Sunday September 17, 1978
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

NFL leaders as of 09/17/1978:



Team Rankings:
Rush Pass Total Offense Games Yds/Gm Yds/Gm Yds/Gm 1 DAL 3 187.7 246.7 434.3 2 NE 2 215.0 168.5 383.5 3 MIA 3 243.7 137.0 380.7 4 PIT 3 168.3 212.3 380.7 5 OAK 3 183.0 184.3 367.3 6 CLE 3 164.0 188.0 352.0 7 KC 3 247.7 101.7 349.3 8 NYJ 3 149.0 199.7 348.7 9 SEA 3 128.0 214.3 342.3 10 NO 3 108.7 232.7 341.3 11 SF 3 129.0 199.0 328.0 12 SD 3 129.0 191.7 320.7 13 WAS 3 173.7 140.3 314.0 14 BUF 3 109.7 199.3 309.0 15 NYG 3 116.0 190.7 306.7 16 LA 3 114.3 184.0 298.3 17 PHI 3 154.3 143.7 298.0 18 MIN 3 109.7 173.3 283.0 19 HOU 3 162.0 110.3 272.3 20 GB 3 160.0 101.3 261.3 21 CHI 3 163.3 97.0 260.3 22 STL 3 96.0 156.3 252.3 23 DEN 3 127.7 104.7 232.3 24 CIN 3 82.7 137.7 220.3 25 BAL 2 97.5 116.5 214.0 26 DET 3 124.7 60.3 185.0 27 TB 3 132.3 39.3 171.7 28 ATL 3 85.7 73.7 159.3
Rush Pass Total Defense Games Yds/Gm Yds/Gm Yds/Gm 1 LA 3 98.0 102.0 200.0 2 DET 3 168.7 47.0 215.7 3 TB 3 99.3 118.3 217.7 4 PIT 3 83.0 147.0 230.0 5 MIN 3 110.7 125.0 235.7 6 OAK 3 140.0 100.0 240.0 7 KC 3 142.7 114.0 256.7 8 NE 2 103.0 155.5 258.5 9 CHI 3 145.7 114.3 260.0 10 CLE 3 111.0 157.7 268.7 11 DEN 3 106.3 173.3 279.7 12 DAL 3 99.0 181.3 280.3 13 PHI 3 102.7 178.7 281.3 14 HOU 3 140.7 142.0 282.7 15 ATL 3 136.0 173.0 309.0 16 SF 3 158.3 153.3 311.7 17 GB 3 176.7 135.7 312.3 18 WAS 3 140.3 182.0 322.3 19 MIA 3 125.7 199.7 325.3 20 NYJ 3 136.0 189.7 325.7 21 STL 3 239.3 89.3 328.7 22 SEA 3 139.0 190.7 329.7 23 NYG 3 189.7 149.3 339.0 24 BUF 3 181.3 158.7 340.0 25 SD 3 119.7 255.0 374.7 26 NO 3 194.0 197.0 391.0 27 CIN 3 216.0 180.7 396.7 28 BAL 2 285.0 226.5 511.5
                                                          Per   Per
Passing               Team(s)   Att  Cmp    Pct  Yards    Att   Cmp  TD   TD%  Int  Int%  Rating
Terry Bradshaw        PIT        71   45   63.4    672   9.46  14.9   6   8.5    2   2.8   110.8
Joe Theismann         WAS        60   29   48.3    469   7.82  16.2   6  10.0    2   3.3    94.4
Joe Ferguson          BUF        66   37   56.1    487   7.38  13.2   4   6.1    2   3.0    87.1
Don Strock            MIA        57   30   52.6    356   6.25  11.9   5   8.8    2   3.5    86.6
Jim Zorn              SEA        80   51   63.8    694   8.68  13.6   2   2.5    3   3.8    84.1
Brian Sipe            CLE        92   48   52.2    628   6.83  13.1   4   4.3    1   1.1    84.0
Ron Jaworski          PHI        75   42   56.0    506   6.75  12.0   5   6.7    3   4.0    82.4
Dan Fouts             SD         84   50   59.5    591   7.04  11.8   4   4.8    3   3.6    82.0
Richard Todd          NYJ        75   44   58.7    661   8.81  15.0   6   8.0    6   8.0    81.0
Roger Staubach        DAL        96   56   58.3    738   7.69  13.2   8   8.3    7   7.3    80.1
David Whitehurst      GB         52   23   44.2    279   5.37  12.1   4   7.7    1   1.9    78.9
Greg Landry           DET        43   26   60.5    259   6.02  10.0   1   2.3    1   2.3    75.6
Joe Pisarcik          NYG        77   39   50.6    592   7.69  15.2   4   5.2    4   5.2    72.0
Archie Manning        NO        107   65   60.7    735   6.87  11.3   2   1.9    4   3.7    72.0
Dan Pastorini         HOU        72   41   56.9    362   5.03   8.8   2   2.8    3   4.2    62.4
Mike Livingston       KC         52   32   61.5    298   5.73   9.3   0   0.0    2   3.8    61.2
Pat Haden             LA         94   47   50.0    618   6.57  13.1   2   2.1    4   4.3    60.5
Steve Grogan          NE         52   25   48.1    371   7.13  14.8   3   5.8    4   7.7    59.1
Bob Avellini          CHI        53   24   45.3    338   6.38  14.1   1   1.9    2   3.8    57.0
Steve DeBerg          SF         96   48   50.0    607   6.32  12.6   4   4.2    7   7.3    53.6
Jim Hart              STL       101   45   44.6    476   4.71  10.6   2   2.0    4   4.0    48.9
John Reaves           CIN        82   41   50.0    442   5.39  10.8   2   2.4    5   6.1    48.9
Fran Tarkenton        MIN       107   64   59.8    560   5.23   8.8   3   2.8    9   8.4    48.0
Craig Morton          DEN        56   26   46.4    265   4.73  10.2   1   1.8    3   5.4    44.1
Ken Stabler           OAK        79   33   41.8    591   7.48  17.9   3   3.8    9  11.4    41.1
June Jones            ATL        51   19   37.3    204   4.00  10.7   1   2.0    3   5.9    31.8
Bill Troup            BAL        33   15   45.5    186   5.64  12.4   0   0.0    5  15.2    23.9
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 Tony Adams KC 10 6 60.0 66 6.60 11.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 79.6 Norris Weese DEN 20 12 60.0 141 7.05 11.8 1 5.0 1 5.0 77.3 Gary Danielson DET 17 6 35.3 70 4.12 11.7 0 0.0 0 0.0 48.7 Jerry Golsteyn NYG 10 3 30.0 27 2.70 9.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 39.6 Steve Bartkowski ATL 15 7 46.7 126 8.40 18.0 0 0.0 2 13.3 36.4 Doug Williams TB 24 6 25.0 72 3.00 12.0 1 4.2 1 4.2 36.1 Mike Kirkland BAL 24 11 45.8 134 5.58 12.2 0 0.0 3 12.5 24.0 Tommy Kramer MIN 13 4 30.8 31 2.38 7.8 0 0.0 1 7.7 8.2
Rushing Team(s) Att Yards Avg TD Earl Campbell HOU 62 322 5.2 4 Delvin Williams MIA 46 313 6.8 2 Mark van Eeghen OAK 58 312 5.4 0 Tony Dorsett DAL 58 296 5.1 1 Tony Reed KC 43 287 6.7 2 John Riggins WAS 53 244 4.6 0 Roland Harper CHI 49 240 4.9 2 Walter Payton CHI 69 240 3.5 2 Terdell Middleton GB 59 238 4.0 0 Wilbert Montgomery PHI 44 237 5.4 3 Franco Harris PIT 61 233 3.8 3 Greg Pruitt CLE 44 226 5.1 1 Dexter Bussey DET 45 224 5.0 1 Ricky Bell TB 49 211 4.3 2 Chuck Foreman MIN 52 206 4.0 1 David Sims SEA 50 202 4.0 4 Kevin Long NYJ 39 200 5.1 0 Mark Bailey KC 52 199 3.8 0 O.J. Simpson SF 56 193 3.4 0 Mike Thomas WAS 40 185 4.6 1 Bo Matthews SD 41 183 4.5 0 Greg Boykin SF 40 176 4.4 0 Terry Miller BUF 50 175 3.5 1 Don Calhoun NE 26 159 6.1 0 Robert Newhouse DAL 39 155 4.0 2
Receiving Team(s) Att Yards Avg TD Tony Galbreath NO 23 199 8.7 0 Rickey Young MIN 21 169 8.0 2 Steve Largent SEA 17 268 15.8 1 Chuck Foreman MIN 16 96 6.0 0 Ron Jessie LA 15 242 16.1 1 Tinker Owens NO 15 178 11.9 1 Lynn Swann PIT 14 154 11.0 2 Don Woods SD 14 145 10.4 0 Archie Griffin CIN 14 101 7.2 1 Pat Tilley STL 13 184 14.2 0 Ken Burrough HOU 13 139 10.7 1 Derrick Gaffney NYJ 12 232 19.3 1 Willie Miller LA 12 200 16.7 1 Reggie Rucker CLE 11 250 22.7 3 Bennie Cunningham PIT 11 222 20.2 1 Reuben Gant BUF 11 175 15.9 2 Preston Pearson DAL 11 154 14.0 0 Tony Dorsett DAL 11 145 13.2 1 O.J. Simpson SF 11 104 9.5 1 Wilbert Montgomery PHI 11 77 7.0 1 Harold Carmichael PHI 10 208 20.8 2 Dave Casper OAK 10 176 17.6 2 Ike Harris NO 10 170 17.0 1 Drew Pearson DAL 10 150 15.0 1 Terry LeCount SF 10 131 13.1 0
Kick Returns Team(s) Att Yards Avg TD Tony Green WAS 7 250 35.7 1 Johnnie Dirden HOU 6 201 33.5 0 Jerry Latin STL-LA 3 89 29.7 0 Marshall Johnson BAL 9 254 28.2 0 Dave Williams SF 4 112 28.0 0 Keith Moody BUF 4 109 27.2 0 Larry Collins CLE 7 187 26.7 0 Artie Owens SD 5 131 26.2 0 Duke Fergerson SEA 4 103 25.8 0 Leonard Thompson DET 6 154 25.7 0 Bruce Harper NYJ 8 205 25.6 0 Larry Marshall KC 7 173 24.7 0 Anthony Davis HOU 4 98 24.5 0 Butch Johnson DAL 4 98 24.5 0 Wes Chandler NO 9 220 24.4 0
Punt Returns Team(s) Att Yards Avg TD Tony Green WAS 7 141 20.1 1 Rick Upchurch DEN 7 135 19.3 1 Danny Reece TB 5 76 15.2 0 Wally Henry PHI 11 165 15.0 1 Mike Fuller SD 4 51 12.8 0 Eddie Payton KC 6 76 12.7 0 Mike Levenseller BUF 3 35 11.7 0 Nat Terry PIT 6 70 11.7 0 John Harris SEA 5 58 11.6 0 Alfred Jackson ATL 5 50 10.0 0 Butch Johnson DAL 10 97 9.7 0 Bruce Harper NYJ 4 38 9.5 0 Jesse Thompson DET 5 46 9.2 0 Cullen Bryant LA 3 27 9.0 0 Larry Marshall KC 6 51 8.5 0
Punting Team(s) Punts Yards Avg Dave Jennings NYG 20 933 46.6 Chuck Ramsey NYJ 11 491 44.6 Ray Guy OAK 14 620 44.3 Dave Green TB 25 1,057 42.3 Pat McInally CIN 20 845 42.2 Tom Blanchard NO 15 626 41.7 John James ATL 26 1,078 41.5 Craig Colquitt PIT 11 456 41.5 Tom Skladany DET 24 992 41.3 Herman Weaver SEA 7 282 40.3 Danny White DAL 10 401 40.1 George Roberts MIA 13 517 39.8 David Beverly GB 17 669 39.4 Bob Parsons CHI 22 863 39.2 Cliff Parsley HOU 18 704 39.1 Steve Little STL 22 854 38.8 Rick Engles PHI 20 773 38.6 Mike Bragg WAS 19 732 38.5 David Lee BAL 13 496 38.2 Bucky Dilts DEN 20 761 38.0
Kicking Team(s) FG PAT Pts Pat Leahy NYJ 5/ 5 8/ 8 23 Rick Danmeier MIN 6/ 8 4/ 4 22 Joe Danelo NYG 5/ 5 6/ 8 21 Bob Thomas CHI 5/ 5 5/ 5 20 Don Cockroft CLE 4/ 7 7/ 7 19 Toni Fritsch HOU 4/ 5 6/ 6 18 Frank Corral LA 4/ 6 5/ 6 17 Rich Szaro NO 3/ 5 8/ 8 17 Garo Yepremian MIA 1/ 1 12/13 15 Jan Stenerud KC 3/ 5 6/ 6 15 Ray Wersching SF 4/ 5 3/ 4 15 Chester Marcol GB 3/ 4 5/ 5 14 Nick Mike-Mayer PHI 2/ 5 8/ 9 14 Rafael Septien DAL 1/ 4 11/12 14 Errol Mann OAK 2/ 3 7/ 7 13 Mark Moseley WAS 1/ 3 10/11 13 Tom Dempsey BUF 2/ 2 7/ 8 13 Chris Bahr CIN 3/ 6 3/ 4 12 Efren Herrera SEA 2/ 5 6/ 7 12 Fred Steinfort ATL 3/ 5 3/ 4 12

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