Monday October 15, 1973
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

NFL leaders as of 10/15/1973:



Team Rankings:
Rush Pass Total Offense Games Yds/Gm Yds/Gm Yds/Gm 1 LA 5 196.6 161.6 358.2 2 DEN 5 146.0 210.2 356.2 3 PHI 5 133.4 218.4 351.8 4 DAL 5 180.6 167.0 347.6 5 CIN 5 164.2 165.0 329.2 6 SF 5 118.6 204.8 323.4 7 BUF 5 240.8 80.2 321.0 8 STL 5 98.2 217.0 315.2 9 OAK 5 178.2 134.8 313.0 10 NYG 5 110.0 182.4 292.4 11 MIA 5 188.0 101.6 289.6 12 ATL 5 142.0 147.4 289.4 13 PIT 5 157.4 131.2 288.6 14 MIN 5 148.0 134.4 282.4 15 SD 5 120.8 158.6 279.4 16 DET 5 163.2 115.6 278.8 17 NO 5 137.2 133.0 270.2 18 CHI 5 157.0 105.4 262.4 19 KC 5 126.6 134.6 261.2 20 CLE 5 148.4 100.2 248.6 21 NYJ 5 133.4 111.6 245.0 22 NE 5 110.0 133.6 243.6 23 GB 5 143.0 98.0 241.0 24 WAS 5 84.0 149.8 233.8 25 BAL 5 143.2 84.8 228.0 26 HOU 5 101.8 106.6 208.4
Rush Pass Total Defense Games Yds/Gm Yds/Gm Yds/Gm 1 NYG 5 121.2 96.0 217.2 2 GB 5 107.6 117.4 225.0 3 CLE 5 135.6 91.2 226.8 4 OAK 5 117.4 118.2 235.6 5 LA 5 79.0 157.4 236.4 6 MIA 5 147.6 105.8 253.4 7 CIN 5 142.2 112.6 254.8 8 ATL 5 181.4 75.2 256.6 9 PIT 5 118.8 138.2 257.0 10 DAL 5 105.8 151.2 257.0 11 KC 5 144.4 114.4 258.8 12 WAS 5 104.0 163.2 267.2 13 NYJ 5 143.4 125.4 268.8 14 BAL 5 144.4 133.0 277.4 15 SF 5 147.6 147.6 295.2 16 DET 5 170.6 133.4 304.0 17 NE 5 230.6 77.8 308.4 18 BUF 5 146.4 164.6 311.0 19 MIN 5 150.8 161.6 312.4 20 SD 5 153.4 160.2 313.6 21 DEN 5 153.2 162.8 316.0 22 CHI 5 157.0 173.2 330.2 23 PHI 5 141.2 197.4 338.6 24 HOU 5 192.6 166.2 358.8 25 NO 5 179.0 181.4 360.4 26 STL 5 155.4 262.4 417.8

Per Per Passing Team(s) Att Cmp Pct Yards Att Cmp TD TD% Int Int% Rating John Hadl LA 74 50 67.6 817 11.04 16.3 12 16.2 2 2.7 132.7 Len Dawson KC 75 49 65.3 499 6.65 10.2 2 2.7 1 1.3 87.6 Roger Staubach DAL 101 60 59.4 765 7.57 12.8 8 7.9 6 5.9 84.8 Roman Gabriel PHI 177 100 56.5 1,216 6.87 12.2 9 5.1 5 2.8 83.0 Jim Hart STL 158 91 57.6 1,107 7.01 12.2 6 3.8 4 2.5 81.4 Ken Anderson CIN 123 63 51.2 849 6.90 13.5 4 3.3 2 1.6 77.6 Sonny Jurgensen WAS 80 50 62.5 527 6.59 10.5 4 5.0 4 5.0 77.4 Fran Tarkenton MIN 111 64 57.7 820 7.39 12.8 6 5.4 6 5.4 76.4 Steve Spurrier SF 71 41 57.7 447 6.30 10.9 2 2.8 2 2.8 74.1 Dan Fouts SD 51 23 45.1 357 7.00 15.5 3 5.9 2 3.9 72.1 Terry Bradshaw PIT 84 45 53.6 658 7.83 14.6 5 6.0 6 7.1 69.4 Charley Johnson DEN 137 70 51.1 1,062 7.75 15.2 8 5.8 9 6.6 69.1 Al Woodall NYJ 72 35 48.6 412 5.72 11.8 4 5.6 3 4.2 67.6 Ken Stabler OAK 59 36 61.0 443 7.51 12.3 2 3.4 4 6.8 67.3 Bob Griese MIA 89 44 49.4 496 5.57 11.3 6 6.7 5 5.6 65.6 Bobby Douglass CHI 88 40 45.5 561 6.38 14.0 3 3.4 3 3.4 63.7 Dick Shiner ATL 64 34 53.1 401 6.27 11.8 3 4.7 4 6.2 62.0 Jim Plunkett NE 117 62 53.0 811 6.93 13.1 1 0.9 5 4.3 60.2 Archie Manning NO 94 53 56.4 720 7.66 13.6 2 2.1 7 7.4 57.0 John Brodie SF 100 49 49.0 579 5.79 11.8 0 0.0 4 4.0 50.4 Mike Phipps CLE 109 53 48.6 611 5.61 11.5 2 1.8 6 5.5 49.1 Norm Snead NYG 143 85 59.4 848 5.93 10.0 4 2.8 13 9.1 47.8 Dan Pastorini HOU 125 75 60.0 658 5.26 8.8 3 2.4 11 8.8 45.3 Greg Landry DET 97 48 49.5 662 6.82 13.8 2 2.1 10 10.3 39.0 Johnny Unitas SD 75 33 44.0 464 6.19 14.1 3 4.0 7 9.3 39.0 Joe Ferguson BUF 58 26 44.8 257 4.43 9.9 1 1.7 4 6.9 34.9 Bert Jones BAL 95 40 42.1 503 5.29 12.6 4 4.2 11 11.6 33.7 Daryle Lamonica OAK 52 24 46.2 299 5.75 12.5 0 0.0 4 7.7 32.5

Others (10 or more attempts):

Per Per Passing Team(s) Att Cmp Pct Yards Att Cmp TD TD% Int Int% Rating Pete Beathard KC 20 15 75.0 198 9.90 13.2 2 10.0 0 0.0 139.2 Billy Kilmer WAS 40 24 60.0 290 7.25 12.1 3 7.5 0 0.0 107.3 Bob Lee ATL 48 28 58.3 368 7.67 13.1 3 6.2 0 0.0 103.5 Craig Morton DAL 24 12 50.0 163 6.79 13.6 3 12.5 1 4.2 94.3 Scott Hunter GB 49 27 55.1 381 7.78 14.1 1 2.0 1 2.0 78.7 Terry Hanratty PIT 10 3 30.0 99 9.90 33.0 2 20.0 1 10.0 68.3 Joe Namath NYJ 37 19 51.4 240 6.49 12.6 0 0.0 1 2.7 60.6 Lynn Dickey HOU 13 9 69.2 78 6.00 8.7 0 0.0 1 7.7 52.7 Dennis Shaw BUF 24 14 58.3 215 8.96 15.4 0 0.0 3 12.5 48.4 Wayne Clark SD 13 5 38.5 108 8.31 21.6 0 0.0 3 23.1 29.2 Jim Del Gaizo GB 38 14 36.8 184 4.84 13.1 1 2.6 4 10.5 22.1 Gary Huff CHI 13 5 38.5 26 2.00 5.2 0 0.0 1 7.7 14.6 Marty Domres BAL 12 5 41.7 39 3.25 7.8 0 0.0 4 33.3 10.8 Bob Davis NO 17 5 29.4 14 0.82 2.8 0 0.0 2 11.8 0.0 Bill Demory NYJ 12 3 25.0 25 2.08 8.3 0 0.0 2 16.7 0.0

Rushing Team(s) Att Yards Avg TD O.J. Simpson BUF 124 813 6.6 6 Calvin Hill DAL 96 439 4.6 3 Essex Johnson CIN 80 437 5.5 2 John Brockington GB 92 426 4.6 1 Chuck Foreman MIN 79 416 5.3 1 Mercury Morris MIA 53 409 7.7 4 Larry Csonka MIA 83 405 4.9 2 Tom Sullivan PHI 85 386 4.5 1 Floyd Little DEN 89 374 4.2 6 Jim Bertelsen LA 91 367 4.0 1 Dave Hampton ATL 78 360 4.6 2 Lawrence McCutcheon LA 79 360 4.6 1 Boobie Clark CIN 93 353 3.8 3 Marv Hubbard OAK 72 324 4.5 2 Ron Johnson NYG 79 283 3.6 3 Larry Watkins BUF 57 280 4.9 2 Frenchy Fuqua PIT 73 279 3.8 1 Charlie Smith OAK 66 277 4.2 1 Jess Phillips NO 65 273 4.2 0 Don McCauley BAL 71 272 3.8 0 Terry Metcalf STL 58 264 4.6 0 Bob Gresham HOU 59 263 4.5 1 Carl Garrett CHI 70 262 3.7 2 Joe Dawkins DEN 45 260 5.8 1 Emerson Boozer NYJ 70 257 3.7 0
Receiving Team(s) Att Yards Avg TD Harold Carmichael PHI 28 452 16.1 4 Charley Taylor WAS 28 338 12.1 5 Fred Willis HOU 26 152 5.8 0 Donny Anderson STL 25 241 9.6 2 Ed Podolak KC 25 194 7.8 0 Bob Tucker NYG 24 331 13.8 1 Tom Sullivan PHI 24 132 5.5 0 Jackie Smith STL 20 316 15.8 1 Calvin Hill DAL 20 186 9.3 0 Gene Washington SF 18 291 16.2 0 Charle Young PHI 18 239 13.3 1 Terry Metcalf STL 18 204 11.3 0 Chuck Foreman MIN 18 191 10.6 1 Billy Parks HOU 18 185 10.3 0 John Gilliam MIN 17 326 19.2 2 Reggie Rucker NE 17 268 15.8 1 Harold Jackson LA 16 423 26.4 8 Essex Johnson CIN 16 270 16.9 2 Mel Farr DET 16 130 8.1 0 Bob Gresham HOU 16 93 5.8 0 Ted Kwalick SF 15 254 16.9 1 Otto Stowe DAL 15 239 15.9 4 Jim Harrison CHI 15 165 11.0 2 Art Malone ATL 15 127 8.5 1 Vic Washington SF 15 118 7.9 0
Kick Returns Team(s) Att Yards Avg TD Don Shy STL 6 206 34.3 1 Carl Garrett CHI 5 167 33.4 0 Herb Mul-Key WAS 10 332 33.2 1 Clarence Davis OAK 5 158 31.6 0 Cullen Bryant LA 7 217 31.0 1 Wallace Francis BUF 13 382 29.4 1 Brent McClanahan MIN 6 166 27.7 0 Bob Gresham HOU 16 436 27.2 1 Larry Marshall KC 5 136 27.2 0 Bob Hudson OAK 8 215 26.9 0 Steve Davis PIT 9 240 26.7 0 Howard Stevens NO 11 293 26.6 0 Dick Jauron DET 8 191 23.9 0 Bruce Laird BAL 11 260 23.6 0 Tom Sullivan PHI 11 258 23.5 0
Punt Returns Team(s) Att Yards Avg TD Ron Smith SD 7 115 16.4 1 Ralph McGill SF 7 95 13.6 0 Jeff Severson HOU 7 87 12.4 0 Bill Thompson DEN 12 136 11.3 0 George Atkinson OAK 12 135 11.2 1 Lemar Parrish CIN 9 97 10.8 0 Speedy Duncan WAS 11 116 10.5 0 Bruce Taylor SF 5 51 10.2 0 Willie McGee SD 5 51 10.2 0 Ray Brown ATL 13 128 9.8 0 Donnie Walker BUF 5 49 9.8 0 Herb Mul-Key WAS 6 57 9.5 0 Glen Edwards PIT 15 142 9.5 0 Dave Elmendorf LA 5 45 9.0 0 Roger Wehrli STL 6 54 9.0 0
Punting Team(s) Punts Yards Avg Ray Guy OAK 25 1,179 47.2 Jerrel Wilson KC 27 1,239 45.9 Ron Widby GB 22 989 45.0 Larry Seiple MIA 20 899 45.0 Herman Weaver DET 18 809 44.9 Billy Van Heusen DEN 22 985 44.8 Dennis Partee SD 26 1,152 44.3 Steve O'Neal NO 22 960 43.6 Tom Wittum SF 23 987 42.9 John James ATL 24 1,028 42.8 Dave Lewis CIN 26 1,105 42.5 Tom McNeill PHI 23 969 42.1 Mike Eischeid MIN 27 1,128 41.8 Tom Blanchard NYG 18 749 41.6 Bobby Walden PIT 22 910 41.4 Dan Pastorini HOU 24 986 41.1 Mike Bragg WAS 26 1,061 40.8 Bobby Joe Green CHI 23 933 40.6 Don Cockroft CLE 28 1,128 40.3 Marv Bateman DAL 18 725 40.3
Kicking Team(s) FG PAT Pts David Ray LA 10/16 18/19 48 Bruce Gossett SF 13/18 8/ 8 47 Fred Cox MIN 13/15 8/ 8 47 Tom Dempsey PHI 12/19 10/10 46 Nick Mike-Mayer ATL 10/15 13/13 43 Roy Gerela PIT 9/10 15/16 42 Garo Yepremian MIA 9/14 13/13 40 George Blanda OAK 11/13 6/ 6 39 Don Cockroft CLE 11/15 5/ 5 38 Chester Marcol GB 10/18 5/ 5 35 Errol Mann DET 9/14 7/ 7 34 Jim Bakken STL 7/11 13/13 34 John Leypoldt BUF 7/10 12/12 33 Toni Fritsch DAL 5/ 8 18/18 33 Jim Turner DEN 4/ 6 18/18 30 Pete Gogolak NYG 7/11 9/ 9 30 Horst Muhlmann CIN 7/13 8/ 9 29 Jan Stenerud KC 8/15 5/ 6 29 Skip Butler HOU 7/ 9 8/ 8 29 Curt Knight WAS 3/13 17/17 26

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