Saturday December 22, 1973
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

NFL leaders as of 12/22/1973:



Team Rankings:
Rush Pass Total Offense Games Yds/Gm Yds/Gm Yds/Gm 1 LA 14 208.9 141.5 350.4 2 PHI 14 127.9 214.1 342.1 3 OAK 14 179.3 161.6 340.9 4 DAL 14 172.7 166.6 339.4 5 CIN 14 159.7 162.6 322.3 6 DEN 14 139.6 179.9 319.5 7 MIN 14 162.5 139.7 302.2 8 SF 14 124.5 177.2 301.7 9 NYG 14 105.6 190.1 295.6 10 MIA 14 180.1 113.0 293.1 11 BUF 14 220.6 71.2 291.8 12 PIT 14 153.1 137.6 290.7 13 STL 14 119.4 170.2 289.6 14 DET 14 152.4 136.6 289.0 15 ATL 14 145.5 142.9 288.4 16 NYJ 14 133.1 146.9 280.0 17 NE 14 115.1 159.4 274.5 18 WAS 14 102.8 168.4 271.2 19 SD 14 129.6 129.1 258.7 20 KC 14 128.1 124.5 252.6 21 BAL 14 145.1 105.4 250.4 22 NO 14 131.6 118.5 250.1 23 CLE 14 140.6 98.1 238.6 24 HOU 14 99.1 137.1 236.2 25 GB 14 140.9 91.6 232.6 26 CHI 14 136.2 87.3 223.5
Rush Pass Total Defense Games Yds/Gm Yds/Gm Yds/Gm 1 LA 14 90.7 120.1 210.8 2 OAK 14 105.0 120.7 225.7 3 MIA 14 142.2 92.1 234.4 4 PIT 14 118.0 119.4 237.4 5 DAL 14 105.1 142.5 247.6 6 ATL 14 152.1 102.1 254.2 7 KC 14 139.7 115.6 255.4 8 CIN 14 129.1 135.6 264.6 9 GB 14 142.8 130.1 272.9 10 CLE 14 149.4 124.0 273.4 11 MIN 14 141.0 135.3 276.3 12 WAS 14 114.5 162.6 277.1 13 DET 14 151.2 127.7 278.9 14 BUF 14 128.4 151.3 279.6 15 NYG 14 155.3 141.8 297.1 16 NYJ 14 159.1 139.3 298.4 17 CHI 14 179.2 119.6 298.8 18 NE 14 203.6 95.6 299.1 19 DEN 14 128.2 174.3 302.5 20 SF 14 140.2 169.0 309.2 21 BAL 14 149.2 171.4 320.6 22 SD 14 161.7 161.0 322.7 23 NO 14 171.6 155.6 327.1 24 HOU 14 172.1 159.8 331.9 25 PHI 14 173.1 188.5 361.6 26 STL 14 151.4 216.4 367.8
                                                          Per   Per
Passing               Team(s)   Att  Cmp    Pct  Yards    Att   Cmp  TD   TD%  Int  Int%  Rating
Roger Staubach        DAL       286  179   62.6  2,428   8.49  13.6  23   8.0   15   5.2    94.6
Fran Tarkenton        MIN       274  169   61.7  2,113   7.71  12.5  15   5.5    7   2.6    93.2
John Hadl             LA        258  135   52.3  2,008   7.78  14.9  22   8.5   11   4.3    88.8
Ken Stabler           OAK       260  163   62.7  1,997   7.68  12.3  14   5.4   10   3.8    88.3
Roman Gabriel         PHI       460  270   58.7  3,219   7.00  11.9  23   5.0   12   2.6    86.0
Bob Griese            MIA       218  116   53.2  1,422   6.52  12.3  17   7.8    8   3.7    84.3
Billy Kilmer          WAS       227  122   53.7  1,656   7.30  13.6  14   6.2    9   4.0    81.3
Ken Anderson          CIN       329  179   54.4  2,428   7.38  13.6  18   5.5   12   3.6    81.2
Jim Hart              STL       320  178   55.6  2,223   6.95  12.5  15   4.7   10   3.1    80.0
Bob Lee               ATL       230  120   52.2  1,786   7.77  14.9  10   4.3    8   3.5    77.9
Sonny Jurgensen       WAS       145   87   60.0    904   6.23  10.4   6   4.1    5   3.4    77.5
Charley Johnson       DEN       346  184   53.2  2,465   7.12  13.4  20   5.8   17   4.9    74.9
Randy Johnson         NYG       177   99   55.9  1,279   7.23  12.9   7   4.0    8   4.5    73.2
Bill Munson           DET       187   95   50.8  1,129   6.04  11.9   9   4.8    8   4.3    67.8
Al Woodall            NYJ       201  101   50.2  1,228   6.11  12.2   9   4.5    8   4.0    67.8
Jim Plunkett          NE        376  193   51.3  2,550   6.78  13.2  13   3.5   17   4.5    65.8
Mike Livingston       KC        145   75   51.7    916   6.32  12.2   6   4.1    7   4.8    65.2
Archie Manning        NO        267  140   52.4  1,642   6.15  11.7  10   3.7   12   4.5    65.2
Steve Spurrier        SF        157   83   52.9    882   5.62  10.6   4   2.5    7   4.5    59.5
Bobby Douglass        CHI       174   81   46.6  1,057   6.07  13.0   5   2.9    7   4.0    59.0
Marty Domres          BAL       191   93   48.7  1,153   6.04  12.4   9   4.7   13   6.8    55.2
Terry Bradshaw        PIT       180   89   49.4  1,183   6.57  13.3  10   5.6   15   8.3    54.5
Mike Phipps           CLE       299  148   49.5  1,719   5.75  11.6   9   3.0   20   6.7    49.4
Dan Pastorini         HOU       290  154   53.1  1,482   5.11   9.6   5   1.7   17   5.9    49.0
John Brodie           SF        194   98   50.5  1,126   5.80  11.5   3   1.5   12   6.2    47.7
Dan Fouts             SD        194   87   44.8  1,126   5.80  12.9   6   3.1   13   6.7    46.0
Joe Ferguson          BUF       164   73   44.5    939   5.73  12.9   4   2.4   10   6.1    45.8
Norm Snead            NYG       235  131   55.7  1,483   6.31  11.3   7   3.0   22   9.4    45.8


Others (10 or more attempts): Per Per Passing Team(s) Att Cmp Pct Yards Att Cmp TD TD% Int Int% Rating 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 James Harris LA 11 7 63.6 68 6.18 9.7 0 0.0 0 0.0 80.9 Craig Morton DAL 32 13 40.6 174 5.44 13.4 3 9.4 1 3.1 76.8 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 Joe Namath NYJ 133 68 51.1 966 7.26 14.2 5 3.8 6 4.5 68.7 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 Steve Ramsey DEN 27 10 37.0 194 7.19 19.4 2 7.4 2 7.4 56.7 Jerry Tagge GB 106 56 52.8 720 6.79 12.9 2 1.9 7 6.6 53.2 Greg Landry DET 128 70 54.7 908 7.09 13.0 3 2.3 10 7.8 52.5 Scott Hunter GB 84 35 41.7 442 5.26 12.6 2 2.4 4 4.8 46.8 Joe Reed SF 114 51 44.7 589 5.17 11.5 2 1.8 6 5.3 44.8 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 Gary Huff CHI 126 54 42.9 525 4.17 9.7 3 2.4 8 6.3 36.6 Gary Keithley STL 73 32 43.8 369 5.05 11.5 1 1.4 5 6.8 35.7 Dennis Shaw BUF 46 22 47.8 300 6.52 13.6 0 0.0 4 8.7 32.9 Bobby Scott NO 54 18 33.3 245 4.54 13.6 1 1.9 3 5.6 31.8 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 Earl Morrall MIA 38 17 44.7 253 6.66 14.9 0 0.0 4 10.5 27.5 Joe Gilliam PIT 60 20 33.3 331 5.52 16.6 2 3.3 6 10.0 24.4 Wayne Clark SD 90 40 44.4 532 5.91 13.3 0 0.0 9 10.0 24.2 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 Bill Cappleman DET 11 5 45.5 33 3.00 6.6 0 0.0 1 9.1 14.6 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 332 2,003 6.0 12 John Brockington GB 265 1,144 4.3 3 Calvin Hill DAL 273 1,142 4.2 6 Lawrence McCutcheon LA 210 1,097 5.2 2 Larry Csonka MIA 219 1,003 4.6 5 Dave Hampton ATL 263 997 3.8 4 Essex Johnson CIN 195 997 5.1 4 Boobie Clark CIN 254 988 3.9 8 Floyd Little DEN 256 979 3.8 12 Tom Sullivan PHI 217 968 4.5 4 Lydell Mitchell BAL 253 963 3.8 2 Mercury Morris MIA 149 954 6.4 10 Marv Hubbard OAK 193 903 4.7 6 Ron Johnson NYG 260 902 3.5 6 Larry Brown WAS 273 860 3.2 8 Jim Bertelsen LA 206 854 4.1 4 Emerson Boozer NYJ 182 831 4.6 3 Chuck Foreman MIN 182 801 4.4 4 Ed Podolak KC 210 721 3.4 3 Altie Taylor DET 176 719 4.1 5 Joe Dawkins DEN 160 706 4.4 2 Franco Harris PIT 188 698 3.7 3 Charlie Smith OAK 173 682 3.9 4 Donny Anderson STL 167 679 4.1 10 Jess Phillips NO 198 663 3.3 0
Receiving Team(s) Att Yards Avg TD Harold Carmichael PHI 67 1,116 16.7 9 Charley Taylor WAS 59 801 13.6 7 Fred Willis HOU 57 371 6.5 1 Charle Young PHI 55 854 15.5 6 Ed Podolak KC 55 445 8.1 0 Reggie Rucker NE 53 743 14.0 3 Bob Tucker NYG 50 681 13.6 5 Tom Sullivan PHI 50 322 6.4 1 Fred Biletnikoff OAK 48 660 13.8 4 Ted Kwalick SF 47 729 15.5 5 Isaac Curtis CIN 45 843 18.7 9 Mike Siani OAK 45 742 16.5 3 Boobie Clark CIN 45 347 7.7 0 Jerome Barkum NYJ 44 810 18.4 6 Riley Odoms DEN 43 629 14.6 7 Billy Parks HOU 43 581 13.5 1 Ken Burrough HOU 43 577 13.4 2 Don Herrmann NYG 43 520 12.1 2 John Gilliam MIN 42 907 21.6 8 Norm Bulaich PHI 42 403 9.6 3 Jackie Smith STL 41 600 14.6 1 Roy Jefferson WAS 41 595 14.5 1 Floyd Little DEN 41 423 10.3 1 Donny Anderson STL 41 409 10.0 3 Harold Jackson LA 40 874 21.9 13
Kick Returns Team(s) Att Yards Avg TD Carl Garrett CHI 16 486 30.4 0 Wallace Francis BUF 23 687 29.9 2 Cotton Speyrer BAL 17 496 29.2 1 Greg Pruitt CLE 16 453 28.3 0 Herb Mul-Key WAS 36 1,011 28.1 1 Larry Marshall KC 14 391 27.9 0 Don Shy STL 16 445 27.8 1 Steve Davis PIT 15 404 26.9 0 Bob Gresham HOU 27 723 26.8 1 Mack Herron NE 41 1,092 26.6 1 Clarence Davis OAK 19 504 26.5 0 Ron Smith SD 36 947 26.3 0 Po James PHI 16 413 25.8 0 Brent McClanahan MIN 16 410 25.6 0 Alvin Haymond HOU 28 703 25.1 0
Punt Returns Team(s) Att Yards Avg TD Bruce Taylor SF 15 207 13.8 0 Ron Smith SD 27 352 13.0 2 Bill Thompson DEN 30 366 12.2 0 Jake Scott MIA 22 266 12.1 0 Greg Pruitt CLE 16 180 11.2 0 Mack Herron NE 27 282 10.4 0 Howard Stevens NO 17 171 10.1 0 Jim Bertelsen LA 26 259 10.0 0 Glen Edwards PIT 34 336 9.9 0 Ray Brown ATL 40 360 9.0 0 Lem Barney DET 27 231 8.6 0 Dave Elmendorf LA 22 187 8.5 0 Ralph McGill SF 22 186 8.5 0 Donnie Walker BUF 25 210 8.4 0 George Atkinson OAK 41 336 8.2 1
Punting Team(s) Punts Yards Avg Jerrel Wilson KC 80 3,642 45.5 Ray Guy OAK 69 3,127 45.3 Billy Van Heusen DEN 69 3,114 45.1 Tom Wittum SF 79 3,455 43.7 Herman Weaver DET 54 2,333 43.2 Ron Widby GB 56 2,414 43.1 John James ATL 63 2,682 42.6 Larry Seiple MIA 48 2,031 42.3 Tom Blanchard NYG 56 2,347 41.9 Steve O'Neal NO 81 3,375 41.7 Marv Bateman DAL 55 2,290 41.6 Bobby Walden PIT 62 2,548 41.1 Dennis Partee SD 72 2,958 41.1 Dave Lewis CIN 68 2,790 41.0 Tom McNeill PHI 46 1,881 40.9 Dave Chapple LA 51 2,079 40.8 Bobby Joe Green CHI 82 3,321 40.5 Don Cockroft CLE 82 3,321 40.5 Mike Bragg WAS 64 2,581 40.3 Spike Jones BUF 66 2,660 40.3
Kicking Team(s) FG PAT Pts David Ray LA 30/47 40/42 130 Roy Gerela PIT 29/43 36/37 123 Garo Yepremian MIA 25/37 38/38 113 Nick Mike-Mayer ATL 26/38 34/34 112 Jim Turner DEN 22/33 40/40 106 Tom Dempsey PHI 24/40 34/34 106 Curt Knight WAS 22/42 37/37 103 Bruce Gossett SF 26/33 24/24 102 George Blanda OAK 23/33 31/31 100 Jim Bakken STL 23/32 31/31 100 Toni Fritsch DAL 18/28 43/43 97 Fred Cox MIN 21/35 33/33 96 Horst Muhlmann CIN 21/31 31/32 94 Jan Stenerud KC 24/38 21/23 93 Don Cockroft CLE 22/31 24/24 90 John Leypoldt BUF 21/30 27/27 90 Chester Marcol GB 21/35 19/20 82 Bobby Howfield NYJ 17/24 27/27 78 Pete Gogolak NYG 17/28 25/25 76 George Hunt BAL 16/28 22/24 70

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