Monday October 30, 1972
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NFL leaders as of 10/30/1972:



Team Rankings:
Rush Pass Total Offense Games Yds/Gm Yds/Gm Yds/Gm 1 NYJ 7 162.4 218.9 381.3 2 DAL 7 146.0 190.1 336.1 3 DEN 7 133.1 196.4 329.6 4 MIA 7 204.7 124.3 329.0 5 OAK 7 157.4 169.9 327.3 6 WAS 7 159.0 159.1 318.1 7 NYG 7 131.4 186.1 317.6 8 CIN 7 153.0 159.3 312.3 9 BAL 7 128.4 179.1 307.6 10 MIN 7 136.1 168.3 304.4 11 PIT 7 172.3 130.0 302.3 12 LA 7 164.1 136.6 300.7 13 SF 7 105.0 194.3 299.3 14 KC 7 139.0 157.6 296.6 15 ATL 7 165.7 130.3 296.0 16 DET 7 149.3 146.0 295.3 17 SD 7 133.4 154.9 288.3 18 BUF 7 159.9 119.4 279.3 19 PHI 7 104.3 174.9 279.1 20 NE 7 103.3 173.7 277.0 21 CHI 7 192.9 81.1 274.0 22 CLE 7 109.6 139.4 249.0 23 NO 7 76.6 170.4 247.0 24 GB 7 121.7 123.7 245.4 25 HOU 7 100.9 110.7 211.6 26 STL 7 84.4 126.1 210.6
Rush Pass Total Defense Games Yds/Gm Yds/Gm Yds/Gm 1 CIN 7 91.9 109.9 201.7 2 MIA 7 123.1 110.0 233.1 3 MIN 7 131.7 117.0 248.7 4 ATL 7 144.4 115.1 259.6 5 GB 7 134.3 129.3 263.6 6 LA 7 151.7 112.1 263.9 7 CHI 7 116.4 148.9 265.3 8 KC 7 114.7 152.3 267.0 9 DAL 7 100.7 166.9 267.6 10 SF 7 123.1 144.9 268.0 11 OAK 7 131.1 141.6 272.7 12 SD 7 130.9 145.7 276.6 13 DEN 7 120.4 162.6 283.0 14 DET 7 151.4 133.0 284.4 15 WAS 7 106.0 180.3 286.3 16 PIT 7 136.6 157.1 293.7 17 CLE 7 157.9 151.3 309.1 18 BUF 7 164.9 149.9 314.7 19 NYG 7 135.6 184.3 319.9 20 NO 7 156.0 167.3 323.3 21 STL 7 149.4 182.7 332.1 22 PHI 7 145.6 192.6 338.1 23 BAL 7 141.4 201.1 342.6 24 NYJ 7 123.6 221.6 345.1 25 NE 7 210.9 164.0 374.9 26 HOU 7 200.3 179.4 379.7
                                                          Per   Per
Passing               Team(s)   Att  Cmp    Pct  Yards    Att   Cmp  TD   TD%  Int  Int%  Rating
Norm Snead            NYG       166  110   66.3  1,344   8.10  12.2  11   6.6    5   3.0   100.6
Fran Tarkenton        MIN       169  100   59.2  1,275   7.54  12.8   8   4.7    5   3.0    86.3
John Brodie           SF         95   60   63.2    740   7.79  12.3   7   7.4    6   6.3    85.4
Daryle Lamonica       OAK       143   69   48.3  1,024   7.16  14.8   9   6.3    3   2.1    84.4
Bob Berry             ATL       133   73   54.9  1,015   7.63  13.9   8   6.0    5   3.8    84.0
Joe Namath            NYJ       153   72   47.1  1,560  10.20  21.7  12   7.8   10   6.5    82.7
Billy Kilmer          WAS        87   44   50.6    508   5.84  11.5   7   8.0    3   3.4    81.0
Charley Johnson       DEN        91   52   57.1    731   8.03  14.1   5   5.5    5   5.5    78.6
Ken Anderson          CIN       174  100   57.5  1,047   6.02  10.5   4   2.3    4   2.3    73.1
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
Len Dawson            KC        172  102   59.3  1,098   6.38  10.8   5   2.9    8   4.7    68.4
Craig Morton          DAL       187  102   54.5  1,363   7.29  13.4   9   4.8   12   6.4    67.2
Greg Landry           DET       124   57   46.0    992   8.00  17.4   8   6.5    9   7.3    65.0
Scott Hunter          GB        128   56   43.8    896   7.00  16.0   5   3.9    5   3.9    64.5
Archie Manning        NO        216  105   48.6  1,401   6.49  13.3  10   4.6   11   5.1    63.8
Terry Bradshaw        PIT       177   87   49.2  1,025   5.79  11.8   5   2.8    6   3.4    62.5
Dennis Shaw           BUF       119   64   53.8    755   6.34  11.8   8   6.7   10   8.4    60.7
Mike Phipps           CLE       156   71   45.5    951   6.10  13.4   6   3.8    7   4.5    59.5
Steve Spurrier        SF         89   42   47.2    694   7.80  16.5   6   6.7    8   9.0    58.9
Bobby Douglass        CHI        81   35   43.2    610   7.53  17.4   6   7.4    7   8.6    58.2
Pete Liske            PHI        86   44   51.2    635   7.38  14.4   3   3.5    6   7.0    58.0
Dan Pastorini         HOU       158   70   44.3    913   5.78  13.0   6   3.8    7   4.4    57.3
John Reaves           PHI       112   58   51.8    819   7.31  14.1   2   1.8    8   7.1    51.9
John Hadl             SD        175   89   50.9  1,110   6.34  12.5   6   3.4   14   8.0    49.0
Steve Ramsey          DEN       103   47   45.6    797   7.74  17.0   2   1.9    8   7.8    46.5
Jim Plunkett          NE        190   84   44.2  1,198   6.31  14.3   3   1.6   12   6.3    44.1
Gary Cuozzo           STL        91   42   46.2    494   5.43  11.8   2   2.2    6   6.6    43.0
Roman Gabriel         LA        127   52   40.9    776   6.11  14.9   4   3.1   10   7.9    39.4


Others (10 or more attempts): Per Per Passing Team(s) Att Cmp Pct Yards Att Cmp TD TD% Int Int% Rating Virgil Carter CIN 17 11 64.7 162 9.53 14.7 1 5.9 0 0.0 115.3 Brian Dowling NE 25 16 64.0 202 8.08 12.6 0 0.0 0 0.0 89.1 Earl Morrall MIA 36 24 66.7 285 7.92 11.9 2 5.6 2 5.6 86.0 Sonny Jurgensen WAS 59 39 66.1 633 10.73 16.2 2 3.4 4 6.8 84.9 Marty Domres BAL 59 34 57.6 367 6.22 10.8 1 1.7 0 0.0 81.7 Mike Livingston KC 27 13 48.1 183 6.78 14.1 6 22.2 2 7.4 79.2 George Blanda OAK 14 5 35.7 77 5.50 15.4 1 7.1 0 0.0 78.6 Ken Stabler OAK 40 20 50.0 233 5.83 11.7 2 5.0 3 7.5 53.4 Jim Hart STL 28 14 50.0 145 5.18 10.4 1 3.6 2 7.1 47.5 Bill Munson DET 25 14 56.0 89 3.56 6.4 0 0.0 1 4.0 46.9 Tim Van Galder STL 65 33 50.8 328 5.05 9.9 1 1.5 5 7.7 38.5 Mike Taliaferro BUF 29 14 48.3 145 5.00 10.4 1 3.4 3 10.3 35.1 Bill Nelsen CLE 29 13 44.8 127 4.38 9.8 0 0.0 2 6.9 29.0 Pete Beathard LA 47 19 40.4 255 5.43 13.4 1 2.1 7 14.9 25.9 Kent Nix HOU 15 5 33.3 47 3.13 9.4 0 0.0 2 13.3 3.3 Pat Sullivan ATL 11 1 9.1 12 1.09 12.0 0 0.0 2 18.2 0.0
Rushing Team(s) Att Yards Avg TD Larry Brown WAS 165 841 5.1 4 O.J. Simpson BUF 143 678 4.7 2 Larry Csonka MIA 116 635 5.5 5 John Riggins NYJ 122 587 4.8 3 Marv Hubbard OAK 121 577 4.8 2 Calvin Hill DAL 125 532 4.3 3 John Brockington GB 145 528 3.6 3 Mike Garrett SD 140 522 3.7 4 Dave Hampton ATL 110 515 4.7 3 Bobby Douglass CHI 71 504 7.1 4 Ron Johnson NYG 134 502 3.7 3 Essex Johnson CIN 114 472 4.1 3 Jim Harrison CHI 118 460 3.9 2 Floyd Little DEN 109 449 4.1 4 Art Malone ATL 101 435 4.3 4 Walt Garrison DAL 89 382 4.3 3 Franco Harris PIT 71 359 5.1 3 Bob Thomas LA 57 358 6.3 3 Steve Owens DET 89 353 4.0 3 Leroy Kelly CLE 108 347 3.2 1 Mercury Morris MIA 64 345 5.4 4 Emerson Boozer NYJ 63 339 5.4 9 Don Nottingham BAL 80 328 4.1 3 Charlie Evans NYG 90 315 3.5 4 Jim Kiick MIA 92 314 3.4 3
Receiving Team(s) Att Yards Avg TD Harold Jackson PHI 41 686 16.7 3 Otis Taylor KC 35 509 14.5 4 J.D. Hill BUF 29 411 14.2 4 Gene Washington SF 27 438 16.2 7 Bob Trumpy CIN 27 287 10.6 2 Gary Garrison SD 26 371 14.3 3 Bob Tucker NYG 26 339 13.0 2 Charley Taylor WAS 26 333 12.8 2 Art Malone ATL 26 296 11.4 2 Fred Biletnikoff OAK 25 360 14.4 2 Tom Mitchell BAL 25 336 13.4 1 Ron Johnson NYG 25 278 11.1 3 Charlie Evans NYG 25 183 7.3 1 Larry Brown WAS 24 289 12.0 2 Ed Podolak KC 24 169 7.0 0 Ron Shanklin PIT 23 376 16.3 2 Chip Myers CIN 23 317 13.8 1 John Gilliam MIN 22 476 21.6 4 Rod Sherman DEN 22 369 16.8 0 Reggie Rucker NE 22 333 15.1 1 Calvin Hill DAL 22 196 8.9 2 Ted Kwalick SF 20 467 23.4 4 Fair Hooker CLE 20 268 13.4 1 Walt Garrison DAL 20 180 9.0 0 Milt Morin CLE 19 308 16.2 1
Kick Returns Team(s) Att Yards Avg TD Rocky Thompson NYG 17 561 33.0 1 Randy Montgomery DEN 14 454 32.4 1 Don McCauley BAL 8 248 31.0 1 Bruce Laird BAL 14 433 30.9 0 Larry Marshall KC 14 421 30.1 0 Ron Smith CHI 12 354 29.5 0 Vic Washington SF 16 464 29.0 1 Billy Walik PHI 7 185 26.4 0 Alvin Wyatt BUF 13 343 26.4 0 Ron Jessie DET 14 367 26.2 0 Clint Jones MIN 10 260 26.0 0 Carl Garrett NE 7 181 25.9 0 Margene Adkins NO 20 516 25.8 0 Cliff Harris DAL 10 255 25.5 0 Mickey Zofko DET 12 302 25.2 0
Punt Returns Team(s) Att Yards Avg TD Ken Ellis GB 8 133 16.6 1 Chris Farasopoulos NYJ 9 126 14.0 1 Ralph McGill SF 9 109 12.1 0 Rod Sherman DEN 7 81 11.6 0 Tommy Casanova CIN 18 206 11.4 1 Bill Bradley PHI 10 101 10.1 0 Lenny Dunlap SD 10 95 9.5 0 Charlie Leigh MIA 18 159 8.8 0 Bruce Laird BAL 15 117 7.8 0 Ron Smith CHI 14 108 7.7 0 Lem Barney DET 11 84 7.6 0 Bruce Taylor SF 16 121 7.6 0 Alvin Wyatt BUF 10 72 7.2 0 Speedy Duncan WAS 9 58 6.4 0 Thom Darden CLE 12 73 6.1 0
Punting Team(s) Punts Yards Avg Jerrel Wilson KC 36 1,692 47.0 Don Cockroft CLE 45 2,076 46.1 Dave Chapple LA 30 1,359 45.3 Bobby Walden PIT 31 1,376 44.4 Dave Lewis CIN 33 1,404 42.5 Dan Pastorini HOU 43 1,829 42.5 Bobby Joe Green CHI 30 1,269 42.3 Mike Eischeid MIN 32 1,336 41.8 John James ATL 32 1,333 41.7 David Lee BAL 29 1,197 41.3 Jim McCann SF 30 1,237 41.2 Donny Anderson STL 38 1,562 41.1 Billy Van Heusen DEN 36 1,469 40.8 Ron Widby GB 33 1,345 40.8 Tom Blanchard NYG 20 815 40.8 Herman Weaver DET 16 649 40.6 Bill Bradley PHI 24 964 40.2 Steve O'Neal NYJ 24 962 40.1 Spike Jones BUF 38 1,514 39.8 Larry Seiple MIA 23 915 39.8
Kicking Team(s) FG PAT Pts Roy Gerela PIT 14/21 19/19 61 Jan Stenerud KC 14/18 18/18 60 Bobby Howfield NYJ 11/14 26/27 59 Errol Mann DET 13/17 20/21 59 Horst Muhlmann CIN 15/22 13/13 58 Chester Marcol GB 15/24 11/11 56 Bruce Gossett SF 10/17 22/22 52 George Blanda OAK 9/15 24/24 51 David Ray LA 11/19 16/16 49 Bill Bell ATL 10/16 18/18 48 Garo Yepremian MIA 10/17 18/20 48 Pete Gogolak NYG 10/15 18/20 48 John Leypoldt BUF 10/14 17/17 47 Jim Turner DEN 10/15 16/16 46 Fred Cox MIN 9/15 17/17 44 Curt Knight WAS 8/16 19/19 43 Don Cockroft CLE 10/12 13/13 43 Mac Percival CHI 9/14 15/15 42 Toni Fritsch DAL 8/17 18/18 42 Dennis Partee SD 8/12 12/13 36

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