NFL leaders as of 12/16/1972:
Team Rankings:
| Rush Pass Total Offense Games Yds/Gm Yds/Gm Yds/Gm 1 MIA 14 211.4 148.3 359.7 2 NYJ 13 140.6 211.8 352.4 3 OAK 13 168.1 169.3 337.4 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 SF 14 115.4 195.4 310.8 9 LA 13 160.8 148.6 309.4 10 DEN 13 130.5 176.4 306.9 11 PIT 13 185.0 121.5 306.5 12 CIN 13 141.8 163.9 305.7 13 MIN 14 124.3 180.2 304.5 14 BAL 14 135.3 163.8 299.1 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 14 110.6 124.9 235.5 2 CIN 13 129.5 121.0 250.5 3 GB 13 112.8 142.7 255.5 4 WAS 13 119.2 137.1 256.2 5 DAL 13 103.2 158.8 262.0 6 MIN 14 143.0 121.4 264.4 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 SF 14 131.9 155.6 287.6 14 KC 13 132.3 158.2 290.5 15 OAK 13 123.2 170.7 293.9 16 CLE 13 165.5 131.7 297.2 17 DET 13 160.4 137.7 298.1 18 BAL 14 142.1 165.9 308.0 19 BUF 13 162.2 147.2 309.3 20 NYG 13 139.1 173.4 312.5 21 NO 13 147.0 179.7 326.7 22 PHI 13 168.8 165.2 334.0 23 NYJ 13 144.5 191.4 335.9 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 150 83 55.3 1,360 9.07 16.4 11 7.3 7 4.7 91.0
Norm Snead NYG 297 180 60.6 2,132 7.18 11.8 15 5.1 11 3.7 83.9
Daryle Lamonica OAK 267 142 53.2 1,944 7.28 13.7 17 6.4 10 3.7 82.4
Bob Berry ATL 252 143 56.7 1,981 7.86 13.9 12 4.8 10 4.0 81.5
Fran Tarkenton MIN 378 215 56.9 2,651 7.01 12.3 18 4.8 13 3.4 80.2
Marty Domres BAL 222 115 51.8 1,392 6.27 12.1 11 5.0 6 2.7 76.6
Steve Spurrier SF 269 147 54.6 1,983 7.37 13.5 18 6.7 16 5.9 75.9
Joe Namath NYJ 324 162 50.0 2,816 8.69 17.4 19 5.9 21 6.5 72.5
Len Dawson KC 279 157 56.3 1,696 6.08 10.8 11 3.9 11 3.9 71.0
Johnny Unitas BAL 157 88 56.1 1,111 7.08 12.6 4 2.5 6 3.8 70.8
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
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
Bob Davis NYJ 10 5 50.0 70 7.00 14.0 2 20.0 0 0.0 112.5
Randy Johnson NYG 17 10 58.8 230 13.53 23.0 3 17.6 3 17.6 103.2
John Brodie SF 110 70 63.6 905 8.23 12.9 9 8.2 8 7.3 86.4
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 97 53 54.6 638 6.58 12.0 4 4.1 4 4.1 71.6
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
Pete Liske PHI 138 71 51.4 973 7.05 13.7 3 2.2 7 5.1 60.4
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 213 1,117 5.2 6
Marv Hubbard OAK 209 1,059 5.1 4
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
Mercury Morris MIA 190 1,000 5.3 12
John Riggins NYJ 207 944 4.6 7
Dave Hampton ATL 211 930 4.4 6
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 178 675 3.8 2
Oscar Reed MIN 151 639 4.2 2
Charlie Smith OAK 159 638 4.0 8
Cid Edwards SD 144 627 4.4 5
Jim Harrison CHI 165 618 3.7 2
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Receiving Team(s) Att Yards Avg TD
Harold Jackson PHI 57 977 17.1 4
Fred Biletnikoff OAK 53 759 14.3 7
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
John Gilliam MIN 47 1,035 22.0 7
Art Malone ATL 47 559 11.9 2
Gene Washington SF 46 918 20.0 12
Bob Newland NO 44 561 12.8 2
Bob Trumpy CIN 44 500 11.4 2
Vic Washington SF 43 393 9.1 1
Calvin Hill DAL 41 355 8.7 3
Ed Podolak KC 41 327 8.0 1
Ted Kwalick SF 40 751 18.8 9
Reggie Rucker NE 40 635 15.9 3
Tom Mitchell BAL 40 494 12.3 4
Ron Johnson NYG 40 401 10.0 4
Fred Willis CIN-HOU 40 247 6.2 1
Rich Caster NYJ 38 814 21.4 10
Danny Abramowicz NO 38 668 17.6 7
Cid Edwards SD 37 515 13.9 2
Ron Shanklin PIT 36 637 17.7 2
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Kick Returns Team(s) Att Yards Avg TD
Bruce Laird BAL 29 843 29.1 0
Al Nelson PHI 24 693 28.9 0
Ron Smith CHI 26 746 28.7 0
Vic Washington SF 27 771 28.6 1
Larry Marshall KC 23 651 28.3 0
Rocky Thompson NYG 27 750 27.8 1
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
Clarence Davis OAK 15 380 25.3 0
Linzy Cole BUF-HOU 18 456 25.3 0
Chris Farasopoulos NYJ 23 579 25.2 0
Cecil Turner CHI 16 398 24.9 0
Bernard Jackson CIN 20 496 24.8 0
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Punt Returns Team(s) Att Yards Avg TD
Jim Bertelsen LA 15 172 11.5 0
Chris Farasopoulos NYJ 17 179 10.5 1
Ralph McGill SF 22 219 10.0 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
Glen Edwards PIT 21 189 9.0 0
Bruce Laird BAL 34 303 8.9 0
Lem Barney DET 14 102 7.3 0
Bill Bradley PHI 21 151 7.2 0
Charlie West MIN 16 111 6.9 0
Bruce Taylor SF 21 145 6.9 0
Willie Belton ATL 16 109 6.8 0
Ron Smith CHI 26 163 6.3 0
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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 62 2,651 42.8
Dave Lewis CIN 63 2,653 42.1
David Lee BAL 57 2,400 42.1
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 36 1,437 39.9
Dennis Partee SD 40 1,594 39.9
Jim McCann SF 64 2,542 39.7
Donny Anderson STL 69 2,728 39.5
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Kicking Team(s) FG PAT Pts
Bobby Howfield NYJ 26/35 39/40 117
Chester Marcol GB 30/43 26/26 116
Garo Yepremian MIA 24/37 43/45 115
Roy Gerela PIT 27/37 32/33 113
David Ray LA 23/40 29/29 98
Fred Cox MIN 21/33 34/34 97
Toni Fritsch DAL 20/35 36/36 96
Bruce Gossett SF 18/29 41/42 95
Horst Muhlmann CIN 23/36 23/24 92
George Blanda OAK 17/26 40/40 91
Jan Stenerud KC 20/33 30/30 90
Errol Mann DET 18/26 34/35 88
Jim Turner DEN 19/28 31/31 88
Don Cockroft CLE 20/25 26/26 86
Pete Gogolak NYG 18/27 32/36 86
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
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