Sunday October 16, 1977
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

NFL leaders as of 10/16/1977:



Team Rankings:
Rush Pass Total Offense Games Yds/Gm Yds/Gm Yds/Gm 1 DAL 5 191.2 204.6 395.8 2 PIT 4 180.8 176.0 356.8 3 CHI 5 185.6 161.2 346.8 4 OAK 5 163.6 174.0 337.6 5 NE 5 191.8 139.8 331.6 6 MIN 5 141.4 187.4 328.8 7 MIA 5 183.0 145.2 328.2 8 STL 5 116.4 205.0 321.4 9 LA 5 169.8 148.6 318.4 10 BAL 5 176.2 141.2 317.4 11 DET 5 161.2 152.8 314.0 12 CIN 4 138.5 166.8 305.2 13 BUF 5 132.0 156.0 288.0 14 PHI 5 117.4 163.2 280.6 15 DEN 5 143.6 135.6 279.2 16 SD 5 124.6 144.4 269.0 17 ATL 5 128.2 140.4 268.6 18 SEA 5 104.8 161.0 265.8 19 NYJ 5 116.8 147.6 264.4 20 CLE 5 122.4 130.2 252.6 21 WAS 5 125.2 120.6 245.8 22 KC 5 127.4 110.8 238.2 23 HOU 5 94.8 138.4 233.2 24 NO 5 114.4 116.2 230.6 25 SF 5 107.4 107.6 215.0 26 GB 5 87.2 126.2 213.4 27 NYG 5 113.0 93.0 206.0 28 TB 5 107.2 80.6 187.8 Rush Pass Total Defense Games Yds/Gm Yds/Gm Yds/Gm 1 PIT 4 100.0 95.0 195.0 2 DAL 5 112.4 98.4 210.8 3 ATL 5 128.0 91.6 219.6 4 DEN 5 77.8 155.4 233.2 5 DET 5 112.2 124.8 237.0 6 SD 5 151.6 90.4 242.0 7 MIN 5 109.0 136.4 245.4 8 OAK 5 124.0 128.4 252.4 9 LA 5 102.4 151.6 254.0 10 PHI 5 134.8 126.2 261.0 11 SF 5 155.4 106.8 262.2 12 BUF 5 148.0 115.8 263.8 13 CLE 5 148.6 122.6 271.2 14 BAL 5 109.0 167.6 276.6 15 NE 5 126.6 154.8 281.4 16 HOU 5 140.2 142.6 282.8 17 GB 5 145.8 146.6 292.4 18 CIN 4 124.8 170.0 294.8 19 MIA 5 137.4 166.6 304.0 20 WAS 5 129.4 174.6 304.0 21 NYJ 5 154.0 150.0 304.0 22 NYG 5 145.8 174.4 320.2 23 TB 5 141.6 183.4 325.0 24 STL 5 152.0 177.2 329.2 25 NO 5 191.8 153.2 345.0 26 KC 5 196.4 155.6 352.0 27 CHI 5 163.8 203.6 367.4 28 SEA 5 184.2 195.2 379.4

                                                          Per   Per
Passing               Team(s)   Att  Cmp    Pct  Yards    Att   Cmp  TD   TD%  Int  Int%  Rating
Bert Jones            BAL       121   75   62.0    768   6.35  10.2   6   5.0    1   0.8    93.3
Roger Staubach        DAL       140   84   60.0  1,046   7.47  12.5   5   3.6    1   0.7    92.1
Bob Griese            MIA       112   67   59.8    843   7.53  12.6   5   4.5    2   1.8    90.7
Greg Landry           DET       142   86   60.6    952   6.70  11.1   5   3.5    1   0.7    89.3
Craig Morton          DEN        96   52   54.2    703   7.32  13.5   3   3.1    2   2.1    79.5
Bob Avellini          CHI       123   65   52.8    834   6.78  12.8   7   5.7    5   4.1    76.4
Steve Grogan          NE        110   62   56.4    778   7.07  12.5   9   8.2    8   7.3    75.5
Fran Tarkenton        MIN       158   94   59.5  1,059   6.70  11.3   5   3.2    6   3.8    74.3
Archie Manning        NO        125   66   52.8    749   5.99  11.3   3   2.4    3   2.4    69.0
Billy Kilmer          WAS       113   53   46.9    706   6.25  13.3   5   4.4    4   3.5    67.2
Scott Hunter          ATL       111   55   49.5    739   6.66  13.4   1   0.9    2   1.8    66.6
Richard Todd          NYJ       109   61   56.0    806   7.39  13.2   3   2.8    6   5.5    65.8
Jim Hart              STL       147   77   52.4  1,069   7.27  13.9   4   2.7    7   4.8    65.3
Brian Sipe            CLE       112   62   55.4    677   6.04  10.9   5   4.5    7   6.2    62.2
James Harris          SD        103   57   55.3    651   6.32  11.4   3   2.9    6   5.8    60.0
Dan Pastorini         HOU       131   74   56.5    655   5.00   8.9   1   0.8    4   3.1    59.8
Ron Jaworski          PHI       132   65   49.2    879   6.66  13.5   8   6.1   10   7.6    59.5
Ken Anderson          CIN       114   62   54.4    727   6.38  11.7   2   1.8    6   5.3    57.9
Steve Myer            SEA        82   45   54.9    488   5.95  10.8   5   6.1    7   8.5    57.4
Joe Ferguson          BUF       157   77   49.0    850   5.41  11.0   4   2.5    7   4.5    55.4
Terry Bradshaw        PIT        91   45   49.5    724   7.96  16.1   5   5.5    9   9.9    55.2
Joe Namath            LA        107   50   46.7    606   5.66  12.1   3   2.8    5   4.7    54.5
Jim Plunkett          SF         81   43   53.1    589   7.27  13.7   2   2.5    6   7.4    54.0
Mike Livingston       KC         99   45   45.5    674   6.81  15.0   4   4.0    7   7.1    52.3
Ken Stabler           OAK       126   69   54.8    924   7.33  13.4   4   3.2   12   9.5    49.3
Lynn Dickey           GB        116   59   50.9    720   6.21  12.2   4   3.4   10   8.6    45.9
Joe Pisarcik          NYG        72   24   33.3    447   6.21  18.6   2   2.8    6   8.3    30.3
Jim Zorn              SEA        62   24   38.7    340   5.48  14.2   2   3.2    7  11.3    28.4
Gary Huff             TB         84   37   44.0    459   5.46  12.4   1   1.2    9  10.7    25.9
Others (10 or more attempts):
                                                          Per   Per
Passing               Team(s)   Att  Cmp    Pct  Yards    Att   Cmp  TD   TD%  Int  Int%  Rating
Bill Munson           SD         14   11   78.6    135   9.64  12.3   1   7.1    0   0.0   130.7
Pat Haden             LA         22   12   54.5    235  10.68  19.6   1   4.5    1   4.5    88.3
Craig Penrose         DEN        11    6   54.5     65   5.91  10.8   0   0.0    0   0.0    72.2
Joe Theismann         WAS        10    3   30.0     19   1.90   6.3   1  10.0    1  10.0    33.3
Jerry Golsteyn        NYG        35   14   40.0    202   5.77  14.4   1   2.9    4  11.4    29.4
Tony Adams            KC         20   11   55.0     95   4.75   8.6   0   0.0    2  10.0    28.1
Scott Bull            SF         21    7   33.3     89   4.24  12.7   0   0.0    1   4.8    27.7
John Hadl             HOU        14    6   42.9     59   4.21   9.8   0   0.0    2  14.3    15.8
Randy Hedberg         TB         41   14   34.1    117   2.85   8.4   0   0.0    3   7.3    12.6
Rushing               Team(s)   Att  Yards    Avg   TD
Walter Payton         CHI       101    584    5.8    4
Lydell Mitchell       BAL       126    511    4.1    1
Sam Cunningham        NE        113    482    4.3    0
Lawrence McCutcheon   LA        114    456    4.0    4
Mark van Eeghen       OAK       113    441    3.9    3
O.J. Simpson          BUF        98    426    4.3    0
Benny Malone          MIA        70    387    5.5    4
Chuck Foreman         MIN       100    369    3.7    2
Tony Dorsett          DAL        54    337    6.2    4
Dexter Bussey         DET        71    322    4.5    3
Horace King           DET        82    306    3.7    1
Tony Reed             KC         63    306    4.9    1
Don Calhoun           NE         74    304    4.1    3
Mike Thomas           WAS        82    293    3.6    2
Franco Harris         PIT        81    291    3.6    2
Chuck Muncie          NO         79    287    3.6    3
Roland Harper         CHI        73    277    3.8    0
Robert Newhouse       DAL        67    272    4.1    3
Haskel Stanback       ATL        92    266    2.9    1
Greg Pruitt           CLE        66    260    3.9    0
John Cappelletti      LA         80    243    3.0    2
Mike Hogan            PHI        66    243    3.7    0
Sherman Smith         SEA        58    237    4.1    0
Clarence Davis        OAK        60    236    3.9    2
Monroe Eley           ATL        79    236    3.0    1
Receiving             Team(s)   Att  Yards    Avg   TD
Horace King           DET        25    164    6.6    0
Dave Casper           OAK        24    306   12.8    2
Tony Galbreath        NO         24    163    6.8    0
Lydell Mitchell       BAL        24    117    4.9    0
Drew Pearson          DAL        23    378   16.4    1
Don McCauley          BAL        21    205    9.8    2
Sam Cunningham        NE         21    203    9.7    1
Lynn Swann            PIT        20    289   14.4    2
Bob Chandler          BUF        20    263   13.2    2
Chuck Foreman         MIN        20    191    9.6    2
Walter White          KC         19    260   13.7    2
Sammy White           MIN        18    317   17.6    3
Ike Harris            STL        18    273   15.2    1
Tim Wilson            HOU        18     96    5.3    0
Morris Owens          TB         17    270   15.9    1
Harold Carmichael     PHI        17    266   15.6    2
Preston Pearson       DAL        17    177   10.4    2
James Scott           CHI        16    339   21.2    2
Mel Gray              STL        16    323   20.2    1
Ray Jarvis            DET        16    186   11.6    1
Robert Miller         MIN        16    154    9.6    0
Clark Gaines          NYJ        16    116    7.2    0
Alfred Jenkins        ATL        15    309   20.6    2
Duriel Harris         MIA        15    285   19.0    1
Ken Burrough          HOU        15    249   16.6    1
Kick Returns          Team(s)   Att  Yards    Avg   TD
Wendell Tyler         LA         10    272   27.2    0
Billy Johnson         HOU         7    185   26.4    0
Raymond Clayborn      NE         14    364   26.0    1
John Kimbrough        BUF         7    181   25.9    0
Bruce Harper          NYJ        15    374   24.9    0
Willie Shelby         CIN         9    221   24.6    0
Rick Upchurch         DEN         5    122   24.4    0
Walter Packer         SEA         7    170   24.3    0
Bobby Hammond         NYG         9    215   23.9    0
Laverne Smith         PIT         7    164   23.4    0
Terry Metcalf         STL        16    372   23.2    0
Larry Brinson         DAL         6    139   23.2    0
Steve Odom            GB         12    278   23.2    0
Butch Johnson         DAL        10    229   22.9    0
Rick Kane             DET         7    159   22.7    0
Punt Returns          Team(s)   Att  Yards    Avg   TD
Mike Fuller           SD          6    135   22.5    1
Billy Johnson         HOU        15    275   18.3    1
Willard Harrell       GB         11    152   13.8    1
Bobby Hammond         NYG        13    177   13.6    1
Bruce Harper          NYJ        11    146   13.3    0
Johnny Rodgers        SD         12    148   12.3    0
Steve Schubert        CHI        10    117   11.7    1
Lynn Swann            PIT         6     70   11.7    0
Rolly Woolsey         CLE         8     93   11.6    0
Neal Colzie           OAK        14    157   11.2    0
Howard Stevens        BAL        12    133   11.1    0
Larry Marshall        PHI        22    227   10.3    0
Mike Haynes           NE         14    139    9.9    0
Rick Upchurch         DEN        19    183    9.6    0
Cullen Bryant         LA          6     57    9.5    0
Punting               Team(s)  Punts    Yards    Avg
Ray Guy               OAK        21       933   44.4
David Beverly         GB         29     1,233   42.5
Tom Blanchard         NO         36     1,530   42.5
Marv Bateman          BUF        33     1,382   41.9
John James            ATL        40     1,672   41.8
Dave Green            TB         40     1,657   41.4
Jerrel Wilson         KC         34     1,395   41.0
Danny White           DAL        28     1,118   39.9
Dave Jennings         NYG        38     1,516   39.9
Spike Jones           PHI        33     1,314   39.8
Pat McInally          CIN        16       633   39.6
Neil Clabo            MIN        28     1,105   39.5
Chuck Ramsey          NYJ        13       509   39.2
Herman Weaver         SEA        20       782   39.1
Mike Bragg            WAS        37     1,444   39.0
Bucky Dilts           DEN        32     1,244   38.9
Terry Joyce           STL        22       851   38.7
Bob Parsons           CHI        28     1,081   38.6
Greg Coleman          CLE        25       963   38.5
Cliff Parsley         HOU        30     1,145   38.2
Kicking               Team(s)     FG      PAT    Pts
Efren Herrera         DAL       11/16    15/15    48
Errol Mann            OAK       11/14    11/11    44
John Smith            NE         6/ 7    16/16    34
Jim Turner            DEN        7/10    11/13    32
Don Cockroft          CLE        7/10    10/10    31
Rafael Septien        LA         7/11    10/11    31
Toni Linhart          BAL        5/ 7    15/16    30
Bob Thomas            CHI        6/ 9    11/13    29
Mark Moseley          WAS        7/11     8/ 8    29
Joe Danelo            NYG        6/ 7     8/ 8    26
Toni Fritsch          HOU        6/ 8     7/ 8    25
Steve Mike-Mayer      DET        5/11     8/ 9    23
Jim Bakken            STL        4/10     9/ 9    21
Pat Leahy             NYJ        4/ 7     9/10    21
Chester Marcol        GB         4/ 6     6/ 6    18
Garo Yepremian        MIA        2/ 8    12/14    18
Roy Gerela            PIT        3/ 5     9/ 9    18
Chris Bahr            CIN        3/ 6     8/ 8    17
Fred Cox              MIN        4/ 7     5/ 5    17
John Leypoldt         SEA        3/ 8     8/10    17


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