Sunday December 21, 1975
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

NFL leaders as of 12/21/1975:



Team Rankings:
Rush Pass Total Offense Games Yds/Gm Yds/Gm Yds/Gm 1 BUF 14 212.4 178.1 390.5 2 CIN 14 129.9 231.5 361.4 3 DAL 14 173.7 185.2 358.9 4 STL 14 171.6 182.4 353.9 5 MIN 14 149.6 204.4 353.9 6 PIT 14 188.1 161.0 349.1 7 OAK 14 176.6 170.8 347.4 8 WAS 14 125.1 208.4 333.5 9 LA 14 169.4 156.8 326.1 10 DEN 14 142.4 181.5 323.9 11 MIA 14 178.6 143.5 322.1 12 BAL 14 158.4 162.9 321.3 13 NE 14 131.8 174.1 305.9 14 NYJ 14 148.5 153.6 302.1 15 KC 14 131.9 168.6 300.5 16 SF 14 114.1 182.9 297.0 17 PHI 14 121.6 174.3 295.9 18 DET 14 153.4 136.9 290.3 19 HOU 14 147.0 133.5 280.5 20 ATL 14 128.1 147.6 275.8 21 CLE 14 132.1 139.8 271.9 22 NYG 14 116.2 150.1 266.4 23 GB 14 110.5 148.0 258.5 24 CHI 14 118.1 131.4 249.4 25 SD 14 128.6 115.0 243.6 26 NO 14 117.3 110.4 227.6
Rush Pass Total Defense Games Yds/Gm Yds/Gm Yds/Gm 1 MIN 14 109.4 115.8 225.2 2 LA 14 109.5 127.8 237.3 3 OAK 14 127.5 131.7 259.2 4 PIT 14 129.6 131.1 260.8 5 DAL 14 121.4 145.7 267.1 6 MIA 14 126.3 144.4 270.6 7 CIN 14 156.7 123.5 280.2 8 DET 14 137.8 147.9 285.7 9 DEN 14 141.0 145.1 286.1 10 SF 14 130.6 156.9 287.6 11 HOU 14 120.0 175.5 295.5 12 BAL 14 130.1 168.0 298.1 13 NO 14 137.9 170.5 308.4 14 WAS 14 139.1 174.0 313.1 15 NE 14 158.6 160.3 318.9 16 GB 14 167.1 155.1 322.2 17 CHI 14 147.9 179.0 326.9 18 STL 14 137.5 190.7 328.2 19 CLE 14 145.1 185.1 330.2 20 PHI 14 159.5 181.3 340.8 21 NYG 14 173.0 169.1 342.1 22 ATL 14 162.6 181.1 343.7 23 SD 14 174.4 179.3 353.7 24 BUF 14 142.4 220.0 362.4 25 KC 14 194.6 179.4 374.0 26 NYJ 14 195.5 194.2 389.7
                                                          Per   Per
Passing               Team(s)   Att  Cmp    Pct  Yards    Att   Cmp  TD   TD%  Int  Int%  Rating
Ken Anderson          CIN       377  228   60.5  3,169   8.41  13.9  21   5.6   11   2.9    93.9
Fran Tarkenton        MIN       425  273   64.2  2,994   7.04  11.0  25   5.9   13   3.1    91.8
Len Dawson            KC        140   93   66.4  1,095   7.82  11.8   5   3.6    4   2.9    90.0
Bert Jones            BAL       344  203   59.0  2,483   7.22  12.2  18   5.2    8   2.3    89.1
Terry Bradshaw        PIT       286  165   57.7  2,055   7.19  12.5  18   6.3    9   3.1    88.0
Bob Griese            MIA       191  118   61.8  1,693   8.86  14.3  14   7.3   13   6.8    86.6
Joe Ferguson          BUF       321  169   52.6  2,426   7.56  14.4  25   7.8   17   5.3    81.3
Roger Staubach        DAL       348  198   56.9  2,666   7.66  13.5  17   4.9   16   4.6    78.5
Billy Kilmer          WAS       346  178   51.4  2,440   7.05  13.7  23   6.6   16   4.6    77.2
Mike Livingston       KC        176   88   50.0  1,245   7.07  14.1   8   4.5    6   3.4    74.2
James Harris          LA        285  157   55.1  2,148   7.54  13.7  14   4.9   15   5.3    73.8
Norm Snead            SF        189  108   57.1  1,337   7.07  12.4   9   4.8   10   5.3    73.0
Jim Hart              STL       345  182   52.8  2,507   7.27  13.8  19   5.5   19   5.5    71.7
Roman Gabriel         PHI       292  151   51.7  1,644   5.63  10.9  13   4.5   11   3.8    67.8
Ken Stabler           OAK       293  171   58.4  2,296   7.84  13.4  16   5.5   24   8.2    67.4
Steve Ramsey          DEN       233  128   54.9  1,562   6.70  12.2   9   3.9   14   6.0    63.6
Craig Morton          NYG       363  186   51.2  2,359   6.50  12.7  11   3.0   16   4.4    63.6
Dan Pastorini         HOU       342  163   47.7  2,053   6.00  12.6  14   4.1   16   4.7    61.0
Steve Grogan          NE        274  139   50.7  1,976   7.21  14.2  11   4.0   18   6.6    60.4
Steve Spurrier        SF        207  102   49.3  1,151   5.56  11.3   5   2.4    7   3.4    60.3
Steve Bartkowski      ATL       255  115   45.1  1,662   6.52  14.5  13   5.1   15   5.9    59.3
Dan Fouts             SD        195  106   54.4  1,396   7.16  13.2   2   1.0   10   5.1    59.3
Joe Reed              DET       191   86   45.0  1,181   6.18  13.7   9   4.7   10   5.2    59.3
Gary Huff             CHI       205  114   55.6  1,083   5.28   9.5   3   1.5    9   4.4    57.0
John Hadl             GB        353  191   54.1  2,095   5.93  11.0   6   1.7   21   5.9    52.8
Mike Boryla           PHI       166   87   52.4    996   6.00  11.4   6   3.6   12   7.2    52.7
Joe Namath            NYJ       326  157   48.2  2,286   7.01  14.6  15   4.6   28   8.6    51.0
Mike Phipps           CLE       313  162   51.8  1,749   5.59  10.8   4   1.3   19   6.1    47.5
Charley Johnson       DEN       142   65   45.8  1,021   7.19  15.7   5   3.5   12   8.5    46.7
Archie Manning        NO        338  159   47.0  1,683   4.98  10.6   7   2.1   20   5.9    44.3


Others (10 or more attempts): Per Per Passing Team(s) Att Cmp Pct Yards Att Cmp TD TD% Int Int% Rating Marty Domres BAL 10 8 80.0 123 12.30 15.4 1 10.0 0 0.0 151.2 Greg Landry DET 56 31 55.4 403 7.20 13.0 1 1.8 0 0.0 84.2 Bill Munson DET 109 65 59.6 626 5.74 9.6 5 4.6 2 1.8 83.4 Earl Morrall MIA 43 26 60.5 273 6.35 10.5 3 7.0 2 4.7 82.8 Joe Gilliam PIT 48 24 50.0 450 9.38 18.8 3 6.2 3 6.2 77.6 David Humm OAK 38 18 47.4 246 6.47 13.7 3 7.9 2 5.3 72.9 Bob Lee MIN 14 5 35.7 103 7.36 20.6 2 14.3 1 7.1 72.3 Gary Marangi BUF 33 13 39.4 235 7.12 18.1 3 9.1 2 6.1 69.6 Don Strock MIA 45 26 57.8 230 5.11 8.8 2 4.4 2 4.4 67.8 Don Milan GB 32 15 46.9 181 5.66 12.1 1 3.1 1 3.1 62.1 Tom Owen SF 51 24 47.1 318 6.24 13.2 1 2.0 2 3.9 57.5 Bob Avellini CHI 126 67 53.2 942 7.48 14.1 6 4.8 11 8.7 57.0 John Reaves CIN 51 25 49.0 297 5.82 11.9 2 3.9 3 5.9 55.8 Jesse Freitas SD 110 49 44.5 525 4.77 10.7 5 4.5 5 4.5 55.3 Neil Graff NE 35 18 51.4 221 6.31 12.3 2 5.7 3 8.6 54.6 Brian Sipe CLE 88 45 51.1 427 4.85 9.5 1 1.1 3 3.4 54.5 Ron Jaworski LA 48 24 50.0 302 6.29 12.6 0 0.0 2 4.2 52.6 Tony Adams KC 77 36 46.8 445 5.78 12.4 2 2.6 4 5.2 52.1 Randy Johnson WAS 79 41 51.9 556 7.04 13.6 4 5.1 10 12.7 52.0 Pat Sullivan ATL 70 28 40.0 380 5.43 13.6 3 4.3 5 7.1 42.6 Clint Longley DAL 23 7 30.4 102 4.43 14.6 1 4.3 1 4.3 42.3 Bobby Scott NO 17 8 47.1 96 5.65 12.0 0 0.0 1 5.9 40.3 Jim Plunkett NE 92 36 39.1 571 6.21 15.9 3 3.3 7 7.6 39.7 Will Cureton CLE 32 10 31.2 95 2.97 9.5 1 3.1 1 3.1 38.0 Joe Theismann WAS 22 10 45.5 96 4.36 9.6 1 4.5 3 13.6 33.7 Larry Cipa NO 37 14 37.8 182 4.92 13.0 1 2.7 3 8.1 29.3 Carl Summerell NYG 16 7 43.8 98 6.12 14.0 0 0.0 2 12.5 24.5 John Hufnagel DEN 51 16 31.4 287 5.63 17.9 1 2.0 8 15.7 18.6 Larry Lawrence OAK 15 5 33.3 50 3.33 10.0 0 0.0 1 6.7 16.0 Bobby Douglass SD-CHI 47 15 31.9 140 2.98 9.3 0 0.0 3 6.4 14.6 Kim McQuilken ATL 61 20 32.8 253 4.15 12.7 1 1.6 9 14.8 12.6 J.J. Jones NYJ 57 16 28.1 181 3.18 11.3 1 1.8 5 8.8 9.6
Rushing Team(s) Att Yards Avg TD O.J. Simpson BUF 329 1,817 5.5 16 Franco Harris PIT 262 1,246 4.8 10 Lydell Mitchell BAL 289 1,193 4.1 11 Jim Otis STL 269 1,076 4.0 5 Chuck Foreman MIN 280 1,070 3.8 13 Greg Pruitt CLE 217 1,067 4.9 8 John Riggins NYJ 238 1,005 4.2 8 Dave Hampton ATL 250 1,002 4.0 5 Robert Newhouse DAL 209 930 4.4 2 Mike Thomas WAS 235 919 3.9 4 Lawrence McCutcheon LA 213 911 4.3 2 Mercury Morris MIA 219 875 4.0 4 Jim Braxton BUF 186 823 4.4 9 Terry Metcalf STL 165 816 4.9 9 Ronnie Coleman HOU 175 790 4.5 5 Jon Keyworth DEN 182 725 4.0 3 Don Nottingham MIA 168 718 4.3 12 Dexter Bussey DET 157 696 4.4 2 Walter Payton CHI 196 679 3.5 7 Pete Banaszak OAK 187 672 3.6 16 Mike Strachan NO 161 668 4.1 2 Sam Cunningham NE 169 666 3.9 6 Don Hardeman HOU 166 648 3.9 5 Altie Taylor DET 195 638 3.3 4 Tom Sullivan PHI 173 632 3.7 0
Receiving Team(s) Att Yards Avg TD Chuck Foreman MIN 73 691 9.5 9 Reggie Rucker CLE 60 770 12.8 3 Lydell Mitchell BAL 60 544 9.1 4 Ken Payne GB 58 766 13.2 0 Bob Chandler BUF 55 746 13.6 6 Ed Marinaro MIN 54 462 8.6 3 Ken Burrough HOU 53 1,063 20.1 8 Charley Taylor WAS 53 744 14.0 6 Cliff Branch OAK 51 893 17.5 9 John Gilliam MIN 50 777 15.5 7 Lynn Swann PIT 49 781 15.9 11 Charle Young PHI 49 659 13.4 3 Harold Carmichael PHI 49 639 13.0 7 Mel Gray STL 48 926 19.3 11 Rich Caster NYJ 47 820 17.4 4 Drew Pearson DAL 46 822 17.9 8 Randy Vataha NE 46 720 15.7 6 Pat Curran SD 45 619 13.8 0 Isaac Curtis CIN 44 934 21.2 7 Gene Washington SF 44 735 16.7 9 Greg Pruitt CLE 44 299 6.8 1 Harold Jackson LA 43 786 18.3 7 Walker Gillette NYG 43 600 14.0 2 Fred Biletnikoff OAK 43 587 13.7 2 Terry Metcalf STL 43 378 8.8 2
Kick Returns Team(s) Att Yards Avg TD Walter Payton CHI 14 444 31.7 0 Harold Hart OAK 17 518 30.5 1 Allen Carter NE 32 879 27.5 1 Terry Metcalf STL 35 960 27.4 1 Rick Upchurch DEN 40 1,084 27.1 0 Vic Washington BUF 35 923 26.4 0 Bruce Laird BAL 31 799 25.8 0 Bobby Thompson DET 22 565 25.7 0 Larry Marshall PHI 22 557 25.3 0 Manfred Moore SF 26 650 25.0 0 Steve Odom GB 42 1,034 24.6 1 Lou Piccone NYJ 26 637 24.5 0 Preston Pearson DAL 16 391 24.4 0 Billy Johnson HOU 33 798 24.2 1 Steve Davis NYJ 20 483 24.1 0
Punt Returns Team(s) Att Yards Avg TD Billy Johnson HOU 40 612 15.3 3 Neal Colzie OAK 48 655 13.6 0 Terry Metcalf STL 23 285 12.4 1 Freddie Solomon MIA 26 320 12.3 1 Gil Chapman NO 17 207 12.2 0 Rick Upchurch DEN 27 312 11.6 0 Mike Fuller SD 36 410 11.4 1 Howard Stevens BAL 36 396 11.0 0 Virgil Livers CHI 42 456 10.9 0 Glen Edwards PIT 25 267 10.7 0 Bruce Taylor SF 16 166 10.4 0 Golden Richards DAL 28 288 10.3 1 Larry Marshall PHI 23 235 10.2 0 Manfred Moore SF 16 160 10.0 0 Charlie West DET 22 219 10.0 0
Punting Team(s) Punts Yards Avg Ray Guy OAK 68 2,979 43.8 Herman Weaver DET 80 3,361 42.0 Tom Wittum SF 67 2,804 41.9 Marv Bateman BUF 61 2,536 41.6 John James ATL 89 3,696 41.5 Jerrel Wilson KC 54 2,233 41.4 Neil Clabo MIN 73 2,997 41.1 Tom Blanchard NO 92 3,776 41.0 Dave Jennings NYG 76 3,107 40.9 Mike Bragg WAS 72 2,924 40.6 Don Cockroft CLE 82 3,317 40.5 Spike Jones PHI 68 2,742 40.3 Billy Van Heusen DEN 63 2,515 39.9 David Lee BAL 86 3,402 39.6 Dan Pastorini HOU 62 2,447 39.5 Bobby Walden PIT 69 2,717 39.4 Duane Carrell LA 73 2,874 39.4 Mitch Hoopes DAL 68 2,676 39.4 Dave Green CIN 68 2,655 39.0 Bob Parsons CHI 93 3,625 39.0
Kicking Team(s) FG PAT Pts Toni Fritsch DAL 22/35 38/40 104 Jim Bakken STL 19/24 40/41 97 Roy Gerela PIT 17/21 44/46 95 Jan Stenerud KC 22/32 28/29 94 Tom Dempsey LA 21/26 31/36 94 Jim Turner DEN 21/28 23/26 86 Fred Cox MIN 13/17 46/48 85 Mark Moseley WAS 16/25 37/39 85 Skip Butler HOU 18/30 31/34 85 George Blanda OAK 13/21 44/48 83 Horst Muhlmann PHI 20/29 21/24 81 Toni Linhart BAL 10/18 51/52 81 Garo Yepremian MIA 13/16 40/46 79 John Leypoldt BUF 9/16 51/57 78 Don Cockroft CLE 17/23 21/24 72 Dave Green CIN 10/21 40/45 70 Steve Mike-Mayer SF 14/28 27/31 69 Errol Mann DET 14/21 25/29 67 Pat Leahy NYJ 13/21 27/30 66 John Smith NE 9/17 33/33 60

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