Monday November 27, 1978
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NFL leaders as of 11/27/1978:



Team Rankings:
Rush Pass Total Offense Games Yds/Gm Yds/Gm Yds/Gm 1 DAL 13 180.6 201.6 382.2 2 NE 13 202.0 175.2 377.2 3 SEA 13 143.9 194.4 338.3 4 LA 13 145.8 183.1 328.9 5 HOU 13 165.6 152.5 318.2 6 PIT 13 143.5 172.8 316.3 7 SD 13 130.9 183.8 314.8 8 STL 13 123.0 190.3 313.3 9 CLE 13 141.3 170.1 311.4 10 OAK 13 140.9 167.1 308.0 11 MIA 13 154.0 153.3 307.3 12 KC 13 184.1 122.4 306.5 13 NYJ 13 144.4 161.3 305.7 14 NO 13 109.6 190.0 299.6 15 DEN 13 156.9 141.2 298.2 16 CHI 13 161.7 133.7 295.4 17 MIN 13 103.4 187.8 291.2 18 PHI 13 147.4 141.2 288.5 19 WAS 13 129.9 157.8 287.8 20 BUF 13 143.7 143.5 287.2 21 CIN 13 115.5 165.3 280.8 22 NYG 13 141.5 138.3 279.8 23 BAL 13 126.9 147.1 274.0 24 GB 13 138.8 132.8 271.7 25 DET 13 140.9 129.3 270.2 26 ATL 13 109.5 146.2 255.7 27 SF 13 123.9 118.5 242.5 28 TB 13 131.2 107.8 239.0
Rush Pass Total Defense Games Yds/Gm Yds/Gm Yds/Gm 1 LA 13 109.5 117.5 227.1 2 DAL 13 100.1 152.6 252.7 3 ATL 13 124.5 131.8 256.4 4 TB 13 132.5 136.3 268.8 5 PIT 13 117.9 157.1 275.0 6 DET 13 138.3 138.2 276.5 7 MIN 13 125.2 152.6 277.8 8 NE 13 111.9 172.2 284.2 9 KC 13 142.8 142.5 285.2 10 DEN 13 127.9 157.5 285.5 11 CIN 13 150.4 135.4 285.8 12 PHI 13 122.2 164.6 286.8 13 CHI 13 140.1 147.0 287.1 14 HOU 13 130.0 166.1 296.1 15 SD 13 144.2 158.7 302.9 16 STL 13 155.3 149.1 304.4 17 GB 13 146.9 164.6 311.5 18 OAK 13 142.2 169.5 311.8 19 CLE 13 124.5 188.7 313.2 20 WAS 13 161.5 157.8 319.4 21 NO 13 156.5 164.8 321.2 22 NYG 13 167.5 156.2 323.7 23 SF 13 152.9 171.8 324.8 24 MIA 13 152.0 176.0 328.0 25 BUF 13 199.9 128.8 328.7 26 SEA 13 151.7 185.8 337.5 27 NYJ 13 162.0 177.6 339.6 28 BAL 13 190.5 187.6 378.1
                                                          Per   Per
Passing               Team(s)   Att  Cmp    Pct  Yards    Att   Cmp  TD   TD%  Int  Int%  Rating
Bob Griese            MIA       169  108   63.9  1,287   7.62  11.9   8   4.7    8   4.7    83.1
Don Strock            MIA       135   72   53.3    825   6.11  11.5  12   8.9    6   4.4    83.1
Terry Bradshaw        PIT       312  175   56.1  2,447   7.84  14.0  22   7.1   17   5.4    82.3
Archie Manning        NO        364  219   60.2  2,716   7.46  12.4  13   3.6   12   3.3    81.5
Roger Staubach        DAL       367  203   55.3  2,757   7.51  13.6  21   5.7   16   4.4    80.4
Brian Sipe            CLE       329  182   55.3  2,373   7.21  13.0  16   4.9   13   4.0    78.0
Dan Fouts             SD        284  165   58.1  2,082   7.33  12.6  15   5.3   15   5.3    76.6
Joe Ferguson          BUF       268  149   55.6  1,743   6.50  11.7  13   4.9   11   4.1    74.6
Dan Pastorini         HOU       294  163   55.4  2,080   7.07  12.8  12   4.1   12   4.1    74.4
Matt Robinson         NYJ       176   87   49.4  1,425   8.10  16.4   7   4.0    7   4.0    73.7
Gary Danielson        DET       260  146   56.2  1,610   6.19  11.0  11   4.2   10   3.8    72.8
Craig Morton          DEN       225  118   52.4  1,419   6.31  12.0   7   3.1    6   2.7    71.3
Ron Jaworski          PHI       331  180   54.4  2,036   6.15  11.3  13   3.9   12   3.6    71.0
Jim Zorn              SEA       359  201   56.0  2,658   7.40  13.2  12   3.3   17   4.7    71.0
Fran Tarkenton        MIN       444  274   61.7  2,632   5.93   9.6  17   3.8   22   5.0    70.3
Joe Theismann         WAS       308  150   48.7  2,165   7.03  14.4  13   4.2   13   4.2    68.4
Steve Bartkowski      ATL       275  146   53.1  1,918   6.97  13.1   9   3.3   13   4.7    66.6
Pat Haden             LA        360  192   53.3  2,470   6.86  12.9  12   3.3   17   4.7    66.6
Steve Grogan          NE        302  150   49.7  2,421   8.02  16.1  15   5.0   20   6.6    65.8
Jim Hart              STL       375  191   50.9  2,429   6.48  12.7  12   3.2   15   4.0    65.5
Ken Stabler           OAK       328  185   56.4  2,431   7.41  13.1  14   4.3   23   7.0    65.0
Mike Livingston       KC        221  123   55.7  1,293   5.85  10.5   4   1.8    8   3.6    63.8
David Whitehurst      GB        264  136   51.5  1,718   6.51  12.6   8   3.0   12   4.5    63.3
Bob Avellini          CHI       252  139   55.2  1,693   6.72  12.2   5   2.0   15   6.0    57.9
Bill Troup            BAL       236  128   54.2  1,656   7.02  12.9   9   3.8   18   7.6    57.5
Joe Pisarcik          NYG       262  125   47.7  1,898   7.24  15.2  11   4.2   18   6.9    57.4
Ken Anderson          CIN       253  139   54.9  1,659   6.56  11.9   7   2.8   19   7.5    53.1
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
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 Greg Landry DET 77 48 62.3 452 5.87 9.4 1 1.3 1 1.3 77.4 Billy Kilmer WAS 36 15 41.7 225 6.25 15.0 3 8.3 2 5.6 67.5 Mike Rae TB 60 30 50.0 387 6.45 12.9 4 6.7 4 6.7 65.1 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 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 Vince Ferragamo LA 16 7 43.8 114 7.12 16.3 0 0.0 1 6.2 42.2 Steve Myer SEA 17 9 52.9 78 4.59 8.7 0 0.0 1 5.9 40.8 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 James Harris SD 81 38 46.9 439 5.42 11.6 1 1.2 8 9.9 28.3 Scott Bull SF 70 29 41.4 406 5.80 14.0 0 0.0 8 11.4 21.2 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 256 1,265 4.9 12 Delvin Williams MIA 244 1,171 4.8 8 Walter Payton CHI 282 1,158 4.1 9 Tony Dorsett DAL 226 1,092 4.8 5 Terdell Middleton GB 241 1,013 4.2 10 Franco Harris PIT 254 907 3.6 5 Mark van Eeghen OAK 215 900 4.2 8 Wilbert Montgomery PHI 195 900 4.6 6 John Riggins WAS 209 863 4.1 4 Roland Harper CHI 186 822 4.4 6 Terry Miller BUF 194 806 4.2 5 Tony Reed KC 166 791 4.8 4 Kevin Long NYJ 175 777 4.4 9 Dexter Bussey DET 184 772 4.2 3 Joe Washington BAL 183 771 4.2 0 Lydell Mitchell SD 182 730 4.0 2 Ricky Bell TB 185 679 3.7 6 David Sims SEA 143 634 4.4 11 Wayne Morris STL 174 631 3.6 1 Chuck Foreman MIN 199 626 3.1 5 Horace King DET 141 614 4.4 4 O.J. Simpson SF 161 593 3.7 1 John Cappelletti LA 167 588 3.5 3 Sherman Smith SEA 127 588 4.6 5 Bubba Bean ATL 161 578 3.6 2
Receiving Team(s) Att Yards Avg TD Rickey Young MIN 74 610 8.2 3 Tony Galbreath NO 59 516 8.7 2 Steve Largent SEA 57 933 16.4 6 Lynn Swann PIT 57 788 13.8 11 Pat Tilley STL 51 759 14.9 2 Dave Casper OAK 50 748 15.0 9 Ahmad Rashad MIN 49 518 10.6 5 Chuck Foreman MIN 49 319 6.5 2 Harold Carmichael PHI 45 809 18.0 6 Lydell Mitchell SD 45 417 9.3 2 Mel Gray STL 44 871 19.8 1 Sammy White MIN 44 612 13.9 7 David Hill DET 44 515 11.7 3 Walter Payton CHI 44 451 10.2 0 Willie Miller LA 43 650 15.1 4 Tony Reed KC 43 439 10.2 1 Henry Childs NO 42 709 16.9 3 Riley Odoms DEN 42 571 13.6 3 Horace King DET 42 333 7.9 0 Wesley Walker NYJ 40 982 24.6 6 Drew Pearson DAL 40 655 16.4 3 Ron Jessie LA 40 609 15.2 4 Bob Chandler BUF 40 512 12.8 5 John Cappelletti LA 40 365 9.1 1 Joe Washington BAL 40 364 9.1 1
Kick Returns Team(s) Att Yards Avg TD Keith Wright CLE 19 569 29.9 0 Steve Odom GB 25 677 27.1 1 Artie Owens SD 20 524 26.2 0 Tony Green WAS 28 726 25.9 1 Curtis Brown BUF 17 428 25.2 1 Eddie Payton KC 26 654 25.2 0 Johnnie Dirden HOU 25 622 24.9 0 Joe Washington BAL 14 342 24.4 1 Dennis Pearson ATL 17 415 24.4 0 Larry Anderson PIT 32 781 24.4 1 Jesse Thompson DET 14 336 24.0 0 Paul Hofer SF 13 311 23.9 0 Larry Collins CLE 23 545 23.7 0 Duriel Harris MIA 25 584 23.4 0 George Ragsdale TB 22 513 23.3 0
Punt Returns Team(s) Att Yards Avg TD Rick Upchurch DEN 32 487 15.2 1 Keith Moody BUF 17 232 13.6 1 Bruce Harper NYJ 23 302 13.1 1 Jackie Wallace LA 42 510 12.1 0 Stanley Morgan NE 25 275 11.0 0 Mike Fuller SD 27 292 10.8 0 Eddie Payton KC 30 322 10.7 0 Tony Green WAS 36 374 10.4 1 Guido Merkens HOU 13 132 10.2 0 Jesse Thompson DET 16 161 10.1 0 Willard Harrell STL 21 196 9.3 1 Butch Johnson DAL 40 367 9.2 0 Steve Odom GB 33 298 9.0 0 Danny Reece TB 35 316 9.0 0 Ronnie Coleman HOU 16 142 8.9 0
Punting Team(s) Punts Yards Avg Ray Guy OAK 68 2,945 43.3 Pat McInally CIN 79 3,408 43.1 Dave Jennings NYG 78 3,334 42.7 Tom Skladany DET 72 3,053 42.4 Tom Blanchard NO 70 2,941 42.0 Danny White DAL 57 2,369 41.6 Zenon Andrusyshyn KC 67 2,773 41.4 Dave Green TB 79 3,266 41.3 Chuck Ramsey NYJ 61 2,519 41.3 Mike Bragg WAS 80 3,254 40.7 Rusty Jackson BUF 74 2,961 40.0 Greg Coleman MIN 35 1,399 40.0 George Roberts MIA 63 2,513 39.9 Craig Colquitt PIT 51 2,032 39.8 Rick Engles PHI 33 1,307 39.6 John James ATL 85 3,333 39.2 Johnny Evans CLE 73 2,816 38.6 David Lee BAL 76 2,904 38.2 Bob Parsons CHI 72 2,744 38.1 Cliff Parsley HOU 71 2,705 38.1
Kicking Team(s) FG PAT Pts Frank Corral LA 22/35 24/26 90 Pat Leahy NYJ 19/26 33/34 90 Mark Moseley WAS 17/27 27/28 78 Joe Danelo NYG 18/26 23/25 77 Rafael Septien DAL 13/21 37/38 76 Jan Stenerud KC 18/25 21/22 75 Bob Thomas CHI 17/20 21/23 72 Garo Yepremian MIA 12/16 36/39 72 Don Cockroft CLE 14/21 29/31 71 Benny Ricardo DET 15/23 21/22 66 Roy Gerela PIT 10/21 35/36 65 Rick Danmeier MIN 12/19 28/28 64 Efren Herrera SEA 10/17 31/34 61 Neil O'Donoghue TB 12/21 23/27 59 Rolf Benirschke SD 12/16 23/28 59 Toni Fritsch HOU 11/14 26/27 59 Chester Marcol GB 10/18 26/26 56 Errol Mann OAK 8/13 30/34 54 Ray Wersching SF 11/18 21/22 54 Tom Dempsey BUF 8/11 29/31 53

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