Monday October 30, 1978
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NFL leaders as of 10/30/1978:



Team Rankings:
Rush Pass Total Offense Games Yds/Gm Yds/Gm Yds/Gm 1 NE 9 194.4 195.9 390.3 2 DAL 9 162.1 203.8 365.9 3 SEA 9 140.3 208.8 349.1 4 PIT 9 153.2 186.7 339.9 5 LA 9 144.6 174.3 318.9 6 OAK 9 140.4 177.7 318.1 7 SD 9 125.9 191.8 317.7 8 NYJ 9 157.0 155.0 312.0 9 STL 9 119.8 190.3 310.1 10 MIA 9 169.1 140.9 310.0 11 PHI 9 162.9 144.0 306.9 12 CLE 9 155.3 151.6 306.9 13 WAS 9 150.2 156.0 306.2 14 CHI 9 153.3 149.1 302.4 15 HOU 9 161.2 140.4 301.7 16 KC 9 191.0 105.8 296.8 17 DEN 9 161.7 133.3 295.0 18 MIN 9 106.2 182.2 288.4 19 BUF 9 123.7 157.1 280.8 20 NO 9 109.6 169.9 279.4 21 CIN 9 112.7 162.0 274.7 22 NYG 9 149.6 119.9 269.4 23 GB 9 147.4 121.9 269.3 24 BAL 9 129.4 135.0 264.4 25 DET 9 143.6 118.9 262.4 26 SF 9 127.0 132.0 259.0 27 TB 9 120.0 120.0 240.0 28 ATL 9 112.0 117.4 229.4
Rush Pass Total Defense Games Yds/Gm Yds/Gm Yds/Gm 1 LA 9 95.7 107.9 203.6 2 TB 9 117.6 130.8 248.3 3 ATL 9 121.6 134.0 255.6 4 PIT 9 121.8 150.9 272.7 5 DAL 9 115.3 157.9 273.2 6 KC 9 141.8 135.8 277.6 7 PHI 9 122.7 157.3 280.0 8 DEN 9 125.3 157.6 282.9 9 DET 9 141.3 144.0 285.3 10 CHI 9 139.9 148.3 288.2 11 MIN 9 121.6 167.2 288.8 12 NE 9 108.1 182.7 290.8 13 SD 9 134.8 161.0 295.8 14 CLE 9 127.0 169.0 296.0 15 HOU 9 138.8 160.1 298.9 16 GB 9 135.6 165.9 301.4 17 OAK 9 160.6 142.6 303.1 18 CIN 9 162.3 141.8 304.1 19 WAS 9 149.7 154.4 304.1 20 NYG 9 158.2 148.6 306.8 21 NO 9 165.2 152.3 317.6 22 SF 9 163.2 156.2 319.4 23 STL 9 182.9 142.3 325.2 24 MIA 9 151.9 174.7 326.6 25 BUF 9 202.6 132.9 335.4 26 SEA 9 156.4 182.8 339.2 27 NYJ 9 165.3 195.3 360.7 28 BAL 9 196.7 187.4 384.1
                                                          Per   Per
Passing               Team(s)   Att  Cmp    Pct  Yards    Att   Cmp  TD   TD%  Int  Int%  Rating
Terry Bradshaw        PIT       213  123   57.7  1,810   8.50  14.7  16   7.5    8   3.8    95.0
Archie Manning        NO        245  146   59.6  1,727   7.05  11.8  10   4.1    7   2.9    82.8
Don Strock            MIA       126   66   52.4    750   5.95  11.4  11   8.7    6   4.8    79.8
Joe Ferguson          BUF       187  105   56.1  1,347   7.20  12.8   9   4.8    7   3.7    79.3
Fran Tarkenton        MIN       301  185   61.5  1,747   5.80   9.4  14   4.7   12   4.0    76.4
Roger Staubach        DAL       272  147   54.0  1,923   7.07  13.1  16   5.9   13   4.8    76.3
Ron Jaworski          PHI       232  126   54.3  1,475   6.36  11.7  10   4.3    7   3.0    75.6
Dan Pastorini         HOU       206  112   54.4  1,325   6.43  11.8   8   3.9    6   2.9    75.0
Richard Todd          NYJ        94   53   56.4    797   8.48  15.0   6   6.4    7   7.4    74.6
Matt Robinson         NYJ        90   41   45.6    688   7.64  16.8   3   3.3    2   2.2    73.8
Dan Fouts             SD        220  130   59.1  1,601   7.28  12.3  11   5.0   13   5.9    73.7
David Whitehurst      GB        176   96   54.5  1,161   6.60  12.1   8   4.5    7   4.0    73.6
Gary Danielson        DET       157   85   54.1    931   5.93  11.0   7   4.5    6   3.8    70.8
Steve Grogan          NE        229  117   51.1  1,880   8.21  16.1  13   5.7   15   6.6    70.5
Brian Sipe            CLE       229  121   52.8  1,446   6.31  12.0  11   4.8   10   4.4    70.2
Jim Zorn              SEA       244  141   57.8  1,919   7.86  13.6   8   3.3   15   6.1    68.3
Joe Theismann         WAS       198   96   48.5  1,386   7.00  14.4  10   5.1   10   5.1    67.4
Steve Bartkowski      ATL       141   77   54.6  1,055   7.48  13.7   5   3.5    8   5.7    66.9
Jim Hart              STL       248  129   52.0  1,645   6.63  12.8   6   2.4    9   3.6    66.0
Pat Haden             LA        243  127   52.3  1,641   6.75  12.9   7   2.9   14   5.8    59.4
Craig Morton          DEN       158   77   48.7    869   5.50  11.3   4   2.5    6   3.8    58.2
Bob Avellini          CHI       225  126   56.0  1,506   6.69  12.0   5   2.2   14   6.2    58.1
Ken Stabler           OAK       232  129   55.6  1,762   7.59  13.7   8   3.4   20   8.6    55.6
Mike Livingston       KC        112   64   57.1    595   5.31   9.3   0   0.0    5   4.5    53.2
Doug Williams         TB        168   65   38.7  1,061   6.32  16.3   6   3.6    8   4.8    52.7
Joe Pisarcik          NYG       168   73   43.5  1,133   6.74  15.5   6   3.6   11   6.5    51.0
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
Ken Anderson          CIN       123   67   54.5    835   6.79  12.5   2   1.6   10   8.1    47.3
Steve DeBerg          SF        264  117   44.3  1,309   4.96  11.2   7   2.7   19   7.2    38.5


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 Billy Kilmer WAS 25 13 52.0 187 7.48 14.4 2 8.0 0 0.0 103.2 Bob Griese MIA 72 46 63.9 535 7.43 11.6 5 6.9 4 5.6 86.3 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 Mark Miller CLE 14 7 50.0 83 5.93 11.9 1 7.1 1 7.1 62.5 Dave Mays BUF 15 4 26.7 39 2.60 9.8 1 6.7 0 0.0 61.8 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 Pat Ryan NYJ 14 9 64.3 106 7.57 11.8 0 0.0 2 14.3 47.6 June Jones ATL 62 26 41.9 291 4.69 11.2 1 1.6 3 4.8 41.8 Steve Myer SEA 17 9 52.9 78 4.59 8.7 0 0.0 1 5.9 40.8 Jerry Golsteyn NYG 35 12 34.3 110 3.14 9.2 0 0.0 1 2.9 31.8 Mike Kirkland BAL 39 18 46.2 205 5.26 11.4 1 2.6 7 17.9 31.4 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 173 887 5.1 4 Earl Campbell HOU 158 799 5.1 7 Walter Payton CHI 194 783 4.0 4 Terdell Middleton GB 162 755 4.7 9 Wilbert Montgomery PHI 153 754 4.9 5 John Riggins WAS 165 734 4.4 3 Franco Harris PIT 183 675 3.7 5 Tony Dorsett DAL 147 670 4.6 2 Mark van Eeghen OAK 148 660 4.5 3 Dexter Bussey DET 139 609 4.4 2 Tony Reed KC 113 602 5.3 4 O.J. Simpson SF 156 578 3.7 1 Kevin Long NYJ 117 563 4.8 5 Roland Harper CHI 120 529 4.4 5 Joe Washington BAL 111 528 4.8 0 Terry Miller BUF 145 503 3.5 3 David Sims SEA 116 484 4.2 8 Ricky Bell TB 138 451 3.3 4 Mike Pruitt CLE 92 448 4.9 2 Chuck Foreman MIN 124 443 3.6 2 Scott Dierking NYJ 113 443 3.9 2 Robert Newhouse DAL 102 442 4.3 5 Horace King DET 102 424 4.2 1 Lydell Mitchell SD 108 423 3.9 2 Haskel Stanback ATL 123 404 3.3 2
Receiving Team(s) Att Yards Avg TD Rickey Young MIN 47 358 7.6 2 Tony Galbreath NO 45 390 8.7 2 Lynn Swann PIT 43 589 13.7 7 Steve Largent SEA 36 610 16.9 3 Ahmad Rashad MIN 36 376 10.4 4 Lydell Mitchell SD 34 343 10.1 2 Walter Payton CHI 33 338 10.2 0 Mel Gray STL 32 660 20.6 1 Willie Miller LA 32 486 15.2 3 Drew Pearson DAL 31 480 15.5 2 Pat Tilley STL 31 446 14.4 0 Sammy White MIN 31 438 14.1 6 Dave Casper OAK 30 406 13.5 6 Harold Carmichael PHI 29 569 19.6 4 James Scott CHI 29 522 18.0 4 Ron Jessie LA 29 438 15.1 2 Preston Pearson DAL 29 339 11.7 0 Walter White KC 29 257 8.9 0 Morris Bradshaw OAK 28 410 14.6 1 Riley Odoms DEN 28 395 14.1 1 Roland Harper CHI 28 197 7.0 1 Chuck Foreman MIN 28 176 6.3 2 James Lofton GB 27 481 17.8 5 Henry Childs NO 27 446 16.5 2 Nat Moore MIA 27 337 12.5 7
Kick Returns Team(s) Att Yards Avg TD Len Walterscheid CHI 10 304 30.4 0 Tony Green WAS 16 485 30.3 1 Artie Owens SD 15 437 29.1 0 Steve Odom GB 15 435 29.0 1 Keith Wright CLE 12 342 28.5 0 Eddie Payton KC 19 529 27.8 0 Johnnie Dirden HOU 18 480 26.7 0 Joe Washington BAL 11 287 26.1 1 Johnny Rodgers SD 11 287 26.1 0 Larry Collins CLE 13 328 25.2 0 Curtis Brown BUF 17 428 25.2 1 Raymond Clayborn NE 17 419 24.6 0 Rufus Crawford SEA 17 411 24.2 0 Wes Chandler NO 18 433 24.1 0 Larry Anderson PIT 23 553 24.0 1
Punt Returns Team(s) Att Yards Avg TD Wally Henry PHI 11 165 15.0 1 Bruce Harper NYJ 14 209 14.9 1 Rick Upchurch DEN 27 403 14.9 1 Keith Moody BUF 15 214 14.3 1 Tony Green WAS 23 288 12.5 1 Jackie Wallace LA 28 349 12.5 0 Danny Reece TB 20 221 11.1 0 Eddie Payton KC 21 229 10.9 0 Butch Johnson DAL 29 307 10.6 0 Billy Ryckman ATL 12 124 10.3 0 Mike Fuller SD 12 124 10.3 0 Jesse Thompson DET 12 120 10.0 0 Larry Jones SF 9 86 9.6 0 Stanley Morgan NE 18 164 9.1 0 Ronnie Coleman HOU 14 126 9.0 0
Punting Team(s) Punts Yards Avg Dave Jennings NYG 57 2,493 43.7 Pat McInally CIN 54 2,347 43.5 Tom Skladany DET 53 2,278 43.0 Chuck Ramsey NYJ 41 1,731 42.2 Ray Guy OAK 42 1,750 41.7 Tom Blanchard NO 52 2,164 41.6 Danny White DAL 45 1,865 41.4 Mike Bragg WAS 47 1,937 41.2 Zenon Andrusyshyn KC 48 1,975 41.1 George Roberts MIA 44 1,791 40.7 Dave Green TB 59 2,390 40.5 Rusty Jackson BUF 57 2,304 40.4 Bob Parsons CHI 49 1,969 40.2 John James ATL 62 2,491 40.2 Craig Colquitt PIT 33 1,323 40.1 Johnny Evans CLE 49 1,959 40.0 Rick Engles PHI 33 1,307 39.6 Herman Weaver SEA 32 1,237 38.7 David Lee BAL 52 2,005 38.6 Glen Walker LA 42 1,607 38.3
Kicking Team(s) FG PAT Pts Pat Leahy NYJ 15/17 24/24 69 Joe Danelo NYG 13/19 17/19 56 Mark Moseley WAS 11/19 21/22 54 Frank Corral LA 12/22 16/18 52 Don Cockroft CLE 11/15 18/19 51 Bob Thomas CHI 12/13 14/16 50 Rick Danmeier MIN 9/14 22/22 49 Roy Gerela PIT 7/14 28/29 49 Benny Ricardo DET 11/19 12/13 45 Jan Stenerud KC 10/15 15/16 45 Toni Fritsch HOU 10/12 15/16 45 Chester Marcol GB 7/11 23/23 44 Garo Yepremian MIA 5/ 9 28/29 43 Rolf Benirschke SD 8/11 19/21 43 Errol Mann OAK 7/12 20/20 41 Ray Wersching SF 9/11 14/15 41 Efren Herrera SEA 6/12 22/25 40 Rafael Septien DAL 5/10 23/24 38 Nick Mike-Mayer PHI 6/11 18/19 36 Jim Turner DEN 7/14 14/17 35

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