Sunday October 22, 1978
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

NFL leaders as of 10/22/1978:



Team Rankings:
Rush Pass Total Offense Games Yds/Gm Yds/Gm Yds/Gm 1 DAL 8 170.9 210.9 381.8 2 NE 8 188.8 184.2 373.0 3 SEA 8 143.1 217.4 360.5 4 PIT 7 161.6 197.9 359.4 5 LA 8 150.9 178.6 329.5 6 OAK 8 139.6 189.0 328.6 7 SD 8 121.5 195.4 316.9 8 NYJ 8 163.6 152.9 316.5 9 MIA 8 175.2 134.9 310.1 10 WAS 8 154.1 153.4 307.5 11 STL 8 123.0 181.6 304.6 12 HOU 7 163.6 140.9 304.4 13 PHI 8 166.8 134.5 301.2 14 CHI 8 151.6 143.9 295.5 15 KC 8 192.2 101.4 293.6 16 MIN 8 101.5 187.9 289.4 17 BUF 8 128.9 151.6 280.5 18 DEN 8 147.1 131.9 279.0 19 CLE 8 136.1 142.6 278.8 20 NO 8 103.1 173.8 276.9 21 GB 8 154.5 117.4 271.9 22 BAL 8 121.6 147.0 268.6 23 NYG 8 142.8 118.8 261.5 24 DET 8 144.8 111.1 255.9 25 CIN 8 103.1 151.4 254.5 26 SF 8 127.2 123.4 250.6 27 TB 8 126.0 122.8 248.8 28 ATL 8 113.8 121.2 235.0
Rush Pass Total Defense Games Yds/Gm Yds/Gm Yds/Gm 1 LA 8 95.4 110.5 205.9 2 TB 8 120.9 127.4 248.2 3 PIT 7 106.6 151.0 257.6 4 ATL 8 125.0 133.2 258.2 5 PHI 8 126.2 144.5 270.8 6 DAL 8 111.8 160.5 272.2 7 HOU 7 135.3 139.9 275.1 8 DET 8 138.1 138.1 276.2 9 CHI 8 140.6 144.2 284.9 10 KC 8 142.6 142.8 285.4 11 DEN 8 126.2 159.8 286.0 12 NE 8 108.6 184.0 292.6 13 MIN 8 125.2 169.8 295.0 14 CLE 8 132.6 165.0 297.6 15 OAK 8 160.5 140.0 300.5 16 WAS 8 152.8 148.6 301.4 17 SD 8 133.2 170.2 303.5 18 NYG 8 157.9 149.8 307.6 19 CIN 8 165.5 144.8 310.2 20 BUF 8 189.2 121.6 310.9 21 NO 8 160.4 155.2 315.6 22 GB 8 143.5 174.4 317.9 23 STL 8 189.2 132.6 321.9 24 SF 8 168.8 153.6 322.4 25 SEA 8 141.2 187.5 328.8 26 MIA 8 146.9 191.6 338.5 27 NYJ 8 156.0 183.6 339.6 28 BAL 8 206.2 187.2 393.5
                                                          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       164   92   56.1  1,162   7.09  12.6   9   5.5    5   3.0    83.9
Ron Jaworski          PHI       192  105   54.7  1,244   6.48  11.8   9   4.7    4   2.1    81.6
Roger Staubach        DAL       246  135   54.9  1,775   7.22  13.1  16   6.5   11   4.5    80.9
Archie Manning        NO        224  133   59.4  1,561   6.97  11.7   8   3.6    7   3.1    79.5
David Whitehurst      GB        145   80   55.2    988   6.81  12.3   8   5.5    6   4.1    77.6
Don Strock            MIA       125   65   52.0    743   5.94  11.4  10   8.0    6   4.8    76.8
Dan Fouts             SD        192  119   62.0  1,436   7.48  12.1  10   5.2   12   6.2    76.2
Jim Zorn              SEA       215  132   61.4  1,809   8.41  13.7   7   3.3   12   5.6    75.9
Fran Tarkenton        MIN       269  167   62.1  1,608   5.98   9.6  12   4.5   12   4.5    75.0
Richard Todd          NYJ        94   53   56.4    797   8.48  15.0   6   6.4    7   7.4    74.6
Steve Bartkowski      ATL       135   76   56.3  1,039   7.70  13.7   5   3.7    7   5.2    71.8
Dan Pastorini         HOU       160   86   53.8  1,023   6.39  11.9   6   3.8    6   3.8    70.4
Jim Hart              STL       224  117   52.2  1,385   6.18  11.8   5   2.2    6   2.7    67.7
Joe Theismann         WAS       198   96   48.5  1,386   7.00  14.4  10   5.1   10   5.1    67.4
Gary Danielson        DET       125   65   52.0    741   5.93  11.4   5   4.0    5   4.0    66.8
Pat Haden             LA        220  114   51.8  1,511   6.87  13.3   6   2.7   11   5.0    62.1
Brian Sipe            CLE       214  109   50.9  1,229   5.74  11.3   8   3.7   10   4.7    61.4
Joe Pisarcik          NYG       153   68   44.4  1,064   6.95  15.6   6   3.9    8   5.2    59.4
Steve Grogan          NE        210  102   48.6  1,599   7.61  15.7   9   4.3   15   7.1    58.8
Mike Livingston       KC         84   49   58.3    447   5.32   9.1   0   0.0    3   3.6    58.0
Bob Avellini          CHI       198  111   56.1  1,293   6.53  11.6   5   2.5   13   6.6    57.1
Craig Morton          DEN       130   66   50.8    714   5.49  10.8   3   2.3    6   4.6    55.7
Doug Williams         TB        151   60   39.7    963   6.38  16.1   6   4.0    7   4.6    55.7
Ken Stabler           OAK       216  119   55.1  1,643   7.61  13.8   7   3.2   19   8.8    53.8
John Reaves           CIN       131   67   51.1    730   5.57  10.9   3   2.3    8   6.1    50.1
Bill Troup            BAL       170   89   52.4  1,114   6.55  12.5   6   3.5   15   8.8    48.0
Steve DeBerg          SF        231   98   42.4  1,094   4.74  11.2   7   3.0   16   6.9    38.4
Ken Anderson          CIN       107   56   52.3    567   5.30  10.1   1   0.9   10   9.3    32.0


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 50 32 64.0 347 6.94 10.8 3 6.0 2 4.0 87.7 Matt Robinson NYJ 70 33 47.1 616 8.80 18.7 3 4.3 2 2.9 80.4 Greg Landry DET 77 48 62.3 452 5.87 9.4 1 1.3 1 1.3 77.4 Tony Adams KC 79 44 55.7 415 5.25 9.4 2 2.5 3 3.8 63.0 Craig Penrose DEN 25 12 48.0 130 5.20 10.8 1 4.0 1 4.0 60.4 Norris Weese DEN 52 31 59.6 356 6.85 11.5 2 3.8 5 9.6 53.5 James Harris SD 36 19 52.8 243 6.75 12.8 1 2.8 3 8.3 48.7 June Jones ATL 51 19 37.3 204 4.00 10.7 1 2.0 3 5.9 31.8 Mark Miller CLE 12 5 41.7 66 5.50 13.2 0 0.0 1 8.3 25.0 Jerry Golsteyn NYG 25 8 32.0 72 2.88 9.0 0 0.0 1 4.0 24.6 Mike Kirkland BAL 25 11 44.0 134 5.36 12.2 0 0.0 3 12.0 21.5 Steve Pisarkiewicz STL 28 10 35.7 164 5.86 16.4 0 0.0 3 10.7 16.7 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 Delvin Williams MIA 149 789 5.3 4 Wilbert Montgomery PHI 150 744 5.0 5 Terdell Middleton GB 142 718 5.1 8 Walter Payton CHI 176 694 3.9 4 John Riggins WAS 144 673 4.7 1 Tony Dorsett DAL 136 632 4.6 2 Earl Campbell HOU 119 608 5.1 4 Tony Reed KC 107 583 5.4 3 Mark van Eeghen OAK 126 567 4.5 2 Dexter Bussey DET 123 554 4.5 2 Kevin Long NYJ 110 553 5.0 5 O.J. Simpson SF 141 532 3.8 1 Franco Harris PIT 142 529 3.7 3 David Sims SEA 116 484 4.2 8 Terry Miller BUF 134 480 3.6 2 Roland Harper CHI 108 466 4.3 4 Ricky Bell TB 118 421 3.6 3 Scott Dierking NYJ 103 412 4.0 2 Joe Washington BAL 91 402 4.4 0 Robert Newhouse DAL 91 399 4.4 4 Andy Johnson NE 93 359 3.9 2 Jimmy DuBose TB 93 358 3.8 4 Haskel Stanback ATL 102 353 3.5 2 Horace King DET 86 345 4.0 0 John Cappelletti LA 106 345 3.3 2
Receiving Team(s) Att Yards Avg TD Rickey Young MIN 45 350 7.8 2 Tony Galbreath NO 42 337 8.0 2 Steve Largent SEA 35 599 17.1 3 Lynn Swann PIT 35 477 13.6 5 Ahmad Rashad MIN 32 342 10.7 4 Mel Gray STL 30 584 19.5 1 James Scott CHI 29 522 18.0 4 Drew Pearson DAL 29 442 15.2 2 Willie Miller LA 29 440 15.2 3 Sammy White MIN 29 402 13.9 5 Lydell Mitchell SD 29 268 9.2 2 Pat Tilley STL 27 383 14.2 0 Preston Pearson DAL 27 325 12.0 0 Morris Bradshaw OAK 26 383 14.7 1 Dave Casper OAK 26 363 14.0 5 Riley Odoms DEN 26 356 13.7 1 Walter White KC 26 237 9.1 0 Walter Payton CHI 26 219 8.4 0 Roland Harper CHI 26 167 6.4 1 Ron Jessie LA 25 394 15.8 1 Joe Washington BAL 25 239 9.6 1 James Lofton GB 24 440 18.3 5 Henry Childs NO 24 414 17.2 0 Cliff Branch OAK 24 393 16.4 1 Don Woods SD 24 196 8.2 0
Kick Returns Team(s) Att Yards Avg TD Tony Green WAS 13 426 32.8 1 Artie Owens SD 13 407 31.3 0 Len Walterscheid CHI 10 304 30.4 0 Keith Wright CLE 10 293 29.3 0 Steve Odom GB 15 435 29.0 1 Johnnie Dirden HOU 14 395 28.2 0 Eddie Payton KC 17 475 27.9 0 Joe Washington BAL 9 250 27.8 1 Larry Collins CLE 12 315 26.2 0 Johnny Rodgers SD 11 287 26.1 0 Jesse Thompson DET 12 310 25.8 0 Curtis Brown BUF 17 428 25.2 1 Larry Anderson PIT 17 420 24.7 1 Raymond Clayborn NE 17 419 24.6 0 Rufus Crawford SEA 17 411 24.2 0
Punt Returns Team(s) Att Yards Avg TD Wally Henry PHI 11 165 15.0 1 Bruce Harper NYJ 13 192 14.8 1 Keith Moody BUF 15 214 14.3 1 Rick Upchurch DEN 24 342 14.2 1 Jackie Wallace LA 24 330 13.8 0 Danny Reece TB 15 197 13.1 0 Tony Green WAS 23 288 12.5 1 Eddie Payton KC 19 223 11.7 0 Billy Ryckman ATL 11 124 11.3 0 Jimmy Cefalo MIA 13 138 10.6 0 Butch Johnson DAL 29 307 10.6 0 Jesse Thompson DET 11 110 10.0 0 Larry Jones SF 9 86 9.6 0 Steve Odom GB 23 215 9.3 0 Ronnie Coleman HOU 12 112 9.3 0
Punting Team(s) Punts Yards Avg Dave Jennings NYG 52 2,293 44.1 Pat McInally CIN 49 2,132 43.5 Tom Skladany DET 47 2,027 43.1 Tom Blanchard NO 46 1,956 42.5 Chuck Ramsey NYJ 37 1,563 42.2 Zenon Andrusyshyn KC 44 1,820 41.4 Danny White DAL 40 1,650 41.2 Mike Bragg WAS 44 1,807 41.1 Dave Green TB 51 2,092 41.0 Ray Guy OAK 37 1,517 41.0 George Roberts MIA 38 1,544 40.6 Bob Parsons CHI 46 1,862 40.5 Johnny Evans CLE 47 1,900 40.4 Rusty Jackson BUF 53 2,129 40.2 John James ATL 55 2,209 40.2 Rick Engles PHI 33 1,307 39.6 Craig Colquitt PIT 26 1,026 39.5 Herman Weaver SEA 27 1,039 38.5 Glen Walker LA 38 1,451 38.2 David Lee BAL 47 1,793 38.1
Kicking Team(s) FG PAT Pts Pat Leahy NYJ 15/17 21/21 66 Frank Corral LA 12/20 15/17 51 Joe Danelo NYG 12/17 15/17 51 Don Cockroft CLE 11/15 13/13 46 Mark Moseley WAS 10/16 16/17 46 Rick Danmeier MIN 9/13 19/19 46 Bob Thomas CHI 11/12 12/14 45 Benny Ricardo DET 11/19 9/10 42 Chester Marcol GB 6/ 9 23/23 41 Roy Gerela PIT 6/12 23/23 41 Jan Stenerud KC 9/13 12/13 39 Toni Fritsch HOU 9/11 11/12 38 Garo Yepremian MIA 4/ 8 25/26 37 Errol Mann OAK 6/11 18/18 36 Efren Herrera SEA 5/10 20/23 35 Rafael Septien DAL 4/ 9 22/23 34 Rolf Benirschke SD 6/ 9 16/18 34 Ray Wersching SF 7/ 9 12/13 33 Nick Mike-Mayer PHI 5/10 17/18 32 Tom Dempsey BUF 5/ 7 17/18 32

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