Sunday September 24, 1978
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NFL leaders as of 09/24/1978:



Team Rankings:
Rush Pass Total Offense Games Yds/Gm Yds/Gm Yds/Gm 1 DAL 4 194.8 228.2 423.0 2 NE 4 210.8 189.2 400.0 3 PIT 4 161.0 209.2 370.2 4 WAS 4 194.2 148.0 342.2 5 OAK 4 158.0 176.5 334.5 6 NYG 4 151.0 174.5 325.5 7 KC 4 224.5 98.5 323.0 8 MIA 4 203.2 118.0 321.2 9 LA 4 129.5 191.2 320.8 10 NO 4 100.0 219.5 319.5 11 SEA 4 117.8 200.2 318.0 12 NYJ 4 137.2 178.0 315.2 13 CLE 4 147.2 166.5 313.8 14 PHI 4 171.2 136.5 307.8 15 SD 4 119.5 182.2 301.8 16 SF 4 122.8 171.0 293.8 17 BUF 4 114.5 179.0 293.5 18 MIN 3 109.7 173.3 283.0 19 BAL 4 118.2 155.8 274.0 20 STL 4 100.8 166.0 266.8 21 DEN 4 152.8 110.8 263.5 22 HOU 4 149.5 112.8 262.2 23 CHI 3 163.3 97.0 260.3 24 CIN 4 103.5 132.5 236.0 25 GB 4 149.5 78.2 227.8 26 DET 4 126.5 77.5 204.0 27 ATL 4 101.2 72.5 173.8 28 TB 4 122.8 50.0 172.8
Rush Pass Total Defense Games Yds/Gm Yds/Gm Yds/Gm 1 LA 4 101.5 106.5 208.0 2 TB 4 111.5 106.0 217.5 3 PIT 4 86.5 135.8 222.2 4 DET 4 148.2 74.8 223.0 5 MIN 3 110.7 125.0 235.7 6 PHI 4 97.5 149.2 246.8 7 CHI 3 145.7 114.3 260.0 8 DEN 4 118.5 152.2 270.8 9 ATL 4 125.5 150.2 275.8 10 NE 4 96.2 182.2 278.5 11 OAK 4 156.8 124.2 281.0 12 KC 4 164.0 117.8 281.8 13 CLE 4 118.0 168.2 286.2 14 DAL 4 103.0 184.8 287.8 15 WAS 4 130.8 164.8 295.5 16 GB 4 155.2 140.2 295.5 17 NYG 4 168.2 133.8 302.0 18 HOU 4 149.2 159.8 309.0 19 SEA 4 137.2 175.2 312.5 20 SD 4 119.2 193.5 312.8 21 MIA 4 149.8 178.5 328.2 22 SF 4 182.8 146.5 329.2 23 BUF 4 181.5 150.2 331.8 24 STL 4 233.5 110.2 343.8 25 NYJ 4 166.0 185.0 351.0 26 CIN 4 180.5 180.5 361.0 27 NO 4 187.0 177.0 364.0 28 BAL 4 226.2 198.5 424.8
                                                          Per   Per
Passing               Team(s)   Att  Cmp    Pct  Yards    Att   Cmp  TD   TD%  Int  Int%  Rating
Joe Theismann         WAS        90   50   55.6    678   7.53  13.6   8   8.9    2   2.2   100.1
Joe Ferguson          BUF        80   46   57.5    641   8.01  13.9   6   7.5    2   2.5    98.0
Jim Zorn              SEA        97   63   64.9    883   9.10  14.0   5   5.2    4   4.1    94.1
Terry Bradshaw        PIT       103   59   57.3    880   8.54  14.9   7   6.8    4   3.9    91.9
Ron Jaworski          PHI        94   55   58.5    634   6.74  11.5   6   6.4    3   3.2    86.9
Roger Staubach        DAL       122   72   59.0    920   7.54  12.8   9   7.4    7   5.7    83.4
Greg Landry           DET        69   42   60.9    414   6.00   9.9   1   1.4    1   1.4    76.6
Richard Todd          NYJ        94   53   56.4    797   8.48  15.0   6   6.4    7   7.4    74.6
Archie Manning        NO        132   79   59.8    943   7.14  11.9   2   1.5    5   3.8    71.0
David Whitehurst      GB         66   30   45.5    371   5.62  12.4   4   6.1    2   3.0    71.0
Dan Fouts             SD         96   56   58.3    645   6.72  11.5   4   4.2    5   5.2    70.9
Brian Sipe            CLE       124   62   50.0    767   6.19  12.4   4   3.2    3   2.4    70.2
Pat Haden             LA        120   64   53.3    838   6.98  13.1   2   1.7    4   3.3    67.3
Joe Pisarcik          NYG       103   51   49.5    746   7.24  14.6   5   4.9    6   5.8    65.4
Don Strock            MIA        74   36   48.6    432   5.84  12.0   5   6.8    5   6.8    61.3
Mike Livingston       KC         62   39   62.9    387   6.24   9.9   0   0.0    3   4.8    60.3
Dan Pastorini         HOU        92   51   55.4    482   5.24   9.5   2   2.2    4   4.3    59.2
Bob Avellini          CHI        53   24   45.3    338   6.38  14.1   1   1.9    2   3.8    57.0
Jim Hart              STL       131   60   45.8    680   5.19  11.3   3   2.3    4   3.1    56.8
John Reaves           CIN        99   50   50.5    559   5.65  11.2   3   3.0    5   5.1    56.8
Craig Morton          DEN        77   38   49.4    403   5.23  10.6   2   2.6    4   5.2    52.0
Steve Grogan          NE        110   50   45.5    819   7.45  16.4   5   4.5   10   9.1    48.3
Fran Tarkenton        MIN       107   64   59.8    560   5.23   8.8   3   2.8    9   8.4    48.0
Ken Stabler           OAK       100   46   46.0    771   7.71  16.8   4   4.0   12  12.0    46.3
Doug Williams         TB         47   12   25.5    146   3.11  12.2   2   4.3    1   2.1    45.3
Bill Troup            BAL        75   35   46.7    541   7.21  15.5   3   4.0    9  12.0    44.8
Steve DeBerg          SF        129   59   45.7    719   5.57  12.2   4   3.1   11   8.5    38.2
June Jones            ATL        51   19   37.3    204   4.00  10.7   1   2.0    3   5.9    31.8


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 James Harris SD 18 11 61.1 111 6.17 10.1 0 0.0 2 11.1 39.1 Steve Bartkowski ATL 39 19 48.7 207 5.31 10.9 1 2.6 5 12.8 33.8 Mike Kirkland BAL 24 11 45.8 134 5.58 12.2 0 0.0 3 12.5 24.0 Gary Huff TB 31 13 41.9 132 4.26 10.2 0 0.0 3 9.7 15.2 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 Tony Dorsett DAL 79 450 5.7 2 Earl Campbell HOU 75 399 5.3 4 Delvin Williams MIA 62 380 6.1 2 Tony Reed KC 60 366 6.1 3 John Riggins WAS 74 358 4.8 0 Mark van Eeghen OAK 74 358 4.8 0 Wilbert Montgomery PHI 69 348 5.0 3 Dexter Bussey DET 65 344 5.3 2 Franco Harris PIT 87 317 3.6 3 Terdell Middleton GB 77 304 3.9 1 O.J. Simpson SF 76 281 3.7 0 Terry Miller BUF 75 272 3.6 1 Ricky Bell TB 67 261 3.9 2 David Sims SEA 65 250 3.8 4 Mike Thomas WAS 57 242 4.2 1 Roland Harper CHI 49 240 4.9 2 Walter Payton CHI 69 240 3.5 2 Kevin Long NYJ 49 236 4.8 0 Mark Bailey KC 61 228 3.7 0 Greg Pruitt CLE 44 226 5.1 1 Pete Johnson CIN 58 220 3.8 0 Andy Johnson NE 55 208 3.8 1 Robert Newhouse DAL 51 208 4.1 3 Chuck Foreman MIN 52 206 4.0 1 Bo Matthews SD 46 200 4.3 0
Receiving Team(s) Att Yards Avg TD Tony Galbreath NO 28 221 7.9 0 Steve Largent SEA 21 353 16.8 2 Rickey Young MIN 21 169 8.0 2 Lynn Swann PIT 20 237 11.8 2 Tinker Owens NO 18 259 14.4 1 Willie Miller LA 17 269 15.8 1 Don Woods SD 17 160 9.4 0 Chuck Foreman MIN 16 96 6.0 0 Mel Gray STL 15 254 16.9 1 Ron Jessie LA 15 242 16.1 1 Pat Tilley STL 15 208 13.9 0 Derrick Gaffney NYJ 14 255 18.2 1 Dave Casper OAK 14 231 16.5 3 Preston Pearson DAL 14 180 12.9 0 Archie Griffin CIN 14 101 7.2 1 Bennie Cunningham PIT 13 291 22.4 2 Reggie Rucker CLE 13 287 22.1 3 Harold Carmichael PHI 13 258 19.8 2 Reuben Gant BUF 13 206 15.8 3 Drew Pearson DAL 13 204 15.7 1 Ken Burrough HOU 13 139 10.7 1 Roger Carr BAL 12 260 21.7 2 Dave Logan CLE 12 194 16.2 0 Riley Odoms DEN 12 176 14.7 1 Tony Dorsett DAL 12 151 12.6 1
Kick Returns Team(s) Att Yards Avg TD Tony Green WAS 7 250 35.7 1 Joe Washington BAL 5 176 35.2 1 Eddie Payton KC 5 175 35.0 0 Curtis Brown BUF 7 234 33.4 1 Johnnie Dirden HOU 7 213 30.4 0 Larry Collins CLE 9 254 28.2 0 Jesse Thompson DET 6 167 27.8 0 Jerry Latin LA-STL 6 163 27.2 0 Artie Owens SD 8 216 27.0 0 Raymond Clayborn NE 8 208 26.0 0 Dave Williams SF 7 181 25.9 0 Leonard Thompson DET 6 154 25.7 0 Butch Johnson DAL 6 150 25.0 0 Marshall Johnson BAL 14 349 24.9 0 Duke Fergerson SEA 7 174 24.9 0
Punt Returns Team(s) Att Yards Avg TD Rick Upchurch DEN 11 213 19.4 1 Tony Green WAS 11 178 16.2 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 8 99 12.4 0 John Harris SEA 5 58 11.6 0 Nat Terry PIT 7 80 11.4 0 Willie Shelby STL 7 77 11.0 0 Butch Johnson DAL 13 125 9.6 0 Bobby Hammond NYG 12 115 9.6 0 Jimmy Cefalo MIA 9 86 9.6 0 Jesse Thompson DET 5 46 9.2 0 Bruce Harper NYJ 6 51 8.5 0 Larry Marshall KC 6 51 8.5 0
Punting Team(s) Punts Yards Avg Dave Jennings NYG 24 1,091 45.5 Ray Guy OAK 19 815 42.9 Chuck Ramsey NYJ 17 727 42.8 Pat McInally CIN 26 1,111 42.7 Dave Green TB 34 1,446 42.5 Tom Blanchard NO 21 884 42.1 Danny White DAL 15 627 41.8 John James ATL 34 1,420 41.8 Tom Skladany DET 27 1,117 41.4 George Roberts MIA 18 728 40.4 Zenon Andrusyshyn KC 19 762 40.1 David Beverly GB 25 995 39.8 Herman Weaver SEA 11 437 39.7 Rick Engles PHI 25 991 39.6 Mike Bragg WAS 23 907 39.4 Craig Colquitt PIT 17 670 39.4 Bob Parsons CHI 22 863 39.2 Johnny Evans CLE 26 1,009 38.8 Steve Little STL 28 1,079 38.5 Bucky Dilts DEN 24 922 38.4
Kicking Team(s) FG PAT Pts Joe Danelo NYG 7/ 9 9/11 30 Don Cockroft CLE 7/11 7/ 7 28 Pat Leahy NYJ 6/ 7 8/ 8 26 Mark Moseley WAS 4/ 7 12/13 24 Toni Fritsch HOU 6/ 7 6/ 6 24 Chris Bahr CIN 6/10 4/ 5 22 Rick Danmeier MIN 6/ 8 4/ 4 22 Frank Corral LA 5/ 8 6/ 7 21 Benny Ricardo DET 6/ 9 2/ 3 20 Bob Thomas CHI 5/ 5 5/ 5 20 Chester Marcol GB 4/ 6 8/ 8 20 Jan Stenerud KC 4/ 6 8/ 8 20 Roy Gerela PIT 3/ 8 11/11 20 Nick Mike-Mayer PHI 3/ 6 10/11 19 Ray Wersching SF 5/ 6 4/ 5 19 Tom Dempsey BUF 3/ 4 10/11 19 Garo Yepremian MIA 2/ 2 12/13 18 Rafael Septien DAL 1/ 4 14/15 17 Rich Szaro NO 3/ 5 8/ 8 17 Efren Herrera SEA 2/ 5 10/11 16

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