Monday September 23, 1974
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NFL leaders as of 09/23/1974:



Team Rankings:
Rush Pass Total Offense Games Yds/Gm Yds/Gm Yds/Gm 1 PIT 2 131.5 306.5 438.0 2 DAL 2 186.5 211.5 398.0 3 NYJ 2 142.0 222.5 364.5 4 CIN 2 188.0 169.5 357.5 5 SD 2 173.0 184.0 357.0 6 NE 2 184.5 161.0 345.5 7 CHI 2 82.5 211.5 294.0 8 LA 2 151.0 138.5 289.5 9 BUF 2 153.5 131.5 285.0 10 WAS 2 130.0 154.5 284.5 11 MIA 2 132.5 146.5 279.0 12 OAK 2 135.5 138.0 273.5 13 CLE 2 208.0 64.5 272.5 14 STL 2 150.5 120.5 271.0 15 NO 2 119.0 139.5 258.5 16 HOU 2 95.5 163.0 258.5 17 MIN 2 149.5 108.0 257.5 18 DEN 2 104.0 140.0 244.0 19 SF 2 179.0 64.0 243.0 20 NYG 2 76.0 157.0 233.0 21 KC 2 152.0 79.0 231.0 22 PHI 2 105.5 120.5 226.0 23 BAL 2 125.5 98.5 224.0 24 GB 2 90.0 102.0 192.0 25 DET 2 106.0 53.0 159.0 26 ATL 2 95.5 63.0 158.5
Rush Pass Total Defense Games Yds/Gm Yds/Gm Yds/Gm 1 DAL 2 81.0 55.5 136.5 2 MIN 2 109.5 67.0 176.5 3 WAS 2 136.5 54.5 191.0 4 LA 2 80.5 117.0 197.5 5 OAK 2 162.0 77.0 239.0 6 SF 2 128.0 115.5 243.5 7 PIT 2 137.0 112.0 249.0 8 BUF 2 164.0 86.0 250.0 9 CIN 2 165.0 88.0 253.0 10 CLE 2 100.5 154.5 255.0 11 NO 2 157.5 103.0 260.5 12 DET 2 116.0 147.0 263.0 13 CHI 2 117.5 151.0 268.5 14 GB 2 149.0 123.0 272.0 15 NYG 2 150.5 127.0 277.5 16 BAL 2 93.5 199.0 292.5 17 NYJ 2 123.5 179.0 302.5 18 NE 2 71.5 237.5 309.0 19 STL 2 122.5 187.0 309.5 20 MIA 2 151.5 167.0 318.5 21 KC 2 128.5 193.0 321.5 22 ATL 2 202.5 139.0 341.5 23 PHI 2 147.0 204.5 351.5 24 SD 2 183.0 178.0 361.0 25 HOU 2 216.0 160.5 376.5 26 DEN 2 152.5 225.5 378.0
                                                          Per   Per
Passing               Team(s)   Att  Cmp    Pct  Yards    Att   Cmp  TD   TD%  Int  Int%  Rating
Joe Ferguson          BUF        42   27   64.3    310   7.38  11.5   4   9.5    0   0.0   118.2
Jim Plunkett          NE         41   25   61.0    329   8.02  13.2   4   9.8    1   2.4   108.7
Ken Anderson          CIN        45   26   57.8    357   7.93  13.7   2   4.4    1   2.2    88.8
Bob Griese            MIA        42   29   69.0    338   8.05  11.7   3   7.1    3   7.1    87.2
Charley Johnson       DEN        41   19   46.3    273   6.66  14.4   3   7.3    1   2.4    82.7
Gary Huff             CHI        56   28   50.0    450   8.04  16.1   3   5.4    2   3.6    80.2
Joe Gilliam           PIT        81   48   59.3    605   7.47  12.6   3   3.7    3   3.7    79.5
John Hadl             LA         42   20   47.6    279   6.64  13.9   3   7.1    2   4.8    73.4
Joe Namath            NYJ        53   30   56.6    467   8.81  15.6   3   5.7    4   7.5    73.4
Norm Snead            NYG        57   37   64.9    341   5.98   9.2   2   3.5    3   5.3    70.9
Roger Staubach        DAL        60   32   53.3    469   7.82  14.7   1   1.7    2   3.3    70.8
Dan Fouts             SD         50   26   52.0    382   7.64  14.7   1   2.0    2   4.0    67.2
Jim Hart              STL        44   22   50.0    248   5.64  11.3   1   2.3    1   2.3    65.3
Fran Tarkenton        MIN        47   26   55.3    258   5.49   9.9   0   0.0    1   2.1    62.2
Billy Kilmer          WAS        52   28   53.8    295   5.67  10.5   1   1.9    2   3.8    61.0
Mike Phipps           CLE        51   24   47.1    178   3.49   7.4   2   3.9    1   2.0    60.7
Ken Stabler           OAK        47   20   42.6    287   6.11  14.3   3   6.4    3   6.4    57.7
Lynn Dickey           HOU        52   28   53.8    358   6.88  12.8   2   3.8    4   7.7    56.4
Roman Gabriel         PHI        53   29   54.7    300   5.66  10.3   0   0.0    2   3.8    55.5
Bill Munson           DET        46   25   54.3    162   3.52   6.5   0   0.0    2   4.3    43.9
Archie Manning        NO         57   28   49.1    319   5.60  11.4   1   1.8    4   7.0    42.9
Bert Jones            BAL        33   15   45.5    188   5.70  12.5   1   3.0    3   9.1    35.9
Jerry Tagge           GB         36   19   52.8    211   5.86  11.1   0   0.0    4  11.1    30.9
Len Dawson            KC         34   16   47.1    168   4.94  10.5   0   0.0    5  14.7    22.3
Joe Reed              SF         37   14   37.8    157   4.24  11.2   1   2.7    4  10.8    20.7
Marty Domres          BAL        23    9   39.1     74   3.22   8.2   0   0.0    3  13.0     8.5
Bob Lee               ATL        45   14   31.1    127   2.82   9.1   0   0.0    4   8.9     3.5


Others (10 or more attempts): Per Per Passing Team(s) Att Cmp Pct Yards Att Cmp TD TD% Int Int% Rating Steve Ramsey DEN 12 6 50.0 62 5.17 10.3 2 16.7 1 8.3 70.1 Mike Livingston KC 12 3 25.0 37 3.08 12.3 0 0.0 2 16.7 0.3
Rushing Team(s) Att Yards Avg TD John Riggins NYJ 42 179 4.3 0 Lawrence McCutcheon LA 33 170 5.2 0 Sam Cunningham NE 37 163 4.4 1 Mack Herron NE 31 162 5.2 2 Otis Armstrong DEN 31 162 5.2 0 Greg Pruitt CLE 26 153 5.9 1 Chuck Foreman MIN 35 150 4.3 4 Robert Newhouse DAL 36 150 4.2 1 Cid Edwards SD 28 145 5.2 0 Larry Schreiber SF 36 145 4.0 1 O.J. Simpson BUF 27 141 5.2 0 Larry Csonka MIA 36 130 3.6 2 Ronnie Coleman HOU 31 125 4.0 0 Boobie Clark CIN 26 122 4.7 2 Franco Harris PIT 33 119 3.6 1 Glen Bonner SD 35 113 3.2 2 Terry Metcalf STL 18 108 6.0 1 Lydell Mitchell BAL 27 107 4.0 0 Ken Brown CLE 22 105 4.8 0 Wilbur Jackson SF 21 103 4.9 0 Tom Sullivan PHI 32 101 3.2 0 Emerson Boozer NYJ 32 100 3.1 1 Steve Owens DET 32 100 3.1 1 Jim Braxton BUF 30 99 3.3 0 Duane Thomas WAS 26 96 3.7 0
Receiving Team(s) Att Yards Avg TD Drew Pearson DAL 15 256 17.1 0 Ron Johnson NYG 13 80 6.2 2 Gary Garrison SD 12 196 16.3 1 Franco Harris PIT 12 103 8.6 0 Paul Warfield MIA 10 156 15.6 0 Otis Armstrong DEN 10 115 11.5 2 Jerome Barkum NYJ 9 148 16.4 0 Marlin Briscoe MIA 9 113 12.6 1 Bob Tucker NYG 9 100 11.1 0 Larry Smith WAS 9 46 5.1 0 J.D. Hill BUF 8 106 13.2 2 Randy Grossman PIT 8 95 11.9 0 Frank Lewis PIT 8 91 11.4 1 Ken Burrough HOU 8 84 10.5 0 Jim Braxton BUF 8 77 9.6 0 Ken Brown CLE 8 46 5.8 1 Cliff Branch OAK 7 130 18.6 0 Steve Davis PIT 7 102 14.6 1 Harold Carmichael PHI 7 94 13.4 0 Joel Parker NO 7 94 13.4 1 Ahmad Rashad BUF 7 92 13.1 2 Carl Garrett CHI 7 68 9.7 1 Norm Bulaich PHI 7 56 8.0 0 Steve Owens DET 7 43 6.1 0 Chuck Foreman MIN 7 31 4.4 0
Kick Returns Team(s) Att Yards Avg TD Cullen Bryant LA 2 111 55.5 1 Clarence Davis OAK 2 87 43.5 0 Ken Grandberry CHI 3 113 37.7 0 Leon McQuay NYG 4 150 37.5 0 Bernard Jackson CIN 2 64 32.0 0 Herb Mul-Key WAS 5 158 31.6 0 Mike Holmes SF 5 156 31.2 0 Larry Brunson KC 3 90 30.0 0 Mack Herron NE 5 149 29.8 0 Doug Kotar NYG 3 89 29.7 0 Nat Moore MIA 7 200 28.6 0 Vic Washington HOU 6 165 27.5 0 Dick Gordon SD 7 185 26.4 0 Tom Geredine ATL 3 79 26.3 0 Manfred Moore SF 2 51 25.5 0
Punt Returns Team(s) Att Yards Avg TD Billy Johnson HOU 5 104 20.8 0 Lemar Parrish CIN 5 99 19.8 1 Jeff Severson HOU 3 45 15.0 0 Larry Brunson KC 2 29 14.5 0 Howard Stevens NO 2 28 14.0 0 Dick Conn PIT 2 26 13.0 0 Jackie Wallace MIN 4 48 12.0 0 Dave Elmendorf LA 5 55 11.0 0 Lou Piccone NYJ 2 22 11.0 0 Roscoe Word NYJ 6 65 10.8 0 Dick Jauron DET 4 42 10.5 0 Ron Smith OAK 8 83 10.4 0 Mack Herron NE 3 30 10.0 0 Glen Edwards PIT 4 39 9.8 0 Bill Cahill BUF 2 19 9.5 0
Punting Team(s) Punts Yards Avg Dave Jennings NYG 11 496 45.1 Ray Guy OAK 14 628 44.9 Jerrel Wilson KC 14 608 43.4 Tom Blanchard NO 8 347 43.4 Bobby Walden PIT 10 432 43.2 Billy Van Heusen DEN 16 676 42.2 Dave Chapple LA 11 462 42.0 Dave Green CIN 10 399 39.9 David Beverly HOU 7 277 39.6 Herman Weaver DET 17 664 39.1 Hal Roberts STL 9 348 38.7 Tom Wittum SF 5 191 38.2 Bruce Barnes NE 7 265 37.9 John James ATL 15 563 37.5 Merritt Kersey PHI 15 563 37.5 Spike Jones BUF 8 298 37.2 Don Cockroft CLE 18 668 37.1 Randy Walker GB 11 408 37.1 Dennis Partee SD 7 257 36.7 Mike Bragg WAS 10 367 36.7
Kicking Team(s) FG PAT Pts John Smith NE 2/ 4 8/ 8 14 Chester Marcol GB 3/ 4 4/ 4 13 Garo Yepremian MIA 2/ 2 6/ 6 12 Horst Muhlmann CIN 2/ 3 6/ 6 12 David Ray LA 2/ 3 5/ 5 11 George Blanda OAK 2/ 3 5/ 6 11 Roy Gerela PIT 1/ 2 8/ 9 11 Mac Percival DAL 2/ 7 4/ 4 10 Tom Dempsey PHI 3/ 3 1/ 1 10 Bobby Howfield NYJ 2/ 3 3/ 5 9 Bruce Gossett SF 2/ 7 3/ 4 9 Don Cockroft CLE 2/ 2 3/ 3 9 Fred Cox MIN 2/ 3 3/ 5 9 Jim Turner DEN 1/ 2 6/ 6 9 Mirro Roder CHI 1/ 2 5/ 5 8 Bill McClard NO 2/ 2 1/ 1 7 Dennis Partee SD 1/ 3 4/ 4 7 Errol Mann DET 2/ 4 1/ 1 7 Jan Stenerud KC 1/ 3 4/ 4 7 John Leypoldt BUF 1/ 4 4/ 5 7

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