Monday September 20, 1976
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NFL leaders as of 09/20/1976:



Team Rankings:
Rush Pass Total Offense Games Yds/Gm Yds/Gm Yds/Gm 1 OAK 2 163.5 279.5 443.0 2 STL 2 244.5 193.5 438.0 3 DAL 2 189.0 245.0 434.0 4 MIN 2 123.5 282.5 406.0 5 SD 2 231.0 165.5 396.5 6 LA 2 246.5 135.0 381.5 7 WAS 2 181.0 194.0 375.0 8 NE 2 213.5 160.0 373.5 9 PIT 2 208.5 159.5 368.0 10 CLE 2 176.0 184.0 360.0 11 DEN 2 183.0 169.0 352.0 12 BAL 2 125.5 210.0 335.5 13 MIA 2 156.0 171.5 327.5 14 HOU 2 199.0 117.0 316.0 15 KC 2 114.0 191.0 305.0 16 PHI 2 173.5 116.5 290.0 17 SEA 2 87.5 191.0 278.5 18 CIN 2 122.0 156.0 278.0 19 BUF 2 98.5 177.0 275.5 20 DET 2 153.5 115.5 269.0 21 NYG 2 89.0 176.5 265.5 22 SF 2 144.0 108.0 252.0 23 CHI 2 140.5 109.0 249.5 24 ATL 2 119.5 103.5 223.0 25 NYJ 2 101.5 120.0 221.5 26 GB 2 93.5 85.5 179.0 27 NO 2 59.5 88.0 147.5 28 TB 2 90.5 27.0 117.5
Rush Pass Total Defense Games Yds/Gm Yds/Gm Yds/Gm 1 HOU 2 70.5 68.5 139.0 2 CHI 2 93.5 123.0 216.5 3 DEN 2 105.0 114.0 219.0 4 DAL 2 102.5 119.0 221.5 5 SD 2 121.0 106.5 227.5 6 DET 2 145.5 92.5 238.0 7 STL 2 67.5 174.0 241.5 8 SF 2 146.0 97.0 243.0 9 WAS 2 99.0 162.0 261.0 10 MIN 2 155.5 107.5 263.0 11 NE 2 115.0 148.0 263.0 12 CLE 2 166.0 112.0 278.0 13 CIN 2 122.0 158.0 280.0 14 LA 2 68.0 218.5 286.5 15 BAL 2 137.5 172.5 310.0 16 NYG 2 150.0 161.0 311.0 17 PHI 2 131.0 198.5 329.5 18 BUF 2 206.0 124.5 330.5 19 ATL 2 215.0 117.0 332.0 20 TB 2 192.5 156.5 349.0 21 OAK 2 155.5 203.5 359.0 22 GB 2 209.0 158.0 367.0 23 PIT 2 130.5 254.5 385.0 24 MIA 2 193.0 213.5 406.5 25 NO 2 185.5 250.5 436.0 26 SEA 2 277.0 165.0 442.0 27 KC 2 239.0 217.5 456.5 28 NYJ 2 229.0 237.5 466.5
                                                          Per   Per
Passing               Team(s)   Att  Cmp    Pct  Yards    Att   Cmp  TD   TD%  Int  Int%  Rating
Roger Staubach        DAL        50   34   68.0    481   9.62  14.1   2   4.0    1   2.0   103.8
Brian Sipe            CLE        44   22   50.0    276   6.27  12.5   4   9.1    0   0.0   100.2
Bert Jones            BAL        52   31   59.6    491   9.44  15.8   5   9.6    3   5.8    99.1
Dan Fouts             SD         51   31   60.8    359   7.04  11.6   2   3.9    0   0.0    95.1
Billy Kilmer          WAS        60   34   56.7    441   7.35  13.0   5   8.3    2   3.3    93.8
Ken Anderson          CIN        44   29   65.9    330   7.50  11.4   3   6.8    2   4.5    92.0
Ken Stabler           OAK        66   43   65.2    566   8.58  13.2   6   9.1    5   7.6    90.8
Joe Ferguson          BUF        52   22   42.3    372   7.15  16.9   3   5.8    0   0.0    86.4
Jim Hart              STL        52   30   57.7    391   7.52  13.0   2   3.8    1   1.9    86.3
Fran Tarkenton        MIN        66   42   63.6    515   7.80  12.3   2   3.0    2   3.0    85.1
Jim Plunkett          SF         41   27   65.9    293   7.15  10.9   3   7.3    3   7.3    80.6
Mike Livingston       KC         55   32   58.2    426   7.75  13.3   3   5.5    3   5.5    78.3
Terry Bradshaw        PIT        50   22   44.0    330   6.60  15.0   3   6.0    1   2.0    77.9
Joe Reed              DET        34   16   47.1    169   4.97  10.6   1   2.9    0   0.0    71.8
Bob Griese            MIA        47   29   61.7    389   8.28  13.4   2   4.3    4   8.5    66.7
Steve Grogan          NE         49   28   57.1    345   7.04  12.3   3   6.1    4   8.2    65.4
Dan Pastorini         HOU        51   26   51.0    274   5.37  10.5   2   3.9    2   3.9    63.7
Craig Morton          NYG        57   30   52.6    368   6.46  12.3   3   5.3    4   7.0    61.1
Mike Boryla           PHI        45   24   53.3    260   5.78  10.8   2   4.4    3   6.7    57.6
Pat Haden             LA         23   12   52.2    183   7.96  15.2   1   4.3    2   8.7    57.0
Bob Avellini          CHI        32   15   46.9    212   6.62  14.1   0   0.0    1   3.1    55.7
Greg Landry           DET        21    7   33.3    121   5.76  17.3   0   0.0    0   0.0    53.9
Jim Zorn              SEA        57   26   45.6    420   7.37  16.2   2   3.5    4   7.0    53.3
Steve Ramsey          DEN        41   16   39.0    289   7.05  18.1   1   2.4    2   4.9    51.8
Joe Namath            NYJ        49   26   53.1    243   4.96   9.3   0   0.0    2   4.1    50.0
Bobby Scott           NO         47   22   46.8    185   3.94   8.4   0   0.0    1   2.1    48.6
Lynn Dickey           GB         62   24   38.7    253   4.08  10.5   0   0.0    3   4.8    31.2
Steve Bartkowski      ATL        49   21   42.9    252   5.14  12.0   1   2.0    6  12.2    26.4
Steve Spurrier        TB         31   11   35.5    103   3.32   9.4   0   0.0    2   6.5    18.6


Others (10 or more attempts): Per Per Passing Team(s) Att Cmp Pct Yards Att Cmp TD TD% Int Int% Rating Mike Phipps CLE 15 11 73.3 100 6.67 9.1 3 20.0 0 0.0 130.6 Bob Lee MIN 13 7 53.8 90 6.92 12.9 0 0.0 0 0.0 75.8 Ron Jaworski LA 15 7 46.7 90 6.00 12.9 1 6.7 1 6.7 60.4 John Reaves CIN 10 3 30.0 32 3.20 10.7 1 10.0 1 10.0 34.2 Richard Todd NYJ 13 8 61.5 32 2.46 4.0 0 0.0 2 15.4 26.3
Rushing Team(s) Att Yards Avg TD John Cappelletti LA 50 230 4.6 0 Lawrence McCutcheon LA 55 225 4.1 0 Walter Payton CHI 53 218 4.1 2 Ronnie Coleman HOU 41 216 5.3 0 Mike Thomas WAS 44 199 4.5 1 Greg Pruitt CLE 37 193 5.2 0 Otis Armstrong DEN 41 190 4.6 2 Franco Harris PIT 43 186 4.3 2 Terry Metcalf STL 31 186 6.0 1 Jim Otis STL 42 180 4.3 1 Lydell Mitchell BAL 45 179 4.0 1 Scott Laidlaw DAL 36 175 4.9 2 Sam Cunningham NE 35 162 4.6 0 Rickey Young SD 27 161 6.0 2 Delvin Williams SF 41 146 3.6 2 Woody Green KC 26 137 5.3 0 Don Woods SD 33 135 4.1 0 Rocky Bleier PIT 32 135 4.2 1 Mike Hogan PHI 26 130 5.0 0 Fred Willis HOU 24 126 5.2 0 Mark van Eeghen OAK 32 124 3.9 0 Norm Bulaich MIA 24 116 4.8 1 Larry Csonka NYG 33 111 3.4 0 Bubba Bean ATL 24 109 4.5 1 Dexter Bussey DET 23 103 4.5 0
Receiving Team(s) Att Yards Avg TD Chuck Foreman MIN 13 137 10.5 0 Sammy White MIN 12 210 17.5 2 Dave Casper OAK 12 181 15.1 3 Lydell Mitchell BAL 11 114 10.4 0 Billy Joe DuPree DAL 10 150 15.0 0 Ron Howard SEA 10 136 13.6 0 Greg Pruitt CLE 10 134 13.4 0 MacArthur Lane KC 10 129 12.9 0 Scott Laidlaw DAL 10 81 8.1 0 Nat Moore MIA 9 148 16.4 1 Cliff Branch OAK 9 145 16.1 1 Brent McClanahan MIN 9 85 9.4 0 Bob Tucker NYG 9 74 8.2 0 Walker Gillette NYG 8 161 20.1 2 Andy Johnson NE 8 146 18.2 2 John Stallworth PIT 8 113 14.1 2 Ken Burrough HOU 8 112 14.0 1 Drew Pearson DAL 8 110 13.8 1 Ike Harris STL 8 108 13.5 1 Don Herrmann NO 8 105 13.1 0 Fred Biletnikoff OAK 8 105 13.1 1 Horace King DET 8 75 9.4 0 Rickey Young SD 8 64 8.0 0 Roger Carr BAL 7 208 29.7 3 Chip Myers CIN 7 150 21.4 1
Kick Returns Team(s) Att Yards Avg TD Duriel Harris MIA 5 159 31.8 0 Brian Baschnagel CHI 3 88 29.3 0 Willie Shelby CIN 5 145 29.0 0 Freeman Johns LA 2 56 28.0 0 Wayne Morris STL 3 84 28.0 0 Louie Giammona NYJ 4 110 27.5 0 Gary Davis MIA 3 79 26.3 0 Lou Piccone NYJ 5 131 26.2 0 Woody Green KC 2 52 26.0 0 Sammy White MIN 5 127 25.4 0 Butch Johnson DAL 3 76 25.3 0 James Hunter DET 5 126 25.2 0 Artie Owens SD 2 49 24.5 0 Howard Stevens BAL 5 122 24.4 0 Rick Upchurch DEN 4 95 23.8 0
Punt Returns Team(s) Att Yards Avg TD Eddie Brown WAS 6 131 21.8 0 Larry Brunson KC 4 69 17.2 0 Butch Johnson DAL 6 87 14.5 0 Mike Fuller SD 9 108 12.0 0 Leonard Willis MIN 6 70 11.7 0 Pat Tilley STL 9 105 11.7 0 Duriel Harris MIA 5 56 11.2 0 Larry Marshall PHI 7 78 11.1 0 Jake Scott WAS 2 22 11.0 0 Tom Myers NO 2 22 11.0 0 Mike Haynes NE 7 75 10.7 0 Billy Johnson HOU 12 124 10.3 0 Howard Stevens BAL 4 41 10.2 0 Ralph McGill SF 5 46 9.2 0 Jack Deloplaine PIT 2 18 9.0 0
Punting Team(s) Punts Yards Avg David Lee BAL 8 377 47.1 Jerrel Wilson KC 8 366 45.8 Ray Guy OAK 8 361 45.1 Herman Weaver DET 14 628 44.9 Dave Jennings NYG 16 704 44.0 John James ATL 14 612 43.7 Bobby Walden PIT 12 513 42.8 Rusty Jackson LA 12 513 42.8 Dave Green TB 20 849 42.5 David Beverly GB 16 679 42.4 Neil Clabo MIN 12 507 42.2 Mitch Hoopes SD 8 336 42.0 Tom Wittum SF 14 585 41.8 Mike Patrick NE 6 250 41.7 Marv Bateman BUF 13 537 41.3 Duane Carrell NYJ 11 450 40.9 Don Cockroft CLE 11 442 40.2 Tom Blanchard NO 16 639 39.9 Danny White DAL 6 237 39.5 Spike Jones PHI 10 393 39.3
Kicking Team(s) FG PAT Pts Jim Bakken STL 8/10 5/ 5 29 Toni Fritsch SD 4/ 8 5/ 6 17 Efren Herrera DAL 3/ 3 6/ 6 15 Skip Butler HOU 4/ 6 3/ 3 15 Chris Bahr CIN 3/ 5 5/ 5 14 Fred Cox MIN 3/ 5 5/ 6 14 Garo Yepremian MIA 3/ 3 5/ 5 14 Fred Steinfort OAK 2/ 3 7/ 7 13 John Smith NE 3/ 6 4/ 5 13 Toni Linhart BAL 2/ 3 7/ 7 13 Mark Moseley WAS 2/ 2 6/ 6 12 Jim Turner DEN 2/ 2 5/ 7 11 Roy Gerela PIT 1/ 2 8/ 8 11 Don Cockroft CLE 1/ 2 7/ 7 10 Tom Dempsey LA 2/ 4 4/ 5 10 Bob Thomas CHI 2/ 4 3/ 3 9 Errol Mann DET 2/ 4 3/ 3 9 Horst Muhlmann PHI 2/ 3 3/ 3 9 Pat Leahy NYJ 2/ 3 2/ 2 8 Don Bitterlich SEA 1/ 1 4/ 4 7

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