Monday November 8, 1976
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

NFL leaders as of 11/08/1976:



Team Rankings:
Rush Pass Total Offense Games Yds/Gm Yds/Gm Yds/Gm 1 BAL 9 182.2 221.3 403.6 2 DAL 9 163.0 224.3 387.3 3 STL 9 169.0 204.3 373.3 4 KC 9 133.1 235.8 368.9 5 OAK 9 136.0 218.0 354.0 6 LA 9 181.8 168.1 349.9 7 NE 9 197.4 145.8 343.2 8 MIN 9 129.6 212.8 342.3 9 CLE 9 172.1 169.8 341.9 10 SD 9 146.4 194.9 341.3 11 PIT 9 209.6 120.3 329.9 12 MIA 9 167.6 153.2 320.8 13 BUF 9 158.2 156.7 314.9 14 DET 9 160.4 146.0 306.4 15 DEN 9 139.2 164.2 303.4 16 SF 9 167.1 135.4 302.6 17 CIN 9 154.9 145.1 300.0 18 SEA 9 99.9 187.1 287.0 19 WAS 9 131.2 139.1 270.3 20 CHI 9 163.8 105.0 268.8 21 PHI 9 149.8 119.0 268.8 22 HOU 9 105.1 161.7 266.8 23 NO 9 127.8 136.7 264.4 24 NYG 9 121.8 141.9 263.7 25 NYJ 9 128.3 124.8 253.1 26 GB 9 128.6 117.0 245.6 27 ATL 9 114.1 104.4 218.6 28 TB 9 106.1 106.2 212.3
Rush Pass Total Defense Games Yds/Gm Yds/Gm Yds/Gm 1 DET 9 121.2 126.4 247.7 2 SF 9 125.6 126.6 252.1 3 CIN 9 127.7 128.2 255.9 4 DAL 9 120.8 139.0 259.8 5 PIT 9 104.8 160.3 265.1 6 MIN 9 156.8 109.2 266.0 7 CLE 9 125.1 154.6 279.7 8 BAL 9 105.0 177.0 282.0 9 HOU 9 143.6 140.6 284.1 10 DEN 9 116.4 171.2 287.7 11 CHI 9 128.4 159.7 288.1 12 LA 9 126.1 162.2 288.3 13 NO 9 139.8 149.8 289.6 14 STL 9 132.9 158.8 291.7 15 GB 9 158.0 140.2 298.2 16 ATL 9 185.7 113.3 299.0 17 NYG 9 158.2 155.0 313.2 18 NE 9 148.9 166.7 315.6 19 WAS 9 160.0 169.6 329.6 20 BUF 9 186.0 146.8 332.8 21 TB 9 171.0 162.8 333.8 22 PHI 9 155.2 179.9 335.1 23 OAK 9 149.8 194.7 344.4 24 SD 9 142.7 213.1 355.8 25 MIA 9 151.3 209.2 360.6 26 NYJ 9 194.7 165.9 360.6 27 SEA 9 193.9 181.3 375.2 28 KC 9 214.7 197.0 411.7
                                                          Per   Per
Passing               Team(s)   Att  Cmp    Pct  Yards    Att   Cmp  TD   TD%  Int  Int%  Rating
Bert Jones            BAL       223  136   61.0  2,067   9.27  15.2  15   6.7    5   2.2   104.6
Ken Stabler           OAK       212  139   65.6  2,004   9.45  14.4  18   8.5   11   5.2   102.8
Greg Landry           DET       168  100   59.5  1,314   7.82  13.1  11   6.5    3   1.8    98.7
Roger Staubach        DAL       224  142   63.4  1,923   8.58  13.5  10   4.5    4   1.8    98.1
James Harris          LA        132   77   58.3  1,217   9.22  15.8   6   4.5    3   2.3    94.8
Jim Hart              STL       242  147   60.7  1,894   7.83  12.9  13   5.4    7   2.9    91.2
Joe Ferguson          BUF       151   74   49.0  1,086   7.19  14.7   9   6.0    1   0.7    90.0
Dan Fouts             SD        237  140   59.1  1,816   7.66  13.0   9   3.8    5   2.1    87.1
Fran Tarkenton        MIN       246  152   61.8  1,928   7.84  12.7   8   3.3    7   2.8    85.2
Bob Griese            MIA       180  111   61.7  1,428   7.93  12.9   8   4.4    9   5.0    80.5
Ken Anderson          CIN       211  122   57.8  1,377   6.53  11.3  13   6.2    9   4.3    80.2
Mike Livingston       KC        223  128   57.4  1,889   8.47  14.8   9   4.0   10   4.5    80.0
Brian Sipe            CLE       205  118   57.6  1,354   6.60  11.5  10   4.9    7   3.4    79.6
Jim Plunkett          SF        181   99   54.7  1,327   7.33  13.4  11   6.1   11   6.1    73.1
Dan Pastorini         HOU       258  141   54.7  1,573   6.10  11.2   9   3.5    8   3.1    71.7
Steve Ramsey          DEN       194   90   46.4  1,479   7.62  16.4   8   4.1    9   4.6    66.9
Bobby Douglass        NO        108   56   51.9    673   6.23  12.0   3   2.8    4   3.7    65.1
Joe Theismann         WAS       125   63   50.4    834   6.67  13.2   8   6.4    9   7.2    63.2
Mike Boryla           PHI       214  108   50.5  1,156   5.40  10.7   9   4.2    9   4.2    63.1
Terry Bradshaw        PIT       163   78   47.9  1,022   6.27  13.1   7   4.3    8   4.9    62.0
Craig Morton          NYG       193  107   55.4  1,277   6.62  11.9   5   2.6   12   6.2    58.6
Steve Spurrier        TB        208  105   50.5  1,087   5.23  10.4   4   1.9    7   3.4    58.3
Billy Kilmer          WAS       121   62   51.2    682   5.64  11.0   5   4.1    7   5.8    57.9
Bobby Scott           NO        158   81   51.3    813   5.15  10.0   3   1.9    6   3.8    56.8
Steve Grogan          NE        213  102   47.9  1,451   6.81  14.2  11   5.2   17   8.0    54.3
Joe Namath            NYJ       159   84   52.8    794   4.99   9.5   2   1.3    7   4.4    52.8
Jim Zorn              SEA       273  127   46.5  1,625   5.95  12.8   8   2.9   16   5.9    51.0
Lynn Dickey           GB        219  102   46.6  1,284   5.86  12.6   6   2.7   13   5.9    49.7
Bob Avellini          CHI       170   80   47.1    998   5.87  12.5   2   1.2    9   5.3    47.6
Richard Todd          NYJ       104   47   45.2    593   5.70  12.6   1   1.0    5   4.8    46.7
Steve Bartkowski      ATL       120   57   47.5    677   5.64  11.9   2   1.7    9   7.5    39.5
Gary Marangi          BUF       100   36   36.0    479   4.79  13.3   3   3.0    8   8.0    28.7
Kim McQuilken         ATL       102   38   37.3    350   3.43   9.2   2   2.0    8   7.8    21.3


Others (10 or more attempts): Per Per Passing Team(s) Att Cmp Pct Yards Att Cmp TD TD% Int Int% Rating Clint Longley SD 11 8 72.7 90 8.18 11.2 2 18.2 0 0.0 136.4 Pat Haden LA 33 18 54.5 304 9.21 16.9 4 12.1 2 6.1 100.3 Mike Phipps CLE 32 18 56.2 135 4.22 7.5 3 9.4 0 0.0 97.8 Danny White DAL 19 12 63.2 170 8.95 14.2 2 10.5 2 10.5 87.5 Mike Rae OAK 32 18 56.2 202 6.31 11.2 2 6.2 1 3.1 83.1 Scott Hunter ATL 32 16 50.0 214 6.69 13.4 2 6.2 1 3.1 79.4 Joe Reed DET 49 23 46.9 288 5.88 12.5 2 4.1 0 0.0 79.3 Bill Munson SEA 26 14 53.8 229 8.81 16.4 0 0.0 1 3.8 67.6 Dave Mays CLE 15 7 46.7 94 6.27 13.4 0 0.0 0 0.0 67.1 Bill Troup BAL 12 5 41.7 84 7.00 16.8 0 0.0 0 0.0 66.0 Mike Kruczek PIT 44 23 52.3 277 6.30 12.0 0 0.0 1 2.3 62.4 John Hadl HOU 32 17 53.1 138 4.31 8.1 1 3.1 1 3.1 61.7 John Reaves CIN 14 5 35.7 64 4.57 12.8 2 14.3 1 7.1 60.7 Norm Snead NYG 28 19 67.9 213 7.61 11.2 0 0.0 2 7.1 60.6 Tony Adams KC 41 20 48.8 363 8.85 18.1 2 4.9 4 9.8 56.3 Earl Morrall MIA 26 10 38.5 148 5.69 14.8 1 3.8 1 3.8 54.6 Mike Nott KC 10 4 40.0 46 4.60 11.5 0 0.0 0 0.0 54.6 Norris Weese DEN 22 14 63.6 181 8.23 12.9 0 0.0 2 9.1 51.5 Bob Lee MIN 28 14 50.0 156 5.57 11.1 0 0.0 2 7.1 37.2 John Walton PHI 21 10 47.6 104 4.95 10.4 0 0.0 2 9.5 22.8 Ron Jaworski LA 45 16 35.6 214 4.76 13.4 1 2.2 5 11.1 19.4 Parnell Dickinson TB 23 6 26.1 78 3.39 13.0 1 4.3 3 13.0 16.1
Rushing Team(s) Att Yards Avg TD Walter Payton CHI 208 899 4.3 11 Lydell Mitchell BAL 208 887 4.3 2 Greg Pruitt CLE 159 829 5.2 4 Sam Cunningham NE 164 779 4.8 3 Delvin Williams SF 157 762 4.9 7 Chuck Foreman MIN 187 758 4.1 11 Lawrence McCutcheon LA 188 740 3.9 4 Franco Harris PIT 194 735 3.8 11 Otis Armstrong DEN 163 701 4.3 4 O.J. Simpson BUF 160 660 4.1 4 Mike Thomas WAS 151 653 4.3 4 Benny Malone MIA 130 594 4.6 3 Jim Otis STL 138 560 4.1 2 John Cappelletti LA 140 555 4.0 1 Rocky Bleier PIT 114 538 4.7 1 Mark van Eeghen OAK 131 522 4.0 0 Dexter Bussey DET 121 521 4.3 2 Rickey Young SD 104 480 4.6 3 Ronnie Coleman HOU 97 455 4.7 2 Doug Kotar NYG 113 453 4.0 1 Larry Csonka NYG 126 451 3.6 3 Wilbur Jackson SF 119 434 3.6 0 Boobie Clark CIN 94 421 4.5 5 Doug Dennison DAL 108 408 3.8 4 Bubba Bean ATL 110 406 3.7 2
Receiving Team(s) Att Yards Avg TD Dave Casper OAK 43 574 13.3 6 Bob Chandler BUF 41 564 13.8 8 Greg Pruitt CLE 41 326 8.0 1 Frank Grant WAS 40 630 15.8 4 Chuck Foreman MIN 40 428 10.7 1 Lydell Mitchell BAL 39 394 10.1 2 MacArthur Lane KC 37 483 13.1 0 Charlie Joiner SD 36 814 22.6 4 Ken Burrough HOU 36 651 18.1 4 Drew Pearson DAL 35 500 14.3 5 Sammy White MIN 34 657 19.3 5 Nat Moore MIA 33 625 18.9 4 Steve Largent SEA 33 450 13.6 2 Ike Harris STL 33 444 13.5 1 Ronnie Coleman HOU 32 228 7.1 2 Cliff Branch OAK 31 845 27.3 9 Reggie Rucker CLE 31 419 13.5 6 Billy Joe DuPree DAL 30 500 16.7 2 Tony Galbreath NO 30 240 8.0 1 Brent McClanahan MIN 30 217 7.2 1 Isaac Curtis CIN 29 422 14.6 4 Bob Tucker NYG 29 302 10.4 1 Rickey Young SD 29 267 9.2 0 Scott Laidlaw DAL 29 265 9.1 0 Doug Kotar NYG 29 264 9.1 0
Kick Returns Team(s) Att Yards Avg TD Duriel Harris MIA 13 412 31.7 0 Jess Phillips NE 9 284 31.6 0 Lonnie Perrin DEN 9 266 29.6 0 Willie Shelby CIN 21 577 27.5 1 Gary Davis MIA 14 383 27.4 0 Brian Baschnagel CHI 21 566 27.0 0 Rolland Lawrence ATL 16 425 26.6 0 Eddie Brown WAS 21 546 26.0 0 Steve Holden CLE 12 311 25.9 0 Louie Giammona NYJ 12 301 25.1 0 James Hunter DET 11 274 24.9 0 Lou Piccone NYJ 12 296 24.7 0 Rick Upchurch DEN 16 390 24.4 0 Keith Moody BUF 20 479 23.9 0 Cullen Bryant LA 10 239 23.9 0
Punt Returns Team(s) Att Yards Avg TD Rick Upchurch DEN 27 452 16.7 4 Eddie Brown WAS 25 394 15.8 1 Larry Brunson KC 17 248 14.6 0 Mike Haynes NE 27 365 13.5 1 Larry Marshall PHI 21 243 11.6 0 Neal Colzie OAK 26 300 11.5 0 Pete Athas NO 24 276 11.5 0 Theo Bell PIT 19 212 11.2 0 Keith Moody BUF 15 166 11.1 1 Louie Giammona NYJ 10 109 10.9 0 Cullen Bryant LA 15 162 10.8 0 Billy Johnson HOU 27 282 10.4 0 Mike Fuller SD 18 186 10.3 0 Ralph McGill SF 10 103 10.3 1 Jack Deloplaine PIT 13 131 10.1 0
Punting Team(s) Punts Yards Avg John James ATL 67 2,818 42.1 Dave Jennings NYG 51 2,134 41.8 Ray Guy OAK 53 2,217 41.8 Mike Patrick NE 40 1,665 41.6 Marv Bateman BUF 52 2,159 41.5 Bobby Walden PIT 50 2,063 41.3 Jerrel Wilson KC 39 1,609 41.3 Dave Green TB 64 2,570 40.2 Tom Wittum SF 55 2,197 39.9 Duane Carrell NYJ 53 2,117 39.9 Don Cockroft CLE 42 1,671 39.8 Rick Engles SEA 54 2,148 39.8 Herman Weaver DET 55 2,181 39.7 David Lee BAL 39 1,544 39.6 Neil Clabo MIN 47 1,856 39.5 Pat McInally CIN 48 1,884 39.2 Larry Seiple MIA 37 1,451 39.2 Rusty Jackson LA 50 1,955 39.1 Tom Blanchard NO 67 2,616 39.0 Mitch Hoopes SD 42 1,628 38.8
Kicking Team(s) FG PAT Pts Efren Herrera DAL 14/17 24/24 66 Toni Linhart BAL 11/15 33/34 66 Jim Bakken STL 14/20 22/24 64 Jim Turner DEN 13/15 24/27 63 Garo Yepremian MIA 13/17 20/20 59 John Smith NE 12/16 23/26 59 Fred Cox MIN 12/19 22/23 58 Roy Gerela PIT 11/19 25/28 58 Jan Stenerud KC 13/23 17/20 56 Chris Bahr CIN 8/19 26/27 50 Mark Moseley WAS 10/16 20/21 50 Rich Szaro NO 12/14 14/18 50 Tom Dempsey LA 10/17 20/23 50 Steve Mike-Mayer SF 10/15 19/22 49 Skip Butler HOU 10/19 17/17 47 Don Cockroft CLE 10/19 16/19 46 Bob Thomas CHI 7/17 16/18 37 Horst Muhlmann PHI 8/12 13/14 37 Errol Mann DET-OAK 6/13 14/16 32 Nick Mike-Mayer ATL 7/15 11/11 32

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