NFL leaders as of 11/05/1972:

Team Rankings:

Rush Pass Total Offense Games Yds/Gm Yds/Gm Yds/Gm 1 NYJ 8 155.4 206.0 361.4 2 DEN 8 139.4 190.2 329.6 3 MIA 8 210.9 117.9 328.8 4 DAL 8 140.2 187.5 327.8 5 OAK 8 146.9 176.1 323.0 6 CIN 8 152.0 167.0 319.0 7 NYG 8 132.2 185.1 317.4 8 WAS 8 150.2 167.0 317.2 9 PIT 8 179.5 136.9 316.4 10 MIN 8 137.6 176.4 314.0 11 BAL 7 128.4 179.1 307.6 12 KC 8 145.4 160.5 305.9 13 SF 8 94.5 208.2 302.8 14 LA 8 168.9 131.1 300.0 15 DET 8 154.5 144.6 299.1 16 SD 8 134.8 160.8 295.5 17 ATL 8 159.6 129.0 288.6 18 PHI 8 103.6 178.0 281.6 19 NE 7 103.3 173.7 277.0 20 BUF 8 149.0 116.9 265.9 21 CHI 8 184.0 74.0 258.0 22 GB 8 131.1 125.9 257.0 23 CLE 8 114.9 140.2 255.1 24 NO 8 82.4 167.5 249.9 25 STL 8 92.1 120.6 212.8 26 HOU 8 103.1 108.5 211.6

Rush Pass Total Defense Games Yds/Gm Yds/Gm Yds/Gm 1 MIA 8 116.9 108.6 225.5 2 CIN 8 109.1 119.2 228.4 3 MIN 8 130.6 120.8 251.4 4 LA 8 147.4 113.1 260.5 5 ATL 8 151.6 112.4 264.0 6 DET 8 147.8 119.4 267.1 7 KC 8 109.5 160.8 270.2 8 GB 8 120.1 151.4 271.5 9 CHI 8 125.8 147.1 272.9 10 SD 8 127.0 148.6 275.6 11 SF 8 132.4 144.4 276.8 12 DAL 8 106.1 171.2 277.4 13 WAS 8 106.0 172.2 278.2 14 OAK 8 138.5 146.5 285.0 15 DEN 8 122.6 164.5 287.1 16 CLE 8 153.0 144.0 297.0 17 PIT 8 137.6 165.1 302.8 18 BUF 8 176.0 140.2 316.2 19 NYG 8 141.5 179.6 321.1 20 PHI 8 145.6 178.8 324.4 21 STL 8 143.1 184.9 328.0 22 NO 8 155.0 175.5 330.5 23 NYJ 8 119.2 221.6 340.9 24 BAL 7 141.4 201.1 342.6 25 HOU 8 194.2 175.2 369.5 26 NE 7 210.9 164.0 374.9

Per Per Passing Team(s) Att Cmp Pct Yards Att Cmp TD TD% Int Int% Rating Norm Snead NYG 190 122 64.2 1,522 8.01 12.5 12 6.3 6 3.2 96.9 Billy Kilmer WAS 103 51 49.5 730 7.09 14.3 10 9.7 4 3.9 89.1 Fran Tarkenton MIN 195 119 61.0 1,453 7.45 12.2 10 5.1 6 3.1 88.3 John Brodie SF 95 60 63.2 740 7.79 12.3 7 7.4 6 6.3 85.4 Daryle Lamonica OAK 158 78 49.4 1,098 6.95 14.1 9 5.7 4 2.5 80.6 Bob Berry ATL 153 84 54.9 1,179 7.71 14.0 9 5.9 7 4.6 80.5 Len Dawson KC 190 112 58.9 1,279 6.73 11.4 8 4.2 8 4.2 75.7 Joe Namath NYJ 181 87 48.1 1,708 9.44 19.6 13 7.2 13 7.2 75.5 Bob Griese MIA 94 51 54.3 619 6.59 12.1 4 4.3 4 4.3 71.2 Ken Anderson CIN 186 105 56.5 1,121 6.03 10.7 4 2.2 5 2.7 70.2 Johnny Unitas BAL 153 85 55.6 1,044 6.82 12.3 3 2.0 5 3.3 69.7 Terry Bradshaw PIT 197 97 49.2 1,215 6.17 12.5 8 4.1 6 3.0 69.7 Craig Morton DAL 208 117 56.2 1,524 7.33 13.0 10 4.8 13 6.2 69.5 Scott Hunter GB 144 62 43.1 1,047 7.27 16.9 6 4.2 5 3.5 67.7 Steve Spurrier SF 126 61 48.4 1,009 8.01 16.5 8 6.3 9 7.1 67.2 Pete Liske PHI 112 60 53.6 857 7.65 14.3 3 2.7 6 5.4 65.2 Charley Johnson DEN 115 63 54.8 857 7.45 13.6 5 4.3 8 7.0 64.3 Mike Phipps CLE 176 80 45.5 1,103 6.27 13.8 6 3.4 7 4.0 60.9 Archie Manning NO 251 124 49.4 1,556 6.20 12.5 10 4.0 14 5.6 59.1 Dennis Shaw BUF 142 76 53.5 880 6.20 11.6 9 6.3 12 8.5 58.4 Dan Pastorini HOU 172 77 44.8 981 5.70 12.7 6 3.5 7 4.1 57.8 Bobby Douglass CHI 93 39 41.9 665 7.15 17.1 6 6.5 7 7.5 57.0 Greg Landry DET 146 69 47.3 1,134 7.77 16.4 8 5.5 13 8.9 55.0 John Hadl SD 201 100 49.8 1,321 6.57 13.2 10 5.0 17 8.5 52.3 John Reaves PHI 112 58 51.8 819 7.31 14.1 2 1.8 8 7.1 51.9 Steve Ramsey DEN 107 49 45.8 821 7.67 16.8 2 1.9 8 7.5 47.3 Jim Plunkett NE 190 84 44.2 1,198 6.31 14.3 3 1.6 12 6.3 44.1 Roman Gabriel LA 138 60 43.5 869 6.30 14.5 4 2.9 10 7.2 44.0 Gary Cuozzo STL 91 42 46.2 494 5.43 11.8 2 2.2 6 6.6 43.0

Others (10 or more attempts):

Per Per Passing Team(s) Att Cmp Pct Yards Att Cmp TD TD% Int Int% Rating Virgil Carter CIN 33 23 69.7 318 9.64 13.8 2 6.1 0 0.0 120.5 Brian Dowling NE 25 16 64.0 202 8.08 12.6 0 0.0 0 0.0 89.1 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 Earl Morrall MIA 50 29 58.0 374 7.48 12.9 3 6.0 3 6.0 76.6 Ken Stabler OAK 63 34 54.0 400 6.35 11.8 3 4.8 3 4.8 69.5 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 Mike Taliaferro BUF 29 14 48.3 145 5.00 10.4 1 3.4 3 10.3 35.1 Tim Van Galder STL 79 40 50.6 434 5.49 10.8 1 1.3 7 8.9 34.5 Bill Nelsen CLE 29 13 44.8 127 4.38 9.8 0 0.0 2 6.9 29.0 Kent Nix HOU 25 13 52.0 94 3.76 7.2 0 0.0 2 8.0 27.8 Pete Beathard LA 47 19 40.4 255 5.43 13.4 1 2.1 7 14.9 25.9 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 181 889 4.9 4 O.J. Simpson BUF 156 723 4.6 2 Larry Csonka MIA 133 707 5.3 5 John Riggins NYJ 142 672 4.7 4 John Brockington GB 169 661 3.9 5 Mike Garrett SD 157 610 3.9 4 Marv Hubbard OAK 129 595 4.6 3 Ron Johnson NYG 159 594 3.7 3 Dave Hampton ATL 128 593 4.6 3 Floyd Little DEN 123 573 4.7 5 Calvin Hill DAL 135 557 4.1 3 Bobby Douglass CHI 78 556 7.1 4 Essex Johnson CIN 126 523 4.2 3 Jim Harrison CHI 125 490 3.9 2 Art Malone ATL 111 460 4.1 4 Franco Harris PIT 86 460 5.3 4 Mercury Morris MIA 75 451 6.0 6 Willie Ellison LA 97 427 4.4 4 Walt Garrison DAL 102 426 4.2 4 Leroy Kelly CLE 127 419 3.3 3 Steve Owens DET 113 415 3.7 4 Frenchy Fuqua PIT 68 382 5.6 2 Ed Podolak KC 99 380 3.8 2 Jim Kiick MIA 104 377 3.6 3 Altie Taylor DET 96 364 3.8 2

Receiving Team(s) Att Yards Avg TD Harold Jackson PHI 42 699 16.6 3 Otis Taylor KC 38 560 14.7 4 Fred Biletnikoff OAK 35 474 13.5 2 Gene Washington SF 33 602 18.2 9 J.D. Hill BUF 33 466 14.1 4 Bob Trumpy CIN 31 325 10.5 2 Gary Garrison SD 29 423 14.6 4 Bob Tucker NYG 29 397 13.7 2 Charley Taylor WAS 28 408 14.6 3 Ron Johnson NYG 28 327 11.7 4 John Gilliam MIN 27 587 21.7 5 Larry Brown WAS 27 385 14.3 3 Chip Myers CIN 27 376 13.9 2 Art Malone ATL 27 309 11.4 2 Ron Shanklin PIT 26 418 16.1 2 Calvin Hill DAL 26 228 8.8 2 Ed Podolak KC 26 211 8.1 1 Charlie Evans NYG 26 182 7.0 1 Rod Sherman DEN 25 422 16.9 0 Tom Mitchell BAL 25 336 13.4 1 Rich Caster NYJ 23 520 22.6 6 Ted Kwalick SF 23 504 21.9 4 Milt Morin CLE 22 378 17.2 1 Danny Abramowicz NO 22 369 16.8 4 Reggie Rucker NE 22 333 15.1 1

Kick Returns Team(s) Att Yards Avg TD Rocky Thompson NYG 19 600 31.6 1 Don McCauley BAL 8 248 31.0 1 Bruce Laird BAL 14 433 30.9 0 Randy Montgomery DEN 16 489 30.6 1 Larry Marshall KC 16 468 29.2 0 Ron Smith CHI 14 404 28.9 0 Vic Washington SF 19 539 28.4 1 Al Nelson PHI 13 355 27.3 0 Ron Jessie DET 14 367 26.2 0 Clint Jones MIN 10 260 26.0 0 Margene Adkins NO 25 642 25.7 0 Mercury Morris MIA 11 279 25.4 0 Alvin Wyatt BUF 15 377 25.1 0 Ike Thomas GB 9 224 24.9 0 Mickey Zofko DET 13 322 24.8 0

Punt Returns Team(s) Att Yards Avg TD Ken Ellis GB 9 166 18.4 1 Ralph McGill SF 14 171 12.2 0 Chris Farasopoulos NYJ 11 128 11.6 1 Rod Sherman DEN 8 88 11.0 0 Tommy Casanova CIN 19 208 10.9 1 Charlie Leigh MIA 18 159 8.8 0 Lenny Dunlap SD 11 96 8.7 0 Charlie West MIN 10 86 8.6 0 Bill Bradley PHI 14 114 8.1 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 Alvin Wyatt BUF 10 72 7.2 0 Bruce Taylor SF 18 127 7.1 0 Speedy Duncan WAS 11 70 6.4 0

Punting Team(s) Punts Yards Avg Jerrel Wilson KC 39 1,809 46.4 Dave Chapple LA 33 1,498 45.4 Don Cockroft CLE 52 2,360 45.4 Bobby Walden PIT 35 1,534 43.8 Dave Lewis CIN 38 1,601 42.1 John James ATL 37 1,557 42.1 Dan Pastorini HOU 51 2,141 42.0 Mike Eischeid MIN 35 1,467 41.9 Bobby Joe Green CHI 36 1,493 41.5 Donny Anderson STL 44 1,824 41.5 Ron Widby GB 42 1,735 41.3 David Lee BAL 29 1,197 41.3 Tom Blanchard NYG 25 1,030 41.2 Jim McCann SF 37 1,523 41.2 Bill Bradley PHI 29 1,182 40.8 Billy Van Heusen DEN 40 1,625 40.6 Herman Weaver DET 18 730 40.6 Dennis Partee SD 24 964 40.2 Larry Seiple MIA 26 1,038 39.9 Steve O'Neal NYJ 31 1,234 39.8

Kicking Team(s) FG PAT Pts Roy Gerela PIT 16/23 23/23 71 Jan Stenerud KC 16/21 21/21 69 Chester Marcol GB 17/26 15/15 66 Bobby Howfield NYJ 12/16 28/29 64 Horst Muhlmann CIN 16/23 15/15 63 Errol Mann DET 13/17 21/22 60 Garo Yepremian MIA 13/20 21/23 60 Bruce Gossett SF 11/19 25/25 58 David Ray LA 13/21 18/18 57 Fred Cox MIN 12/18 21/21 57 George Blanda OAK 9/15 26/26 53 Pete Gogolak NYG 11/16 20/23 53 Toni Fritsch DAL 10/20 22/22 52 Don Cockroft CLE 12/15 15/15 51 Jim Turner DEN 11/16 18/18 51 John Leypoldt BUF 11/16 18/19 51 Bill Bell ATL 10/17 19/19 49 Curt Knight WAS 8/17 24/24 48 Mac Percival CHI 9/16 15/15 42 Dennis Partee SD 8/13 16/17 40