Monday November 20, 1978
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NFL leaders as of 11/20/1978:



Team Rankings:
Rush Pass Total Offense Games Yds/Gm Yds/Gm Yds/Gm 1 DAL 12 171.6 200.2 371.8 2 NE 12 199.8 170.4 370.2 3 SEA 12 148.9 188.7 337.6 4 LA 12 145.7 180.4 326.1 5 SD 12 135.6 185.5 321.1 6 HOU 12 166.7 152.9 319.6 7 STL 12 124.8 190.2 314.9 8 MIA 12 158.0 153.6 311.6 9 PIT 12 137.8 173.2 311.0 10 CLE 12 142.2 165.3 307.6 11 OAK 12 141.6 164.5 306.1 12 NYJ 12 149.3 156.2 305.6 13 DEN 12 159.3 144.2 303.6 14 KC 12 179.6 123.0 302.6 15 NO 12 107.9 188.8 296.7 16 WAS 12 134.0 161.0 295.0 17 CHI 12 154.2 140.7 294.9 18 PHI 12 151.8 140.5 292.2 19 MIN 12 102.8 188.3 291.1 20 CIN 12 113.3 171.2 284.5 21 NYG 12 145.1 131.3 276.4 22 DET 12 141.1 131.3 272.4 23 BUF 12 125.2 147.2 272.4 24 BAL 12 125.4 146.4 271.8 25 GB 12 137.6 130.2 267.8 26 TB 12 133.9 117.3 251.2 27 SF 12 128.7 122.2 250.9 28 ATL 12 107.8 137.2 244.9
Rush Pass Total Defense Games Yds/Gm Yds/Gm Yds/Gm 1 LA 12 107.8 108.4 216.2 2 ATL 12 124.1 125.8 249.8 3 DAL 12 101.7 155.3 257.0 4 TB 12 122.7 143.5 266.2 5 MIN 12 122.8 151.7 274.5 6 DET 12 139.2 141.0 280.2 7 NE 12 109.2 173.7 282.8 8 CIN 12 150.2 134.3 284.5 9 PIT 12 122.2 164.0 286.2 10 PHI 12 123.8 162.3 286.2 11 DEN 12 127.0 161.9 288.9 12 KC 12 148.4 140.7 289.1 13 SD 12 136.4 162.3 298.8 14 HOU 12 129.0 172.0 301.0 15 CHI 12 143.5 159.8 303.3 16 WAS 12 150.9 152.8 303.8 17 OAK 12 147.1 161.8 308.8 18 CLE 12 122.5 186.5 309.0 19 STL 12 160.3 149.1 309.4 20 NYG 12 151.0 160.9 311.9 21 GB 12 149.9 163.2 313.1 22 NO 12 158.7 157.2 315.9 23 SF 12 148.0 172.2 320.2 24 BUF 12 208.3 121.0 329.3 25 MIA 12 157.6 172.2 329.8 26 SEA 12 153.2 184.8 338.1 27 NYJ 12 166.7 179.9 346.6 28 BAL 12 187.3 183.9 371.2
                                                          Per   Per
Passing               Team(s)   Att  Cmp    Pct  Yards    Att   Cmp  TD   TD%  Int  Int%  Rating
Bob Griese            MIA       144   94   65.3  1,175   8.16  12.5   8   5.6    5   3.5    94.5
Archie Manning        NO        340  206   60.6  2,475   7.28  12.0  12   3.5   11   3.2    81.2
Roger Staubach        DAL       348  194   55.7  2,539   7.30  13.1  20   5.7   15   4.3    80.1
Don Strock            MIA       126   66   52.4    750   5.95  11.4  11   8.7    6   4.8    79.8
Terry Bradshaw        PIT       291  162   55.7  2,252   7.74  13.9  19   6.5   16   5.5    79.6
Dan Fouts             SD        284  165   58.1  2,082   7.33  12.6  15   5.3   15   5.3    76.6
Dan Pastorini         HOU       274  154   56.2  1,923   7.02  12.5  11   4.0   10   3.6    76.3
Brian Sipe            CLE       306  167   54.6  2,127   6.95  12.7  15   4.9   13   4.2    75.2
Joe Ferguson          BUF       253  140   55.3  1,637   6.47  11.7  12   4.7   10   4.0    74.5
Gary Danielson        DET       242  136   56.2  1,498   6.19  11.0  11   4.5    9   3.7    74.4
Fran Tarkenton        MIN       407  254   62.4  2,433   5.98   9.6  16   3.9   18   4.4    73.7
Jim Zorn              SEA       315  178   56.5  2,388   7.58  13.4  10   3.2   16   5.1    70.2
Matt Robinson         NYJ       150   70   46.7  1,168   7.79  16.7   6   4.0    6   4.0    70.1
Ron Jaworski          PHI       306  167   54.6  1,880   6.14  11.3  12   3.9   12   3.9    69.9
Craig Morton          DEN       203  107   52.7  1,273   6.27  11.9   6   3.0    6   3.0    69.7
Pat Haden             LA        321  172   53.6  2,273   7.08  13.2  11   3.4   14   4.4    69.5
Joe Theismann         WAS       284  140   49.3  2,015   7.10  14.4  12   4.2   13   4.6    67.7
Steve Bartkowski      ATL       232  123   53.0  1,652   7.12  13.4   8   3.4   11   4.7    67.7
Jim Hart              STL       338  171   50.6  2,232   6.60  13.1  11   3.3   13   3.8    66.6
Steve Grogan          NE        282  141   50.0  2,174   7.71  15.4  13   4.6   19   6.7    63.2
Ken Stabler           OAK       297  168   56.6  2,213   7.45  13.2  13   4.4   23   7.7    62.6
David Whitehurst      GB        241  125   51.9  1,543   6.40  12.3   8   3.3   12   5.0    62.3
Mike Livingston       KC        200  110   55.0  1,157   5.79  10.5   2   1.0    8   4.0    58.7
Bob Avellini          CHI       246  135   54.9  1,631   6.63  12.1   5   2.0   14   5.7    58.5
Bill Troup            BAL       208  113   54.3  1,410   6.78  12.5   8   3.8   16   7.7    56.4
Joe Pisarcik          NYG       238  110   46.2  1,668   7.01  15.2   9   3.8   17   7.1    52.6
Doug Williams         TB        172   66   38.4  1,074   6.24  16.3   6   3.5    8   4.7    52.3
John Reaves           CIN       131   67   51.1    730   5.57  10.9   3   2.3    8   6.1    50.1
Ken Anderson          CIN       228  122   53.5  1,518   6.66  12.4   6   2.6   19   8.3    48.5
Steve DeBerg          SF        284  123   43.3  1,384   4.87  11.3   7   2.5   20   7.0    37.4


Others (10 or more attempts): Per Per Passing Team(s) Att Cmp Pct Yards Att Cmp TD TD% Int Int% Rating Bert Jones BAL 42 27 64.3 370 8.81 13.7 4 9.5 1 2.4 114.2 Bill Munson BUF 43 24 55.8 328 7.63 13.7 4 9.3 2 4.7 92.0 Vince Ferragamo LA 10 5 50.0 88 8.80 17.6 0 0.0 0 0.0 80.4 Greg Landry DET 77 48 62.3 452 5.87 9.4 1 1.3 1 1.3 77.4 Mike Rae TB 48 26 54.2 333 6.94 12.8 4 8.3 4 8.3 69.2 Billy Kilmer WAS 36 15 41.7 225 6.25 15.0 3 8.3 2 5.6 67.5 Tony Adams KC 79 44 55.7 415 5.25 9.4 2 2.5 3 3.8 63.0 Dennis Sproul GB 13 5 38.5 87 6.69 17.4 0 0.0 0 0.0 62.0 Dave Mays BUF 15 4 26.7 39 2.60 9.8 1 6.7 0 0.0 61.8 Richard Todd NYJ 107 60 56.1 849 7.93 14.2 6 5.6 10 9.3 61.6 Norris Weese DEN 69 42 60.9 481 6.97 11.5 2 2.9 5 7.2 61.3 Mark Miller CLE 15 7 46.7 83 5.53 11.9 1 6.7 1 6.7 58.5 James Harris SD 40 23 57.5 275 6.88 12.0 1 2.5 3 7.5 55.7 Pat Ryan NYJ 14 9 64.3 106 7.57 11.8 0 0.0 2 14.3 47.6 June Jones ATL 65 28 43.1 337 5.18 12.0 1 1.5 3 4.6 45.5 Steve Myer SEA 17 9 52.9 78 4.59 8.7 0 0.0 1 5.9 40.8 Scott Bull SF 42 19 45.2 293 6.98 15.4 0 0.0 3 7.1 39.1 Craig Penrose DEN 37 16 43.2 185 5.00 11.6 2 5.4 4 10.8 37.4 Mike Phipps CHI 51 27 52.9 281 5.51 10.4 1 2.0 6 11.8 36.1 Mike Kirkland BAL 40 19 47.5 211 5.28 11.1 1 2.5 7 17.5 32.4 Gary Huff TB 36 15 41.7 169 4.69 11.3 1 2.8 3 8.3 30.9 Jerry Golsteyn NYG 40 12 30.0 110 2.75 9.2 0 0.0 1 2.5 29.2 Steve Pisarkiewicz STL 28 10 35.7 164 5.86 16.4 0 0.0 3 10.7 16.7 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 Earl Campbell HOU 229 1,143 5.0 12 Delvin Williams MIA 232 1,130 4.9 8 Walter Payton CHI 255 1,053 4.1 8 Tony Dorsett DAL 205 1,020 5.0 5 Terdell Middleton GB 202 903 4.5 9 Mark van Eeghen OAK 202 847 4.2 7 Franco Harris PIT 242 846 3.5 5 Wilbert Montgomery PHI 175 842 4.8 6 John Riggins WAS 197 823 4.2 4 Kevin Long NYJ 165 743 4.5 8 Tony Reed KC 151 723 4.8 4 Joe Washington BAL 162 717 4.4 0 Dexter Bussey DET 168 716 4.3 3 Ricky Bell TB 185 679 3.7 6 Roland Harper CHI 161 678 4.2 6 Lydell Mitchell SD 168 672 4.0 2 David Sims SEA 143 634 4.4 11 Terry Miller BUF 173 598 3.5 3 O.J. Simpson SF 161 593 3.7 1 Horace King DET 130 584 4.5 3 Chuck Foreman MIN 175 574 3.3 5 Robert Newhouse DAL 134 571 4.3 7 Scott Dierking NYJ 142 570 4.0 3 Sherman Smith SEA 113 559 4.9 5 Wayne Morris STL 157 550 3.5 1
Receiving Team(s) Att Yards Avg TD Rickey Young MIN 68 547 8.0 3 Tony Galbreath NO 59 516 8.7 2 Steve Largent SEA 52 882 17.0 5 Lynn Swann PIT 49 654 13.3 9 Dave Casper OAK 45 658 14.6 8 Ahmad Rashad MIN 45 480 10.7 4 Pat Tilley STL 44 689 15.7 1 Chuck Foreman MIN 44 284 6.5 2 Sammy White MIN 42 577 13.7 7 Walter Payton CHI 42 425 10.1 0 Mel Gray STL 41 846 20.6 1 Tony Reed KC 41 413 10.1 1 Harold Carmichael PHI 40 757 18.9 6 Willie Miller LA 40 626 15.7 4 David Hill DET 40 459 11.5 3 Henry Childs NO 39 609 15.6 3 Preston Pearson DAL 39 459 11.8 0 Lydell Mitchell SD 39 376 9.6 2 Horace King DET 39 335 8.6 0 Ron Jessie LA 38 582 15.3 3 Riley Odoms DEN 38 511 13.4 2 Roland Harper CHI 38 300 7.9 2 James Scott CHI 36 634 17.6 4 Drew Pearson DAL 36 539 15.0 2 Duriel Harris MIA 36 490 13.6 2
Kick Returns Team(s) Att Yards Avg TD Keith Wright CLE 15 443 29.5 0 Steve Odom GB 25 677 27.1 1 Tony Green WAS 26 690 26.5 1 Artie Owens SD 20 524 26.2 0 Curtis Brown BUF 17 428 25.2 1 Eddie Payton KC 26 654 25.2 0 Larry Anderson PIT 30 743 24.8 1 Johnnie Dirden HOU 23 569 24.7 0 Dennis Pearson ATL 15 368 24.5 0 Joe Washington BAL 14 342 24.4 1 Wes Chandler NO 25 602 24.1 0 Rufus Crawford SEA 22 529 24.0 0 Jesse Thompson DET 14 336 24.0 0 Raymond Clayborn NE 24 569 23.7 0 Al Hunter SEA 12 284 23.7 0
Punt Returns Team(s) Att Yards Avg TD Rick Upchurch DEN 27 403 14.9 1 Keith Moody BUF 17 232 13.6 1 Bruce Harper NYJ 23 302 13.1 1 Jackie Wallace LA 39 459 11.8 0 Eddie Payton KC 27 300 11.1 0 Mike Fuller SD 24 263 11.0 0 Tony Green WAS 35 377 10.8 1 Jesse Thompson DET 16 161 10.1 0 Stanley Morgan NE 24 238 9.9 0 Butch Johnson DAL 37 362 9.8 0 Willard Harrell STL 21 196 9.3 1 Danny Reece TB 32 292 9.1 0 Steve Odom GB 33 298 9.0 0 Billy Ryckman ATL 21 187 8.9 0 Ronnie Coleman HOU 16 142 8.9 0
Punting Team(s) Punts Yards Avg Dave Jennings NYG 72 3,164 43.9 Ray Guy OAK 63 2,746 43.6 Pat McInally CIN 72 3,062 42.5 Tom Skladany DET 66 2,801 42.4 Tom Blanchard NO 64 2,694 42.1 Chuck Ramsey NYJ 57 2,393 42.0 Zenon Andrusyshyn KC 63 2,631 41.8 Danny White DAL 55 2,285 41.5 Dave Green TB 72 2,965 41.2 Mike Bragg WAS 71 2,900 40.8 George Roberts MIA 58 2,338 40.3 Rusty Jackson BUF 71 2,847 40.1 Craig Colquitt PIT 48 1,905 39.7 Rick Engles PHI 33 1,307 39.6 Greg Coleman MIN 29 1,135 39.1 John James ATL 80 3,123 39.0 Johnny Evans CLE 68 2,648 38.9 Bob Parsons CHI 65 2,500 38.5 David Lee BAL 70 2,671 38.2 Steve Little STL 46 1,749 38.0
Kicking Team(s) FG PAT Pts Pat Leahy NYJ 18/24 30/31 84 Frank Corral LA 18/30 23/25 77 Mark Moseley WAS 16/25 26/27 74 Joe Danelo NYG 17/25 21/23 72 Bob Thomas CHI 17/20 19/21 70 Don Cockroft CLE 13/20 26/27 65 Garo Yepremian MIA 10/14 35/38 65 Jan Stenerud KC 15/21 19/20 64 Rafael Septien DAL 10/17 33/34 63 Benny Ricardo DET 14/22 19/20 61 Rick Danmeier MIN 11/16 27/27 60 Rolf Benirschke SD 12/16 23/28 59 Roy Gerela PIT 9/20 32/33 59 Efren Herrera SEA 9/16 29/32 56 Neil O'Donoghue TB 11/20 23/27 56 Toni Fritsch HOU 10/13 24/25 54 Ray Wersching SF 11/17 20/21 53 Chester Marcol GB 9/16 25/25 52 Errol Mann OAK 7/12 29/32 50 Jim Turner DEN 9/18 21/25 48

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