NFL leaders as of 10/15/1972:
Team Rankings:
| Rush Pass Total Offense Games Yds/Gm Yds/Gm Yds/Gm 1 NYJ 5 165.4 220.6 386.0 2 DAL 5 149.4 193.0 342.4 3 ATL 5 199.6 135.6 335.2 4 LA 5 188.0 139.8 327.8 5 DEN 5 154.6 170.6 325.2 6 MIA 5 183.4 140.2 323.6 7 OAK 5 152.4 170.2 322.6 8 WAS 5 154.0 163.0 317.0 9 KC 5 149.4 163.4 312.8 10 BAL 5 121.2 189.8 311.0 11 NYG 5 140.2 169.2 309.4 12 DET 4 164.5 143.2 307.8 13 SD 5 154.2 148.4 302.6 14 MIN 5 150.0 151.0 301.0 15 NE 5 106.0 187.8 293.8 16 CIN 5 130.8 150.6 281.4 17 SF 5 96.0 185.4 281.4 18 PHI 5 85.0 194.2 279.2 19 PIT 5 149.4 126.8 276.2 20 BUF 5 140.2 129.6 269.8 21 CHI 5 201.2 68.4 269.6 22 GB 4 128.2 123.2 251.5 23 CLE 5 92.0 137.2 229.2 24 STL 5 71.6 131.2 202.8 25 HOU 5 93.0 101.4 194.4 26 NO 5 58.8 127.2 186.0 |
| Rush Pass Total Defense Games Yds/Gm Yds/Gm Yds/Gm 1 CIN 5 98.0 125.6 223.6 2 OAK 5 150.2 86.4 236.6 3 LA 5 135.2 105.2 240.4 4 KC 5 113.8 134.2 248.0 5 MIA 5 116.8 133.6 250.4 6 ATL 5 142.0 108.8 250.8 7 MIN 5 125.0 128.6 253.6 8 DAL 5 102.6 154.4 257.0 9 GB 4 133.8 123.2 257.0 10 CHI 5 122.8 138.4 261.2 11 DEN 5 108.8 155.6 264.4 12 SD 5 120.0 148.8 268.8 13 SF 5 142.6 128.8 271.4 14 PIT 5 115.0 157.4 272.4 15 WAS 5 102.8 170.8 273.6 16 DET 4 173.5 110.5 284.0 17 CLE 5 163.2 142.4 305.6 18 BUF 5 141.6 175.2 316.8 19 BAL 5 117.0 218.2 335.2 20 STL 5 158.0 178.0 336.0 21 PHI 5 155.8 182.4 338.2 22 NYG 5 131.2 211.0 342.2 23 NO 5 174.8 168.0 342.8 24 NE 5 208.4 152.8 361.2 25 NYJ 5 124.0 239.2 363.2 26 HOU 5 204.6 177.0 381.6 |
Per Per
Passing Team(s) Att Cmp Pct Yards Att Cmp TD TD% Int Int% Rating
Norm Snead NYG 103 70 68.0 877 8.51 12.5 9 8.7 4 3.9 107.1
Bob Berry ATL 84 48 57.1 725 8.63 15.1 7 8.3 3 3.6 98.6
Joe Namath NYJ 113 55 48.7 1,129 9.99 20.5 10 8.8 6 5.3 91.6
John Brodie SF 95 60 63.2 740 7.79 12.3 7 7.4 6 6.3 85.4
Fran Tarkenton MIN 122 70 57.4 839 6.88 12.0 7 5.7 4 3.3 84.0
Daryle Lamonica OAK 109 52 47.7 824 7.56 15.8 6 5.5 3 2.8 80.2
Billy Kilmer WAS 71 36 50.7 394 5.55 10.9 5 7.0 2 2.8 79.2
Scott Hunter GB 73 30 41.1 509 6.97 17.0 3 4.1 0 0.0 79.1
Len Dawson KC 116 71 61.2 776 6.69 10.9 4 3.4 5 4.3 74.5
Ken Anderson CIN 130 70 53.8 810 6.23 11.6 4 3.1 3 2.3 73.6
Bob Griese MIA 94 51 54.3 619 6.59 12.1 4 4.3 4 4.3 71.2
Johnny Unitas BAL 153 85 55.6 1,044 6.82 12.3 3 2.0 5 3.3 69.7
Roman Gabriel LA 88 40 45.5 609 6.92 15.2 4 4.5 4 4.5 65.0
Craig Morton DAL 141 77 54.6 983 6.97 12.8 5 3.5 9 6.4 61.9
Greg Landry DET 61 25 41.0 519 8.51 20.8 5 8.2 6 9.8 59.4
Dennis Shaw BUF 96 49 51.0 624 6.50 12.7 6 6.2 8 8.3 57.8
Jim Plunkett NE 135 65 48.1 913 6.76 14.0 3 2.2 7 5.2 56.2
Terry Bradshaw PIT 149 71 47.7 759 5.09 10.7 3 2.0 5 3.4 55.7
John Reaves PHI 105 55 52.4 773 7.36 14.1 2 1.9 7 6.7 55.0
Mike Phipps CLE 104 47 45.2 646 6.21 13.7 3 2.9 6 5.8 51.2
Pete Liske PHI 60 31 51.7 384 6.40 12.4 0 0.0 3 5.0 51.0
Archie Manning NO 154 68 44.2 819 5.32 12.0 6 3.9 9 5.8 49.7
John Hadl SD 112 59 52.7 718 6.41 12.2 3 2.7 9 8.0 48.1
Steve Ramsey DEN 103 47 45.6 797 7.74 17.0 2 1.9 8 7.8 46.5
Dan Pastorini HOU 123 50 40.7 656 5.33 13.1 4 3.3 7 5.7 45.3
Gary Cuozzo STL 91 42 46.2 494 5.43 11.8 2 2.2 6 6.6 43.0
Bobby Douglass CHI 67 24 35.8 395 5.90 16.5 4 6.0 6 9.0 39.1
Others (10 or more attempts):
Per Per
Passing Team(s) Att Cmp Pct Yards Att Cmp TD TD% Int Int% Rating
Earl Morrall MIA 11 9 81.8 109 9.91 12.1 2 18.2 0 0.0 147.5
Brian Dowling NE 13 8 61.5 109 8.38 13.6 0 0.0 0 0.0 88.3
George Blanda OAK 11 4 36.4 64 5.82 16.0 1 9.1 0 0.0 86.9
Mike Livingston KC 27 13 48.1 183 6.78 14.1 6 22.2 2 7.4 79.2
Sonny Jurgensen WAS 42 27 64.3 440 10.48 16.3 1 2.4 4 9.5 67.7
Tim Van Galder STL 30 18 60.0 195 6.50 10.8 0 0.0 2 6.7 51.4
Bill Munson DET 25 14 56.0 89 3.56 6.4 0 0.0 1 4.0 46.9
Ken Stabler OAK 13 6 46.2 55 4.23 9.2 1 7.7 3 23.1 44.2
Steve Spurrier SF 36 15 41.7 249 6.92 16.6 1 2.8 4 11.1 35.3
Charley Johnson DEN 39 18 46.2 230 5.90 12.8 1 2.6 4 10.3 34.1
Bill Nelsen CLE 29 13 44.8 127 4.38 9.8 0 0.0 2 6.9 29.0
Pete Beathard LA 28 11 39.3 139 4.96 12.6 0 0.0 5 17.9 15.9
Rushing Team(s) Att Yards Avg TD
Larry Brown WAS 110 555 5.0 2
John Riggins NYJ 101 497 4.9 2
Mike Garrett SD 118 456 3.9 3
Marv Hubbard OAK 89 436 4.9 2
Larry Csonka MIA 79 435 5.5 2
O.J. Simpson BUF 105 432 4.1 1
Bobby Douglass CHI 51 409 8.0 3
Art Malone ATL 82 395 4.8 2
Dave Hampton ATL 68 392 5.8 3
Calvin Hill DAL 91 390 4.3 3
Floyd Little DEN 86 355 4.1 4
Bob Thomas LA 48 346 7.2 3
Ron Johnson NYG 97 346 3.6 3
Jim Harrison CHI 81 341 4.2 2
Steve Owens DET 77 321 4.2 3
John Brockington GB 87 306 3.5 3
Essex Johnson CIN 77 298 3.9 2
Walt Garrison DAL 69 291 4.2 2
Charlie Evans NYG 68 271 4.0 3
Preston Pearson PIT 62 242 3.9 0
Mercury Morris MIA 48 239 5.0 1
Don Nottingham BAL 58 227 3.9 2
Emerson Boozer NYJ 35 219 6.3 6
Leroy Kelly CLE 72 218 3.0 1
Oscar Reed MIN 48 201 4.2 0
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Receiving Team(s) Att Yards Avg TD
Harold Jackson PHI 33 545 16.5 1
Otis Taylor KC 28 399 14.2 4
Gene Washington SF 23 354 15.4 6
Charley Taylor WAS 23 294 12.8 2
J.D. Hill BUF 21 342 16.3 4
Tom Mitchell BAL 20 276 13.8 1
Reggie Rucker NE 18 281 15.6 1
Fred Biletnikoff OAK 18 243 13.5 1
Calvin Hill DAL 18 152 8.4 1
Ron Shanklin PIT 17 251 14.8 1
Bob Trumpy CIN 17 156 9.2 1
Rod Sherman DEN 16 307 19.2 0
Ron Johnson NYG 16 153 9.6 3
Charlie Evans NYG 16 128 8.0 1
Walker Gillette STL 15 244 16.3 0
Gary Garrison SD 15 202 13.5 1
Larry Brown WAS 15 147 9.8 0
Walt Garrison DAL 15 120 8.0 0
Ed Podolak KC 15 97 6.5 0
Rich Caster NYJ 14 366 26.1 5
Ted Kwalick SF 14 288 20.6 2
John Gilliam MIN 14 285 20.4 3
Milt Morin CLE 14 241 17.2 0
Paul Warfield MIA 14 240 17.1 1
Ken Burrow ATL 14 239 17.1 3
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Kick Returns Team(s) Att Yards Avg TD
Don McCauley BAL 5 186 37.2 1
Rocky Thompson NYG 14 477 34.1 1
Ron Smith CHI 10 323 32.3 0
Ron Jessie DET 7 215 30.7 0
Randy Montgomery DEN 8 239 29.9 1
Larry Marshall KC 10 293 29.3 0
Bruce Laird BAL 11 322 29.3 0
Cliff Harris DAL 5 137 27.4 0
Bernard Jackson CIN 5 136 27.2 0
Mercury Morris MIA 8 217 27.1 0
Clint Jones MIN 9 237 26.3 0
Mickey Zofko DET 9 235 26.1 0
Margene Adkins NO 15 390 26.0 0
Alvin Wyatt BUF 11 282 25.6 0
Vic Washington SF 11 270 24.5 0
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Punt Returns Team(s) Att Yards Avg TD
Lemar Parrish CIN 5 101 20.2 1
Chris Farasopoulos NYJ 6 94 15.7 1
Bill Bradley PHI 6 82 13.7 0
Tommy Casanova CIN 16 200 12.5 1
Frank Lewis PIT 5 56 11.2 0
Rod Sherman DEN 6 67 11.2 0
Alvin Wyatt BUF 9 90 10.0 0
Charlie Leigh MIA 13 127 9.8 0
Lenny Dunlap SD 7 60 8.6 0
Ron Smith CHI 11 93 8.5 0
Lem Barney DET 10 81 8.1 0
Bruce Taylor SF 14 113 8.1 0
Charlie Waters DAL 5 38 7.6 0
Ken Ellis GB 6 45 7.5 0
Thom Darden CLE 9 65 7.2 0
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Punting Team(s) Punts Yards Avg
Jerrel Wilson KC 28 1,333 47.6
Don Cockroft CLE 36 1,648 45.8
Dave Chapple LA 18 818 45.4
Bobby Walden PIT 26 1,147 44.1
Dave Lewis CIN 25 1,095 43.8
Dan Pastorini HOU 32 1,399 43.7
David Lee BAL 21 916 43.6
Tom Blanchard NYG 14 605 43.2
Ron Widby GB 23 976 42.4
Larry Seiple MIA 17 718 42.2
Jim McCann SF 21 881 42.0
Mike Eischeid MIN 26 1,087 41.8
Bobby Joe Green CHI 25 1,044 41.8
John James ATL 19 788 41.5
Billy Van Heusen DEN 30 1,226 40.9
Spike Jones BUF 30 1,216 40.5
Julian Fagan NO 28 1,128 40.3
Dennis Partee SD 16 641 40.1
Donny Anderson STL 29 1,160 40.0
Bill Bradley PHI 13 519 39.9
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Kicking Team(s) FG PAT Pts
Bobby Howfield NYJ 8/10 19/20 43
Bill Bell ATL 9/13 15/15 42
Horst Muhlmann CIN 11/15 9/ 9 42
Jan Stenerud KC 8/11 14/14 38
Roy Gerela PIT 9/15 11/11 38
Bruce Gossett SF 8/12 13/13 37
David Ray LA 8/16 13/13 37
Garo Yepremian MIA 8/15 13/14 37
Chester Marcol GB 9/15 7/ 7 34
John Leypoldt BUF 7/10 12/12 33
Curt Knight WAS 6/12 14/14 32
Dennis Partee SD 8/ 9 8/ 8 32
Errol Mann DET 7/ 8 11/12 32
Fred Cox MIN 6/11 13/13 31
George Blanda OAK 5/ 9 16/16 31
Toni Fritsch DAL 6/13 12/12 30
Pete Gogolak NYG 5/ 8 14/16 29
Jim O'Brien BAL 6/16 8/ 8 26
Jim Turner DEN 5/ 8 11/11 26
Mac Percival CHI 5/ 9 11/11 26
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