Saturday September 9, 1978
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

NFL leaders as of 09/09/1978:



Team Rankings:
Rush Pass Total Offense Games Yds/Gm Yds/Gm Yds/Gm 1 DAL 1 278.0 305.0 583.0 2 SEA 1 138.0 308.0 446.0 3 MIN 1 155.0 269.0 424.0 4 CLE 1 213.0 180.0 393.0 5 KC 1 267.0 121.0 388.0 6 NYJ 1 153.0 227.0 380.0 7 PIT 1 142.0 217.0 359.0 8 MIA 1 154.0 175.0 329.0 9 NE 1 161.0 165.0 326.0 10 WAS 1 149.0 175.0 324.0 11 NO 1 138.0 183.0 321.0 12 OAK 1 117.0 201.0 318.0 13 SF 1 131.0 164.0 295.0 14 SD 1 89.0 186.0 275.0 15 BUF 1 100.0 164.0 264.0 16 HOU 1 156.0 105.0 261.0 17 CHI 1 194.0 49.0 243.0 18 NYG 1 76.0 162.0 238.0 19 STL 1 99.0 137.0 236.0 20 LA 1 103.0 117.0 220.0 21 GB 1 181.0 31.0 212.0 22 PHI 1 128.0 80.0 208.0 23 CIN 1 77.0 128.0 205.0 24 BAL 1 99.0 82.0 181.0 25 TB 2 152.5 27.5 180.0 26 ATL 1 100.0 71.0 171.0 27 DET 2 115.5 43.5 159.0 28 DEN 1 144.0 8.0 152.0
Rush Pass Total Defense Games Yds/Gm Yds/Gm Yds/Gm 1 GB 1 82.0 40.0 122.0 2 OAK 1 144.0 8.0 152.0 3 DET 2 160.5 0.0 160.5 4 HOU 1 100.0 71.0 171.0 5 DAL 1 99.0 82.0 181.0 6 KC 1 77.0 128.0 205.0 7 LA 1 128.0 80.0 208.0 8 TB 2 112.5 104.5 217.0 9 PHI 1 103.0 117.0 220.0 10 CHI 1 99.0 137.0 236.0 11 STL 1 194.0 49.0 243.0 12 NYG 1 165.0 86.0 251.0 13 ATL 1 156.0 105.0 261.0 14 PIT 1 100.0 164.0 264.0 15 SEA 1 89.0 186.0 275.0 16 CLE 1 131.0 164.0 295.0 17 DEN 1 117.0 201.0 318.0 18 MIN 1 138.0 183.0 321.0 19 NE 1 149.0 175.0 324.0 20 WAS 1 161.0 165.0 326.0 21 NYJ 1 154.0 175.0 329.0 22 BUF 1 142.0 217.0 359.0 23 MIA 1 153.0 227.0 380.0 24 CIN 1 267.0 121.0 388.0 25 SF 1 213.0 180.0 393.0 26 NO 1 155.0 269.0 424.0 27 SD 1 138.0 308.0 446.0 28 BAL 1 278.0 305.0 583.0
                                                          Per   Per
Passing               Team(s)   Att  Cmp    Pct  Yards    Att   Cmp  TD   TD%  Int  Int%  Rating
Richard Todd          NYJ        25   17   68.0    245   9.80  14.4   3  12.0    1   4.0   122.5
Roger Staubach        DAL        22   16   72.7    280  12.73  17.5   4  18.2    2   9.1   116.5
Jim Zorn              SEA        32   21   65.6    329  10.28  15.7   2   6.2    1   3.1   107.4
Dan Fouts             SD         22   14   63.6    186   8.45  13.3   2   9.1    1   4.5   101.7
Archie Manning        NO         22   15   68.2    193   8.77  12.9   0   0.0    0   0.0    95.5
Brian Sipe            CLE        25   12   48.0    190   7.60  15.8   1   4.0    0   0.0    87.1
Greg Landry           DET        29   18   62.1    171   5.90   9.5   1   3.4    1   3.4    75.5
June Jones            ATL        23   10   43.5    104   4.52  10.4   1   4.3    0   0.0    71.6
Joe Theismann         WAS        24   10   41.7    184   7.67  18.4   1   4.2    1   4.2    65.3
Pat Haden             LA         33   14   42.4    154   4.67  11.0   0   0.0    0   0.0    56.9
Steve Grogan          NE         31   12   38.7    199   6.42  16.6   2   6.5    2   6.5    55.7
Fran Tarkenton        MIN        49   28   57.1    282   5.76  10.1   2   4.1    4   8.2    53.3
Jim Hart              STL        33   17   51.5    152   4.61   8.9   1   3.0    2   6.1    49.1
Dan Pastorini         HOU        36   19   52.8    136   3.78   7.2   1   2.8    2   5.6    47.9
John Reaves           CIN        24   10   41.7    159   6.62  15.9   1   4.2    2   8.3    43.6
Ken Stabler           OAK        29   12   41.4    212   7.31  17.7   0   0.0    2   6.9    38.3
Steve DeBerg          SF         32   16   50.0    174   5.44  10.9   1   3.1    3   9.4    37.8
Don Strock            MIA        23   10   43.5    108   4.70  10.8   1   4.3    2   8.7    36.1
Mike Kirkland         BAL        20    9   45.0    116   5.80  12.9   0   0.0    2  10.0    24.2
Gary Huff             TB         31   13   41.9    132   4.26  10.2   0   0.0    3   9.7    15.2


Others (10 or more attempts): Per Per Passing Team(s) Att Cmp Pct Yards Att Cmp TD TD% Int Int% Rating Bill Munson BUF 16 10 62.5 171 10.69 17.1 2 12.5 0 0.0 138.3 Terry Bradshaw PIT 19 14 73.7 217 11.42 15.5 2 10.5 1 5.3 124.2 Mike Livingston KC 10 8 80.0 67 6.70 8.4 0 0.0 0 0.0 94.6 Joe Pisarcik NYG 15 9 60.0 156 10.40 17.3 1 6.7 1 6.7 89.9 Tony Adams KC 10 6 60.0 66 6.60 11.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 79.6 Ron Jaworski PHI 17 7 41.2 102 6.00 14.6 1 5.9 1 5.9 56.5 Bob Avellini CHI 19 8 42.1 72 3.79 9.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 53.0 Craig Morton DEN 13 5 38.5 34 2.62 6.8 1 7.7 1 7.7 40.2 Jerry Golsteyn NYG 10 3 30.0 27 2.70 9.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 39.6 Joe Ferguson BUF 10 3 30.0 20 2.00 6.7 0 0.0 1 10.0 0.0
Rushing Team(s) Att Yards Avg TD Ricky Bell TB 28 152 5.4 1 Tony Dorsett DAL 15 147 9.8 0 Dexter Bussey DET 34 139 4.1 1 Earl Campbell HOU 15 137 9.1 1 Chuck Foreman MIN 18 122 6.8 1 Delvin Williams MIA 11 119 10.8 1 Greg Pruitt CLE 22 106 4.8 1 Mark Bailey KC 26 106 4.1 0 Walter Payton CHI 26 101 3.9 1 Franco Harris PIT 27 96 3.6 1 Roland Harper CHI 18 93 5.2 1 Terdell Middleton GB 28 91 3.2 0 Horace Ivory NE 16 89 5.6 0 Mark van Eeghen OAK 20 89 4.5 0 O.J. Simpson SF 22 78 3.5 0 Tony Galbreath NO 14 77 5.5 1 Mike Thomas WAS 11 70 6.4 0 Doug Dennison DAL 11 65 5.9 1 David Sims SEA 18 61 3.4 0 John Riggins WAS 16 60 3.8 0 Terry Miller BUF 20 60 3.0 0 Johnny Davis TB 13 59 4.5 0 Ted McKnight KC 9 59 6.6 1 Bubba Bean ATL 14 55 3.9 0 Barty Smith GB 18 54 3.0 1
Receiving Team(s) Att Yards Avg TD Rickey Young MIN 12 134 11.2 2 Harold Jackson NE 7 124 17.7 1 Jimmie Giles TB 7 94 13.4 0 Don Woods SD 7 77 11.0 0 Steve Largent SEA 6 127 21.2 1 Terry Miller BUF 6 97 16.2 0 David Hill DET 6 62 10.3 0 Walter White KC 6 57 9.5 0 Ken Burrough HOU 6 56 9.3 0 Mel Gray STL 5 83 16.6 0 Terry LeCount SF 5 63 12.6 0 Horace King DET 5 57 11.4 0 Kevin Long NYJ 5 48 9.6 0 Rich Caster HOU 5 44 8.8 1 David Sims SEA 5 41 8.2 0 Chuck Foreman MIN 5 35 7.0 0 Johnny Perkins NYG 4 110 27.5 1 Wesley Walker NYJ 4 108 27.0 2 Derrick Gaffney NYJ 4 50 12.5 0 Ike Harris NO 4 50 12.5 0 Bob Tucker MIN 4 49 12.2 0 Preston Pearson DAL 4 49 12.2 0 Mike Thomas WAS 4 46 11.5 1 Ronnie Coleman HOU 4 45 11.2 0 Pat Tilley STL 4 24 6.0 0
Kick Returns Team(s) Att Yards Avg TD Johnnie Dirden HOU 3 127 42.3 0 Marshall Johnson BAL 5 169 33.8 0 Ernest Pough NYG 2 64 32.0 0 Bruce Harper NYJ 3 88 29.3 0 Wes Chandler NO 2 57 28.5 0 Keith Moody BUF 4 109 27.2 0 Alfred Jackson ATL 3 80 26.7 0 Leonard Thompson DET 4 105 26.2 0 Larry Marshall KC 4 104 26.0 0 Duke Fergerson SEA 3 72 24.0 0 Jerry Latin STL 2 48 24.0 0 Wilbert Montgomery PHI 2 48 24.0 0 Kevin Miller MIN 4 90 22.5 0 Steve Odom GB 2 45 22.5 0 Terry Anderson MIA 2 43 21.5 0
Punt Returns Team(s) Att Yards Avg TD Wally Henry PHI 4 67 16.8 1 Alfred Jackson ATL 2 32 16.0 0 Danny Reece TB 5 76 15.2 0 Jesse Thompson DET 4 46 11.5 0 Butch Johnson DAL 5 54 10.8 0 Tony Green WAS 2 21 10.5 0 Jimmy Cefalo MIA 2 20 10.0 0 Steve Schubert CHI 3 28 9.3 0 Luther Blue DET 3 26 8.7 0 Larry Marshall KC 2 16 8.0 0 Rick Upchurch DEN 2 16 8.0 0 Mark Cotney TB 5 38 7.6 0 Johnnie Gray GB 2 15 7.5 0 Leonard Thompson DET 2 15 7.5 0 Dennis Law CIN 4 29 7.2 0
Punting Team(s) Punts Yards Avg Ray Guy OAK 4 192 48.0 Dave Green TB 15 662 44.1 Dave Jennings NYG 9 390 43.3 Glen Walker LA 9 390 43.3 Rusty Jackson BUF 6 258 43.0 John James ATL 9 384 42.7 Tom Skladany DET 16 650 40.6 David Beverly GB 7 284 40.6 Bucky Dilts DEN 9 364 40.4 Craig Colquitt PIT 4 156 39.0 George Roberts MIA 4 154 38.5 Mike Bragg WAS 5 192 38.4 Tom Blanchard NO 4 149 37.2 Cliff Parsley HOU 9 334 37.1 David Lee BAL 7 259 37.0 Rick Engles PHI 8 294 36.8 Zenon Andrusyshyn KC 5 181 36.2 Steve Little STL 6 217 36.2 Bob Parsons CHI 8 286 35.8 Johnny Evans CLE 5 175 35.0
Kicking Team(s) FG PAT Pts Pat Leahy NYJ 4/ 4 3/ 3 15 Benny Ricardo DET 3/ 4 1/ 2 10 Frank Corral LA 3/ 4 1/ 1 10 Fred Steinfort ATL 2/ 3 2/ 2 8 Neil O'Donoghue TB 2/ 3 2/ 2 8 Rafael Septien DAL 1/ 3 5/ 5 8 Chester Marcol GB 2/ 2 1/ 1 7 Joe Danelo NYG 2/ 2 1/ 2 7 Rich Szaro NO 1/ 2 4/ 4 7 Don Cockroft CLE 1/ 3 3/ 3 6 Errol Mann OAK 2/ 2 0/ 0 6 Jan Stenerud KC 1/ 1 3/ 3 6 Rick Danmeier MIN 1/ 1 3/ 3 6 Rolf Benirschke SD 1/ 1 3/ 3 6 Bob Thomas CHI 1/ 1 2/ 2 5 Chris Bahr CIN 1/ 1 2/ 3 5 Tom Dempsey BUF 1/ 1 2/ 2 5 Jim Bakken STL 1/ 2 1/ 1 4 Mark Moseley WAS 1/ 2 1/ 2 4 Roy Gerela PIT 0/ 1 4/ 4 4

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