Sunday October 8, 1978
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

NFL leaders as of 10/08/1978:



Team Rankings:
Rush Pass Total Offense Games Yds/Gm Yds/Gm Yds/Gm 1 DAL 6 174.2 218.8 393.0 2 NE 6 191.5 190.7 382.2 3 PIT 6 160.5 205.3 365.8 4 OAK 6 151.8 186.2 338.0 5 SEA 6 124.5 213.3 337.8 6 LA 6 144.8 183.2 328.0 7 WAS 6 163.3 154.0 317.3 8 NO 6 101.7 213.5 315.2 9 PHI 6 172.8 141.5 314.3 10 MIA 5 187.2 123.2 310.4 11 KC 6 209.3 100.0 309.3 12 MIN 6 118.3 190.7 309.0 13 NYJ 6 155.8 150.2 306.0 14 SD 6 127.7 176.8 304.5 15 HOU 6 161.2 139.0 300.2 16 BUF 6 118.7 179.5 298.2 17 STL 6 114.7 178.8 293.5 18 CLE 6 141.0 143.7 284.7 19 CHI 6 147.2 135.2 282.3 20 NYG 6 132.2 132.8 265.0 21 DEN 6 148.5 115.3 263.8 22 SF 6 122.7 138.8 261.5 23 GB 6 152.8 107.0 259.8 24 BAL 6 119.7 139.0 258.7 25 CIN 5 103.4 149.8 253.2 26 DET 6 143.8 92.3 236.2 27 TB 6 116.5 118.2 234.7 28 ATL 6 111.7 105.3 217.0
Rush Pass Total Defense Games Yds/Gm Yds/Gm Yds/Gm 1 LA 6 113.5 113.5 227.0 2 PIT 6 102.3 138.2 240.5 3 TB 6 112.8 128.0 240.8 4 DAL 6 106.8 150.5 257.3 5 PHI 6 114.0 155.2 269.2 6 ATL 6 128.3 144.3 272.7 7 CHI 6 140.7 134.7 275.3 8 DET 6 148.3 128.0 276.3 9 HOU 6 133.0 149.8 282.8 10 DEN 6 115.7 168.3 284.0 11 SD 6 109.0 175.3 284.3 12 NE 6 108.7 179.5 288.2 13 GB 6 149.0 145.3 294.3 14 KC 6 149.0 145.5 294.5 15 OAK 6 164.7 131.2 295.8 16 MIN 6 115.5 182.3 297.8 17 CLE 6 117.2 186.5 303.7 18 STL 6 202.2 108.5 310.7 19 WAS 6 143.8 167.0 310.8 20 BUF 6 199.2 119.7 318.8 21 NYG 6 163.7 155.5 319.2 22 CIN 5 167.0 157.6 324.6 23 MIA 5 147.8 185.0 332.8 24 NO 6 175.2 159.5 334.7 25 SEA 6 145.0 190.7 335.7 26 SF 6 176.8 163.7 340.5 27 NYJ 6 156.5 185.7 342.2 28 BAL 6 215.8 184.8 400.7
                                                          Per   Per
Passing               Team(s)   Att  Cmp    Pct  Yards    Att   Cmp  TD   TD%  Int  Int%  Rating
Terry Bradshaw        PIT       146   89   61.0  1,300   8.90  14.6  11   7.5    5   3.4   100.8
Joe Ferguson          BUF       122   71   58.2    991   8.12  14.0   9   7.4    5   4.1    91.9
Joe Theismann         WAS       139   73   52.5  1,054   7.58  14.4  10   7.2    5   3.6    86.4
Ron Jaworski          PHI       151   84   55.6    966   6.40  11.5   8   5.3    3   2.0    84.5
David Whitehurst      GB         96   50   52.1    689   7.18  13.8   7   7.3    4   4.2    82.3
Roger Staubach        DAL       184  102   55.4  1,378   7.49  13.5  12   6.5    9   4.9    80.8
Dan Fouts             SD        148   92   62.2  1,005   6.79  10.9   8   5.4    7   4.7    80.5
Jim Zorn              SEA       163  104   63.8  1,357   8.33  13.0   6   3.7    9   5.5    79.2
Archie Manning        NO        198  120   60.6  1,400   7.07  11.7   6   3.0    7   3.5    77.4
Greg Landry           DET        77   48   62.3    452   5.87   9.4   1   1.3    1   1.3    77.4
Richard Todd          NYJ        94   53   56.4    797   8.48  15.0   6   6.4    7   7.4    74.6
Fran Tarkenton        MIN       195  125   64.1  1,199   6.15   9.6   7   3.6   11   5.6    69.6
Don Strock            MIA        95   48   50.5    576   6.06  12.0   7   7.4    6   6.3    67.7
Pat Haden             LA        165   86   52.1  1,166   7.07  13.6   5   3.0    7   4.2    67.4
Dan Pastorini         HOU       138   74   53.6    865   6.27  11.7   5   3.6    6   4.3    66.8
Jim Hart              STL       196  100   51.0  1,121   5.72  11.2   4   2.0    5   2.6    64.6
Joe Pisarcik          NYG       130   61   46.9    908   6.98  14.9   5   3.8    6   4.6    63.9
Steve Grogan          NE        162   79   48.8  1,239   7.65  15.7   9   5.6   12   7.4    62.2
Brian Sipe            CLE       173   85   49.1    976   5.64  11.5   6   3.5    7   4.0    61.2
Doug Williams         TB        105   42   40.0    683   6.50  16.3   4   3.8    4   3.8    59.3
Gary Danielson        DET        64   29   45.3    336   5.25  11.6   2   3.1    2   3.1    59.1
Bob Avellini          CHI       144   81   56.2    905   6.28  11.2   3   2.1    9   6.2    56.0
Mike Livingston       KC         71   41   57.7    390   5.49   9.5   0   0.0    3   4.2    55.5
John Reaves           CIN       108   54   50.0    611   5.66  11.3   3   2.8    6   5.6    53.4
Steve Bartkowski      ATL        98   50   51.0    621   6.34  12.4   3   3.1    7   7.1    51.4
Ken Stabler           OAK       166   85   51.2  1,217   7.33  14.3   5   3.0   15   9.0    47.7
Bill Troup            BAL       116   58   50.0    763   6.58  13.2   5   4.3   11   9.5    46.0
Craig Morton          DEN        84   38   45.2    403   4.80  10.6   2   2.4    5   6.0    42.9
Steve DeBerg          SF        172   74   43.0    868   5.05  11.7   6   3.5   14   8.1    36.7


Others (10 or more attempts): Per Per Passing Team(s) Att Cmp Pct Yards Att Cmp TD TD% Int Int% Rating Bill Munson BUF 20 12 60.0 216 10.80 18.0 3 15.0 0 0.0 136.7 Tony Adams KC 50 28 56.0 282 5.64 10.1 1 2.0 2 4.0 62.2 Matt Robinson NYJ 35 14 40.0 275 7.86 19.6 1 2.9 2 5.7 53.9 Norris Weese DEN 52 31 59.6 356 6.85 11.5 2 3.8 5 9.6 53.5 Ken Anderson CIN 26 13 50.0 183 7.04 14.1 1 3.8 4 15.4 46.3 Craig Penrose DEN 14 5 35.7 56 4.00 11.2 1 7.1 1 7.1 42.6 June Jones ATL 51 19 37.3 204 4.00 10.7 1 2.0 3 5.9 31.8 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 Jerry Golsteyn NYG 23 6 26.1 54 2.35 9.0 0 0.0 1 4.3 21.5 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 117 584 5.0 2 Wilbert Montgomery PHI 107 562 5.3 4 Terdell Middleton GB 104 516 5.0 3 Earl Campbell HOU 100 503 5.0 4 Walter Payton CHI 139 503 3.6 4 John Riggins WAS 105 498 4.7 0 Franco Harris PIT 127 488 3.8 3 Delvin Williams MIA 83 474 5.7 3 Mark van Eeghen OAK 99 465 4.7 0 Dexter Bussey DET 91 463 5.1 2 Tony Reed KC 81 437 5.4 3 O.J. Simpson SF 106 399 3.8 0 Terry Miller BUF 105 378 3.6 2 Roland Harper CHI 85 370 4.4 3 Kevin Long NYJ 72 368 5.1 4 David Sims SEA 82 329 4.0 6 Cullen Bryant LA 86 307 3.6 3 Ricky Bell TB 82 306 3.7 2 Mike Thomas WAS 82 296 3.6 1 Joe Washington BAL 66 286 4.3 0 Robert Newhouse DAL 67 285 4.3 3 Chuck Foreman MIN 69 279 4.0 2 John Cappelletti LA 83 270 3.3 1 Mike Hogan PHI 58 269 4.6 1 Andy Johnson NE 71 268 3.8 1
Receiving Team(s) Att Yards Avg TD Tony Galbreath NO 40 305 7.6 1 Rickey Young MIN 33 254 7.7 2 Lynn Swann PIT 30 401 13.4 4 Willie Miller LA 25 412 16.5 3 Steve Largent SEA 25 405 16.2 2 Pat Tilley STL 24 323 13.5 0 Mel Gray STL 22 390 17.7 1 James Scott CHI 22 372 16.9 3 Lydell Mitchell SD 22 149 6.8 0 Morris Bradshaw OAK 21 328 15.6 1 Sammy White MIN 21 286 13.6 3 Ahmad Rashad MIN 21 196 9.3 2 Henry Childs NO 20 354 17.7 0 Tony Hill DAL 20 335 16.8 3 Dave Casper OAK 20 304 15.2 4 Preston Pearson DAL 20 244 12.2 0 Walter White KC 20 202 10.1 0 Roland Harper CHI 20 110 5.5 0 John Stallworth PIT 19 348 18.3 3 Drew Pearson DAL 19 292 15.4 1 Tinker Owens NO 19 275 14.5 1 David Sims SEA 19 143 7.5 0 Harold Carmichael PHI 18 370 20.6 3 Ron Jessie LA 18 294 16.3 1 Russ Francis NE 18 275 15.3 3
Kick Returns Team(s) Att Yards Avg TD Len Walterscheid CHI 6 202 33.7 0 Tony Green WAS 10 321 32.1 1 Eddie Payton KC 12 361 30.1 0 Joe Washington BAL 8 231 28.9 1 Artie Owens SD 10 280 28.0 0 Johnnie Dirden HOU 11 308 28.0 0 Johnny Rodgers SD 7 194 27.7 0 Curtis Brown BUF 14 385 27.5 1 Larry Collins CLE 11 299 27.2 0 Rufus Crawford SEA 11 287 26.1 0 Larry Brunson OAK 6 154 25.7 0 Raymond Clayborn NE 13 332 25.5 0 Jesse Thompson DET 10 250 25.0 0 Steve Odom GB 11 272 24.7 0 Larry Marshall KC 7 173 24.7 0
Punt Returns Team(s) Att Yards Avg TD Rick Upchurch DEN 14 241 17.2 1 Danny Reece TB 9 143 15.9 0 Wally Henry PHI 11 165 15.0 1 Billy Ryckman ATL 8 114 14.2 0 Bruce Harper NYJ 10 139 13.9 1 Jackie Wallace LA 14 189 13.5 0 Tony Green WAS 18 231 12.8 1 Eddie Payton KC 13 150 11.5 0 Nat Terry PIT 7 80 11.4 0 Mike Fuller SD 7 68 9.7 0 Jimmy Cefalo MIA 9 86 9.6 0 Keith Moody BUF 14 132 9.4 0 Butch Johnson DAL 23 216 9.4 0 Ronnie Coleman HOU 12 112 9.3 0 Bobby Hammond NYG 13 115 8.8 0
Punting Team(s) Punts Yards Avg Dave Jennings NYG 38 1,710 45.0 Pat McInally CIN 32 1,398 43.7 Tom Blanchard NO 30 1,298 43.3 Ray Guy OAK 26 1,115 42.9 Tom Skladany DET 39 1,654 42.4 Dave Green TB 43 1,808 42.0 Chuck Ramsey NYJ 25 1,036 41.4 Zenon Andrusyshyn KC 30 1,241 41.4 George Roberts MIA 22 900 40.9 Mike Bragg WAS 36 1,463 40.6 Danny White DAL 26 1,056 40.6 Johnny Evans CLE 36 1,459 40.5 John James ATL 40 1,616 40.4 Bob Parsons CHI 36 1,438 39.9 Rick Engles PHI 33 1,307 39.6 Craig Colquitt PIT 21 827 39.4 Herman Weaver SEA 18 706 39.2 Glen Walker LA 31 1,198 38.6 David Lee BAL 35 1,348 38.5 Rusty Jackson BUF 37 1,425 38.5
Kicking Team(s) FG PAT Pts Don Cockroft CLE 10/14 11/11 41 Joe Danelo NYG 10/14 11/13 41 Pat Leahy NYJ 8/ 9 16/16 40 Frank Corral LA 9/15 11/13 38 Rick Danmeier MIN 8/11 14/14 38 Bob Thomas CHI 9/10 10/11 37 Mark Moseley WAS 7/10 15/16 36 Benny Ricardo DET 10/14 5/ 6 35 Jan Stenerud KC 8/12 10/10 34 Toni Fritsch HOU 8/ 9 9/10 33 Chester Marcol GB 5/ 8 16/16 31 Errol Mann OAK 6/10 13/13 31 Roy Gerela PIT 4/ 9 19/19 31 Rolf Benirschke SD 6/ 8 11/13 29 Ray Wersching SF 6/ 7 9/10 27 Chris Bahr CIN 7/11 5/ 6 26 Nick Mike-Mayer PHI 4/ 8 14/15 26 Rafael Septien DAL 3/ 6 17/18 26 Tom Dempsey BUF 3/ 4 16/17 25 Garo Yepremian MIA 3/ 3 15/16 24

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