NFL leaders as of 11/12/1972:

Team Rankings:

Rush Pass Total Offense Games Yds/Gm Yds/Gm Yds/Gm 1 NYJ 9 154.6 198.8 353.3 2 MIA 9 207.6 138.2 345.8 3 DAL 9 150.2 188.6 338.8 4 OAK 9 163.1 166.3 329.4 5 WAS 9 149.4 174.8 324.2 6 DEN 9 138.7 181.6 320.2 7 PIT 9 186.0 130.6 316.6 8 MIN 9 142.0 170.2 312.2 9 CIN 9 145.0 164.4 309.4 10 NYG 9 130.7 177.6 308.2 11 SF 9 106.8 196.8 303.6 12 BAL 9 129.0 172.9 301.9 13 ATL 9 162.9 132.8 295.7 14 SD 8 134.8 160.8 295.5 15 KC 9 137.6 154.7 292.2 16 DET 9 148.7 142.6 291.2 17 LA 9 158.2 128.8 287.0 18 PHI 9 109.1 167.6 276.7 19 NE 9 104.7 160.8 265.4 20 CHI 9 183.4 78.8 262.2 21 BUF 9 148.3 111.3 259.7 22 CLE 8 114.9 140.2 255.1 23 NO 9 85.3 166.1 251.4 24 GB 9 130.2 116.3 246.6 25 HOU 9 117.9 108.9 226.8 26 STL 9 87.9 137.7 225.6

Rush Pass Total Defense Games Yds/Gm Yds/Gm Yds/Gm 1 MIA 9 114.1 105.1 219.2 2 CIN 9 129.6 115.8 245.3 3 MIN 9 127.4 121.3 248.8 4 LA 9 145.8 113.0 258.8 5 CHI 9 125.4 135.2 260.7 6 ATL 9 146.9 117.1 264.0 7 DET 9 151.0 119.6 270.6 8 WAS 9 107.3 166.1 273.4 9 GB 9 126.7 147.6 274.2 10 DEN 9 117.1 158.4 275.6 11 KC 9 123.8 151.8 275.6 12 SD 8 127.0 148.6 275.6 13 SF 9 127.0 152.0 279.0 14 OAK 9 133.0 146.2 279.2 15 DAL 9 100.3 182.7 283.0 16 PIT 9 130.7 158.8 289.4 17 CLE 8 153.0 144.0 297.0 18 BUF 9 172.9 140.3 313.2 19 NYJ 9 121.9 204.4 326.3 20 PHI 9 155.7 171.3 327.0 21 NYG 9 141.7 186.0 327.7 22 BAL 9 146.9 185.2 332.1 23 NO 9 158.8 174.1 332.9 24 STL 9 152.8 186.2 339.0 25 HOU 9 189.7 165.1 354.8 26 NE 9 203.9 170.9 374.8

                                                          Per   Per
Passing               Team(s)   Att  Cmp    Pct  Yards    Att   Cmp  TD   TD%  Int  Int%  Rating
Billy Kilmer          WAS       126   66   52.4    986   7.83  14.9  11   8.7    5   4.0    90.9
Norm Snead            NYG       216  136   63.0  1,639   7.59  12.1  12   5.6    8   3.7    89.3
Marty Domres          BAL       105   58   55.2    711   6.77  12.3   3   2.9    0   0.0    85.9
Fran Tarkenton        MIN       222  134   60.4  1,574   7.09  11.7  10   4.5    6   2.7    85.7
John Brodie           SF         95   60   63.2    740   7.79  12.3   7   7.4    6   6.3    85.4
Bob Berry             ATL       166   94   56.6  1,321   7.96  14.1  10   6.0    7   4.2    84.9
Joe Namath            NYJ       193   93   48.2  1,814   9.40  19.5  15   7.8   14   7.3    77.1
Daryle Lamonica       OAK       182   91   50.0  1,197   6.58  13.2   9   4.9    5   2.7    76.2
Steve Spurrier        SF        140   71   50.7  1,119   7.99  15.8  10   7.1   10   7.1    71.7
Len Dawson            KC        226  129   57.1  1,440   6.37  11.2   8   3.5    9   4.0    71.4
Bob Griese            MIA        94   51   54.3    619   6.59  12.1   4   4.3    4   4.3    71.2
Craig Morton          DAL       236  133   56.4  1,721   7.29  12.9  11   4.7   14   5.9    70.3
Johnny Unitas         BAL       153   85   55.6  1,044   6.82  12.3   3   2.0    5   3.3    69.7
Ken Anderson          CIN       202  112   55.4  1,219   6.03  10.9   5   2.5    6   3.0    69.3
Pete Liske            PHI       132   68   51.5    941   7.13  13.8   3   2.3    6   4.5    63.4
Terry Bradshaw        PIT       217  105   48.4  1,307   6.02  12.4   8   3.7    9   4.1    62.5
Greg Landry           DET       164   80   48.8  1,266   7.72  15.8  10   6.1   13   7.9    62.2
Mike Phipps           CLE       176   80   45.5  1,103   6.27  13.8   6   3.4    7   4.0    60.9
Scott Hunter          GB        147   62   42.2  1,047   7.12  16.9   6   4.1    7   4.8    60.7
Charley Johnson       DEN       138   74   53.6    978   7.09  13.2   6   4.3   10   7.2    60.6
Archie Manning        NO        282  137   48.6  1,729   6.13  12.6  11   3.9   14   5.0    60.4
Bobby Douglass        CHI       117   50   42.7    804   6.87  16.1   6   5.1    8   6.8    54.9
Dennis Shaw           BUF       158   83   52.5    993   6.28  12.0   9   5.7   14   8.9    54.1
Dan Pastorini         HOU       197   92   46.7  1,119   5.68  12.2   6   3.0   10   5.1    53.7
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
Gary Cuozzo           STL       128   57   44.5    776   6.06  13.6   4   3.1    8   6.2    48.8
Steve Ramsey          DEN       107   49   45.8    821   7.67  16.8   2   1.9    8   7.5    47.3
Roman Gabriel         LA        161   73   45.3    979   6.08  13.4   5   3.1   12   7.5    44.5
Jim Plunkett          NE        238  109   45.8  1,443   6.06  13.2   3   1.3   16   6.7    41.7


Others (10 or more attempts):
                                                          Per   Per
Passing               Team(s)   Att  Cmp    Pct  Yards    Att   Cmp  TD   TD%  Int  Int%  Rating
Virgil Carter         CIN        46   28   60.9    364   7.91  13.0   2   4.3    0   0.0   100.3
Earl Morrall          MIA        63   36   57.1    536   8.51  14.9   4   6.3    3   4.8    86.5
Sonny Jurgensen       WAS        59   39   66.1    633  10.73  16.2   2   3.4    4   6.8    84.9
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
Brian Dowling         NE         34   20   58.8    253   7.44  12.7   0   0.0    1   2.9    69.9
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        33   16   48.5    176   5.33  11.0   1   3.0    4  12.1    35.2
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        19    3   15.8     44   2.32  14.7   0   0.0    3  15.8     0.0

Rushing Team(s) Att Yards Avg TD Larry Brown WAS 211 995 4.7 6 O.J. Simpson BUF 176 812 4.6 2 Larry Csonka MIA 138 739 5.4 6 John Riggins NYJ 156 736 4.7 5 John Brockington GB 188 731 3.9 6 Marv Hubbard OAK 140 693 5.0 3 Ron Johnson NYG 182 690 3.8 4 Dave Hampton ATL 142 653 4.6 4 Floyd Little DEN 145 652 4.5 5 Calvin Hill DAL 160 650 4.1 4 Bobby Douglass CHI 90 624 6.9 5 Mike Garrett SD 157 610 3.9 4 Franco Harris PIT 103 594 5.8 5 Essex Johnson CIN 134 560 4.2 3 Mercury Morris MIA 91 541 5.9 9 Art Malone ATL 121 537 4.4 5 Jim Harrison CHI 134 510 3.8 2 Walt Garrison DAL 116 509 4.4 4 Oscar Reed MIN 101 483 4.8 2 Willie Ellison LA 109 460 4.2 4 Frenchy Fuqua PIT 86 452 5.3 2 Steve Owens DET 121 441 3.6 4 Leroy Kelly CLE 127 419 3.3 3 Altie Taylor DET 109 418 3.8 2 Carl Garrett NE 104 418 4.0 3

Receiving Team(s) Att Yards Avg TD Harold Jackson PHI 45 755 16.8 3 Otis Taylor KC 41 605 14.8 4 Fred Biletnikoff OAK 38 510 13.4 2 J.D. Hill BUF 35 489 14.0 4 Bob Trumpy CIN 35 381 10.9 2 Gene Washington SF 33 602 18.2 9 Tom Mitchell BAL 32 425 13.3 2 Bob Tucker NYG 32 418 13.1 2 Chip Myers CIN 31 447 14.4 3 Ron Johnson NYG 31 347 11.2 4 Calvin Hill DAL 31 273 8.8 2 Ed Podolak KC 31 248 8.0 1 Charley Taylor WAS 30 458 15.3 3 Art Malone ATL 30 332 11.1 2 John Gilliam MIN 29 617 21.3 5 Gary Garrison SD 29 423 14.6 4 Larry Brown WAS 29 410 14.1 3 Danny Abramowicz NO 27 454 16.8 4 Ron Shanklin PIT 27 454 16.8 2 Rod Sherman DEN 27 442 16.4 0 Reggie Rucker NE 26 384 14.8 1 Charlie Evans NYG 26 182 7.0 1 Ron Sellers DAL 25 526 21.0 5 Sam Havrilak BAL 25 427 17.1 2 Rich Caster NYJ 24 546 22.8 7

Kick Returns Team(s) Att Yards Avg TD Rocky Thompson NYG 20 609 30.4 1 Bruce Laird BAL 20 608 30.4 0 Al Nelson PHI 15 448 29.9 0 Randy Montgomery DEN 17 503 29.6 1 Ike Thomas GB 12 351 29.2 0 Larry Marshall KC 17 492 28.9 0 Carl Garrett NE 11 314 28.5 0 Vic Washington SF 20 558 27.9 1 Ron Smith CHI 17 470 27.6 0 Clint Jones MIN 10 260 26.0 0 Alvin Wyatt BUF 17 432 25.4 0 Mercury Morris MIA 11 279 25.4 0 Mickey Zofko DET 16 404 25.2 0 Ron Jessie DET 16 398 24.9 0 Chris Farasopoulos NYJ 18 443 24.6 0

Punt Returns Team(s) Att Yards Avg TD Ken Ellis GB 9 166 18.4 1 Chris Farasopoulos NYJ 13 176 13.5 1 Ralph McGill SF 15 176 11.7 0 Glen Edwards PIT 12 136 11.3 0 Tommy Casanova CIN 20 211 10.6 1 Rod Sherman DEN 9 86 9.6 0 Charlie Leigh MIA 22 210 9.5 0 Lenny Dunlap SD 11 96 8.7 0 Charlie West MIN 12 96 8.0 0 Bill Bradley PHI 15 119 7.9 0 Bruce Laird BAL 18 141 7.8 0 Alvin Wyatt BUF 11 85 7.7 0 Lem Barney DET 13 99 7.6 0 Ron Smith CHI 15 111 7.4 0 Bruce Taylor SF 19 134 7.1 0

Punting Team(s) Punts Yards Avg Jerrel Wilson KC 46 2,127 46.2 Dave Chapple LA 37 1,688 45.6 Don Cockroft CLE 52 2,360 45.4 Bobby Walden PIT 38 1,641 43.2 Mike Eischeid MIN 37 1,566 42.3 Tom Blanchard NYG 30 1,263 42.1 Bobby Joe Green CHI 40 1,683 42.1 Ron Widby GB 47 1,976 42.0 Dave Lewis CIN 44 1,847 42.0 John James ATL 40 1,679 42.0 David Lee BAL 33 1,372 41.6 Dan Pastorini HOU 56 2,318 41.4 Donny Anderson STL 49 2,028 41.4 Jim McCann SF 41 1,682 41.0 Bill Bradley PHI 33 1,353 41.0 Billy Van Heusen DEN 45 1,819 40.4 Dennis Partee SD 24 964 40.2 Herman Weaver DET 24 956 39.8 Larry Seiple MIA 27 1,074 39.8 Julian Fagan NO 45 1,782 39.6

Kicking Team(s) FG PAT Pts Roy Gerela PIT 19/28 24/24 81 Chester Marcol GB 20/29 17/17 77 Bobby Howfield NYJ 14/18 33/34 75 Garo Yepremian MIA 14/23 28/30 70 Jan Stenerud KC 16/23 22/22 70 Fred Cox MIN 15/22 22/22 67 Toni Fritsch DAL 14/25 25/25 67 Horst Muhlmann CIN 16/25 17/17 65 Bruce Gossett SF 12/20 28/28 64 Errol Mann DET 13/18 23/24 62 David Ray LA 14/25 19/19 61 George Blanda OAK 11/17 28/28 61 Jim Turner DEN 14/20 19/19 61 Pete Gogolak NYG 13/18 21/24 60 Bill Bell ATL 12/20 23/23 59 John Leypoldt BUF 12/17 18/19 54 Curt Knight WAS 8/20 27/28 51 Don Cockroft CLE 12/15 15/15 51 Tom Dempsey PHI 15/25 4/ 6 49 Mac Percival CHI 10/18 17/17 47