Monday October 2, 1978
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

NFL leaders as of 10/02/1978:



Team Rankings:
Rush Pass Total Offense Games Yds/Gm Yds/Gm Yds/Gm 1 DAL 5 177.6 222.6 400.2 2 NE 5 188.8 191.0 379.8 3 PIT 5 156.4 205.2 361.6 4 OAK 5 157.6 192.2 349.8 5 WAS 5 180.8 143.2 324.0 6 KC 5 227.2 92.8 320.0 7 SEA 5 112.6 206.4 319.0 8 PHI 5 186.0 132.6 318.6 9 NO 5 108.6 210.0 318.6 10 LA 5 128.4 184.4 312.8 11 NYJ 5 140.8 170.8 311.6 12 MIA 5 187.2 123.2 310.4 13 SD 5 127.6 178.2 305.8 14 BUF 5 115.0 178.4 293.4 15 MIN 5 118.6 174.0 292.6 16 NYG 5 138.2 151.4 289.6 17 CLE 5 133.4 154.0 287.4 18 HOU 5 152.4 133.2 285.6 19 DEN 5 163.0 122.4 285.4 20 STL 5 108.6 175.0 283.6 21 GB 5 163.8 114.8 278.6 22 SF 5 120.8 150.0 270.8 23 CHI 5 147.2 120.2 267.4 24 BAL 5 112.4 153.6 266.0 25 CIN 5 103.4 149.8 253.2 26 TB 5 115.6 96.6 212.2 27 ATL 5 111.4 97.6 209.0 28 DET 5 126.4 82.2 208.6
Rush Pass Total Defense Games Yds/Gm Yds/Gm Yds/Gm 1 LA 5 109.8 119.6 229.4 2 PIT 5 100.2 137.0 237.2 3 TB 5 111.4 126.4 237.8 4 PHI 5 95.8 148.4 244.2 5 ATL 5 117.8 132.0 249.8 6 MIN 5 101.8 169.2 271.0 7 DET 5 162.8 112.0 274.8 8 OAK 5 156.6 123.8 280.4 9 DAL 5 107.8 172.6 280.4 10 DEN 5 113.2 168.0 281.2 11 GB 5 149.4 132.4 281.8 12 HOU 5 135.0 148.6 283.6 13 KC 5 154.6 129.4 284.0 14 NE 5 109.0 178.2 287.2 15 CHI 5 149.2 148.0 297.2 16 WAS 5 126.4 171.8 298.2 17 CLE 5 127.2 177.6 304.8 18 SD 5 115.6 194.4 310.0 19 NYG 5 165.0 146.6 311.6 20 CIN 5 167.0 157.6 324.6 21 SEA 5 150.6 174.0 324.6 22 BUF 5 192.8 134.2 327.0 23 SF 5 166.8 161.0 327.8 24 STL 5 211.4 117.0 328.4 25 MIA 5 147.8 185.0 332.8 26 NYJ 5 160.4 185.8 346.2 27 NO 5 174.4 173.0 347.4 28 BAL 5 230.0 182.2 412.2
                                                          Per   Per
Passing               Team(s)   Att  Cmp    Pct  Yards    Att   Cmp  TD   TD%  Int  Int%  Rating
Joe Ferguson          BUF        98   61   62.2    851   8.68  14.0   8   8.2    3   3.1   104.6
Terry Bradshaw        PIT       128   76   59.4  1,069   8.35  14.1  10   7.8    5   3.9    96.1
Joe Theismann         WAS       112   61   54.5    834   7.45  13.7   8   7.1    3   2.7    91.1
Ron Jaworski          PHI       112   66   58.9    777   6.94  11.8   7   6.2    3   2.7    89.8
Dan Fouts             SD        114   70   61.4    818   7.18  11.7   7   6.1    6   5.3    81.7
Jim Zorn              SEA       135   87   64.4  1,101   8.16  12.7   5   3.7    7   5.2    80.5
David Whitehurst      GB         84   44   52.4    601   7.15  13.7   6   7.1    4   4.8    79.5
Roger Staubach        DAL       152   85   55.9  1,132   7.45  13.3   9   5.9    8   5.3    77.5
Greg Landry           DET        77   48   62.3    452   5.87   9.4   1   1.3    1   1.3    77.4
Archie Manning        NO        159   96   60.4  1,151   7.24  12.0   5   3.1    6   3.8    77.3
Richard Todd          NYJ        94   53   56.4    797   8.48  15.0   6   6.4    7   7.4    74.6
Pat Haden             LA        141   74   52.5  1,005   7.13  13.6   3   2.1    5   3.5    67.8
Don Strock            MIA        95   48   50.5    576   6.06  12.0   7   7.4    6   6.3    67.7
Jim Hart              STL       164   81   49.4    891   5.43  11.0   4   2.4    4   2.4    63.8
Joe Pisarcik          NYG       124   58   46.8    832   6.71  14.3   5   4.0    6   4.8    62.3
Dan Pastorini         HOU       121   65   53.7    697   5.76  10.7   3   2.5    5   4.1    61.9
Steve Grogan          NE        139   67   48.2  1,050   7.55  15.7   8   5.8   11   7.9    59.9
Fran Tarkenton        MIN       158   98   62.0    925   5.85   9.4   5   3.2   11   7.0    59.7
Brian Sipe            CLE       156   74   47.4    873   5.60  11.8   5   3.2    6   3.8    59.6
Mike Livingston       KC         71   41   57.7    390   5.49   9.5   0   0.0    3   4.2    55.5
Bob Avellini          CHI       107   58   54.2    681   6.36  11.7   1   0.9    6   5.6    53.5
John Reaves           CIN       108   54   50.0    611   5.66  11.3   3   2.8    6   5.6    53.4
Craig Morton          DEN        77   38   49.4    403   5.23  10.6   2   2.6    4   5.2    52.0
Steve Bartkowski      ATL        65   33   50.8    433   6.66  13.1   2   3.1    5   7.7    50.4
Ken Stabler           OAK       143   71   49.7  1,049   7.34  14.8   4   2.8   12   8.4    48.4
Doug Williams         TB         82   28   34.1    457   5.57  16.3   3   3.7    4   4.9    45.6
Bill Troup            BAL        99   48   48.5    686   6.93  14.3   4   4.0   10  10.1    45.2
Steve DeBerg          SF        146   67   45.9    785   5.38  11.7   6   4.1   13   8.9    39.3
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 22 13 59.1 146 6.64 11.2 0 0.0 0 0.0 79.0 Gary Danielson DET 34 14 41.2 183 5.38 13.1 2 5.9 1 2.9 66.2 Norris Weese DEN 41 26 63.4 302 7.37 11.6 2 4.9 4 9.8 62.3 Ken Anderson CIN 26 13 50.0 183 7.04 14.1 1 3.8 4 15.4 46.3 Jerry Golsteyn NYG 10 3 30.0 27 2.70 9.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 39.6 Matt Robinson NYJ 26 10 38.5 209 8.04 20.9 0 0.0 2 7.7 35.6 James Harris SD 20 11 55.0 111 5.55 10.1 0 0.0 2 10.0 31.5 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 100 511 5.1 2 Wilbert Montgomery PHI 94 492 5.2 4 Delvin Williams MIA 83 474 5.7 3 John Riggins WAS 93 454 4.9 0 Terdell Middleton GB 88 452 5.1 2 Mark van Eeghen OAK 88 432 4.9 0 Walter Payton CHI 120 421 3.5 4 Dexter Bussey DET 79 403 5.1 2 Earl Campbell HOU 75 399 5.3 4 Tony Reed KC 69 395 5.7 3 Franco Harris PIT 107 384 3.6 3 Terry Miller BUF 93 339 3.6 2 O.J. Simpson SF 86 316 3.7 0 Roland Harper CHI 67 302 4.5 3 David Sims SEA 75 295 3.9 5 Ricky Bell TB 76 292 3.8 2 Mike Thomas WAS 72 282 3.9 1 Chuck Foreman MIN 69 279 4.0 2 Kevin Long NYJ 59 277 4.7 1 Mike Hogan PHI 52 248 4.8 1 Cullen Bryant LA 79 247 3.1 2 Pete Johnson CIN 66 242 3.7 0 Robert Newhouse DAL 58 234 4.0 3 MacArthur Lane KC 32 231 7.2 0 Mark Bailey KC 61 228 3.7 0
Receiving Team(s) Att Yards Avg TD Tony Galbreath NO 34 282 8.3 1 Lynn Swann PIT 27 337 12.5 4 Rickey Young MIN 26 199 7.7 2 Steve Largent SEA 24 392 16.3 2 Pat Tilley STL 22 293 13.3 0 Willie Miller LA 21 333 15.9 2 Tinker Owens NO 18 259 14.4 1 Sammy White MIN 18 239 13.3 2 Ron Jessie LA 17 278 16.4 1 Drew Pearson DAL 17 276 16.2 1 Walter White KC 17 176 10.4 0 Don Woods SD 17 160 9.4 0 Ahmad Rashad MIN 17 153 9.0 1 Roland Harper CHI 17 106 6.2 0 Reggie Rucker CLE 16 335 20.9 3 Derrick Gaffney NYJ 16 304 19.0 1 Mel Gray STL 16 278 17.4 1 Dave Casper OAK 16 271 16.9 3 Russ Francis NE 16 264 16.5 3 Morris Bradshaw OAK 16 253 15.8 1 Ken Burrough HOU 16 207 12.9 1 Preston Pearson DAL 16 191 11.9 0 Wilbert Montgomery PHI 16 116 7.2 1 Chuck Foreman MIN 16 96 6.0 0 Frank Lewis BUF 15 345 23.0 3
Kick Returns Team(s) Att Yards Avg TD Tony Green WAS 8 280 35.0 1 Joe Washington BAL 6 200 33.3 1 Curtis Brown BUF 8 245 30.6 1 Johnnie Dirden HOU 9 264 29.3 0 Johnny Rodgers SD 7 194 27.7 0 Larry Collins CLE 11 299 27.2 0 Eddie Payton KC 10 271 27.1 0 Jesse Thompson DET 8 210 26.2 0 Raymond Clayborn NE 11 286 26.0 0 Artie Owens SD 9 229 25.4 0 Kevin Miller MIN 11 276 25.1 0 Arthur Whittington OAK 6 150 25.0 0 Dave Williams SF 9 223 24.8 0 Jerry Latin LA-STL 9 223 24.8 0 Larry Marshall KC 7 173 24.7 0
Punt Returns Team(s) Att Yards Avg TD Rick Upchurch DEN 11 213 19.4 1 Tony Green WAS 13 200 15.4 1 Wally Henry PHI 11 165 15.0 1 Danny Reece TB 6 79 13.2 0 Billy Ryckman ATL 7 90 12.9 0 Eddie Payton KC 11 134 12.2 0 John Harris SEA 5 58 11.6 0 Nat Terry PIT 7 80 11.4 0 Mike Fuller SD 6 63 10.5 0 Jackie Wallace LA 9 90 10.0 0 Bobby Hammond NYG 12 115 9.6 0 Jimmy Cefalo MIA 9 86 9.6 0 Ronnie Coleman HOU 12 112 9.3 0 Jesse Thompson DET 5 46 9.2 0 Willie Shelby STL 10 88 8.8 0
Punting Team(s) Punts Yards Avg Dave Jennings NYG 29 1,304 45.0 Pat McInally CIN 32 1,398 43.7 Tom Blanchard NO 25 1,085 43.4 Ray Guy OAK 23 991 43.1 Chuck Ramsey NYJ 21 894 42.6 Dave Green TB 38 1,615 42.5 Tom Skladany DET 34 1,413 41.6 John James ATL 37 1,514 40.9 George Roberts MIA 22 900 40.9 Danny White DAL 20 818 40.9 Craig Colquitt PIT 19 756 39.8 Bob Parsons CHI 30 1,193 39.8 Rick Engles PHI 28 1,113 39.8 Herman Weaver SEA 14 556 39.7 Zenon Andrusyshyn KC 24 951 39.6 Johnny Evans CLE 33 1,305 39.5 Mike Bragg WAS 28 1,103 39.4 Mike Connell SF 33 1,292 39.2 Rusty Jackson BUF 33 1,280 38.8 Glen Walker LA 28 1,076 38.4
Kicking Team(s) FG PAT Pts Joe Danelo NYG 9/13 11/13 38 Bob Thomas CHI 9/ 9 8/ 9 35 Don Cockroft CLE 9/13 8/ 8 35 Rick Danmeier MIN 8/10 10/10 34 Mark Moseley WAS 7/10 12/13 33 Pat Leahy NYJ 7/ 8 10/10 31 Frank Corral LA 7/12 8/10 29 Errol Mann OAK 6/10 10/10 28 Toni Fritsch HOU 7/ 8 7/ 8 28 Jan Stenerud KC 6/ 9 9/ 9 27 Chris Bahr CIN 7/11 5/ 6 26 Chester Marcol GB 4/ 7 13/13 25 Garo Yepremian MIA 3/ 3 15/16 24 Nick Mike-Mayer PHI 4/ 8 12/13 24 Roy Gerela PIT 3/ 8 15/15 24 Ray Wersching SF 5/ 6 8/ 9 23 Tom Dempsey BUF 3/ 4 14/15 23 Benny Ricardo DET 6/ 9 4/ 5 22 Rafael Septien DAL 2/ 5 14/15 20 Rolf Benirschke SD 3/ 5 9/11 18

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