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Saturday December 9, 1972
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NFL leaders as of 12/09/1972:



Team Rankings:
Rush Pass Total Offense Games Yds/Gm Yds/Gm Yds/Gm 1 MIA 12 215.5 149.9 365.4 2 NYJ 12 149.3 199.0 348.3 3 OAK 12 168.0 167.0 335.0 4 DAL 13 159.8 173.6 333.4 5 WAS 13 149.9 173.5 323.4 6 MIN 12 125.8 194.8 320.5 7 PIT 12 189.6 126.4 316.0 8 SD 12 153.3 162.7 316.0 9 NYG 12 143.9 172.0 315.9 10 DEN 12 127.1 184.0 311.1 11 SF 12 104.3 203.3 307.7 12 BAL 12 138.1 168.2 306.3 13 CIN 13 141.8 163.9 305.7 14 LA 12 161.6 141.0 302.6 15 DET 12 145.7 148.1 293.8 16 ATL 12 154.8 136.4 291.2 17 KC 12 129.0 157.8 286.8 18 NO 12 90.5 174.1 264.6 19 NE 12 108.2 151.0 259.2 20 CLE 13 123.1 135.9 259.0 21 BUF 12 146.8 107.5 254.2 22 GB 12 144.6 107.5 252.1 23 CHI 12 165.3 86.6 251.9 24 PHI 12 100.5 146.0 246.5 25 HOU 12 109.5 118.5 228.0 26 STL 12 90.0 126.8 216.8 Rush Pass Total Defense Games Yds/Gm Yds/Gm Yds/Gm 1 MIA 12 108.0 116.8 224.8 2 CIN 13 129.5 121.0 250.5 3 MIN 12 136.2 117.8 254.0 4 WAS 13 119.2 137.1 256.2 5 DAL 13 103.2 158.8 262.0 6 GB 12 117.8 147.1 264.8 7 DEN 12 120.3 151.0 271.3 8 LA 12 127.3 145.0 272.3 9 ATL 12 139.2 135.8 275.1 10 CHI 12 123.1 154.8 277.8 11 SD 12 115.5 166.0 281.5 12 OAK 12 130.5 154.5 285.0 13 PIT 12 132.2 154.4 286.7 14 DET 12 158.2 129.9 288.1 15 SF 12 126.8 163.9 290.7 16 KC 12 134.5 159.0 293.5 17 CLE 13 165.5 131.7 297.2 18 NYG 12 133.7 174.2 307.9 19 BAL 12 136.2 172.7 308.8 20 BUF 12 166.0 147.4 313.4 21 NO 12 150.2 179.7 329.8 22 NYJ 12 142.5 190.9 333.4 23 STL 12 161.2 178.2 339.4 24 PHI 12 165.0 176.0 341.0 25 HOU 12 192.3 157.5 349.8 26 NE 12 206.8 162.4 369.2

                                                          Per   Per
Passing               Team(s)   Att  Cmp    Pct  Yards    Att   Cmp  TD   TD%  Int  Int%  Rating
Billy Kilmer          WAS       210  116   55.2  1,586   7.55  13.7  19   9.0    8   3.8    93.9
Marty Domres          BAL       175   93   53.1  1,116   6.38  12.0  10   5.7    2   1.1    87.2
Fran Tarkenton        MIN       332  193   58.1  2,389   7.20  12.4  16   4.8    8   2.4    86.5
Norm Snead            NYG       272  165   60.7  1,901   6.99  11.5  15   5.5    9   3.3    86.4
Bob Berry             ATL       227  131   57.7  1,836   8.09  14.0  12   5.3    9   4.0    85.0
Steve Spurrier        SF        237  131   55.3  1,828   7.71  14.0  18   7.6   13   5.5    82.7
Daryle Lamonica       OAK       250  132   52.8  1,742   6.97  13.2  15   6.0    8   3.2    81.8
Johnny Unitas         BAL       155   87   56.1  1,108   7.15  12.7   4   2.6    5   3.2    73.8
Joe Namath            NYJ       278  137   49.3  2,413   8.68  17.6  18   6.5   19   6.8    72.4
Ken Anderson          CIN       274  151   55.1  1,695   6.19  11.2   6   2.2    7   2.6    70.4
Craig Morton          DAL       328  179   54.6  2,335   7.12  13.0  15   4.6   19   5.8    68.3
Len Dawson            KC        258  142   55.0  1,559   6.04  11.0   9   3.5   11   4.3    67.0
Archie Manning        NO        372  192   51.6  2,385   6.41  12.4  15   4.0   17   4.6    66.2
Charley Johnson       DEN       211  113   53.6  1,480   7.01  13.1   9   4.3   13   6.2    64.5
Terry Bradshaw        PIT       274  131   47.8  1,698   6.20  13.0  11   4.0   11   4.0    64.4
Greg Landry           DET       219  108   49.3  1,666   7.61  15.4  13   5.9   16   7.3    64.2
Pete Liske            PHI       133   68   51.1    941   7.08  13.8   3   2.3    6   4.5    62.9
John Hadl             SD        300  157   52.3  2,039   6.80  13.0  14   4.7   20   6.7    61.8
Mike Phipps           CLE       288  137   47.6  1,838   6.38  13.4  11   3.8   14   4.9    60.8
Dennis Shaw           BUF       205  108   52.7  1,320   6.44  12.2  11   5.4   15   7.3    60.2
Roman Gabriel         LA        249  120   48.2  1,546   6.21  12.9   8   3.2   13   5.2    57.1
Scott Hunter          GB        177   75   42.4  1,150   6.50  15.3   6   3.4    8   4.5    56.9
Dan Pastorini         HOU       280  134   47.9  1,628   5.81  12.1   7   2.5   12   4.3    56.7
Bobby Douglass        CHI       171   68   39.8  1,149   6.72  16.9   9   5.3   11   6.4    54.0
John Reaves           PHI       175   86   49.1  1,174   6.71  13.7   4   2.3   11   6.3    52.4
Gary Cuozzo           STL       158   69   43.7    897   5.68  13.0   5   3.2   11   7.0    43.7
Jim Plunkett          NE        305  138   45.2  1,847   6.06  13.4   6   2.0   24   7.9    38.8
Others (10 or more attempts):
                                                          Per   Per
Passing               Team(s)   Att  Cmp    Pct  Yards    Att   Cmp  TD   TD%  Int  Int%  Rating
Randy Johnson         NYG        17   10   58.8    230  13.53  23.0   3  17.6    3  17.6   103.2
Earl Morrall          MIA       118   67   56.8  1,079   9.14  16.1   9   7.6    5   4.2    95.3
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
George Blanda         OAK        14    5   35.7     77   5.50  15.4   1   7.1    0   0.0    78.6
Brian Dowling         NE         45   26   57.8    313   6.96  12.0   1   2.2    1   2.2    77.4
Bob Griese            MIA        94   51   54.3    619   6.59  12.1   4   4.3    4   4.3    71.2
Virgil Carter         CIN        82   47   57.3    579   7.06  12.3   3   3.7    4   4.9    71.1
Bill Munson           DET        35   20   57.1    194   5.54   9.7   1   2.9    1   2.9    70.4
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         23    9   39.1    141   6.13  15.7   0   0.0    0   0.0    60.2
Steve Ramsey          DEN       125   58   46.4    937   7.50  16.2   3   2.4    8   6.4    53.3
Jim Hart              STL        71   34   47.9    322   4.54   9.5   2   2.8    4   5.6    46.8
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
Kent Nix              HOU        36   17   47.2    120   3.33   7.1   1   2.8    5  13.9    25.0
Pete Beathard         LA         48   19   39.6    255   5.31  13.4   1   2.1    7  14.6    24.6
Bill Nelsen           CLE        31   14   45.2    141   4.55  10.1   0   0.0    3   9.7    19.1
Leo Hart              BUF        15    6   40.0     53   3.53   8.8   0   0.0    3  20.0    10.6
Roger Staubach        DAL        11    3   27.3     49   4.45  16.3   0   0.0    1   9.1     7.8
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       285  1,216    4.3    8
Ron Johnson           NYG       253  1,066    4.2    7
O.J. Simpson          BUF       239  1,034    4.3    5
Larry Csonka          MIA       186  1,016    5.5    6
Calvin Hill           DAL       237  1,010    4.3    6
Mike Garrett          SD        243    967    4.0    6
Franco Harris         PIT       152    960    6.3    9
John Riggins          NYJ       207    944    4.6    7
Marv Hubbard          OAK       181    941    5.2    4
John Brockington      GB        244    908    3.7    8
Dave Hampton          ATL       200    871    4.4    6
Mercury Morris        MIA       145    816    5.6   11
Floyd Little          DEN       196    781    4.0    6
Essex Johnson         CIN       198    770    3.9    4
Walt Garrison         DAL       161    768    4.8    7
Bobby Douglass        CHI       112    766    6.8    6
Willie Ellison        LA        162    741    4.6    5
Leroy Kelly           CLE       206    733    3.6    4
Art Malone            ATL       160    687    4.3    7
MacArthur Lane        GB        147    638    4.3    2
Altie Taylor          DET       142    606    4.3    3
Jim Harrison          CHI       160    605    3.8    2
Oscar Reed            MIN       138    603    4.4    2
Cid Edwards           SD        134    598    4.5    5
Charlie Smith         OAK       147    597    4.1    7
Receiving             Team(s)   Att  Yards    Avg   TD
Harold Jackson        PHI        53    944   17.8    4
Chip Myers            CIN        53    742   14.0    3
Charley Taylor        WAS        49    673   13.7    7
Fred Biletnikoff      OAK        48    663   13.8    6
Bob Tucker            NYG        48    636   13.2    4
Otis Taylor           KC         46    700   15.2    4
Art Malone            ATL        45    543   12.1    2
Bob Trumpy            CIN        44    500   11.4    2
John Gilliam          MIN        42    930   22.1    6
Gene Washington       SF         42    799   19.0   11
J.D. Hill             BUF        42    603   14.4    4
Calvin Hill           DAL        41    355    8.7    3
Gary Garrison         SD         40    577   14.4    6
Ed Podolak            KC         39    319    8.2    1
Bob Newland           NO         37    494   13.4    2
Ron Johnson           NYG        37    376   10.2    4
Vic Washington        SF         37    348    9.4    1
Ted Kwalick           SF         36    680   18.9    9
Ron Shanklin          PIT        36    637   17.7    2
Fred Willis           CIN-HOU    36    226    6.3    1
Reggie Rucker         NE         35    537   15.3    1
Cid Edwards           SD         35    490   14.0    2
Tom Mitchell          BAL        35    455   13.0    3
Walt Garrison         DAL        35    369   10.5    3
Rich Caster           NYJ        34    733   21.6    9
Kick Returns          Team(s)   Att  Yards    Avg   TD
Al Nelson             PHI        22    659   30.0    0
Bruce Laird           BAL        24    717   29.9    0
Rocky Thompson        NYG        23    677   29.4    1
Ron Smith             CHI        25    726   29.0    0
Ike Thomas            GB         16    454   28.4    0
Larry Marshall        KC         23    651   28.3    0
Vic Washington        SF         25    693   27.7    1
Randy Montgomery      DEN        25    656   26.2    1
Alvin Wyatt           BUF        17    432   25.4    0
Linzy Cole            BUF-HOU    18    456   25.3    0
Chris Farasopoulos    NYJ        21    530   25.2    0
Bernard Jackson       CIN        20    496   24.8    0
Mickey Zofko          DET        24    585   24.4    0
Ron Jessie            DET        20    487   24.4    0
Speedy Duncan         WAS        15    364   24.3    0
Punt Returns          Team(s)   Att  Yards    Avg   TD
Chris Farasopoulos    NYJ        16    179   11.2    1
Lenny Dunlap          SD         15    153   10.2    0
Ralph McGill          SF         20    202   10.1    0
Charlie Leigh         MIA        22    210    9.5    0
Lemar Parrish         CIN        15    141    9.4    1
Tommy Casanova        CIN        27    250    9.3    1
Glen Edwards          PIT        20    184    9.2    0
Bruce Laird           BAL        29    261    9.0    0
Bill Bradley          PHI        18    138    7.7    0
Charlie West          MIN        15    112    7.5    0
Bruce Taylor          SF         20    147    7.3    0
Lem Barney            DET        14    102    7.3    0
Willie Belton         ATL        16    109    6.8    0
Ron Smith             CHI        24    163    6.8    0
Larry Marshall        KC         18    103    5.7    0
Punting               Team(s)  Punts    Yards    Avg
Jerrel Wilson         KC         58     2,677   46.2
Dave Chapple          LA         50     2,226   44.5
Bobby Walden          PIT        54     2,359   43.7
Don Cockroft          CLE        77     3,356   43.6
Ron Widby             GB         60     2,592   43.2
Tom Blanchard         NYG        42     1,807   43.0
John James            ATL        56     2,400   42.9
Mike Eischeid         MIN        53     2,268   42.8
Dave Lewis            CIN        63     2,653   42.1
David Lee             BAL        51     2,146   42.1
Bobby Joe Green       CHI        58     2,378   41.0
Bill Bradley          PHI        46     1,883   40.9
Julian Fagan          NO         62     2,537   40.9
Dan Pastorini         HOU        71     2,893   40.7
Dennis Partee         SD         36     1,461   40.6
Jim McCann            SF         58     2,347   40.5
Herman Weaver         DET        36     1,454   40.4
Billy Van Heusen      DEN        54     2,162   40.0
Larry Seiple          MIA        30     1,199   40.0
Donny Anderson        STL        65     2,593   39.9
Kicking               Team(s)     FG      PAT    Pts
Bobby Howfield        NYJ       23/31    38/39   107
Chester Marcol        GB        27/39    24/24   105
Roy Gerela            PIT       24/34    32/33   104
David Ray             LA        23/39    27/27    96
Toni Fritsch          DAL       20/35    36/36    96
Garo Yepremian        MIA       18/30    40/42    94
Horst Muhlmann        CIN       23/36    23/24    92
Fred Cox              MIN       20/29    31/31    91
Don Cockroft          CLE       20/25    26/26    86
Errol Mann            DET       18/23    31/32    85
George Blanda         OAK       16/24    37/37    85
Pete Gogolak          NYG       18/27    31/34    85
Jan Stenerud          KC        19/31    27/27    84
Jim Turner            DEN       18/27    26/26    80
Bruce Gossett         SF        14/23    37/38    79
Bill Bell             ATL       16/27    29/29    77
Curt Knight           WAS       13/28    38/39    77
Dennis Partee         SD        15/25    26/28    71
John Leypoldt         BUF       15/21    23/24    68
Mac Percival          CHI       12/22    21/21    57


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