Sunday January 1, 1978
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

NFL leaders as of 01/01/1978:



Team Rankings:
Rush Pass Total Offense Games Yds/Gm Yds/Gm Yds/Gm 1 DAL 14 169.2 174.5 343.7 2 OAK 14 187.6 150.6 338.3 3 CHI 14 200.8 131.7 332.5 4 PIT 14 161.3 170.5 331.8 5 LA 14 183.9 144.0 327.9 6 BAL 14 151.6 176.1 327.7 7 STL 14 145.9 178.5 324.4 8 BUF 14 132.9 180.7 313.6 9 CLE 14 157.1 155.4 312.5 10 MIA 14 169.0 140.1 309.1 11 NE 14 164.5 143.4 307.9 12 SEA 14 140.3 166.3 306.6 13 CIN 14 132.9 166.6 299.6 14 MIN 14 130.1 169.1 299.2 15 SD 14 125.8 160.3 286.1 16 KC 14 131.6 149.5 281.1 17 DEN 14 145.9 133.1 279.0 18 HOU 14 142.1 133.9 276.0 19 NYJ 14 115.6 143.0 258.6 20 WAS 14 125.1 133.1 258.2 21 NO 14 144.6 112.4 256.9 22 SF 14 149.0 107.7 256.7 23 PHI 14 123.0 132.6 255.6 24 NYG 14 135.5 99.1 234.6 25 ATL 14 135.0 96.9 231.9 26 DET 14 121.9 108.4 230.3 27 GB 14 104.6 124.9 229.4 28 TB 14 101.7 90.6 192.4
Rush Pass Total Defense Games Yds/Gm Yds/Gm Yds/Gm 1 DAL 14 117.9 111.6 229.5 2 ATL 14 132.7 98.9 231.6 3 SF 14 133.5 113.4 246.9 4 LA 14 121.3 134.1 255.4 5 NE 14 114.6 145.2 259.9 6 SD 14 137.6 123.2 260.9 7 PIT 14 123.1 140.6 263.7 8 DET 14 136.1 133.4 269.4 9 DEN 14 109.4 160.3 269.6 10 PHI 14 136.9 134.0 270.9 11 MIN 14 158.4 112.9 271.4 12 NYG 14 126.6 149.8 276.4 13 TB 14 145.1 135.9 281.0 14 HOU 14 129.6 153.0 282.6 15 OAK 14 125.3 158.7 284.0 16 MIA 14 124.9 159.5 284.4 17 BAL 14 128.4 156.4 284.9 18 GB 14 165.3 122.8 288.1 19 WAS 14 145.6 147.9 293.6 20 CLE 14 149.9 144.1 293.9 21 CIN 14 135.5 159.1 294.6 22 CHI 14 154.1 151.9 306.1 23 BUF 14 171.8 146.3 318.1 24 STL 14 159.8 161.9 321.7 25 NO 14 194.9 135.2 330.1 26 NYJ 14 160.4 171.6 332.0 27 SEA 14 177.5 166.6 344.1 28 KC 14 212.2 144.4 356.6
                                                          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       361  210   58.2  2,620   7.26  12.5  18   5.0    9   2.5    87.0
Pat Haden             LA        216  122   56.5  1,551   7.18  12.7  11   5.1    6   2.8    84.5
Craig Morton          DEN       254  131   51.6  1,929   7.59  14.7  14   5.5    8   3.1    82.0
Bert Jones            BAL       393  224   57.0  2,686   6.83  12.0  17   4.3   11   2.8    80.8
Ken Stabler           OAK       294  169   57.5  2,176   7.40  12.9  20   6.8   20   6.8    75.2
Terry Bradshaw        PIT       314  162   51.6  2,523   8.04  15.6  17   5.4   19   6.1    71.4
Ken Anderson          CIN       323  166   51.4  2,145   6.64  12.9  11   3.4   11   3.4    69.7
Fran Tarkenton        MIN       258  155   60.1  1,734   6.72  11.2   9   3.5   14   5.4    69.2
Archie Manning        NO        205  113   55.1  1,284   6.26  11.4   8   3.9    9   4.4    68.8
Greg Landry           DET       240  135   56.2  1,359   5.66  10.1   6   2.5    7   2.9    68.7
Billy Kilmer          WAS       201   99   49.3  1,187   5.91  12.0   8   4.0    7   3.5    66.5
Steve Grogan          NE        305  160   52.5  2,162   7.09  13.5  17   5.6   21   6.9    65.2
Jim Hart              STL       355  186   52.4  2,542   7.16  13.7  13   3.7   20   5.6    64.3
Dan Pastorini         HOU       319  169   53.0  1,987   6.23  11.8  13   4.1   18   5.6    62.3
Jim Plunkett          SF        248  128   51.6  1,693   6.83  13.2   9   3.6   14   5.6    62.1
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       293  154   52.6  2,004   6.84  13.0  11   3.8   18   6.1    61.3
Ron Jaworski          PHI       346  166   48.0  2,183   6.31  13.2  18   5.2   21   6.1    60.4
Richard Todd          NYJ       265  133   50.2  1,863   7.03  14.0  11   4.2   17   6.4    60.3
Mike Livingston       KC        282  143   50.7  1,823   6.46  12.7   9   3.2   15   5.3    59.8
Joe Theismann         WAS       182   84   46.2  1,097   6.03  13.1   7   3.8    9   4.9    57.9
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
Jim Zorn              SEA       251  104   41.4  1,687   6.72  16.2  16   6.4   19   7.6    54.3
Lynn Dickey           GB        220  113   51.4  1,346   6.12  11.9   5   2.3   14   6.4    51.4
Joe Pisarcik          NYG       241  103   42.7  1,346   5.59  13.1   4   1.7   14   5.8    42.3


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 Norris Weese DEN 20 11 55.0 119 5.95 10.8 1 5.0 0 0.0 89.4 Bill Munson SD 31 20 64.5 225 7.26 11.2 1 3.2 1 3.2 83.4 Dan Fouts SD 109 69 63.3 869 7.97 12.6 4 3.7 6 5.5 77.4 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 Neil Graff PIT 12 6 50.0 47 3.92 7.8 0 0.0 0 0.0 60.1 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 Tony Adams KC 92 47 51.1 691 7.51 14.7 2 2.2 11 12.0 43.6 David Whitehurst GB 105 50 47.6 634 6.04 12.7 1 1.0 7 6.7 42.3 Steve Bartkowski ATL 136 64 47.1 796 5.85 12.4 5 3.7 13 9.6 38.4 Gary Danielson DET 100 42 42.0 445 4.45 10.6 1 1.0 5 5.0 38.1 Mike Rae OAK 30 15 50.0 162 5.40 10.8 1 3.3 4 13.3 37.8 Bobby Scott NO 82 36 43.9 516 6.29 14.3 3 3.7 8 9.8 37.5 Gary Huff TB 138 67 48.6 889 6.44 13.3 3 2.2 13 9.4 37.4 Terry Luck CLE 50 25 50.0 316 6.32 12.6 1 2.0 7 14.0 37.2 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 Craig Penrose DEN 39 21 53.8 217 5.56 10.3 0 0.0 4 10.3 30.6 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 John Reaves CIN 59 24 40.7 383 6.49 16.0 0 0.0 5 8.5 27.7 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 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 339 1,852 5.5 14 Mark van Eeghen OAK 324 1,273 3.9 7 Lawrence McCutcheon LA 294 1,238 4.2 7 Franco Harris PIT 300 1,162 3.9 11 Lydell Mitchell BAL 301 1,159 3.9 3 Chuck Foreman MIN 270 1,112 4.1 6 Greg Pruitt CLE 236 1,086 4.6 3 Sam Cunningham NE 270 1,015 3.8 4 Tony Dorsett DAL 208 1,007 4.8 12 Delvin Williams SF 268 931 3.5 7 Haskel Stanback ATL 247 873 3.5 6 Chuck Muncie NO 201 811 4.0 6 Mike Thomas WAS 228 806 3.5 3 Clarence Davis OAK 194 787 4.1 5 Wilbur Jackson SF 179 780 4.4 7 Sherman Smith SEA 163 763 4.7 4 Cleo Miller CLE 163 756 4.6 4 Terry Metcalf STL 149 739 5.0 4 Don Calhoun NE 198 727 3.7 4 Robert Newhouse DAL 180 721 4.0 3 Wayne Morris STL 165 661 4.0 8 Ronnie Coleman HOU 185 660 3.6 5 Rob Carpenter HOU 144 652 4.5 1 Tony Galbreath NO 168 644 3.8 3 Benny Malone MIA 129 615 4.8 5
Receiving Team(s) Att Yards Avg TD Lydell Mitchell BAL 71 620 8.7 4 Bob Chandler BUF 60 745 12.4 4 Clark Gaines NYJ 55 469 8.5 1 Nat Moore MIA 52 765 14.7 12 Ahmad Rashad MIN 51 681 13.4 2 Don McCauley BAL 51 495 9.7 2 James Scott CHI 50 809 16.2 3 Lynn Swann PIT 50 789 15.8 7 Drew Pearson DAL 48 870 18.1 2 Walter White KC 48 674 14.0 5 Harold Jackson LA 48 666 13.9 6 Dave Casper OAK 48 584 12.2 6 Rickey Young SD 48 423 8.8 0 Harold Carmichael PHI 46 665 14.5 7 Preston Pearson DAL 46 535 11.6 4 John Stallworth PIT 44 784 17.8 7 Ken Burrough HOU 43 816 19.0 8 Jim Braxton BUF 43 461 10.7 1 Sam Cunningham NE 42 370 8.8 1 Sammy White MIN 41 760 18.5 9 Reuben Gant BUF 41 646 15.8 2 Cleo Miller CLE 41 291 7.1 1 Tony Galbreath NO 41 265 6.5 0 Ike Harris STL 40 547 13.7 3 Horace King DET 40 238 6.0 0
Kick Returns Team(s) Att Yards Avg TD Raymond Clayborn NE 28 869 31.0 3 Gary Davis MIA 14 414 29.6 0 Wilbert Montgomery PHI 23 619 26.9 1 Clarence Chapman NO 15 385 25.7 1 Billy Johnson HOU 25 630 25.2 1 Eddie Brown WAS 34 852 25.1 0 Eddie Payton CLE-DET 22 548 24.9 1 Bruce Harper NYJ 42 1,035 24.6 0 Butch Johnson DAL 22 536 24.4 0 Brian Baschnagel CHI 23 557 24.2 1 Paul Hofer SF 36 871 24.2 0 Terry Metcalf STL 32 772 24.1 0 Larry Brinson DAL 17 409 24.1 0 Jim Smith PIT 16 381 23.8 0 Rick Kane DET 16 376 23.5 0
Punt Returns Team(s) Att Yards Avg TD Billy Johnson HOU 35 539 15.4 2 Stanley Morgan NE 16 220 13.8 0 Keith Moody BUF 15 196 13.1 1 Mike Fuller SD 28 360 12.9 1 Rick Upchurch DEN 51 653 12.8 1 Bruce Harper NYJ 34 425 12.5 0 Tony Davis CIN 19 220 11.6 0 John Kimbrough BUF 16 184 11.5 1 Larry Marshall PHI 46 489 10.6 0 Johnny Rodgers SD 15 158 10.5 0 Bobby Hammond NYG 32 334 10.4 1 Neal Colzie OAK 32 334 10.4 0 Eddie Payton CLE-DET 30 290 9.7 1 Steve Schubert CHI 31 291 9.4 1 Rolly Woolsey CLE 32 290 9.1 0
Punting Team(s) Punts Yards Avg Ray Guy OAK 59 2,552 43.3 Tom Blanchard NO 82 3,474 42.4 Pat McInally CIN 67 2,802 41.8 John James ATL 105 4,349 41.4 Bob Parsons CHI 80 3,232 40.4 Dave Green TB 98 3,948 40.3 Dave Jennings NYG 100 3,993 39.9 David Beverly GB 85 3,391 39.9 Jerrel Wilson KC 88 3,510 39.9 Marv Bateman BUF 81 3,229 39.9 Neil Clabo MIN 83 3,302 39.8 Danny White DAL 80 3,171 39.6 Herman Weaver SEA 58 2,293 39.5 Cliff Parsley HOU 77 3,030 39.4 Bucky Dilts DEN 90 3,525 39.2 Greg Coleman CLE 61 2,389 39.2 Mike Bragg WAS 91 3,502 38.5 David Lee BAL 82 3,142 38.3 Mike Michel MIA 35 1,338 38.2 Jeff West SD 72 2,707 37.6
Kicking Team(s) FG PAT Pts Errol Mann OAK 20/28 39/42 99 Efren Herrera DAL 18/29 39/41 93 Rafael Septien LA 18/30 33/37 87 Toni Linhart BAL 17/26 32/35 83 Chris Bahr CIN 19/27 25/26 82 Mark Moseley WAS 21/37 19/19 82 Don Cockroft CLE 17/23 30/31 81 John Smith NE 15/21 33/33 78 Rolf Benirschke SD 17/23 21/24 72 Bob Thomas CHI 14/27 27/30 69 Garo Yepremian MIA 10/22 37/40 67 Jim Turner DEN 13/19 28/31 67 Pat Leahy NYJ 15/25 18/21 63 Joe Danelo NYG 14/23 19/20 61 Roy Gerela PIT 9/14 34/37 61 John Leypoldt SEA 9/18 33/37 60 Jim Bakken STL 7/16 35/36 56 Toni Fritsch HOU 12/16 19/20 55 Ray Wersching SF 10/17 23/23 53 Jan Stenerud KC 8/18 27/28 51

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