3/ 4 6/ 6 15 Toni Fritsch DAL 3/ 4 6/ 6 15 Jim Turner DEN 3/ 3 5/ 5 14 Roy Gerela PIT 3/ 6 5/ 5 14 Dennis Partee SD 3/ 3 4/ 4 13 Don Cockroft CLE 3/ 3 4/ 4 13 Fred Cox MIN 2/ 5 7/ 7 13 Jim O'Brien BAL 3/ 8 4/ 4 13 Curt Knight WAS 2/ 5 6/ 6 12 Garo Yepremian MIA 2/ 5 6/ 7 12 George Blanda OAK 2/ 3 6/ 6 12 Jan Stenerud KC 3/ 4 3/ 3 12 Tom Dempsey PHI 3/ 7 2/ 2 11

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