Monday December 10, 1973
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

NFL leaders as of 12/10/1973:



Team Rankings:
Rush Pass Total Offense Games Yds/Gm Yds/Gm Yds/Gm 1 LA 13 207.2 145.9 353.2 2 OAK 13 180.7 163.8 344.5 3 PHI 13 133.8 207.9 341.8 4 DAL 13 170.1 160.1 330.2 5 DEN 13 143.4 184.6 328.0 6 CIN 13 164.2 153.5 317.7 7 SF 13 124.3 182.2 306.5 8 MIN 13 160.9 140.5 301.4 9 STL 13 118.2 182.8 301.0 10 NYG 13 105.1 192.8 297.9 11 DET 13 152.8 139.6 292.5 12 MIA 13 181.2 109.6 290.8 13 PIT 13 151.6 137.8 289.4 14 ATL 13 145.3 142.5 287.8 15 BUF 13 214.2 71.3 285.5 16 NYJ 13 140.4 144.0 284.4 17 NE 13 120.2 160.3 280.5 18 SD 13 132.6 130.4 263.0 19 WAS 13 96.4 162.5 258.8 20 NO 13 133.6 120.7 254.3 21 KC 13 126.9 126.6 253.5 22 BAL 13 140.0 104.4 244.4 23 CLE 13 142.9 97.5 240.5 24 CHI 13 137.1 88.8 225.8 25 HOU 13 92.2 132.9 225.1 26 GB 13 128.8 93.2 222.0
Rush Pass Total Defense Games Yds/Gm Yds/Gm Yds/Gm 1 LA 13 89.2 121.2 210.5 2 OAK 13 106.2 120.8 227.0 3 MIA 13 141.9 91.7 233.6 4 PIT 13 117.3 120.0 237.3 5 CIN 13 124.4 131.3 255.7 6 DAL 13 102.8 153.0 255.8 7 ATL 13 155.7 103.1 258.8 8 KC 13 143.5 115.8 259.4 9 CLE 13 143.1 127.1 270.2 10 WAS 13 119.4 152.4 271.8 11 DET 13 150.2 125.5 275.6 12 MIN 13 143.2 133.8 277.1 13 GB 13 144.2 134.9 279.1 14 BUF 13 135.2 148.8 284.0 15 NYJ 13 148.0 144.6 292.6 16 CHI 13 170.1 123.2 293.3 17 NYG 13 153.2 142.7 295.8 18 NE 13 203.0 93.8 296.8 19 DEN 13 125.7 177.4 303.1 20 SF 13 137.8 171.5 309.3 21 HOU 13 177.6 150.5 328.1 22 SD 13 163.2 165.9 329.1 23 NO 13 173.4 156.2 329.5 24 BAL 13 156.8 173.2 330.1 25 PHI 13 172.1 184.1 356.2 26 STL 13 147.2 213.6 360.8
                                                          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       267  165   61.8  2,172   8.13  13.2  20   7.5   15   5.6    89.0
Ken Stabler           OAK       240  151   62.9  1,858   7.74  12.3  13   5.4   10   4.2    87.5
John Hadl             LA        244  129   52.9  1,916   7.85  14.9  20   8.2   11   4.5    87.4
Roman Gabriel         PHI       421  248   58.9  2,917   6.93  11.8  22   5.2   11   2.6    86.6
Jim Hart              STL       320  178   55.6  2,223   6.95  12.5  15   4.7   10   3.1    80.0
Sonny Jurgensen       WAS       145   87   60.0    904   6.23  10.4   6   4.1    5   3.4    77.5
Bob Lee               ATL       211  110   52.1  1,618   7.67  14.7  10   4.7    8   3.8    77.5
Bob Griese            MIA       203  105   51.7  1,281   6.31  12.2  13   6.4    8   3.9    76.4
Charley Johnson       DEN       324  173   53.4  2,374   7.33  13.7  19   5.9   16   4.9    76.1
Ken Anderson          CIN       306  164   53.6  2,135   6.98  13.0  15   4.9   12   3.9    75.8
Billy Kilmer          WAS       203  109   53.7  1,405   6.92  12.9  10   4.9    8   3.9    75.7
Randy Johnson         NYG       164   94   57.3  1,190   7.26  12.7   6   3.7    8   4.9    72.0
Bill Munson           DET       170   87   51.2  1,056   6.21  12.1   9   5.3    7   4.1    71.1
Al Woodall            NYJ       201  101   50.2  1,228   6.11  12.2   9   4.5    8   4.0    67.8
Jim Plunkett          NE        349  180   51.6  2,386   6.84  13.3  11   3.2   15   4.3    66.1
Archie Manning        NO        267  140   52.4  1,642   6.15  11.7  10   3.7   12   4.5    65.2
Steve Spurrier        SF        148   82   55.4    879   5.94  10.7   4   2.7    6   4.1    65.1
Bobby Douglass        CHI       174   81   46.6  1,057   6.07  13.0   5   2.9    7   4.0    59.0
Marty Domres          BAL       171   82   48.0  1,022   5.98  12.5   7   4.1   12   7.0    51.4
John Brodie           SF        182   92   50.5  1,047   5.75  11.4   3   1.6   10   5.5    50.8
Terry Bradshaw        PIT       164   81   49.4  1,048   6.39  12.9   9   5.5   15   9.1    50.1
Norm Snead            NYG       220  125   56.8  1,418   6.45  11.3   7   3.2   20   9.1    49.0
Mike Phipps           CLE       274  132   48.2  1,587   5.79  12.0   8   2.9   18   6.6    48.7
Dan Pastorini         HOU       264  137   51.9  1,281   4.85   9.4   5   1.9   17   6.4    45.0
Joe Ferguson          BUF       159   70   44.0    869   5.47  12.4   4   2.5   10   6.3    43.7
Dan Fouts             SD        180   78   43.3  1,029   5.72  13.2   6   3.3   13   7.2    43.0


Others (10 or more attempts): Per Per Passing Team(s) Att Cmp Pct Yards Att Cmp TD TD% Int Int% Rating Steve Ramsey DEN 11 6 54.5 140 12.73 23.3 1 9.1 0 0.0 129.9 Pat Sullivan ATL 26 14 53.8 175 6.73 12.5 1 3.8 0 0.0 87.8 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 Len Dawson KC 101 66 65.3 725 7.18 11.0 2 2.0 5 5.0 72.4 Pete Beathard KC 64 31 48.4 389 6.08 12.5 2 3.1 1 1.6 71.7 Mike Livingston KC 123 64 52.0 793 6.45 12.4 6 4.9 7 5.7 64.9 Lynn Dickey HOU 120 71 59.2 888 7.40 12.5 6 5.0 10 8.3 64.2 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 Gary Keithley STL 53 26 49.1 339 6.40 13.0 1 1.9 3 5.7 52.3 Jerry Tagge GB 94 53 56.4 648 6.89 12.2 0 0.0 6 6.4 51.2 Joe Reed SF 102 45 44.1 540 5.29 12.0 2 2.0 4 3.9 51.1 Scott Hunter GB 84 35 41.7 442 5.26 12.6 2 2.4 4 4.8 46.8 Johnny Unitas SD 76 34 44.7 471 6.20 13.9 3 3.9 7 9.2 40.0 Bobby Scott NO 33 12 36.4 155 4.70 12.9 0 0.0 1 3.0 39.3 Daryle Lamonica OAK 93 42 45.2 614 6.60 14.6 2 2.2 8 8.6 38.6 Gary Huff CHI 99 44 44.4 415 4.19 9.4 3 3.0 7 7.1 37.2 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 Jim Del Gaizo GB 62 27 43.5 318 5.13 11.8 2 3.2 6 9.7 30.9 Earl Morrall MIA 34 16 47.1 237 6.97 14.8 0 0.0 4 11.8 30.8 Bert Jones BAL 108 43 39.8 539 4.99 12.5 4 3.7 12 11.1 28.8 Joe Gilliam PIT 52 17 32.7 298 5.73 17.5 2 3.8 6 11.5 26.4 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 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 298 1,803 6.1 11 Calvin Hill DAL 260 1,095 4.2 6 Lawrence McCutcheon LA 191 1,014 5.3 2 John Brockington GB 243 1,002 4.1 3 Essex Johnson CIN 184 965 5.2 4 Mercury Morris MIA 149 954 6.4 10 Larry Csonka MIA 209 952 4.6 5 Floyd Little DEN 242 937 3.9 12 Boobie Clark CIN 242 931 3.8 8 Tom Sullivan PHI 202 927 4.6 3 Dave Hampton ATL 236 913 3.9 4 Marv Hubbard OAK 179 850 4.7 6 Lydell Mitchell BAL 219 821 3.7 2 Ron Johnson NYG 237 812 3.4 6 Emerson Boozer NYJ 175 799 4.6 3 Jim Bertelsen LA 195 788 4.0 4 Chuck Foreman MIN 173 785 4.5 4 Altie Taylor DET 176 719 4.1 5 Larry Brown WAS 247 710 2.9 7 Ed Podolak KC 197 671 3.4 2 Charlie Smith OAK 162 670 4.1 3 Joe Dawkins DEN 148 659 4.5 2 Carl Garrett CHI 175 655 3.7 5 Franco Harris PIT 178 644 3.6 3 Donny Anderson STL 159 631 4.0 10
Receiving Team(s) Att Yards Avg TD Harold Carmichael PHI 63 1,005 16.0 9 Charley Taylor WAS 56 765 13.7 7 Fred Willis HOU 54 340 6.3 1 Ed Podolak KC 53 423 8.0 0 Reggie Rucker NE 51 712 14.0 3 Charle Young PHI 50 750 15.0 5 Bob Tucker NYG 48 637 13.3 5 Tom Sullivan PHI 44 290 6.6 1 Isaac Curtis CIN 43 699 16.3 7 Ted Kwalick SF 43 686 16.0 5 Fred Biletnikoff OAK 42 602 14.3 4 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 Jerome Barkum NYJ 40 708 17.7 5 Don Herrmann NYG 40 511 12.8 2 Floyd Little DEN 40 423 10.6 1 Jackie Smith STL 39 601 15.4 1 Billy Parks HOU 38 511 13.4 1 Norm Bulaich PHI 38 370 9.7 3 Harold Jackson LA 37 826 22.3 12 Ken Burrough HOU 37 491 13.3 2 Larry Brown WAS 37 377 10.2 3 Terry Metcalf STL 37 316 8.5 0
Kick Returns Team(s) Att Yards Avg TD Carl Garrett CHI 16 486 30.4 0 Wallace Francis BUF 21 636 30.3 2 Cotton Speyrer BAL 17 496 29.2 1 Don Shy STL 14 405 28.9 1 Greg Pruitt CLE 14 402 28.7 0 Herb Mul-Key WAS 31 888 28.6 1 Cullen Bryant LA 13 369 28.4 1 Clarence Davis OAK 17 470 27.6 0 Steve Davis PIT 14 383 27.4 0 Mack Herron NE 37 1,002 27.1 1 Bob Gresham HOU 27 723 26.8 1 Ron Smith SD 33 852 25.8 0 Brent McClanahan MIN 16 410 25.6 0 Rich Houston NYG 14 352 25.1 0 Alvin Haymond HOU 28 703 25.1 0
Punt Returns Team(s) Att Yards Avg TD Ron Smith SD 24 350 14.6 2 Bill Thompson DEN 26 326 12.5 0 Jake Scott MIA 20 247 12.3 0 Mack Herron NE 26 282 10.8 0 Glen Edwards PIT 30 311 10.4 0 Jim Bertelsen LA 24 246 10.2 0 Howard Stevens NO 17 171 10.1 0 Greg Pruitt CLE 14 137 9.8 0 Ray Brown ATL 36 333 9.2 0 Donnie Walker BUF 21 189 9.0 0 Ralph McGill SF 21 185 8.8 0 Lem Barney DET 27 231 8.6 0 Dave Elmendorf LA 22 187 8.5 0 Jeff Severson HOU 13 109 8.4 0 Speedy Duncan WAS 26 211 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 61 2,769 45.4 Tom Wittum SF 71 3,129 44.1 John James ATL 58 2,502 43.1 Ron Widby GB 56 2,414 43.1 Herman Weaver DET 51 2,191 43.0 Larry Seiple MIA 46 1,955 42.5 Tom Blanchard NYG 55 2,312 42.0 Steve O'Neal NO 74 3,097 41.9 Marv Bateman DAL 52 2,175 41.8 Dennis Partee SD 68 2,829 41.6 Bobby Joe Green CHI 74 3,042 41.1 Bobby Walden PIT 53 2,174 41.0 Tom McNeill PHI 46 1,881 40.9 Dave Chapple LA 47 1,917 40.8 Dave Lewis CIN 64 2,601 40.6 Spike Jones BUF 64 2,591 40.5 Mike Bragg WAS 62 2,508 40.5 Don Cockroft CLE 76 3,065 40.3
Kicking Team(s) FG PAT Pts David Ray LA 27/42 37/39 118 Nick Mike-Mayer ATL 26/36 32/32 110 Roy Gerela PIT 26/40 32/33 110 Garo Yepremian MIA 23/35 34/34 103 Bruce Gossett SF 26/33 24/24 102 Jim Turner DEN 21/32 38/38 101 Tom Dempsey PHI 22/37 32/32 98 George Blanda OAK 23/31 28/28 97 Jim Bakken STL 22/30 31/31 97 Curt Knight WAS 21/40 32/32 95 Fred Cox MIN 20/34 29/29 89 Don Cockroft CLE 21/30 22/22 85 Horst Muhlmann CIN 19/29 28/29 85 Toni Fritsch DAL 15/24 40/40 85 John Leypoldt BUF 19/28 23/23 80 Chester Marcol GB 21/34 16/17 79 Jan Stenerud KC 20/33 18/20 78 Bobby Howfield NYJ 17/24 25/25 76 Pete Gogolak NYG 17/25 24/24 75 George Hunt BAL 14/26 22/23 64

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