Monday October 16, 1972
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NFL leaders as of 10/16/1972:



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 SD 5 154.2 148.4 302.6 13 MIN 5 150.0 151.0 301.0 14 NE 5 106.0 187.8 293.8 15 DET 5 160.8 131.2 292.0 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 5 127.6 126.6 254.2 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 GB 5 136.2 115.2 251.4 8 MIN 5 125.0 128.6 253.6 9 DAL 5 102.6 154.4 257.0 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 5 163.8 116.4 280.2 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
Scott Hunter          GB         91   41   45.1    658   7.23  16.0   4   4.4    1   1.1    79.8
Billy Kilmer          WAS        71   36   50.7    394   5.55  10.9   5   7.0    2   2.8    79.2
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
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
Greg Landry           DET        80   34   42.5    624   7.80  18.4   5   6.2    8  10.0    51.2
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 John Brockington GB 98 347 3.5 3 Bob Thomas LA 48 346 7.2 3 Ron Johnson NYG 97 346 3.6 3 Steve Owens DET 87 346 4.0 3 Jim Harrison CHI 81 341 4.2 2 Essex Johnson CIN 77 298 3.9 2 Walt Garrison DAL 69 291 4.2 2 Charlie Evans NYG 68 271 4.0 3 Altie Taylor DET 61 263 4.3 2 MacArthur Lane GB 69 252 3.7 0 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
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
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 Randy Montgomery DEN 8 239 29.9 1 Larry Marshall KC 10 293 29.3 0 Bruce Laird BAL 11 322 29.3 0 Ron Jessie DET 9 252 28.0 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
Punt Returns Team(s) Att Yards Avg TD Lemar Parrish CIN 5 101 20.2 1 Ken Ellis GB 7 125 17.9 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 Bruce Taylor SF 14 113 8.1 0 Lem Barney DET 11 84 7.6 0 Charlie Waters DAL 5 38 7.6 0 Thom Darden CLE 9 65 7.2 0
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 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 Ron Widby GB 26 1,063 40.9 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 Herman Weaver DET 10 402 40.2 Dennis Partee SD 16 641 40.1 Donny Anderson STL 29 1,160 40.0
Kicking Team(s) FG PAT Pts Bobby Howfield NYJ 8/10 19/20 43 Errol Mann DET 10/12 13/14 43 Bill Bell ATL 9/13 15/15 42 Horst Muhlmann CIN 11/15 9/ 9 42 Chester Marcol GB 10/17 10/10 40 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 John Leypoldt BUF 7/10 12/12 33 Curt Knight WAS 6/12 14/14 32 Dennis Partee SD 8/ 9 8/ 8 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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