Sunday October 15, 1978
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

NFL leaders as of 10/15/1978:



Team Rankings:
Rush Pass Total Offense Games Yds/Gm Yds/Gm Yds/Gm 1 DAL 7 168.0 228.6 396.6 2 NE 7 183.6 186.6 370.1 3 PIT 7 161.6 197.9 359.4 4 SEA 7 134.4 224.1 358.6 5 OAK 7 149.6 190.7 340.3 6 LA 7 149.9 177.9 327.7 7 NYJ 7 162.7 157.1 319.9 8 SD 7 126.1 192.6 318.7 9 WAS 7 159.3 151.7 311.0 10 MIA 7 179.7 127.1 306.9 11 PHI 7 173.9 133.0 306.9 12 STL 7 117.7 187.0 304.7 13 HOU 7 163.6 140.9 304.4 14 KC 7 192.6 109.0 301.6 15 NO 7 112.1 187.4 299.6 16 CLE 7 139.7 155.7 295.4 17 MIN 7 107.4 181.3 288.7 18 BUF 7 123.0 165.3 288.3 19 CHI 6 147.2 135.2 282.3 20 GB 7 158.1 117.3 275.4 21 BAL 7 123.9 149.3 273.1 22 DEN 6 148.5 115.3 263.8 23 NYG 7 137.6 120.7 258.3 24 CIN 7 97.7 158.3 256.0 25 SF 7 115.7 133.4 249.1 26 TB 7 123.1 115.6 238.7 27 DET 7 126.4 100.1 226.6 28 ATL 7 113.7 107.7 221.4
Rush Pass Total Defense Games Yds/Gm Yds/Gm Yds/Gm 1 LA 7 103.3 115.1 218.4 2 TB 7 121.0 116.6 237.6 3 PIT 7 106.6 151.0 257.6 4 ATL 7 113.1 144.7 257.9 5 PHI 7 117.0 152.7 269.7 6 DET 7 145.1 127.1 272.3 7 DAL 7 111.0 162.7 273.7 8 HOU 7 135.3 139.9 275.1 9 CHI 6 140.7 134.7 275.3 10 SD 7 113.3 167.7 281.0 11 DEN 6 115.7 168.3 284.0 12 NE 7 103.6 183.3 286.9 13 OAK 7 154.3 135.7 290.0 14 MIN 7 124.7 177.1 301.9 15 KC 7 147.1 155.9 303.0 16 WAS 7 149.0 154.9 303.9 17 CLE 7 124.4 181.7 306.1 18 NYG 7 163.6 147.6 311.1 19 NO 7 160.7 151.1 311.9 20 BUF 7 196.1 124.3 320.4 21 SF 7 176.6 144.7 321.3 22 GB 7 155.4 165.9 321.3 23 CIN 7 164.9 157.4 322.3 24 STL 7 192.0 134.0 326.0 25 MIA 7 135.7 195.0 330.7 26 SEA 7 151.4 189.0 340.4 27 NYJ 7 155.4 189.3 344.7 28 BAL 7 214.1 186.9 401.0
                                                          Per   Per
Passing               Team(s)   Att  Cmp    Pct  Yards    Att   Cmp  TD   TD%  Int  Int%  Rating
Terry Bradshaw        PIT       167   99   59.3  1,475   8.83  14.9  13   7.8    5   3.0   101.8
Joe Ferguson          BUF       143   80   55.9  1,086   7.59  13.6   9   6.3    5   3.5    86.8
David Whitehurst      GB        115   62   53.9    868   7.55  14.0   8   7.0    5   4.3    83.5
Dan Fouts             SD        178  114   64.0  1,318   7.40  11.6   9   5.1    9   5.1    82.1
Roger Staubach        DAL       224  125   55.8  1,667   7.44  13.3  15   6.7   11   4.9    81.5
Ron Jaworski          PHI       165   91   55.2  1,065   6.45  11.7   8   4.8    4   2.4    81.0
Archie Manning        NO        202  122   60.4  1,431   7.08  11.7   7   3.5    7   3.5    79.0
Joe Theismann         WAS       160   81   50.6  1,217   7.61  15.0  10   6.2    7   4.4    78.6
Jim Zorn              SEA       194  121   62.4  1,665   8.58  13.8   7   3.6   11   5.7    78.2
Greg Landry           DET        77   48   62.3    452   5.87   9.4   1   1.3    1   1.3    77.4
Don Strock            MIA       125   65   52.0    743   5.94  11.4  10   8.0    6   4.8    76.8
Richard Todd          NYJ        94   53   56.4    797   8.48  15.0   6   6.4    7   7.4    74.6
Dan Pastorini         HOU       160   86   53.8  1,023   6.39  11.9   6   3.8    6   3.8    70.4
Fran Tarkenton        MIN       226  141   62.4  1,346   5.96   9.5   9   4.0   12   5.3    70.0
Jim Hart              STL       224  117   52.2  1,385   6.18  11.8   5   2.2    6   2.7    67.7
Pat Haden             LA        192   99   51.6  1,317   6.86  13.3   6   3.1    9   4.7    64.5
Brian Sipe            CLE       203  102   50.2  1,189   5.86  11.7   8   3.9    9   4.4    63.0
Tony Adams            KC         79   44   55.7    415   5.25   9.4   2   2.5    3   3.8    63.0
Steve Bartkowski      ATL       115   61   53.0    783   6.81  12.8   4   3.5    7   6.1    60.9
Steve Grogan          NE        188   92   48.9  1,423   7.57  15.5   9   4.8   14   7.4    59.3
Ken Stabler           OAK       186  100   53.8  1,439   7.74  14.4   6   3.2   15   8.1    56.3
Joe Pisarcik          NYG       143   65   45.5    953   6.66  14.7   5   3.5    8   5.6    56.1
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
Gary Danielson        DET        93   43   46.2    531   5.71  12.3   2   2.2    4   4.3    53.7
John Reaves           CIN       108   54   50.0    611   5.66  11.3   3   2.8    6   5.6    53.4
Doug Williams         TB        132   49   37.1    783   5.93  16.0   4   3.0    6   4.5    48.9
Bill Troup            BAL       150   76   50.7    962   6.41  12.7   5   3.3   14   9.3    43.2
Craig Morton          DEN        84   38   45.2    403   4.80  10.6   2   2.4    5   6.0    42.9
Steve DeBerg          SF        209   90   43.1  1,015   4.86  11.3   7   3.3   16   7.7    37.5
Ken Anderson          CIN       103   56   54.4    567   5.50  10.1   1   1.0    9   8.7    37.2


Others (10 or more attempts): Per Per Passing Team(s) Att Cmp Pct Yards Att Cmp TD TD% Int Int% Rating Bill Munson BUF 21 12 57.1 216 10.29 18.0 3 14.3 0 0.0 132.1 Bob Griese MIA 15 10 66.7 120 8.00 12.0 1 6.7 0 0.0 113.2 Matt Robinson NYJ 48 22 45.8 490 10.21 22.3 3 6.2 2 4.2 86.3 Norris Weese DEN 52 31 59.6 356 6.85 11.5 2 3.8 5 9.6 53.5 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 Jerry Golsteyn NYG 25 8 32.0 72 2.88 9.0 0 0.0 1 4.0 24.6 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 16 5 31.2 50 3.12 10.0 0 0.0 1 6.2 15.1
Rushing Team(s) Att Yards Avg TD Wilbert Montgomery PHI 132 687 5.2 5 Delvin Williams MIA 130 673 5.2 3 Terdell Middleton GB 127 637 5.0 7 Earl Campbell HOU 119 608 5.1 4 Tony Dorsett DAL 129 608 4.7 2 John Riggins WAS 126 595 4.7 1 Mark van Eeghen OAK 119 541 4.5 2 Franco Harris PIT 142 529 3.7 3 Kevin Long NYJ 98 504 5.1 5 Walter Payton CHI 139 503 3.6 4 Tony Reed KC 93 486 5.2 3 Dexter Bussey DET 105 463 4.4 2 O.J. Simpson SF 123 436 3.5 0 Terry Miller BUF 122 434 3.6 2 David Sims SEA 104 433 4.2 7 Joe Washington BAL 82 371 4.5 0 Roland Harper CHI 85 370 4.4 3 Jimmy DuBose TB 93 358 3.8 4 Robert Newhouse DAL 79 332 4.2 3 Ricky Bell TB 91 326 3.6 2 Cullen Bryant LA 90 323 3.6 4 Scott Dierking NYJ 80 318 4.0 0 Andy Johnson NE 80 313 3.9 1 Mike Hogan PHI 69 308 4.5 1 John Cappelletti LA 94 299 3.2 2
Receiving Team(s) Att Yards Avg TD Tony Galbreath NO 40 305 7.6 1 Rickey Young MIN 38 277 7.3 2 Lynn Swann PIT 35 477 13.6 5 Steve Largent SEA 31 532 17.2 3 Lydell Mitchell SD 28 213 7.6 1 Willie Miller LA 27 428 15.9 3 Pat Tilley STL 27 383 14.2 0 Mel Gray STL 26 479 18.4 1 Drew Pearson DAL 26 393 15.1 1 Ahmad Rashad MIN 26 286 11.0 2 Dave Casper OAK 25 355 14.2 5 Walter White KC 25 232 9.3 0 Sammy White MIN 24 336 14.0 5 Preston Pearson DAL 24 301 12.5 0 Tony Hill DAL 23 395 17.2 5 Joe Washington BAL 23 216 9.4 1 James Scott CHI 22 372 16.9 3 Morris Bradshaw OAK 22 346 15.7 1 Ron Jessie LA 22 333 15.1 1 Don Woods SD 22 183 8.3 0 Reggie Rucker CLE 21 444 21.1 4 John Stallworth PIT 21 416 19.8 4 Russ Francis NE 21 317 15.1 3 Duriel Harris MIA 21 220 10.5 1 Wayne Morris STL 21 174 8.3 1
Kick Returns Team(s) Att Yards Avg TD Tony Green WAS 11 351 31.9 1 Steve Odom GB 12 367 30.6 1 Joe Washington BAL 8 231 28.9 1 Johnnie Dirden HOU 14 395 28.2 0 Artie Owens SD 10 280 28.0 0 Eddie Payton KC 16 446 27.9 0 Larry Collins CLE 12 315 26.2 0 Johnny Rodgers SD 11 287 26.1 0 Jesse Thompson DET 11 279 25.4 0 Curtis Brown BUF 16 405 25.3 1 Raymond Clayborn NE 14 349 24.9 0 Larry Marshall KC 7 173 24.7 0 Larry Anderson PIT 17 420 24.7 1 Rufus Crawford SEA 16 395 24.7 0 Marshall Johnson BAL 20 488 24.4 0
Punt Returns Team(s) Att Yards Avg TD Rick Upchurch DEN 14 241 17.2 1 Wally Henry PHI 11 165 15.0 1 Keith Moody BUF 15 214 14.3 1 Jackie Wallace LA 19 268 14.1 0 Bruce Harper NYJ 10 139 13.9 1 Danny Reece TB 11 151 13.7 0 Billy Ryckman ATL 9 114 12.7 0 Tony Green WAS 20 231 11.6 1 Nat Terry PIT 7 80 11.4 0 Jimmy Cefalo MIA 12 135 11.2 0 Eddie Payton KC 15 160 10.7 0 Butch Johnson DAL 28 291 10.4 0 Steve Odom GB 18 179 9.9 0 Larry Jones SF 9 86 9.6 0 Ronnie Coleman HOU 12 112 9.3 0
Punting Team(s) Punts Yards Avg Dave Jennings NYG 43 1,895 44.1 Tom Skladany DET 45 1,943 43.2 Pat McInally CIN 43 1,856 43.2 Tom Blanchard NO 37 1,594 43.1 Ray Guy OAK 31 1,299 41.9 Chuck Ramsey NYJ 30 1,256 41.9 Dave Green TB 46 1,911 41.5 George Roberts MIA 33 1,356 41.1 Zenon Andrusyshyn KC 37 1,514 40.9 Danny White DAL 32 1,305 40.8 Mike Bragg WAS 37 1,503 40.6 John James ATL 48 1,938 40.4 Bob Parsons CHI 36 1,438 39.9 Rick Engles PHI 33 1,307 39.6 Johnny Evans CLE 40 1,584 39.6 Craig Colquitt PIT 26 1,026 39.5 Rusty Jackson BUF 43 1,682 39.1 Mike Connell SF 46 1,753 38.1 Herman Weaver SEA 22 837 38.0 Glen Walker LA 35 1,329 38.0
Kicking Team(s) FG PAT Pts Pat Leahy NYJ 12/14 19/19 55 Frank Corral LA 11/18 15/17 48 Joe Danelo NYG 11/16 13/15 46 Don Cockroft CLE 10/14 13/13 43 Rick Danmeier MIN 9/12 16/16 43 Roy Gerela PIT 6/12 23/23 41 Chester Marcol GB 6/ 9 22/22 40 Mark Moseley WAS 8/13 16/17 40 Toni Fritsch HOU 9/11 11/12 38 Bob Thomas CHI 9/10 10/11 37 Benny Ricardo DET 10/15 5/ 6 35 Errol Mann OAK 6/11 17/17 35 Jan Stenerud KC 8/12 10/11 34 Rafael Septien DAL 4/ 8 20/21 32 Rolf Benirschke SD 6/ 8 14/16 32 Garo Yepremian MIA 3/ 6 22/23 31 Nick Mike-Mayer PHI 5/10 16/17 31 Chris Bahr CIN 8/16 5/ 6 29 Tom Dempsey BUF 4/ 5 17/18 29 Ray Wersching SF 6/ 7 10/11 28

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