NFL leaders as of 11/23/1972:

Team Rankings:

Rush Pass Total Offense Games Yds/Gm Yds/Gm Yds/Gm 1 NYJ 11 157.1 193.5 350.6 2 MIA 10 208.2 137.6 345.8 3 DAL 11 147.5 186.9 334.4 4 OAK 10 166.5 163.7 330.2 5 WAS 10 150.4 178.2 328.6 6 MIN 10 133.4 185.1 318.5 7 PIT 10 188.5 127.8 316.3 8 DEN 10 128.6 180.4 309.0 9 SF 11 108.5 199.5 308.0 10 CIN 10 138.6 166.6 305.2 11 DET 11 156.5 146.8 303.3 12 BAL 10 130.4 171.9 302.3 13 NYG 10 132.6 169.5 302.1 14 LA 10 161.5 139.4 300.9 15 KC 10 133.7 165.6 299.3 16 SD 10 137.7 160.8 298.5 17 ATL 10 161.7 130.0 291.7 18 CLE 10 126.0 146.9 272.9 19 CHI 10 178.4 93.2 271.6 20 NE 10 105.7 163.0 268.7 21 BUF 10 151.4 111.8 263.2 22 PHI 10 110.2 151.4 261.6 23 NO 10 84.5 173.7 258.2 24 GB 10 138.2 114.7 252.9 25 HOU 10 117.5 110.6 228.1 26 STL 10 97.7 126.0 223.7

Rush Pass Total Defense Games Yds/Gm Yds/Gm Yds/Gm 1 MIA 10 113.5 112.1 225.6 2 CIN 10 130.9 120.5 251.4 3 MIN 10 133.8 132.7 266.5 4 DAL 11 104.2 164.3 268.5 5 LA 10 136.8 133.6 270.4 6 GB 10 125.4 145.4 270.8 7 WAS 10 111.7 160.0 271.7 8 OAK 10 123.5 148.6 272.1 9 CHI 10 123.9 148.3 272.2 10 ATL 10 148.1 126.3 274.4 11 KC 10 122.2 155.2 277.4 12 DEN 10 125.1 156.6 281.7 13 DET 11 151.4 134.8 286.2 14 SD 10 123.9 162.8 286.7 15 SF 11 125.7 162.9 288.6 16 PIT 10 139.3 160.1 299.4 17 CLE 10 162.6 139.1 301.7 18 BUF 10 167.1 144.6 311.7 19 NYG 10 146.1 169.5 315.6 20 BAL 10 140.3 185.3 325.6 21 PHI 10 156.4 170.0 326.4 22 STL 10 152.5 177.3 329.8 23 NO 10 155.2 177.4 332.6 24 NYJ 11 142.8 190.6 333.5 25 HOU 10 191.7 158.6 350.3 26 NE 10 201.4 165.4 366.8

                                                          Per   Per
Passing               Team(s)   Att  Cmp    Pct  Yards    Att   Cmp  TD   TD%  Int  Int%  Rating
Fran Tarkenton        MIN       250  148   59.2  1,893   7.57  12.8  14   5.6    6   2.4    91.6
Billy Kilmer          WAS       145   76   52.4  1,095   7.55  14.4  13   9.0    6   4.1    89.9
Marty Domres          BAL       125   70   56.0    880   7.04  12.6   4   3.2    0   0.0    88.8
Steve Spurrier        SF        191  104   54.5  1,571   8.23  15.1  16   8.4   10   5.2    87.8
Norm Snead            NYG       240  149   62.1  1,736   7.23  11.7  12   5.0    8   3.3    86.7
Bob Berry             ATL       187  105   56.1  1,459   7.80  13.9  11   5.9    8   4.3    83.2
Daryle Lamonica       OAK       206  104   50.5  1,345   6.53  12.9  11   5.3    5   2.4    79.0
Joe Namath            NYJ       238  116   48.7  2,154   9.05  18.6  18   7.6   17   7.1    75.9
Ken Anderson          CIN       230  128   55.7  1,419   6.17  11.1   5   2.2    6   2.6    70.5
Len Dawson            KC        236  134   56.8  1,469   6.22  11.0   9   3.8   10   4.2    70.4
Greg Landry           DET       208  103   49.5  1,598   7.68  15.5  13   6.2   13   6.2    70.2
Johnny Unitas         BAL       153   85   55.6  1,044   6.82  12.3   3   2.0    5   3.3    69.7
Craig Morton          DAL       291  162   55.7  2,143   7.36  13.2  12   4.1   17   5.8    68.6
Bobby Douglass        CHI       138   60   43.5  1,040   7.54  17.3   8   5.8    8   5.8    64.9
Charley Johnson       DEN       169   90   53.3  1,156   6.84  12.8   8   4.7   11   6.5    63.6
Mike Phipps           CLE       222  107   48.2  1,483   6.68  13.9   8   3.6   10   4.5    63.3
Archie Manning        NO        312  157   50.3  1,979   6.34  12.6  13   4.2   16   5.1    63.0
Pete Liske            PHI       133   68   51.1    941   7.08  13.8   3   2.3    6   4.5    62.9
Terry Bradshaw        PIT       238  115   48.3  1,443   6.06  12.5   9   3.8   10   4.2    62.7
Scott Hunter          GB        159   67   42.1  1,088   6.84  16.2   6   3.8    7   4.4    59.9
Dennis Shaw           BUF       184   95   51.6  1,136   6.17  12.0  11   6.0   14   7.6    59.1
John Hadl             SD        250  129   51.6  1,677   6.71  13.0  12   4.8   18   7.2    59.0
Dan Pastorini         HOU       224  105   46.9  1,280   5.71  12.2   6   2.7   10   4.5    55.3
Roman Gabriel         LA        194   98   50.5  1,219   6.28  12.4   6   3.1   13   6.7    52.7
John Reaves           PHI       128   68   53.1    904   7.06  13.3   2   1.6    9   7.0    51.7
Gary Cuozzo           STL       135   62   45.9    811   6.01  13.1   5   3.7    9   6.7    50.0
Jim Plunkett          NE        261  118   45.2  1,651   6.33  14.0   5   1.9   19   7.3    42.2


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
John Brodie           SF         95   60   63.2    740   7.79  12.3   7   7.4    6   6.3    85.4
Sonny Jurgensen       WAS        59   39   66.1    633  10.73  16.2   2   3.4    4   6.8    84.9
Earl Morrall          MIA        80   44   55.0    668   8.35  15.2   5   6.2    4   5.0    82.7
Mike Livingston       KC         57   32   56.1    414   7.26  12.9   7  12.3    5   8.8    82.2
George Blanda         OAK        14    5   35.7     77   5.50  15.4   1   7.1    0   0.0    78.6
Bob Griese            MIA        94   51   54.3    619   6.59  12.1   4   4.3    4   4.3    71.2
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
Steve Ramsey          DEN       107   49   45.8    821   7.67  16.8   2   1.9    8   7.5    47.3
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 237 1,077 4.5 7 John Riggins NYJ 198 924 4.7 7 O.J. Simpson BUF 198 915 4.6 3 Ron Johnson NYG 212 824 3.9 5 Larry Csonka MIA 155 811 5.2 6 John Brockington GB 203 780 3.8 6 Calvin Hill DAL 187 779 4.2 5 Marv Hubbard OAK 153 777 5.1 4 Franco Harris PIT 115 730 6.3 6 Mike Garrett SD 198 720 3.6 6 Dave Hampton ATL 156 717 4.6 4 Bobby Douglass CHI 102 703 6.9 6 Floyd Little DEN 155 666 4.3 5 Mercury Morris MIA 114 648 5.7 11 Walt Garrison DAL 139 614 4.4 5 Art Malone ATL 136 611 4.5 5 Altie Taylor DET 138 594 4.3 3 Essex Johnson CIN 149 594 4.0 3 Leroy Kelly CLE 165 593 3.6 3 Willie Ellison LA 125 564 4.5 5 Jim Harrison CHI 145 536 3.7 2 MacArthur Lane GB 119 519 4.4 1 Steve Owens DET 143 519 3.6 4 Charlie Smith OAK 119 510 4.3 5 Frenchy Fuqua PIT 99 498 5.0 3

Receiving Team(s) Att Yards Avg TD Harold Jackson PHI 46 771 16.8 3 Otis Taylor KC 44 666 15.1 4 Fred Biletnikoff OAK 42 567 13.5 4 Gene Washington SF 39 765 19.6 10 J.D. Hill BUF 38 525 13.8 4 Bob Trumpy CIN 37 428 11.6 2 Chip Myers CIN 36 509 14.1 3 Bob Tucker NYG 36 482 13.4 2 Art Malone ATL 36 384 10.7 2 Ed Podolak KC 35 272 7.8 1 Charley Taylor WAS 34 495 14.6 3 Gary Garrison SD 34 484 14.2 5 Ron Johnson NYG 34 348 10.2 4 John Gilliam MIN 33 722 21.9 6 Tom Mitchell BAL 33 443 13.4 2 Calvin Hill DAL 33 293 8.9 2 Vic Washington SF 33 293 8.9 1 Ron Shanklin PIT 32 562 17.6 2 Walt Garrison DAL 32 317 9.9 1 Danny Abramowicz NO 31 553 17.8 6 Ted Kwalick SF 30 615 20.5 8 Rod Sherman DEN 30 492 16.4 1 Larry Brown WAS 30 428 14.3 4 Rich Caster NYJ 29 650 22.4 9 Ron Sellers DAL 29 610 21.0 5

Kick Returns Team(s) Att Yards Avg TD Rocky Thompson NYG 20 609 30.4 1 Bruce Laird BAL 23 697 30.3 0 Al Nelson PHI 18 532 29.6 0 Ron Smith CHI 23 678 29.5 0 Larry Marshall KC 20 580 29.0 0 Ike Thomas GB 13 375 28.8 0 Carl Garrett NE 11 314 28.5 0 Randy Montgomery DEN 21 583 27.8 1 Vic Washington SF 22 597 27.1 1 Alvin Wyatt BUF 17 432 25.4 0 Ron Jessie DET 18 457 25.4 0 Linzy Cole BUF-HOU 12 304 25.3 0 Mercury Morris MIA 12 299 24.9 0 Mickey Zofko DET 20 495 24.8 0 Chris Farasopoulos NYJ 18 443 24.6 0

Punt Returns Team(s) Att Yards Avg TD Ralph McGill SF 17 208 12.2 0 Chris Farasopoulos NYJ 15 179 11.9 1 Glen Edwards PIT 14 142 10.1 0 Tommy Casanova CIN 22 211 9.6 1 Charlie Leigh MIA 22 210 9.5 0 Lenny Dunlap SD 13 124 9.5 0 Charlie West MIN 12 96 8.0 0 Bill Bradley PHI 15 119 7.9 0 Alvin Wyatt BUF 11 85 7.7 0 Bruce Laird BAL 19 145 7.6 0 Lem Barney DET 14 102 7.3 0 Bruce Taylor SF 19 134 7.1 0 Willie Belton ATL 15 104 6.9 0 Speedy Duncan WAS 11 70 6.4 0 Ron Smith CHI 19 118 6.2 0

Punting Team(s) Punts Yards Avg Jerrel Wilson KC 49 2,258 46.1 Dave Chapple LA 41 1,851 45.1 Don Cockroft CLE 60 2,662 44.4 Bobby Walden PIT 44 1,900 43.2 Bobby Joe Green CHI 43 1,832 42.6 John James ATL 45 1,913 42.5 Ron Widby GB 53 2,253 42.5 Tom Blanchard NYG 34 1,439 42.3 Mike Eischeid MIN 43 1,819 42.3 Dan Pastorini HOU 61 2,545 41.7 Dave Lewis CIN 49 2,029 41.4 Donny Anderson STL 53 2,176 41.1 David Lee BAL 38 1,559 41.0 Bill Bradley PHI 35 1,432 40.9 Billy Van Heusen DEN 47 1,908 40.6 Jim McCann SF 55 2,231 40.6 Herman Weaver DET 31 1,253 40.4 Dennis Partee SD 33 1,329 40.3 Larry Seiple MIA 30 1,199 40.0 Julian Fagan NO 50 1,974 39.5

Kicking Team(s) FG PAT Pts Bobby Howfield NYJ 17/24 38/39 89 Roy Gerela PIT 20/29 27/27 87 Errol Mann DET 18/23 30/31 84 Chester Marcol GB 20/29 20/20 80 Toni Fritsch DAL 16/28 29/29 77 Fred Cox MIN 16/23 28/28 76 Bruce Gossett SF 13/21 36/36 75 Jan Stenerud KC 17/24 24/24 75 Garo Yepremian MIA 14/24 32/34 74 George Blanda OAK 14/21 32/32 74 David Ray LA 16/28 24/24 72 Horst Muhlmann CIN 18/27 18/19 72 Jim Turner DEN 16/23 21/21 69 Don Cockroft CLE 16/20 20/20 68 Pete Gogolak NYG 15/22 22/25 67 Bill Bell ATL 14/23 24/24 66 John Leypoldt BUF 14/19 21/22 63 Curt Knight WAS 9/23 30/31 57 Dennis Partee SD 11/17 21/22 54 Mac Percival CHI 10/19 20/20 50