NFL leaders as of 12/10/1972:

Team Rankings:

Rush Pass Total Offense Games Yds/Gm Yds/Gm Yds/Gm 1 MIA 13 214.6 150.9 365.5 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 NYG 13 142.2 175.8 318.0 7 SD 13 149.2 168.3 317.5 8 LA 13 160.8 148.6 309.4 9 DEN 13 130.5 176.4 306.9 10 MIN 13 120.2 186.7 306.9 11 PIT 13 185.0 121.5 306.5 12 CIN 13 141.8 163.9 305.7 13 SF 13 112.5 192.8 305.2 14 BAL 13 135.6 166.7 302.3 15 DET 13 143.4 147.8 291.2 16 KC 13 133.3 156.2 289.5 17 ATL 13 154.4 134.8 289.2 18 NO 13 90.8 179.4 270.2 19 BUF 13 149.8 117.0 266.8 20 NE 13 108.2 153.2 261.5 21 CLE 13 123.1 135.9 259.0 22 GB 13 149.9 103.5 253.5 23 CHI 13 169.1 82.7 251.8 24 PHI 13 99.2 146.1 245.2 25 HOU 13 106.6 116.1 222.7 26 STL 13 89.0 131.8 220.8

Rush Pass Total Defense Games Yds/Gm Yds/Gm Yds/Gm 1 MIA 13 109.0 124.8 233.8 2 CIN 13 129.5 121.0 250.5 3 MIN 13 142.2 113.1 255.2 4 GB 13 112.8 142.7 255.5 5 WAS 13 119.2 137.1 256.2 6 DAL 13 103.2 158.8 262.0 7 LA 13 123.5 148.6 272.1 8 CHI 13 120.0 154.2 274.2 9 ATL 13 144.7 130.5 275.2 10 DEN 13 118.7 157.5 276.2 11 PIT 13 127.6 149.2 276.8 12 SD 13 119.8 159.8 279.6 13 OAK 12 130.5 154.5 285.0 14 SF 13 128.5 160.2 288.7 15 KC 13 132.3 158.2 290.5 16 CLE 13 165.5 131.7 297.2 17 DET 13 160.4 137.7 298.1 18 BUF 13 162.2 147.2 309.3 19 BAL 13 139.9 169.9 309.8 20 NYG 13 139.1 173.4 312.5 21 NO 13 147.0 179.7 326.7 22 NYJ 12 142.5 190.9 333.4 23 PHI 13 168.8 165.2 334.0 24 HOU 13 187.5 150.2 337.8 25 STL 13 160.4 183.0 343.4 26 NE 13 198.2 168.6 366.8

                                                          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
Earl Morrall          MIA       135   76   56.3  1,250   9.26  16.4  10   7.4    6   4.4    93.8
Norm Snead            NYG       297  180   60.6  2,132   7.18  11.8  15   5.1   11   3.7    83.9
Marty Domres          BAL       199  104   52.3  1,264   6.35  12.2  11   5.5    4   2.0    82.2
Fran Tarkenton        MIN       353  204   57.8  2,507   7.10  12.3  16   4.5   11   3.1    82.0
Daryle Lamonica       OAK       250  132   52.8  1,742   6.97  13.2  15   6.0    8   3.2    81.8
Bob Berry             ATL       252  143   56.7  1,981   7.86  13.9  12   4.8   10   4.0    81.5
Steve Spurrier        SF        255  140   54.9  1,907   7.48  13.6  18   7.1   13   5.1    81.3
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
Len Dawson            KC        279  157   56.3  1,696   6.08  10.8  11   3.9   11   3.9    71.0
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
Greg Landry           DET       244  116   47.5  1,816   7.44  15.7  16   6.6   16   6.6    67.2
Dennis Shaw           BUF       237  126   53.2  1,559   6.58  12.4  14   5.9   15   6.3    67.1
Charley Johnson       DEN       221  119   53.8  1,565   7.08  13.2  11   5.0   14   6.3    66.7
Terry Bradshaw        PIT       285  135   47.4  1,735   6.09  12.9  11   3.9   11   3.9    63.7
Archie Manning        NO        424  216   50.9  2,639   6.22  12.2  16   3.8   20   4.7    63.4
John Hadl             SD        344  179   52.0  2,327   6.76  13.0  15   4.4   22   6.4    61.5
Roman Gabriel         LA        288  144   50.0  1,806   6.27  12.5  10   3.5   14   4.9    61.2
Mike Phipps           CLE       288  137   47.6  1,838   6.38  13.4  11   3.8   14   4.9    60.8
Pete Liske            PHI       138   71   51.4    973   7.05  13.7   3   2.2    7   5.1    60.4
Dan Pastorini         HOU       299  144   48.2  1,711   5.72  11.9   7   2.3   12   4.0    57.1
Scott Hunter          GB        191   82   42.9  1,224   6.41  14.9   6   3.1    9   4.7    55.4
John Reaves           PHI       197   94   47.7  1,285   6.52  13.7   5   2.5   12   6.1    52.1
Bobby Douglass        CHI       180   69   38.3  1,193   6.63  17.3   9   5.0   12   6.7    50.5
Gary Cuozzo           STL       158   69   43.7    897   5.68  13.0   5   3.2   11   7.0    43.7
Jim Plunkett          NE        329  154   46.8  2,056   6.25  13.4   8   2.4   25   7.6    43.6


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
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
Joe Gilliam           PIT        11    7   63.6     48   4.36   6.9   0   0.0    0   0.0    73.3
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
Jim Hart              STL        89   41   46.1    523   5.88  12.8   3   3.4    4   4.5    57.5
Steve Ramsey          DEN       127   58   45.7    937   7.38  16.2   3   2.4    9   7.1    49.2
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
Kent Nix              HOU        41   20   48.8    153   3.73   7.7   1   2.4    5  12.2    26.8
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
Rick Arrington        PHI        13    5   38.5     46   3.54   9.2   0   0.0    1   7.7    16.8
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 O.J. Simpson BUF 266 1,150 4.3 5 Ron Johnson NYG 276 1,129 4.1 9 Larry Csonka MIA 195 1,046 5.4 6 Mike Garrett SD 258 1,026 4.0 6 John Brockington GB 269 1,022 3.8 8 Franco Harris PIT 173 1,021 5.9 9 Calvin Hill DAL 237 1,010 4.3 6 John Riggins NYJ 207 944 4.6 7 Marv Hubbard OAK 181 941 5.2 4 Dave Hampton ATL 211 930 4.4 6 Mercury Morris MIA 164 914 5.6 12 Bobby Douglass CHI 127 841 6.6 8 Floyd Little DEN 205 814 4.0 7 Art Malone ATL 170 778 4.6 7 Essex Johnson CIN 198 770 3.9 4 Walt Garrison DAL 161 768 4.8 7 Willie Ellison LA 170 764 4.5 5 MacArthur Lane GB 166 737 4.4 3 Leroy Kelly CLE 206 733 3.6 4 Don McCauley BAL 166 635 3.8 2 Cid Edwards SD 144 627 4.4 5 Jim Harrison CHI 165 618 3.7 2 Frenchy Fuqua PIT 133 614 4.6 3 Oscar Reed MIN 144 609 4.2 2

Receiving Team(s) Att Yards Avg TD Harold Jackson PHI 57 977 17.1 4 Chip Myers CIN 53 742 14.0 3 Bob Tucker NYG 52 725 13.9 4 Gary Garrison SD 50 733 14.7 7 J.D. Hill BUF 50 732 14.6 5 Otis Taylor KC 49 752 15.3 5 Charley Taylor WAS 49 673 13.7 7 Fred Biletnikoff OAK 48 663 13.8 6 Art Malone ATL 47 559 11.9 2 Bob Newland NO 44 561 12.8 2 Bob Trumpy CIN 44 500 11.4 2 John Gilliam MIN 43 973 22.6 6 Gene Washington SF 42 799 19.0 11 Calvin Hill DAL 41 355 8.7 3 Ed Podolak KC 41 327 8.0 1 Reggie Rucker NE 40 635 15.9 3 Ron Johnson NYG 40 401 10.0 4 Fred Willis CIN-HOU 40 247 6.2 1 Tom Mitchell BAL 39 484 12.4 4 Vic Washington SF 39 357 9.2 1 Ted Kwalick SF 38 720 18.9 9 Danny Abramowicz NO 38 668 17.6 7 Cid Edwards SD 37 515 13.9 2 Ron Shanklin PIT 36 637 17.7 2 Rod Sherman DEN 36 590 16.4 2

Kick Returns Team(s) Att Yards Avg TD Bruce Laird BAL 26 760 29.2 0 Al Nelson PHI 24 693 28.9 0 Ron Smith CHI 26 746 28.7 0 Larry Marshall KC 23 651 28.3 0 Rocky Thompson NYG 27 750 27.8 1 Vic Washington SF 25 693 27.7 1 Carl Garrett NE 13 359 27.6 0 Ike Thomas GB 18 481 26.7 0 John Gilliam MIN 14 369 26.4 0 Randy Montgomery DEN 27 704 26.1 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 Cecil Turner CHI 16 398 24.9 0 Bernard Jackson CIN 20 496 24.8 0

Punt Returns Team(s) Att Yards Avg TD Jim Bertelsen LA 15 172 11.5 0 Chris Farasopoulos NYJ 16 179 11.2 1 Ralph McGill SF 20 202 10.1 0 Charlie Leigh MIA 22 210 9.5 0 Lenny Dunlap SD 17 162 9.5 0 Lemar Parrish CIN 15 141 9.4 1 Tommy Casanova CIN 27 250 9.3 1 Bruce Laird BAL 31 283 9.1 0 Glen Edwards PIT 21 189 9.0 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 Bill Bradley PHI 21 151 7.2 0 Willie Belton ATL 16 109 6.8 0 Ron Smith CHI 26 163 6.3 0

Punting Team(s) Punts Yards Avg Jerrel Wilson KC 62 2,804 45.2 Dave Chapple LA 51 2,261 44.3 Bobby Walden PIT 60 2,638 44.0 Don Cockroft CLE 77 3,356 43.6 Ron Widby GB 62 2,670 43.1 Tom Blanchard NYG 44 1,892 43.0 John James ATL 58 2,491 42.9 Mike Eischeid MIN 56 2,397 42.8 Dave Lewis CIN 63 2,653 42.1 David Lee BAL 52 2,181 41.9 Bobby Joe Green CHI 63 2,605 41.3 Julian Fagan NO 66 2,718 41.2 Dan Pastorini HOU 76 3,115 41.0 Bill Bradley PHI 51 2,089 41.0 Herman Weaver DET 41 1,655 40.4 Billy Van Heusen DEN 58 2,334 40.2 Larry Seiple MIA 30 1,199 40.0 Dennis Partee SD 40 1,594 39.9 Jim McCann SF 61 2,426 39.8 Steve O'Neal NYJ 43 1,709 39.7

Kicking Team(s) FG PAT Pts Chester Marcol GB 30/43 26/26 116 Roy Gerela PIT 27/37 32/33 113 Bobby Howfield NYJ 23/31 38/39 107 Garo Yepremian MIA 21/34 42/44 105 David Ray LA 23/40 29/29 98 Toni Fritsch DAL 20/35 36/36 96 Fred Cox MIN 20/30 32/32 92 Horst Muhlmann CIN 23/36 23/24 92 Jan Stenerud KC 20/33 30/30 90 Errol Mann DET 18/26 34/35 88 Jim Turner DEN 19/28 31/31 88 Bruce Gossett SF 16/27 39/40 87 Don Cockroft CLE 20/25 26/26 86 Pete Gogolak NYG 18/27 32/36 86 George Blanda OAK 16/24 37/37 85 Bill Bell ATL 16/29 29/29 77 Curt Knight WAS 13/28 38/39 77 Dennis Partee SD 15/25 26/28 71 John Leypoldt BUF 15/23 26/27 71 Mac Percival CHI 12/22 23/23 59