Saturday December 16, 1972
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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
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
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
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
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
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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