NFL leaders as of 12/17/1972:
Team Rankings:
| Rush Pass Total Offense Games Yds/Gm Yds/Gm Yds/Gm 1 MIA 14 211.4 148.3 359.7 2 NYJ 14 143.6 198.4 341.9 3 OAK 14 169.7 169.2 338.9 4 NYG 14 144.4 175.8 320.2 5 DEN 14 131.3 188.1 319.4 6 DAL 14 151.7 167.3 319.0 7 WAS 14 148.7 163.8 312.5 8 LA 14 157.8 153.3 311.1 9 SF 14 115.4 195.4 310.8 10 CIN 14 142.6 165.8 308.4 11 SD 14 142.5 164.6 307.1 12 MIN 14 124.3 180.2 304.5 13 PIT 14 180.0 122.2 302.2 14 BAL 14 135.3 163.8 299.1 15 DET 14 144.4 152.4 296.8 16 KC 14 136.8 152.7 289.5 17 ATL 14 149.4 137.1 286.5 18 BUF 14 152.3 114.4 266.6 19 CLE 14 128.1 136.9 264.9 20 NO 14 87.9 173.9 261.7 21 NE 14 109.4 151.9 261.4 22 GB 14 151.9 100.9 252.8 23 CHI 14 168.6 79.1 247.7 24 PHI 14 99.5 147.9 247.4 25 STL 14 87.8 145.6 233.4 26 HOU 14 108.4 119.5 227.9 |
| Rush Pass Total Defense Games Yds/Gm Yds/Gm Yds/Gm 1 MIA 14 110.6 124.9 235.5 2 GB 14 108.4 139.8 248.1 3 CIN 14 129.6 124.1 253.7 4 WAS 14 123.8 133.0 256.8 5 MIN 14 143.0 121.4 264.4 6 DAL 14 108.2 160.0 268.2 7 PIT 14 122.5 146.9 269.4 8 DEN 14 119.1 155.9 275.1 9 ATL 14 147.4 128.9 276.2 10 SD 14 119.5 157.7 277.2 11 LA 14 125.9 153.2 279.1 12 CHI 14 125.1 155.1 280.2 13 OAK 14 126.0 160.9 286.9 14 SF 14 131.9 155.6 287.6 15 KC 14 128.9 158.7 287.6 16 CLE 14 166.6 124.0 290.6 17 BUF 14 160.1 139.4 299.4 18 NYG 14 132.5 167.1 299.6 19 DET 14 157.4 143.1 300.6 20 BAL 14 142.1 165.9 308.0 21 NO 14 149.2 171.6 320.8 22 NYJ 14 148.0 188.4 336.4 23 HOU 14 185.1 153.1 338.1 24 PHI 14 161.9 176.6 338.4 25 STL 14 156.4 182.1 338.5 26 NE 14 194.1 180.9 375.0 |
Per Per
Passing Team(s) Att Cmp Pct Yards Att Cmp TD TD% Int Int% Rating
Earl Morrall MIA 150 83 55.3 1,360 9.07 16.4 11 7.3 7 4.7 91.0
Billy Kilmer WAS 225 120 53.3 1,648 7.32 13.7 19 8.4 11 4.9 84.8
Norm Snead NYG 325 196 60.3 2,307 7.10 11.8 17 5.2 12 3.7 84.0
Fran Tarkenton MIN 378 215 56.9 2,651 7.01 12.3 18 4.8 13 3.4 80.2
Daryle Lamonica OAK 281 149 53.0 1,998 7.11 13.4 18 6.4 12 4.3 79.5
Bob Berry ATL 277 154 55.6 2,158 7.79 14.0 13 4.7 12 4.3 78.5
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
Charley Johnson DEN 238 132 55.5 1,783 7.49 13.5 14 5.9 14 5.9 74.6
Ken Anderson CIN 301 171 56.8 1,918 6.37 11.2 7 2.3 7 2.3 74.0
Len Dawson KC 305 175 57.4 1,835 6.02 10.5 13 4.3 12 3.9 72.8
Joe Namath NYJ 324 162 50.0 2,816 8.69 17.4 19 5.9 21 6.5 72.5
Greg Landry DET 268 134 50.0 2,066 7.71 15.4 18 6.7 17 6.3 71.8
Johnny Unitas BAL 157 88 56.1 1,111 7.08 12.6 4 2.5 6 3.8 70.8
Craig Morton DAL 339 185 54.6 2,396 7.07 13.0 15 4.4 21 6.2 65.9
Archie Manning NO 448 230 51.3 2,781 6.21 12.1 18 4.0 21 4.7 64.6
Terry Bradshaw PIT 308 147 47.7 1,887 6.13 12.8 12 3.9 12 3.9 64.1
Roman Gabriel LA 323 165 51.1 2,027 6.28 12.3 12 3.7 15 4.6 63.8
Dennis Shaw BUF 258 136 52.7 1,666 6.46 12.2 14 5.4 17 6.6 63.5
Mike Phipps CLE 305 144 47.2 1,994 6.54 13.8 13 4.3 16 5.2 61.0
John Reaves PHI 224 108 48.2 1,508 6.73 14.0 7 3.1 12 5.4 58.4
Dan Pastorini HOU 299 144 48.2 1,711 5.72 11.9 7 2.3 12 4.0 57.1
John Hadl SD 370 190 51.4 2,449 6.62 12.9 15 4.1 26 7.0 56.7
Scott Hunter GB 199 86 43.2 1,252 6.29 14.6 6 3.0 9 4.5 55.5
Bobby Douglass CHI 198 75 37.9 1,246 6.29 16.6 9 4.5 12 6.1 49.8
Jim Plunkett NE 355 169 47.6 2,196 6.19 13.0 8 2.3 25 7.0 45.7
Gary Cuozzo STL 158 69 43.7 897 5.68 13.0 5 3.2 11 7.0 43.7
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 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
Ken Stabler OAK 74 44 59.5 524 7.08 11.9 4 5.4 3 4.1 82.3
Brian Dowling NE 54 29 53.7 383 7.09 13.2 2 3.7 1 1.9 81.0
George Blanda OAK 15 5 33.3 77 5.13 15.4 1 6.7 0 0.0 73.5
Joe Gilliam PIT 11 7 63.6 48 4.36 6.9 0 0.0 0 0.0 73.3
Bob Davis NYJ 22 10 45.5 114 5.18 11.4 2 9.1 1 4.5 72.9
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
Jim Hart STL 119 60 50.4 857 7.20 14.3 5 4.2 5 4.2 70.6
Bill Munson DET 35 20 57.1 194 5.54 9.7 1 2.9 1 2.9 70.4
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
Steve Ramsey DEN 137 65 47.4 1,050 7.66 16.2 3 2.2 9 6.6 53.5
Jerry Tagge GB 29 10 34.5 154 5.31 15.4 0 0.0 0 0.0 52.9
Kent Nix HOU 63 33 52.4 287 4.56 8.7 3 4.8 6 9.5 41.0
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
Pete Beathard LA 48 19 39.6 255 5.31 13.4 1 2.1 7 14.6 24.6
Roger Staubach DAL 20 9 45.0 98 4.90 10.9 0 0.0 2 10.0 20.4
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
Ed Baker HOU 10 4 40.0 47 4.70 11.8 0 0.0 4 40.0 15.4
Leo Hart BUF 15 6 40.0 53 3.53 8.8 0 0.0 3 20.0 10.6
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
O.J. Simpson BUF 292 1,251 4.3 6
Larry Brown WAS 285 1,216 4.3 8
Ron Johnson NYG 298 1,182 4.0 9
Larry Csonka MIA 213 1,117 5.2 6
Marv Hubbard OAK 219 1,100 5.0 4
Franco Harris PIT 188 1,055 5.6 10
Calvin Hill DAL 245 1,036 4.2 6
Mike Garrett SD 272 1,031 3.8 6
John Brockington GB 274 1,027 3.7 8
Mercury Morris MIA 190 1,000 5.3 12
Dave Hampton ATL 230 995 4.3 6
Bobby Douglass CHI 141 968 6.9 8
John Riggins NYJ 207 944 4.6 7
Floyd Little DEN 216 859 4.0 9
Essex Johnson CIN 212 825 3.9 4
MacArthur Lane GB 177 821 4.6 3
Leroy Kelly CLE 224 811 3.6 4
Art Malone ATL 180 798 4.4 8
Walt Garrison DAL 167 784 4.7 7
Willie Ellison LA 170 764 4.5 5
Charlie Smith OAK 170 686 4.0 8
Cid Edwards SD 157 679 4.3 5
Don McCauley BAL 178 675 3.8 2
Frenchy Fuqua PIT 150 665 4.4 4
Altie Taylor DET 154 658 4.3 4
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Receiving Team(s) Att Yards Avg TD
Harold Jackson PHI 62 1,048 16.9 4
Fred Biletnikoff OAK 58 802 13.8 7
Otis Taylor KC 57 821 14.4 6
Chip Myers CIN 57 792 13.9 3
Bob Tucker NYG 55 764 13.9 4
J.D. Hill BUF 52 754 14.5 5
Gary Garrison SD 52 744 14.3 7
Art Malone ATL 50 585 11.7 2
Charley Taylor WAS 49 673 13.7 7
John Gilliam MIN 47 1,035 22.0 7
Bob Newland NO 47 579 12.3 2
Gene Washington SF 46 918 20.0 12
Ed Podolak KC 46 345 7.5 2
Ron Johnson NYG 45 451 10.0 5
Fred Willis CIN-HOU 45 297 6.6 2
Reggie Rucker NE 44 681 15.5 3
Bob Trumpy CIN 44 500 11.4 2
Vic Washington SF 43 393 9.1 1
Calvin Hill DAL 43 364 8.5 3
Ted Kwalick SF 40 751 18.8 9
Cid Edwards SD 40 557 13.9 2
Tom Mitchell BAL 40 494 12.3 4
Rich Caster NYJ 39 833 21.4 10
Doug Dressler CIN 39 348 8.9 1
Ron Shanklin PIT 38 669 17.6 3
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Kick Returns Team(s) Att Yards Avg TD
Ron Smith CHI 30 924 30.8 1
Al Nelson PHI 25 728 29.1 0
Bruce Laird BAL 29 843 29.1 0
Vic Washington SF 27 771 28.6 1
Rocky Thompson NYG 29 821 28.3 1
Larry Marshall KC 23 651 28.3 0
Ike Thomas GB 21 572 27.2 0
John Gilliam MIN 14 369 26.4 0
Randy Montgomery DEN 29 756 26.1 1
Clarence Davis OAK 18 464 25.8 0
Carl Garrett NE 16 410 25.6 0
Alvin Wyatt BUF 17 432 25.4 0
Linzy Cole BUF-HOU 18 456 25.3 0
Tony Greene BUF 15 378 25.2 0
Cecil Turner CHI 16 398 24.9 0
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Punt Returns Team(s) Att Yards Avg TD
Ken Ellis GB 14 215 15.4 1
Jim Bertelsen LA 16 232 14.5 0
Chris Farasopoulos NYJ 17 179 10.5 1
Ralph McGill SF 22 219 10.0 0
Tommy Casanova CIN 30 289 9.6 1
Charlie Leigh MIA 22 210 9.5 0
Lenny Dunlap SD 19 179 9.4 0
Lemar Parrish CIN 15 141 9.4 1
Glen Edwards PIT 22 202 9.2 0
Bruce Laird BAL 34 303 8.9 0
Lem Barney DET 15 108 7.2 0
Bill Bradley PHI 22 155 7.0 0
Charlie West MIN 16 111 6.9 0
Bruce Taylor SF 21 145 6.9 0
Willie Belton ATL 17 110 6.5 0
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Punting Team(s) Punts Yards Avg
Jerrel Wilson KC 66 2,960 44.8
Dave Chapple LA 53 2,344 44.2
Bobby Walden PIT 65 2,846 43.8
Don Cockroft CLE 81 3,498 43.2
John James ATL 61 2,609 42.8
Mike Eischeid MIN 62 2,651 42.8
Tom Blanchard NYG 47 2,006 42.7
David Lee BAL 57 2,400 42.1
Dave Lewis CIN 66 2,777 42.1
Ron Widby GB 65 2,714 41.8
Dan Pastorini HOU 82 3,381 41.2
Bobby Joe Green CHI 67 2,758 41.2
Julian Fagan NO 71 2,899 40.8
Herman Weaver DET 43 1,734 40.3
Dennis Partee SD 45 1,813 40.3
Bill Bradley PHI 56 2,250 40.2
Billy Van Heusen DEN 60 2,408 40.1
Larry Seiple MIA 36 1,437 39.9
Jim McCann SF 64 2,542 39.7
Donny Anderson STL 72 2,847 39.5
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Kicking Team(s) FG PAT Pts
Chester Marcol GB 33/48 29/29 128
Bobby Howfield NYJ 27/37 40/41 121
Roy Gerela PIT 28/41 35/36 119
Garo Yepremian MIA 24/37 43/45 115
Horst Muhlmann CIN 27/40 30/31 111
David Ray LA 24/41 31/31 103
Toni Fritsch DAL 21/36 36/36 99
Errol Mann DET 20/29 38/39 98
Fred Cox MIN 21/33 34/34 97
Jim Turner DEN 20/29 37/37 97
Pete Gogolak NYG 21/31 34/38 97
Bruce Gossett SF 18/29 41/42 95
George Blanda OAK 17/26 44/44 95
Jan Stenerud KC 21/36 32/32 95
Don Cockroft CLE 22/27 28/29 94
Curt Knight WAS 14/30 40/41 82
Bill Bell ATL 16/30 31/31 79
John Leypoldt BUF 16/24 29/30 77
Dennis Partee SD 15/25 26/28 71
Tom Dempsey PHI 20/35 10/12 70
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