Sunday December 5, 1976
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NFL leaders as of 12/05/1976:



Team Rankings:
Rush Pass Total Offense Games Yds/Gm Yds/Gm Yds/Gm 1 BAL 13 166.9 205.4 372.3 2 STL 13 159.3 212.7 372.0 3 OAK 12 155.3 210.8 366.2 4 DAL 13 153.7 206.4 360.1 5 LA 13 185.5 169.9 355.4 6 MIN 13 136.7 205.7 342.4 7 KC 13 128.8 210.8 339.7 8 NE 13 206.8 131.2 338.0 9 PIT 13 208.7 122.3 331.0 10 CLE 13 164.5 164.1 328.5 11 SD 13 147.3 179.5 326.8 12 MIA 13 158.7 164.2 322.9 13 DET 13 163.2 155.2 318.5 14 BUF 13 176.5 134.9 311.5 15 CIN 12 154.8 145.0 299.8 16 SEA 13 103.5 186.4 289.8 17 WAS 13 148.2 139.2 287.5 18 SF 13 171.9 114.6 286.5 19 DEN 13 121.2 162.1 283.3 20 CHI 13 172.8 109.5 282.4 21 NO 13 132.4 133.8 266.2 22 NYJ 13 143.1 122.2 265.2 23 NYG 13 132.4 132.7 265.1 24 HOU 13 108.1 154.4 262.5 25 PHI 13 139.2 103.8 243.1 26 GB 13 117.4 121.2 238.6 27 ATL 13 118.8 100.5 219.2 28 TB 13 105.2 105.4 210.6
Rush Pass Total Defense Games Yds/Gm Yds/Gm Yds/Gm 1 PIT 13 104.9 138.5 243.5 2 SF 13 133.2 117.0 250.2 3 DET 13 137.2 119.5 256.8 4 DAL 13 125.9 133.4 259.3 5 CLE 13 120.2 141.8 262.1 6 CIN 12 135.0 127.8 262.8 7 LA 13 113.3 151.5 264.8 8 MIN 13 157.0 110.9 267.9 9 DEN 13 122.5 151.5 274.0 10 HOU 13 139.5 141.5 281.0 11 CHI 13 125.2 163.1 288.3 12 NE 13 131.7 157.1 288.8 13 BAL 13 121.0 173.8 294.8 14 STL 13 138.2 157.2 295.3 15 GB 13 164.8 132.8 297.7 16 NYG 13 151.8 147.5 299.3 17 WAS 13 158.2 143.3 301.5 18 NO 13 159.8 158.0 317.8 19 OAK 12 139.2 178.6 317.8 20 ATL 13 183.2 142.1 325.2 21 PHI 13 152.5 178.8 331.2 22 SD 13 142.7 190.0 332.7 23 BUF 13 179.4 154.0 333.4 24 TB 13 176.9 169.3 346.2 25 NYJ 13 188.3 163.4 351.7 26 MIA 13 168.1 191.5 359.5 27 SEA 13 200.5 183.2 383.7 28 KC 13 208.0 183.2 391.2
                                                          Per   Per
Passing               Team(s)   Att  Cmp    Pct  Yards    Att   Cmp  TD   TD%  Int  Int%  Rating
Bert Jones            BAL       323  194   60.1  2,856   8.84  14.7  21   6.5    8   2.5   100.3
Ken Stabler           OAK       271  178   65.7  2,520   9.30  14.2  23   8.5   16   5.9    99.3
James Harris          LA        141   81   57.4  1,347   9.55  16.6   7   5.0    4   2.8    94.5
Greg Landry           DET       283  165   58.3  2,163   7.64  13.1  17   6.0    8   2.8    90.8
Joe Ferguson          BUF       151   74   49.0  1,086   7.19  14.7   9   6.0    1   0.7    90.0
Fran Tarkenton        MIN       389  240   61.7  2,777   7.14  11.6  14   3.6    8   2.1    86.7
Roger Staubach        DAL       347  203   58.5  2,624   7.56  12.9  13   3.7    9   2.6    84.0
Jim Hart              STL       374  209   55.9  2,864   7.66  13.7  18   4.8   12   3.2    83.2
Bob Griese            MIA       261  159   60.9  2,067   7.92  13.0  11   4.2   11   4.2    82.3
Brian Sipe            CLE       288  167   58.0  1,988   6.90  11.9  16   5.6   12   4.2    80.3
Dan Fouts             SD        334  198   59.3  2,453   7.34  12.4  14   4.2   13   3.9    79.8
Mike Livingston       KC        332  186   56.0  2,646   7.97  14.2  12   3.6   12   3.6    79.0
Ken Anderson          CIN       284  155   54.6  1,898   6.68  12.2  16   5.6   11   3.9    78.1
Billy Kilmer          WAS       176   94   53.4  1,053   5.98  11.2  11   6.2    8   4.5    73.4
Dan Pastorini         HOU       280  154   55.0  1,700   6.07  11.0  10   3.6    9   3.2    71.7
Terry Bradshaw        PIT       173   84   48.6  1,101   6.36  13.1   9   5.2    8   4.6    67.1
Steve Ramsey          DEN       270  128   47.4  1,931   7.15  15.1  11   4.1   13   4.8    64.9
Steve Grogan          NE        288  141   49.0  1,863   6.47  13.2  18   6.2   19   6.6    63.2
Jim Plunkett          SF        243  126   51.9  1,592   6.55  12.6  13   5.3   16   6.6    63.0
Bobby Scott           NO        172   91   52.9    922   5.36  10.1   3   1.7    6   3.5    59.8
Joe Theismann         WAS       163   79   48.5  1,036   6.36  13.1   8   4.9   10   6.1    59.8
Craig Morton          NYG       262  145   55.3  1,778   6.79  12.3   9   3.4   18   6.9    59.3
Bobby Douglass        NO        198   97   49.0  1,150   5.81  11.9   4   2.0    8   4.0    57.0
Steve Spurrier        TB        294  144   49.0  1,483   5.04  10.3   6   2.0   11   3.7    55.1
Bob Avellini          CHI       254  116   45.7  1,516   5.97  13.1   8   3.1   13   5.1    54.2
Mike Boryla           PHI       246  123   50.0  1,247   5.07  10.1   9   3.7   14   5.7    53.4
Lynn Dickey           GB        243  115   47.3  1,465   6.03  12.7   7   2.9   14   5.8    52.2
Joe Namath            NYJ       215  110   51.2  1,070   4.98   9.7   4   1.9   12   5.6    48.4
Jim Zorn              SEA       390  184   47.2  2,334   5.98  12.7  11   2.8   26   6.7    48.0
Richard Todd          NYJ       149   62   41.6    847   5.68  13.7   3   2.0   10   6.7    39.2
Gary Marangi          BUF       208   71   34.1    878   4.22  12.4   6   2.9   15   7.2    27.7


Others (10 or more attempts): Per Per Passing Team(s) Att Cmp Pct Yards Att Cmp TD TD% Int Int% Rating Pat Haden LA 100 58 58.0 877 8.77 15.1 8 8.0 4 4.0 97.0 Danny White DAL 20 13 65.0 213 10.65 16.4 2 10.0 2 10.0 94.4 Mike Rae OAK 40 22 55.0 274 6.85 12.5 3 7.5 1 2.5 91.0 Mike Phipps CLE 37 20 54.1 146 3.95 7.3 3 8.1 0 0.0 90.6 Don Strock MIA 28 12 42.9 227 8.11 18.9 2 7.1 1 3.6 80.5 Joe Reed DET 49 23 46.9 288 5.88 12.5 2 4.1 0 0.0 79.3 Randy Johnson GB 10 5 50.0 84 8.40 16.8 0 0.0 0 0.0 78.7 Craig Penrose DEN 33 15 45.5 256 7.76 17.1 3 9.1 2 6.1 77.3 Mike Kruczek PIT 85 51 60.0 758 8.92 14.9 0 0.0 3 3.5 74.5 Scott Hunter ATL 87 41 47.1 514 5.91 12.5 5 5.7 3 3.4 70.8 Dave Mays CLE 19 9 47.4 101 5.32 11.2 0 0.0 0 0.0 63.7 Bill Troup BAL 15 6 40.0 98 6.53 16.3 0 0.0 0 0.0 62.6 Norris Weese DEN 25 17 68.0 216 8.64 12.7 0 0.0 2 8.0 61.4 John Hadl HOU 113 60 53.1 634 5.61 10.6 7 6.2 8 7.1 60.9 John Reaves CIN 14 5 35.7 64 4.57 12.8 2 14.3 1 7.1 60.7 Tony Adams KC 42 21 50.0 374 8.90 17.8 2 4.8 4 9.5 57.1 Roman Gabriel PHI 79 36 45.6 355 4.49 9.9 2 2.5 2 2.5 56.7 Bill Munson SEA 37 20 54.1 295 7.97 14.8 1 2.7 3 8.1 55.6 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 Clint Longley SD 24 12 50.0 130 5.42 10.8 2 8.3 3 12.5 54.5 Marty Domres SF 14 7 50.0 101 7.21 14.4 0 0.0 1 7.1 44.0 Steve Bartkowski ATL 120 57 47.5 677 5.64 11.9 2 1.7 9 7.5 39.5 Bob Lee MIN 28 14 50.0 156 5.57 11.1 0 0.0 2 7.1 37.2 Norm Snead NYG 42 22 52.4 239 5.69 10.9 0 0.0 4 9.5 29.9 Scott Bull SF 20 7 35.0 98 4.90 14.0 1 5.0 3 15.0 28.8 Parnell Dickinson TB 39 15 38.5 210 5.38 14.0 1 2.6 5 12.8 25.5 Carlos Brown GB 74 26 35.1 333 4.50 12.8 2 2.7 6 8.1 25.3 Ron Jaworski LA 52 20 38.5 273 5.25 13.7 1 1.9 5 9.6 22.8 John Walton PHI 21 10 47.6 104 4.95 10.4 0 0.0 2 9.5 22.8 Kim McQuilken ATL 121 48 39.7 450 3.72 9.4 2 1.7 10 8.3 21.7 Terry Hanratty TB 14 6 42.9 32 2.29 5.3 0 0.0 1 7.1 20.5
Rushing Team(s) Att Yards Avg TD Walter Payton CHI 297 1,341 4.5 12 O.J. Simpson BUF 262 1,332 5.1 7 Lydell Mitchell BAL 278 1,166 4.2 4 Lawrence McCutcheon LA 282 1,144 4.1 9 Delvin Williams SF 233 1,116 4.8 7 Chuck Foreman MIN 264 1,077 4.1 13 Mike Thomas WAS 234 1,035 4.4 5 Franco Harris PIT 266 1,024 3.8 13 Greg Pruitt CLE 200 954 4.8 4 Rocky Bleier PIT 198 929 4.7 5 Otis Armstrong DEN 221 892 4.0 4 Dexter Bussey DET 186 844 4.5 3 Mark van Eeghen OAK 192 843 4.4 3 Benny Malone MIA 186 797 4.3 4 Sam Cunningham NE 166 785 4.7 3 Jim Otis STL 205 772 3.8 2 Wilbur Jackson SF 189 758 4.0 1 Rickey Young SD 147 727 4.9 4 John Cappelletti LA 173 690 4.0 1 Clark Gaines NYJ 139 673 4.8 3 Don Calhoun NE 117 653 5.6 1 Chuck Muncie NO 141 636 4.5 2 Ronnie Coleman HOU 157 635 4.0 2 Doug Kotar NYG 167 628 3.8 2 Boobie Clark CIN 136 610 4.5 6
Receiving Team(s) Att Yards Avg TD MacArthur Lane KC 60 651 10.8 1 Lydell Mitchell BAL 57 526 9.2 3 Drew Pearson DAL 56 787 14.1 6 Bob Chandler BUF 56 757 13.5 9 Chuck Foreman MIN 54 559 10.4 1 Ike Harris STL 52 782 15.0 1 Ahmad Rashad MIN 51 653 12.8 3 Tony Galbreath NO 50 397 7.9 1 Charlie Joiner SD 49 1,044 21.3 7 Ken Burrough HOU 48 888 18.5 7 Frank Grant WAS 48 787 16.4 5 Steve Largent SEA 47 607 12.9 3 Reggie Rucker CLE 46 649 14.1 8 Dave Casper OAK 46 613 13.3 7 Rickey Young SD 45 426 9.5 1 Billy Johnson HOU 44 476 10.8 4 Greg Pruitt CLE 44 333 7.6 1 Sammy White MIN 42 786 18.7 7 Walter White KC 42 744 17.7 6 Billy Joe DuPree DAL 42 680 16.2 2 Bob Tucker NYG 41 474 11.6 1 Roger Carr BAL 39 998 25.6 10 Cliff Branch OAK 39 994 25.5 10 Ray Jarvis DET 38 765 20.1 5 Fred Biletnikoff OAK 38 496 13.1 6
Kick Returns Team(s) Att Yards Avg TD Duriel Harris MIA 17 559 32.9 0 Cullen Bryant LA 16 459 28.7 1 Jess Phillips NE 14 397 28.4 0 Lawrence Williams KC 22 601 27.3 0 Willie Shelby CIN 24 632 26.3 1 Rick Jennings OAK 13 336 25.8 0 Butch Johnson DAL 25 635 25.4 0 Brian Baschnagel CHI 27 684 25.3 0 Rolland Lawrence ATL 20 505 25.2 0 Steve Holden CLE 18 447 24.8 0 Gary Davis MIA 23 569 24.7 0 Eddie Brown WAS 29 716 24.7 0 Howard Stevens BAL 28 661 23.6 0 Rick Upchurch DEN 22 514 23.4 0 Keith Moody BUF 26 605 23.3 0
Punt Returns Team(s) Att Yards Avg TD Rick Upchurch DEN 34 508 14.9 4 Eddie Brown WAS 43 606 14.1 1 Mike Haynes NE 42 555 13.2 2 Mike Fuller SD 32 420 13.1 0 Larry Brunson KC 28 336 12.0 0 Butch Johnson DAL 44 486 11.0 0 Billy Johnson HOU 36 391 10.9 0 Neal Colzie OAK 37 401 10.8 0 Pete Athas NO 29 312 10.8 0 Larry Marshall PHI 27 290 10.7 0 Cullen Bryant LA 26 270 10.4 0 Keith Moody BUF 16 166 10.4 1 Pat Tilley STL 15 146 9.7 0 Terry Metcalf STL 15 146 9.7 0 Theo Bell PIT 35 337 9.6 0
Punting Team(s) Punts Yards Avg Marv Bateman BUF 82 3,521 42.9 John James ATL 96 4,051 42.2 Jerrel Wilson KC 62 2,615 42.2 Ray Guy OAK 60 2,483 41.4 Dave Jennings NYG 70 2,885 41.2 Tom Wittum SF 82 3,338 40.7 Jeff West SD 30 1,214 40.5 Mike Patrick NE 60 2,396 39.9 Herman Weaver DET 75 2,989 39.9 Duane Carrell NYJ 74 2,943 39.8 Dave Green TB 87 3,443 39.6 David Lee BAL 57 2,252 39.5 Pat McInally CIN 67 2,639 39.4 Don Cockroft CLE 59 2,320 39.3 Bobby Walden PIT 69 2,712 39.3 Tom Blanchard NO 92 3,589 39.0 Neil Clabo MIN 68 2,639 38.8 Rusty Jackson LA 72 2,792 38.8 Mike Bragg WAS 84 3,255 38.8 Danny White DAL 62 2,388 38.5
Kicking Team(s) FG PAT Pts Toni Linhart BAL 17/24 42/43 93 Jim Bakken STL 19/26 31/33 88 Mark Moseley WAS 20/32 28/29 88 Efren Herrera DAL 18/23 32/32 86 Fred Cox MIN 18/29 30/32 84 Jan Stenerud KC 19/35 24/28 81 John Smith NE 14/24 39/43 81 Roy Gerela PIT 14/25 37/40 79 Tom Dempsey LA 15/22 34/42 79 Rich Szaro NO 18/22 24/28 78 Garo Yepremian MIA 16/23 28/30 76 Jim Turner DEN 15/20 30/33 75 Skip Butler HOU 16/26 24/24 72 Don Cockroft CLE 15/27 25/28 70 Steve Mike-Mayer SF 14/26 23/27 65 Chris Bahr CIN 10/22 33/35 63 Bob Thomas CHI 12/25 25/28 61 Benny Ricardo BUF-DET 10/17 19/21 49 George Jakowenko BUF 10/15 19/22 49 Chester Marcol GB 9/17 21/24 48

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