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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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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