Saturday December 8, 1973
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

NFL leaders as of 12/08/1973:



Team Rankings:
Rush Pass Total Offense Games Yds/Gm Yds/Gm Yds/Gm 1 LA 12 206.2 145.9 352.2 2 OAK 13 180.7 163.8 344.5 3 PHI 12 132.1 208.3 340.4 4 DAL 12 168.2 155.0 323.2 5 DEN 12 139.3 180.8 320.1 6 CIN 12 163.5 149.5 313.0 7 SF 12 125.0 184.8 309.8 8 NYG 12 108.7 197.2 305.8 9 STL 12 107.8 197.3 305.1 10 ATL 12 150.0 151.8 301.8 11 MIN 13 160.9 140.5 301.4 12 MIA 12 188.6 107.5 296.1 13 DET 12 155.2 136.1 291.3 14 PIT 12 148.6 138.2 286.8 15 BUF 12 207.6 74.7 282.2 16 NYJ 12 129.1 143.0 272.1 17 NE 12 122.0 149.3 271.3 18 WAS 12 99.5 168.0 267.5 19 SD 12 133.2 123.3 256.5 20 KC 13 126.9 126.6 253.5 21 NO 12 134.8 117.9 252.7 22 CLE 12 148.3 99.8 248.2 23 BAL 12 137.8 110.2 248.0 24 CHI 12 144.7 93.4 238.1 25 HOU 12 95.0 141.9 236.9 26 GB 13 128.8 93.2 222.0
Rush Pass Total Defense Games Yds/Gm Yds/Gm Yds/Gm 1 LA 12 91.5 119.6 211.1 2 OAK 13 106.2 120.8 227.0 3 MIA 12 139.9 96.4 236.3 4 PIT 12 122.2 127.9 250.2 5 ATL 12 148.4 110.9 259.3 6 KC 13 143.5 115.8 259.4 7 WAS 12 113.2 146.7 259.9 8 CLE 12 140.6 120.9 261.5 9 DAL 12 106.4 157.8 264.2 10 CIN 12 128.2 136.4 264.7 11 BUF 12 138.3 136.8 275.2 12 MIN 13 143.2 133.8 277.1 13 GB 13 144.2 134.9 279.1 14 NYJ 12 147.4 139.8 287.2 15 NYG 12 147.7 142.4 290.1 16 DET 12 158.8 133.2 292.0 17 CHI 12 173.9 118.3 292.2 18 NE 12 195.5 99.1 294.6 19 DEN 12 125.7 174.2 299.9 20 SF 12 139.2 173.0 312.2 21 SD 12 160.8 160.5 321.2 22 HOU 12 176.8 152.0 328.8 23 NO 12 178.2 156.5 334.7 24 BAL 12 162.2 176.4 338.6 25 PHI 12 163.4 186.4 349.8 26 STL 12 152.0 228.8 380.8
                                                          Per   Per
Passing               Team(s)   Att  Cmp    Pct  Yards    Att   Cmp  TD   TD%  Int  Int%  Rating
Fran Tarkenton        MIN       260  159   61.2  1,983   7.63  12.5  15   5.8    7   2.7    92.8
Roger Staubach        DAL       242  149   61.6  1,949   8.05  13.1  20   8.3   13   5.4    92.1
John Hadl             LA        226  121   53.5  1,808   8.00  14.9  19   8.4    9   4.0    91.5
Ken Stabler           OAK       240  151   62.9  1,858   7.74  12.3  13   5.4   10   4.2    87.5
Bob Lee               ATL       195  107   54.9  1,591   8.16  14.9  10   5.1    6   3.1    86.1
Roman Gabriel         PHI       396  234   59.1  2,703   6.83  11.6  20   5.1   11   2.8    85.0
Jim Hart              STL       320  178   55.6  2,223   6.95  12.5  15   4.7   10   3.1    80.0
Bob Griese            MIA       203  105   51.7  1,281   6.31  12.2  13   6.4    8   3.9    76.4
Randy Johnson         NYG       152   88   57.9  1,148   7.55  13.0   6   3.9    7   4.6    75.8
Billy Kilmer          WAS       203  109   53.7  1,405   6.92  12.9  10   4.9    8   3.9    75.7
Charley Johnson       DEN       298  158   53.0  2,158   7.24  13.7  17   5.7   16   5.4    73.1
Al Woodall            NYJ       172   90   52.3  1,068   6.21  11.9   8   4.7    6   3.5    72.5
Ken Anderson          CIN       287  153   53.3  1,934   6.74  12.6  12   4.2   12   4.2    71.1
Jim Plunkett          NE        308  163   52.9  2,094   6.80  12.8  11   3.6   13   4.2    68.8
Bill Munson           DET       142   73   51.4    890   6.27  12.2   7   4.9    7   4.9    66.9
Archie Manning        NO        262  137   52.3  1,591   6.07  11.6   9   3.4   12   4.6    63.3
Bobby Douglass        CHI       173   81   46.8  1,057   6.11  13.0   5   2.9    7   4.0    59.3
Terry Bradshaw        PIT       144   70   48.6    931   6.47  13.3   7   4.9   11   7.6    53.9
Norm Snead            NYG       208  119   57.2  1,308   6.29  11.0   7   3.4   17   8.2    53.1
John Brodie           SF        182   92   50.5  1,047   5.75  11.4   3   1.6   10   5.5    50.8
Mike Phipps           CLE       247  119   48.2  1,476   5.98  12.4   7   2.8   16   6.5    49.6
Marty Domres          BAL       163   77   47.2    987   6.06  12.8   6   3.7   12   7.4    48.3
Dan Pastorini         HOU       250  132   52.8  1,251   5.00   9.5   4   1.6   15   6.0    47.3
Joe Ferguson          BUF       152   68   44.7    826   5.43  12.1   2   1.3   10   6.6    39.0
Dan Fouts             SD        149   65   43.6    775   5.20  11.9   4   2.7   11   7.4    38.3


Others (10 or more attempts): Per Per Passing Team(s) Att Cmp Pct Yards Att Cmp TD TD% Int Int% Rating Pat Sullivan ATL 11 9 81.8 124 11.27 13.8 1 9.1 0 0.0 143.9 Terry Hanratty PIT 69 31 44.9 643 9.32 20.7 8 11.6 5 7.2 86.8 Craig Morton DAL 28 12 42.9 163 5.82 13.6 3 10.7 1 3.6 82.9 Sonny Jurgensen WAS 121 76 62.8 790 6.53 10.4 6 5.0 5 4.1 80.9 Len Dawson KC 101 66 65.3 725 7.18 11.0 2 2.0 5 5.0 72.4 Lynn Dickey HOU 117 70 59.8 880 7.52 12.6 6 5.1 8 6.8 71.9 Pete Beathard KC 64 31 48.4 389 6.08 12.5 2 3.1 1 1.6 71.7 Gary Keithley STL 43 24 55.8 330 7.67 13.8 1 2.3 2 4.7 68.9 Steve Spurrier SF 126 71 56.3 780 6.19 11.0 4 3.2 5 4.0 68.9 Mike Livingston KC 123 64 52.0 793 6.45 12.4 6 4.9 7 5.7 64.9 Dick Shiner ATL-NE 68 36 52.9 432 6.35 12.0 3 4.4 4 5.9 62.9 Joe Namath NYJ 103 55 53.4 760 7.38 13.8 3 2.9 6 5.8 62.8 Greg Landry DET 128 70 54.7 908 7.09 13.0 3 2.3 10 7.8 52.5 Jerry Tagge GB 94 53 56.4 648 6.89 12.2 0 0.0 6 6.4 51.2 Scott Hunter GB 84 35 41.7 442 5.26 12.6 2 2.4 4 4.8 46.8 Joe Reed SF 90 39 43.3 472 5.24 12.1 1 1.1 4 4.4 45.2 Gary Huff CHI 72 35 48.6 347 4.82 9.9 2 2.8 5 6.9 43.0 Johnny Unitas SD 76 34 44.7 471 6.20 13.9 3 3.9 7 9.2 40.0 Daryle Lamonica OAK 93 42 45.2 614 6.60 14.6 2 2.2 8 8.6 38.6 Bob Berry MIN 24 10 41.7 121 5.04 12.1 1 4.2 2 8.3 37.0 Wayne Clark SD 77 36 46.8 506 6.57 14.1 0 0.0 6 7.8 36.0 Dennis Shaw BUF 46 22 47.8 300 6.52 13.6 0 0.0 4 8.7 32.9 Earl Morrall MIA 11 5 45.5 84 7.64 16.8 0 0.0 2 18.2 32.2 Jim Del Gaizo GB 62 27 43.5 318 5.13 11.8 2 3.2 6 9.7 30.9 Bert Jones BAL 108 43 39.8 539 4.99 12.5 4 3.7 12 11.1 28.8 Joe Gilliam PIT 46 15 32.6 268 5.83 17.9 2 4.3 6 13.0 28.4 Bill Demory NYJ 39 12 30.8 159 4.08 13.2 2 5.1 8 20.5 22.2 John Reaves PHI 19 5 26.3 17 0.89 3.4 0 0.0 1 5.3 17.7 Bobby Scott NO 14 4 28.6 37 2.64 9.2 0 0.0 1 7.1 9.8 Bob Davis NO 17 5 29.4 14 0.82 2.8 0 0.0 2 11.8 0.0
Rushing Team(s) Att Yards Avg TD O.J. Simpson BUF 276 1,584 5.7 10 John Brockington GB 243 1,002 4.1 3 Calvin Hill DAL 233 985 4.2 4 Mercury Morris MIA 144 947 6.6 10 Lawrence McCutcheon LA 180 934 5.2 1 Larry Csonka MIA 196 882 4.5 5 Essex Johnson CIN 165 874 5.3 4 Dave Hampton ATL 225 864 3.8 4 Boobie Clark CIN 220 862 3.9 7 Marv Hubbard OAK 179 850 4.7 6 Floyd Little DEN 224 849 3.8 11 Tom Sullivan PHI 181 841 4.6 3 Chuck Foreman MIN 173 785 4.5 4 Ron Johnson NYG 221 757 3.4 6 Jim Bertelsen LA 186 747 4.0 4 Lydell Mitchell BAL 184 717 3.9 2 Altie Taylor DET 173 713 4.1 5 Larry Brown WAS 233 681 2.9 7 Ed Podolak KC 197 671 3.4 2 Charlie Smith OAK 162 670 4.1 3 Carl Garrett CHI 169 646 3.8 5 Emerson Boozer NYJ 154 639 4.1 2 Joe Dawkins DEN 139 619 4.5 1 Franco Harris PIT 158 571 3.6 3 Jess Phillips NO 158 557 3.5 0
Receiving Team(s) Att Yards Avg TD Harold Carmichael PHI 58 859 14.8 8 Charley Taylor WAS 53 717 13.5 7 Ed Podolak KC 53 423 8.0 0 Fred Willis HOU 53 336 6.3 1 Charle Young PHI 49 736 15.0 5 Reggie Rucker NE 47 633 13.5 3 Bob Tucker NYG 44 584 13.3 5 Fred Biletnikoff OAK 42 602 14.3 4 Tom Sullivan PHI 42 268 6.4 1 John Gilliam MIN 41 890 21.7 8 Mike Siani OAK 41 680 16.6 2 Donny Anderson STL 41 409 10.0 3 Boobie Clark CIN 41 322 7.9 0 Jackie Smith STL 39 601 15.4 1 Jerome Barkum NYJ 38 685 18.0 5 Ted Kwalick SF 38 597 15.7 4 Isaac Curtis CIN 38 582 15.3 4 Billy Parks HOU 38 511 13.4 1 Terry Metcalf STL 37 316 8.5 0 Don Herrmann NYG 36 436 12.1 2 Floyd Little DEN 36 376 10.4 1 Larry Brown WAS 36 359 10.0 3 Gene Washington SF 35 596 17.0 2 Ken Burrough HOU 35 484 13.8 2 Chuck Foreman MIN 35 334 9.5 2
Kick Returns Team(s) Att Yards Avg TD Carl Garrett CHI 15 462 30.8 0 Cotton Speyrer BAL 17 496 29.2 1 Herb Mul-Key WAS 26 754 29.0 1 Don Shy STL 14 405 28.9 1 Mack Herron NE 33 935 28.3 1 Clarence Davis OAK 17 470 27.6 0 Steve Davis PIT 14 383 27.4 0 Wallace Francis BUF 20 546 27.3 1 Bob Gresham HOU 24 651 27.1 1 Brent McClanahan MIN 16 410 25.6 0 Alvin Haymond HOU 28 703 25.1 0 Bob Hudson OAK 14 350 25.0 0 Ron Smith SD 30 731 24.4 0 Bernard Jackson CIN 15 361 24.1 0 Ike Hill CHI 20 481 24.1 1
Punt Returns Team(s) Att Yards Avg TD Ron Smith SD 21 314 15.0 2 Bill Thompson DEN 23 304 13.2 0 Jake Scott MIA 18 233 12.9 0 Mack Herron NE 25 278 11.1 0 Jim Bertelsen LA 23 242 10.5 0 Glen Edwards PIT 29 305 10.5 0 Howard Stevens NO 16 168 10.5 0 Greg Pruitt CLE 14 137 9.8 0 Ray Brown ATL 35 332 9.5 0 Speedy Duncan WAS 24 202 8.4 0 Pete Athas NYG 17 143 8.4 0 Jeff Severson HOU 13 109 8.4 0 Lemar Parrish CIN 21 176 8.4 0 Donnie Walker BUF 20 166 8.3 0 Dave Elmendorf LA 20 162 8.1 0
Punting Team(s) Punts Yards Avg Ray Guy OAK 62 2,830 45.6 Jerrel Wilson KC 76 3,464 45.6 Billy Van Heusen DEN 56 2,513 44.9 Larry Seiple MIA 43 1,869 43.5 Tom Wittum SF 64 2,778 43.4 Ron Widby GB 56 2,414 43.1 John James ATL 54 2,317 42.9 Herman Weaver DET 49 2,095 42.8 Dennis Partee SD 62 2,623 42.3 Marv Bateman DAL 49 2,065 42.1 Steve O'Neal NO 68 2,862 42.1 Tom Blanchard NYG 49 2,026 41.3 Bobby Joe Green CHI 66 2,721 41.2 Bobby Walden PIT 52 2,142 41.2 Tom McNeill PHI 46 1,881 40.9 Dave Chapple LA 43 1,757 40.9 Mike Bragg WAS 56 2,284 40.8 Dave Lewis CIN 60 2,435 40.6 Spike Jones BUF 62 2,514 40.5 Don Cockroft CLE 72 2,887 40.1
Kicking Team(s) FG PAT Pts David Ray LA 26/40 32/34 110 Nick Mike-Mayer ATL 25/34 31/31 106 Garo Yepremian MIA 22/33 34/34 100 Bruce Gossett SF 25/31 23/23 98 George Blanda OAK 23/31 28/28 97 Roy Gerela PIT 22/34 29/30 95 Curt Knight WAS 21/37 31/31 94 Tom Dempsey PHI 21/35 29/29 92 Fred Cox MIN 20/34 29/29 89 Jim Turner DEN 17/27 34/34 85 Don Cockroft CLE 20/28 20/20 80 Chester Marcol GB 21/34 16/17 79 Jan Stenerud KC 20/33 18/20 78 Jim Bakken STL 16/23 29/29 77 Toni Fritsch DAL 13/21 37/37 76 Horst Muhlmann CIN 17/27 24/25 75 Pete Gogolak NYG 15/23 24/24 69 John Leypoldt BUF 16/25 19/19 67 Bobby Howfield NYJ 14/20 23/23 65 George Hunt BAL 13/24 21/21 60

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