Monday November 27, 1972
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

NFL leaders as of 11/27/1972:



Team Rankings:
Rush Pass Total Offense Games Yds/Gm Yds/Gm Yds/Gm 1 MIA 11 207.5 145.6 353.1 2 NYJ 11 157.1 193.5 350.6 3 OAK 11 174.5 163.8 338.4 4 DAL 11 147.5 186.9 334.4 5 WAS 11 148.7 175.5 324.3 6 NYG 11 142.9 177.5 320.4 7 MIN 11 129.9 188.7 318.6 8 PIT 11 190.1 124.0 314.1 9 DEN 11 126.2 183.4 309.5 10 SF 11 108.5 199.5 308.0 11 SD 11 146.1 158.6 304.7 12 DET 11 156.5 146.8 303.3 13 CIN 11 140.4 161.7 302.1 14 LA 11 163.7 137.9 301.6 15 BAL 11 133.5 165.2 298.6 16 KC 11 130.5 165.2 295.6 17 ATL 11 154.3 133.6 287.9 18 CLE 11 126.5 144.5 271.1 19 CHI 11 172.2 94.4 266.5 20 NE 11 108.0 155.0 263.0 21 NO 11 86.1 172.3 258.4 22 PHI 11 103.6 154.4 258.0 23 BUF 11 151.0 104.2 255.2 24 GB 11 136.5 110.4 246.9 25 HOU 11 111.5 115.3 226.7 26 STL 11 93.5 130.3 223.7
Rush Pass Total Defense Games Yds/Gm Yds/Gm Yds/Gm 1 MIA 11 107.8 117.6 225.5 2 CIN 11 129.0 119.2 248.2 3 WAS 11 112.5 151.5 264.0 4 DAL 11 104.2 164.3 268.5 5 MIN 11 140.4 128.5 268.8 6 LA 11 133.6 135.8 269.5 7 OAK 11 121.2 149.7 270.9 8 GB 11 126.0 145.7 271.7 9 CHI 11 127.0 145.1 272.1 10 ATL 11 143.9 134.2 278.1 11 DEN 11 121.0 157.8 278.8 12 SD 11 117.3 162.7 280.0 13 DET 11 151.4 134.8 286.2 14 SF 11 125.7 162.9 288.6 15 CLE 11 161.2 129.0 290.2 16 KC 11 134.3 156.1 290.4 17 PIT 11 135.3 166.0 301.3 18 BUF 11 163.9 142.5 306.4 19 NYG 11 136.3 170.8 307.1 20 BAL 11 139.5 175.3 314.7 21 NO 11 158.0 172.5 330.5 22 NYJ 11 142.8 190.6 333.5 23 STL 11 156.8 181.7 338.5 24 PHI 11 164.5 177.9 342.5 25 HOU 11 195.2 156.6 351.8 26 NE 11 198.0 159.3 357.3
                                                          Per   Per
Passing               Team(s)   Att  Cmp    Pct  Yards    Att   Cmp  TD   TD%  Int  Int%  Rating
Billy Kilmer          WAS       166   90   54.2  1,253   7.55  13.9  15   9.0    6   3.6    93.8
Norm Snead            NYG       256  158   61.7  1,841   7.19  11.7  15   5.9    8   3.1    90.0
Fran Tarkenton        MIN       293  172   58.7  2,128   7.26  12.4  15   5.1    7   2.4    88.4
Steve Spurrier        SF        191  104   54.5  1,571   8.23  15.1  16   8.4   10   5.2    87.8
Bob Berry             ATL       203  118   58.1  1,653   8.14  14.0  12   5.9    8   3.9    87.7
Marty Domres          BAL       151   81   53.6    978   6.48  12.1   7   4.6    2   1.3    83.7
Daryle Lamonica       OAK       227  118   52.0  1,519   6.69  12.9  13   5.7    6   2.6    81.4
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        238  135   56.7  1,482   6.23  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
Charley Johnson       DEN       176   95   54.0  1,269   7.21  13.4   8   4.5   11   6.2    66.2
Archie Manning        NO        341  172   50.4  2,181   6.40  12.7  14   4.1   16   4.7    64.9
Pete Liske            PHI       133   68   51.1    941   7.08  13.8   3   2.3    6   4.5    62.9
Mike Phipps           CLE       244  118   48.4  1,628   6.67  13.8   9   3.7   12   4.9    62.0
Terry Bradshaw        PIT       257  122   47.5  1,536   5.98  12.6  10   3.9   11   4.3    61.7
John Hadl             SD        274  142   51.8  1,818   6.64  12.8  13   4.7   18   6.6    61.4
Dennis Shaw           BUF       190   98   51.6  1,170   6.16  11.9  11   5.8   14   7.4    59.3
Bobby Douglass        CHI       158   66   41.8  1,141   7.22  17.3   8   5.1   10   6.3    57.5
Scott Hunter          GB        164   69   42.1  1,083   6.60  15.7   6   3.7    8   4.9    56.5
Dan Pastorini         HOU       259  122   47.1  1,446   5.58  11.9   7   2.7   11   4.2    55.9
Steve Ramsey          DEN       125   58   46.4    937   7.50  16.2   3   2.4    8   6.4    53.3
Roman Gabriel         LA        223  109   48.9  1,371   6.15  12.6   6   2.7   13   5.8    53.1
John Reaves           PHI       154   79   51.3  1,107   7.19  14.0   3   1.9   11   7.1    51.5
Gary Cuozzo           STL       152   68   44.7    891   5.86  13.1   5   3.3   11   7.2    44.6
Jim Plunkett          NE        287  129   44.9  1,752   6.10  13.6   5   1.7   22   7.7    38.8


Others (10 or more attempts): Per Per Passing Team(s) Att Cmp Pct Yards Att Cmp TD TD% Int Int% Rating Earl Morrall MIA 99 56 56.6 878 8.87 15.7 7 7.1 4 4.0 92.9 Virgil Carter CIN 66 40 60.6 484 7.33 12.1 3 4.5 2 3.0 85.7 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 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 Mike Livingston KC 78 41 52.6 480 6.15 11.7 7 9.0 8 10.3 61.9 Jerry Tagge GB 21 7 33.3 118 5.62 16.9 0 0.0 0 0.0 53.3 Bill Munson DET 25 14 56.0 89 3.56 6.4 0 0.0 1 4.0 46.9 Kent Nix HOU 28 15 53.6 113 4.04 7.5 1 3.6 2 7.1 45.7 Jim Hart STL 41 21 51.2 224 5.46 10.7 1 2.4 3 7.3 45.2 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 Pete Beathard LA 48 19 39.6 255 5.31 13.4 1 2.1 7 14.6 24.6 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 262 1,146 4.4 8 O.J. Simpson BUF 225 1,008 4.5 4 Ron Johnson NYG 234 947 4.0 7 Larry Csonka MIA 171 925 5.4 6 John Riggins NYJ 198 924 4.7 7 Marv Hubbard OAK 166 873 5.3 4 Franco Harris PIT 132 858 6.5 7 John Brockington GB 219 822 3.8 6 Mike Garrett SD 215 822 3.8 6 Dave Hampton ATL 175 783 4.5 4 Calvin Hill DAL 187 779 4.2 5 Bobby Douglass CHI 107 743 6.9 6 Mercury Morris MIA 130 703 5.4 11 Floyd Little DEN 174 695 4.0 5 Essex Johnson CIN 169 671 4.0 3 Willie Ellison LA 144 663 4.6 5 Leroy Kelly CLE 183 651 3.6 3 Art Malone ATL 146 625 4.3 7 Walt Garrison DAL 139 614 4.4 5 Altie Taylor DET 138 594 4.3 3 MacArthur Lane GB 136 590 4.3 2 Charlie Smith OAK 138 575 4.2 6 Oscar Reed MIN 120 553 4.6 2 Jim Harrison CHI 147 550 3.7 2 Cid Edwards SD 114 543 4.8 4
Receiving Team(s) Att Yards Avg TD Harold Jackson PHI 51 923 18.1 4 Fred Biletnikoff OAK 45 600 13.3 5 Otis Taylor KC 44 666 15.1 4 Bob Tucker NYG 44 582 13.2 4 Art Malone ATL 41 463 11.3 2 Chip Myers CIN 40 553 13.8 3 Bob Trumpy CIN 40 461 11.5 2 Gene Washington SF 39 765 19.6 10 Charley Taylor WAS 39 548 14.1 4 J.D. Hill BUF 38 525 13.8 4 John Gilliam MIN 37 819 22.1 6 Gary Garrison SD 36 498 13.8 5 Ed Podolak KC 36 285 7.9 1 Ron Shanklin PIT 34 614 18.1 2 Tom Mitchell BAL 34 446 13.1 3 Ron Johnson NYG 34 348 10.2 4 Danny Abramowicz NO 33 593 18.0 6 Reggie Rucker NE 33 509 15.4 1 Calvin Hill DAL 33 293 8.9 2 Vic Washington SF 33 293 8.9 1 Fred Willis CIN-HOU 33 233 7.1 1 Rod Sherman DEN 32 536 16.8 2 Walt Garrison DAL 32 317 9.9 1 Larry Brown WAS 31 441 14.2 4 Ted Kwalick SF 30 615 20.5 8
Kick Returns Team(s) Att Yards Avg TD Rocky Thompson NYG 20 609 30.4 1 Bruce Laird BAL 24 717 29.9 0 Al Nelson PHI 20 590 29.5 0 Ron Smith CHI 24 701 29.2 0 Carl Garrett NE 11 314 28.5 0 Ike Thomas GB 16 454 28.4 0 Larry Marshall KC 23 651 28.3 0 Vic Washington SF 22 597 27.1 1 Randy Montgomery DEN 23 617 26.8 1 Alvin Wyatt BUF 17 432 25.4 0 Ron Jessie DET 18 457 25.4 0 Linzy Cole BUF-HOU 13 330 25.4 0 Mickey Zofko DET 20 495 24.8 0 Chris Farasopoulos NYJ 18 443 24.6 0 Speedy Duncan WAS 15 364 24.3 0
Punt Returns Team(s) Att Yards Avg TD Jim Bertelsen LA 12 161 13.4 0 Ralph McGill SF 17 208 12.2 0 Chris Farasopoulos NYJ 15 179 11.9 1 Glen Edwards PIT 18 184 10.2 0 Tommy Casanova CIN 23 228 9.9 1 Charlie Leigh MIA 22 210 9.5 0 Lenny Dunlap SD 13 124 9.5 0 Lemar Parrish CIN 12 113 9.4 1 Bruce Laird BAL 23 208 9.0 0 Charlie West MIN 14 111 7.9 0 Alvin Wyatt BUF 11 85 7.7 0 Bill Bradley PHI 16 121 7.6 0 Lem Barney DET 14 102 7.3 0 Bruce Taylor SF 19 134 7.1 0 Willie Belton ATL 16 109 6.8 0
Punting Team(s) Punts Yards Avg Jerrel Wilson KC 53 2,451 46.2 Dave Chapple LA 46 2,068 45.0 Bobby Walden PIT 51 2,239 43.9 Don Cockroft CLE 66 2,897 43.9 Ron Widby GB 59 2,557 43.3 Mike Eischeid MIN 49 2,088 42.6 John James ATL 51 2,170 42.5 Dave Lewis CIN 55 2,335 42.5 Tom Blanchard NYG 36 1,527 42.4 Bobby Joe Green CHI 51 2,139 41.9 David Lee BAL 45 1,879 41.8 Donny Anderson STL 57 2,338 41.0 Julian Fagan NO 57 2,329 40.9 Bill Bradley PHI 40 1,634 40.9 Dan Pastorini HOU 66 2,688 40.7 Jim McCann SF 55 2,231 40.6 Dennis Partee SD 35 1,417 40.5 Herman Weaver DET 31 1,253 40.4 Billy Van Heusen DEN 50 2,011 40.2 Larry Seiple MIA 30 1,199 40.0
Kicking Team(s) FG PAT Pts Roy Gerela PIT 21/31 29/30 92 Chester Marcol GB 23/33 21/21 90 Bobby Howfield NYJ 17/24 38/39 89 Errol Mann DET 18/23 30/31 84 David Ray LA 19/34 25/25 82 George Blanda OAK 16/23 34/34 82 Garo Yepremian MIA 15/27 36/38 81 Pete Gogolak NYG 17/25 30/33 81 Fred Cox MIN 17/25 29/29 80 Horst Muhlmann CIN 20/30 19/20 79 Jan Stenerud KC 18/27 24/24 78 Don Cockroft CLE 18/22 23/23 77 Jim Turner DEN 18/26 23/23 77 Toni Fritsch DAL 16/28 29/29 77 Bruce Gossett SF 13/21 36/36 75 Bill Bell ATL 14/24 27/27 69 John Leypoldt BUF 15/20 22/23 67 Dennis Partee SD 13/20 25/26 64 Curt Knight WAS 9/24 33/34 60 Tom Dempsey PHI 16/28 6/ 8 54

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