Saturday December 17, 1977
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

NFL leaders as of 12/17/1977:



Team Rankings:
Rush Pass Total Offense Games Yds/Gm Yds/Gm Yds/Gm 1 DAL 13 173.6 176.4 350.0 2 OAK 13 183.5 156.2 339.6 3 CHI 13 207.6 128.6 336.2 4 PIT 13 166.8 168.8 335.7 5 LA 14 183.9 144.0 327.9 6 STL 13 146.8 179.8 326.5 7 BAL 13 150.1 165.7 315.8 8 BUF 14 132.9 180.7 313.6 9 NE 13 164.4 146.4 310.8 10 MIA 14 169.0 140.1 309.1 11 CLE 13 149.3 159.5 308.8 12 SEA 13 136.4 168.9 305.3 13 CIN 13 134.8 169.3 304.1 14 MIN 14 130.1 169.1 299.2 15 SD 13 130.2 164.4 294.6 16 DEN 13 149.6 137.2 286.8 17 KC 13 129.8 147.2 277.0 18 HOU 13 141.5 130.2 271.7 19 NYJ 13 117.8 149.1 266.9 20 WAS 14 125.1 133.1 258.2 21 NO 13 145.3 110.7 256.0 22 PHI 13 120.1 133.2 253.3 23 SF 13 151.5 101.0 252.5 24 DET 14 121.9 108.4 230.3 25 NYG 13 126.5 97.7 224.2 26 ATL 13 127.2 96.0 223.2 27 GB 13 104.7 117.6 222.3 28 TB 13 101.2 84.5 185.7
Rush Pass Total Defense Games Yds/Gm Yds/Gm Yds/Gm 1 ATL 13 132.5 96.2 228.7 2 DAL 13 119.5 114.0 233.5 3 SF 13 135.8 105.3 241.2 4 NE 13 110.2 132.5 242.7 5 LA 14 121.3 134.1 255.4 6 SD 13 141.4 117.9 259.3 7 DET 14 136.1 133.4 269.4 8 DEN 13 109.2 161.1 270.2 9 PIT 13 127.3 143.2 270.5 10 MIN 14 158.4 112.9 271.4 11 NYG 13 127.8 148.1 275.8 12 TB 13 145.9 133.9 279.8 13 OAK 13 123.0 157.1 280.1 14 PHI 13 140.8 139.4 280.2 15 MIA 14 124.9 159.5 284.4 16 HOU 13 131.2 154.6 285.8 17 BAL 13 125.5 160.5 286.0 18 GB 13 169.0 117.2 286.2 19 CLE 13 146.7 145.0 291.7 20 CIN 13 134.4 157.3 291.7 21 WAS 14 145.6 147.9 293.6 22 CHI 13 146.5 154.6 301.2 23 BUF 14 171.8 146.3 318.1 24 STL 13 163.8 161.2 325.0 25 NO 13 191.8 137.3 329.1 26 NYJ 13 160.3 175.3 335.6 27 SEA 13 171.2 171.7 342.9 28 KC 13 209.9 149.5 359.4
                                                          Per   Per
Passing               Team(s)   Att  Cmp    Pct  Yards    Att   Cmp  TD   TD%  Int  Int%  Rating
Bob Griese            MIA       307  180   58.6  2,252   7.34  12.5  22   7.2   13   4.2    87.8
Roger Staubach        DAL       341  195   57.2  2,460   7.21  12.6  16   4.7    8   2.3    85.7
Pat Haden             LA        216  122   56.5  1,551   7.18  12.7  11   5.1    6   2.8    84.5
Craig Morton          DEN       253  131   51.8  1,929   7.62  14.7  14   5.5    8   3.2    82.3
Bert Jones            BAL       363  205   56.5  2,346   6.46  11.4  14   3.9   11   3.0    76.3
Ken Stabler           OAK       294  169   57.5  2,176   7.40  12.9  20   6.8   20   6.8    75.2
Terry Bradshaw        PIT       297  154   51.9  2,384   8.03  15.5  17   5.7   18   6.1    72.6
Ken Anderson          CIN       300  158   52.7  2,048   6.83  13.0  10   3.3   11   3.7    70.2
Fran Tarkenton        MIN       258  155   60.1  1,734   6.72  11.2   9   3.5   14   5.4    69.2
Greg Landry           DET       240  135   56.2  1,359   5.66  10.1   6   2.5    7   2.9    68.7
Steve Grogan          NE        280  149   53.2  2,033   7.26  13.6  16   5.7   19   6.8    67.5
Richard Todd          NYJ       235  120   51.1  1,763   7.50  14.7  11   4.7   14   6.0    66.7
Billy Kilmer          WAS       201   99   49.3  1,187   5.91  12.0   8   4.0    7   3.5    66.5
Jim Hart              STL       326  170   52.1  2,380   7.30  14.0  13   4.0   18   5.5    66.2
Archie Manning        NO        196  106   54.1  1,171   5.97  11.0   7   3.6    9   4.6    64.8
Jim Plunkett          SF        219  111   50.7  1,491   6.81  13.4   8   3.7   11   5.0    63.9
Brian Sipe            CLE       195  112   57.4  1,233   6.32  11.0   9   4.6   14   7.2    61.8
Scott Hunter          ATL       151   70   46.4    898   5.95  12.8   2   1.3    3   2.0    61.6
Bob Avellini          CHI       267  137   51.3  1,818   6.81  13.3  11   4.1   17   6.4    60.4
Dan Pastorini         HOU       298  159   53.4  1,797   6.03  11.3  12   4.0   18   6.0    59.9
Mike Livingston       KC        274  139   50.7  1,774   6.47  12.8   9   3.3   15   5.5    59.5
Ron Jaworski          PHI       330  157   47.6  2,039   6.18  13.0  18   5.5   21   6.4    59.1
Joe Theismann         WAS       182   84   46.2  1,097   6.03  13.1   7   3.8    9   4.9    57.9
Jim Zorn              SEA       227   94   41.4  1,555   6.85  16.5  15   6.6   17   7.5    56.0
James Harris          SD        211  109   51.7  1,240   5.88  11.4   5   2.4   11   5.2    55.8
Joe Ferguson          BUF       457  221   48.4  2,803   6.13  12.7  12   2.6   24   5.3    54.8
Lynn Dickey           GB        220  113   51.4  1,346   6.12  11.9   5   2.3   14   6.4    51.4
Joe Pisarcik          NYG       208   91   43.8  1,225   5.89  13.5   4   1.9   12   5.8    45.5


Others (10 or more attempts): Per Per Passing Team(s) Att Cmp Pct Yards Att Cmp TD TD% Int Int% Rating Vince Ferragamo LA 15 9 60.0 83 5.53 9.2 2 13.3 0 0.0 114.7 Dan Fouts SD 87 57 65.5 712 8.18 12.5 4 4.6 3 3.4 91.7 Bill Munson SD 31 20 64.5 225 7.26 11.2 1 3.2 1 3.2 83.4 Tommy Kramer MIN 57 30 52.6 425 7.46 14.2 5 8.8 4 7.0 77.0 Bob Lee MIN 72 42 58.3 522 7.25 12.4 4 5.6 4 5.6 76.3 Dave Mays CLE 121 67 55.4 797 6.59 11.9 6 5.0 10 8.3 57.8 Joe Namath LA 107 50 46.7 606 5.66 12.1 3 2.8 5 4.7 54.5 Marty Domres NYJ 40 17 42.5 113 2.83 6.6 1 2.5 1 2.5 47.9 Steve Myer SEA 130 70 53.8 729 5.61 10.4 6 4.6 12 9.2 47.2 Terry Luck CLE 35 19 54.3 211 6.03 11.1 1 2.9 3 8.6 46.2 Tony Adams KC 74 37 50.0 560 7.57 15.1 2 2.7 7 9.5 44.9 Bobby Scott NO 73 32 43.8 470 6.44 14.7 3 4.1 7 9.6 39.6 Craig Penrose DEN 32 19 59.4 199 6.22 10.5 0 0.0 3 9.4 38.4 Gary Danielson DET 100 42 42.0 445 4.45 10.6 1 1.0 5 5.0 38.1 Bobby Douglass NO 31 16 51.6 130 4.19 8.1 1 3.2 3 9.7 33.7 Jerry Golsteyn NYG 70 31 44.3 416 5.94 13.4 2 2.9 8 11.4 33.7 Steve Bartkowski ATL 120 56 46.7 687 5.72 12.3 3 2.5 13 10.8 33.6 Gary Huff TB 126 60 47.6 718 5.70 12.0 2 1.6 12 9.5 31.2 Matt Robinson NYJ 54 20 37.0 310 5.74 15.5 2 3.7 8 14.8 29.6 Jeb Blount TB 89 37 41.6 522 5.87 14.1 0 0.0 7 7.9 28.4 David Whitehurst GB 83 33 39.8 415 5.00 12.6 0 0.0 7 8.4 20.9 John Reaves CIN 53 21 39.6 311 5.87 14.8 0 0.0 5 9.4 20.2 Cliff Olander SD 16 7 43.8 76 4.75 10.9 0 0.0 2 12.5 18.8 John Hadl HOU 24 11 45.8 76 3.17 6.9 0 0.0 3 12.5 13.9 Danny White DAL 10 4 40.0 35 3.50 8.8 0 0.0 1 10.0 10.4 Scott Bull SF 24 7 29.2 89 3.71 12.7 0 0.0 2 8.3 7.8 Mike Rae OAK 14 5 35.7 45 3.21 9.0 0 0.0 3 21.4 5.7 Joe Reed DET 40 13 32.5 150 3.75 11.5 0 0.0 4 10.0 5.2 Randy Hedberg TB 90 25 27.8 244 2.71 9.8 0 0.0 10 11.1 0.0
Rushing Team(s) Att Yards Avg TD Walter Payton CHI 324 1,805 5.6 14 Lawrence McCutcheon LA 294 1,238 4.2 7 Mark van Eeghen OAK 308 1,202 3.9 7 Franco Harris PIT 289 1,147 4.0 11 Chuck Foreman MIN 270 1,112 4.1 6 Lydell Mitchell BAL 278 1,076 3.9 3 Greg Pruitt CLE 214 959 4.5 2 Tony Dorsett DAL 191 957 5.0 12 Sam Cunningham NE 254 949 3.7 4 Delvin Williams SF 247 885 3.6 7 Mike Thomas WAS 228 806 3.5 3 Chuck Muncie NO 197 802 4.1 6 Clarence Davis OAK 183 744 4.1 5 Haskel Stanback ATL 225 744 3.3 4 Terry Metcalf STL 148 735 5.0 4 Wilbur Jackson SF 171 728 4.3 6 Sherman Smith SEA 153 709 4.6 3 Don Calhoun NE 188 689 3.7 4 Robert Newhouse DAL 167 676 4.0 3 Cleo Miller CLE 145 658 4.5 4 Ronnie Coleman HOU 170 620 3.6 4 Tony Galbreath NO 157 616 3.9 3 Benny Malone MIA 129 615 4.8 5 John Cappelletti LA 178 598 3.4 5 Wayne Morris STL 146 597 4.1 7
Receiving Team(s) Att Yards Avg TD Lydell Mitchell BAL 66 569 8.6 4 Bob Chandler BUF 60 745 12.4 4 Nat Moore MIA 52 765 14.7 12 Ahmad Rashad MIN 51 681 13.4 2 Lynn Swann PIT 50 789 15.8 7 Don McCauley BAL 49 486 9.9 2 Walter White KC 48 674 14.0 5 Harold Jackson LA 48 666 13.9 6 Clark Gaines NYJ 48 430 9.0 1 Drew Pearson DAL 46 832 18.1 2 Dave Casper OAK 46 567 12.3 6 James Scott CHI 45 726 16.1 3 Harold Carmichael PHI 44 649 14.8 7 Rickey Young SD 44 398 9.0 0 Jim Braxton BUF 43 461 10.7 1 Sammy White MIN 41 760 18.5 9 Ken Burrough HOU 41 758 18.5 8 John Stallworth PIT 41 712 17.4 7 Reuben Gant BUF 41 646 15.8 2 Cleo Miller CLE 41 291 7.1 1 Preston Pearson DAL 40 487 12.2 3 Tony Galbreath NO 40 256 6.4 0 Horace King DET 40 238 6.0 0 Billy Brooks CIN 38 753 19.8 4 Sam Cunningham NE 38 329 8.7 1
Kick Returns Team(s) Att Yards Avg TD Gary Davis MIA 14 414 29.6 0 Raymond Clayborn NE 27 768 28.4 2 Wilbert Montgomery PHI 22 611 27.8 1 Billy Johnson HOU 21 549 26.1 1 Bruce Harper NYJ 37 936 25.3 0 Eddie Brown WAS 34 852 25.1 0 Eddie Payton DET-CLE 22 548 24.9 1 Butch Johnson DAL 22 536 24.4 0 Paul Hofer SF 34 827 24.3 0 Brian Baschnagel CHI 23 557 24.2 1 Larry Brinson DAL 17 409 24.1 0 Jim Smith PIT 16 381 23.8 0 Terry Metcalf STL 31 737 23.8 0 Rick Kane DET 16 376 23.5 0 Isaac Hagins TB 21 493 23.5 0
Punt Returns Team(s) Att Yards Avg TD Billy Johnson HOU 33 526 15.9 2 Stanley Morgan NE 16 220 13.8 0 Rick Upchurch DEN 49 650 13.3 1 Keith Moody BUF 15 196 13.1 1 Mike Fuller SD 28 360 12.9 1 Bruce Harper NYJ 33 422 12.8 0 Tony Davis CIN 18 212 11.8 0 John Kimbrough BUF 16 184 11.5 1 Johnny Rodgers SD 15 158 10.5 0 Bobby Hammond NYG 32 334 10.4 1 Neal Colzie OAK 31 313 10.1 0 Eddie Payton DET-CLE 30 290 9.7 1 Larry Marshall PHI 43 415 9.7 0 Steve Schubert CHI 31 291 9.4 1 Rolly Woolsey CLE 30 279 9.3 0
Punting Team(s) Punts Yards Avg Ray Guy OAK 56 2,415 43.1 Tom Blanchard NO 78 3,315 42.5 John James ATL 98 4,087 41.7 Pat McInally CIN 62 2,564 41.4 Bob Parsons CHI 72 2,920 40.6 Dave Jennings NYG 91 3,653 40.1 Dave Green TB 93 3,730 40.1 David Beverly GB 82 3,285 40.1 Jerrel Wilson KC 85 3,394 39.9 Marv Bateman BUF 81 3,229 39.9 Neil Clabo MIN 83 3,302 39.8 Herman Weaver SEA 54 2,143 39.7 Bucky Dilts DEN 82 3,228 39.4 Cliff Parsley HOU 73 2,872 39.3 Danny White DAL 76 2,982 39.2 Greg Coleman CLE 60 2,339 39.0 David Lee BAL 79 3,044 38.5 Mike Bragg WAS 91 3,502 38.5 Mike Michel MIA 35 1,338 38.2 Jeff West SD 67 2,534 37.8
Kicking Team(s) FG PAT Pts Efren Herrera DAL 18/26 37/39 91 Errol Mann OAK 17/24 39/40 90 Rafael Septien LA 18/30 33/37 87 Mark Moseley WAS 21/37 19/19 82 Toni Linhart BAL 16/23 29/31 77 Don Cockroft CLE 15/21 29/29 74 Chris Bahr CIN 16/24 24/25 72 John Smith NE 14/20 30/30 72 Rolf Benirschke SD 16/22 21/24 69 Garo Yepremian MIA 10/22 37/40 67 Bob Thomas CHI 12/23 27/29 63 Pat Leahy NYJ 15/25 18/21 63 Jim Turner DEN 11/17 28/31 61 John Leypoldt SEA 9/17 31/34 58 Roy Gerela PIT 8/12 33/36 57 Jim Bakken STL 7/16 34/35 55 Toni Fritsch HOU 12/16 19/20 55 Joe Danelo NYG 11/19 19/20 52 Ray Wersching SF 10/16 21/21 51 Jan Stenerud KC 8/15 25/25 49

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