Saturday December 9, 1978
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

NFL leaders as of 12/09/1978:



Team Rankings:
Rush Pass Total Offense Games Yds/Gm Yds/Gm Yds/Gm 1 DAL 14 174.8 203.6 378.4 2 NE 14 202.8 173.4 376.1 3 SEA 14 146.7 197.3 344.0 4 SD 14 132.3 194.4 326.6 5 CLE 14 145.0 176.4 321.4 6 LA 14 142.4 176.7 319.1 7 PIT 15 145.4 170.3 315.7 8 STL 14 123.7 187.5 311.2 9 NYJ 14 148.5 162.3 310.8 10 KC 14 188.1 120.7 308.9 11 HOU 14 159.6 147.6 307.1 12 MIA 14 153.9 152.5 306.4 13 OAK 14 138.1 167.9 305.9 14 NO 14 115.6 190.0 305.6 15 PHI 14 148.5 146.3 294.8 16 MIN 15 96.4 196.3 292.7 17 BUF 14 143.1 148.1 291.2 18 DEN 14 156.2 134.4 290.6 19 WAS 14 129.4 158.5 287.9 20 CIN 14 123.2 163.3 286.5 21 NYG 14 144.6 139.0 283.6 22 DET 15 139.6 143.3 282.9 23 CHI 14 155.9 126.4 282.3 24 GB 14 133.6 131.1 264.6 25 BAL 15 127.0 135.3 262.3 26 ATL 14 107.6 142.3 249.9 27 SF 14 126.4 119.2 245.6 28 TB 14 134.5 110.4 244.9
Rush Pass Total Defense Games Yds/Gm Yds/Gm Yds/Gm 1 LA 14 114.9 119.7 234.6 2 PIT 15 113.3 144.5 257.9 3 DAL 14 108.1 152.4 260.6 4 TB 14 127.7 134.3 262.0 5 ATL 14 131.6 132.2 263.8 6 DET 15 130.2 144.1 274.3 7 CIN 14 145.6 132.2 277.8 8 DEN 14 126.0 159.0 285.0 9 NE 14 111.0 176.4 287.4 10 SD 14 139.6 149.6 289.3 11 KC 14 142.3 147.1 289.4 12 PHI 14 119.1 173.5 292.6 13 HOU 14 133.4 159.5 292.9 14 STL 14 151.7 146.9 298.6 15 MIN 15 129.9 169.8 299.7 16 CHI 14 140.8 160.1 300.9 17 OAK 14 142.6 160.6 303.2 18 GB 14 149.1 163.1 312.2 19 NYG 14 162.6 151.7 314.3 20 WAS 14 160.9 156.7 317.6 21 NO 14 156.6 162.1 318.8 22 CLE 14 128.6 192.0 320.6 23 MIA 14 149.9 175.4 325.3 24 SF 14 155.8 173.1 328.9 25 BUF 14 202.9 126.6 329.5 26 NYJ 14 162.5 170.3 332.8 27 SEA 14 154.6 191.1 345.7 28 BAL 15 187.8 189.9 377.7
                                                          Per   Per
Passing               Team(s)   Att  Cmp    Pct  Yards    Att   Cmp  TD   TD%  Int  Int%  Rating
Roger Staubach        DAL       394  218   55.3  3,000   7.61  13.8  23   5.8   16   4.1    82.5
Terry Bradshaw        PIT       354  197   55.6  2,784   7.86  14.1  26   7.3   20   5.6    82.2
Archie Manning        NO        398  241   60.6  2,915   7.32  12.1  15   3.8   13   3.3    82.0
Bob Griese            MIA       196  122   62.2  1,457   7.43  11.9   9   4.6    9   4.6    81.1
Brian Sipe            CLE       365  202   55.3  2,623   7.19  13.0  19   5.2   14   3.8    79.5
Dan Fouts             SD        308  181   58.8  2,351   7.63  13.0  17   5.5   17   5.5    78.3
Gary Danielson        DET       321  184   57.3  2,114   6.59  11.5  18   5.6   16   5.0    75.2
Matt Robinson         NYJ       194   94   48.5  1,611   8.30  17.1   9   4.6    9   4.6    73.2
Ron Jaworski          PHI       359  193   53.8  2,264   6.31  11.7  16   4.5   13   3.6    72.9
Craig Morton          DEN       236  124   52.5  1,473   6.24  11.9   8   3.4    6   2.5    72.6
Joe Ferguson          BUF       293  163   55.6  1,950   6.66  12.0  14   4.8   14   4.8    72.2
Jim Zorn              SEA       383  216   56.4  2,877   7.51  13.3  13   3.4   18   4.7    72.1
Fran Tarkenton        MIN       534  322   60.3  3,152   5.90   9.8  22   4.1   27   5.1    69.6
Dan Pastorini         HOU       321  173   53.9  2,171   6.76  12.5  12   3.7   15   4.7    68.2
Pat Haden             LA        385  204   53.0  2,572   6.68  12.6  12   3.1   17   4.4    66.1
Jim Hart              STL       399  203   50.9  2,590   6.49  12.8  13   3.3   16   4.0    65.7
Ken Stabler           OAK       355  205   57.7  2,605   7.34  12.7  14   3.9   25   7.0    64.6
David Whitehurst      GB        283  149   52.7  1,831   6.47  12.3   9   3.2   13   4.6    64.4
Mike Livingston       KC        242  135   55.8  1,392   5.75  10.3   5   2.1    9   3.7    63.9
Steve Grogan          NE        331  163   49.2  2,591   7.83  15.9  15   4.5   22   6.6    63.1
Joe Theismann         WAS       336  162   48.2  2,342   6.97  14.5  13   3.9   17   5.1    63.1
Steve Bartkowski      ATL       300  155   51.7  2,042   6.81  13.2   9   3.0   16   5.3    61.3
Bill Troup            BAL       281  150   53.4  1,837   6.54  12.2  10   3.6   20   7.1    56.0
Bob Avellini          CHI       264  141   53.4  1,718   6.51  12.2   5   1.9   16   6.1    54.8
Joe Pisarcik          NYG       282  133   47.2  2,015   7.15  15.2  12   4.3   21   7.4    54.3
Ken Anderson          CIN       270  146   54.1  1,736   6.43  11.9   7   2.6   19   7.0    53.3
Doug Williams         TB        172   66   38.4  1,074   6.24  16.3   6   3.5    8   4.7    52.3
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 Don Strock MIA 135 72 53.3 825 6.11 11.5 12 8.9 6 4.4 83.1 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 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 Mike Rae TB 91 44 48.4 565 6.21 12.8 4 4.4 6 6.6 55.4 John Reaves CIN 143 73 51.0 788 5.51 10.8 3 2.1 8 5.6 51.3 Pat Ryan NYJ 14 9 64.3 106 7.57 11.8 0 0.0 2 14.3 47.6 Steve Myer SEA 20 11 55.0 94 4.70 8.5 0 0.0 1 5.0 46.7 June Jones ATL 69 29 42.0 339 4.91 11.7 1 1.4 3 4.3 44.3 Vince Ferragamo LA 16 7 43.8 114 7.12 16.3 0 0.0 1 6.2 42.2 Craig Penrose DEN 37 16 43.2 185 5.00 11.6 2 5.4 4 10.8 37.4 Mike Phipps CHI 54 29 53.7 290 5.37 10.0 1 1.9 6 11.1 35.8 James Harris SD 86 41 47.7 502 5.84 12.2 2 2.3 9 10.5 34.3 Mark Miller CLE 18 7 38.9 83 4.61 11.9 1 5.6 2 11.1 32.6 David Humm OAK 13 6 46.2 73 5.62 12.2 0 0.0 1 7.7 31.9 Gary Huff TB 36 15 41.7 169 4.69 11.3 1 2.8 3 8.3 30.9 Mike Kirkland BAL 41 19 46.3 211 5.15 11.1 1 2.4 8 19.5 30.7 Jerry Golsteyn NYG 40 12 30.0 110 2.75 9.2 0 0.0 1 2.5 29.2 Scott Bull SF 97 38 39.2 553 5.70 14.6 1 1.0 9 9.3 23.3 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 Randy Dean NYG 15 4 26.7 38 2.53 9.5 0 0.0 1 6.7 11.8
Rushing Team(s) Att Yards Avg TD Earl Campbell HOU 263 1,306 5.0 12 Delvin Williams MIA 265 1,250 4.7 8 Walter Payton CHI 299 1,208 4.0 9 Tony Dorsett DAL 241 1,141 4.7 5 Franco Harris PIT 298 1,061 3.6 7 Terdell Middleton GB 253 1,043 4.1 10 Wilbert Montgomery PHI 219 1,015 4.6 7 Mark van Eeghen OAK 230 960 4.2 8 John Riggins WAS 220 906 4.1 4 Tony Reed KC 182 888 4.9 4 Joe Washington BAL 219 886 4.0 0 Kevin Long NYJ 194 884 4.6 9 Dexter Bussey DET 206 873 4.2 3 Terry Miller BUF 209 863 4.1 5 Roland Harper CHI 193 838 4.3 6 Lydell Mitchell SD 198 766 3.9 3 David Sims SEA 166 725 4.4 14 Chuck Foreman MIN 224 708 3.2 5 Ricky Bell TB 185 679 3.7 6 Sherman Smith SEA 142 675 4.8 6 Horace King DET 155 660 4.3 4 Sam Cunningham NE 170 659 3.9 7 Bubba Bean ATL 176 649 3.7 2 Scott Dierking NYJ 159 649 4.1 4 Greg Pruitt CLE 133 640 4.8 2
Receiving Team(s) Att Yards Avg TD Rickey Young MIN 81 639 7.9 4 Steve Largent SEA 65 1,041 16.0 7 Tony Galbreath NO 62 529 8.5 2 Ahmad Rashad MIN 61 654 10.7 6 Lynn Swann PIT 60 875 14.6 11 Dave Casper OAK 57 804 14.1 9 Chuck Foreman MIN 57 370 6.5 2 Pat Tilley STL 54 788 14.6 2 Sammy White MIN 52 723 13.9 9 Harold Carmichael PHI 49 924 18.9 8 David Hill DET 49 570 11.6 4 Horace King DET 48 396 8.2 2 Lydell Mitchell SD 47 436 9.3 2 Walter Payton CHI 46 460 10.0 0 John Jefferson SD 45 770 17.1 9 Tony Reed KC 45 461 10.2 1 Mel Gray STL 44 871 19.8 1 Willie Miller LA 44 641 14.6 4 Nat Moore MIA 44 553 12.6 9 Bob Tucker MIN 44 495 11.2 0 Joe Washington BAL 44 373 8.5 1 Ron Jessie LA 43 640 14.9 4 Riley Odoms DEN 43 581 13.5 3 Preston Pearson DAL 43 498 11.6 0 Wesley Walker NYJ 42 1,068 25.4 8
Kick Returns Team(s) Att Yards Avg TD Keith Wright CLE 21 617 29.4 0 Steve Odom GB 25 677 27.1 1 Artie Owens SD 20 524 26.2 0 Joe Washington BAL 16 413 25.8 1 Eddie Payton KC 27 696 25.8 0 Tony Green WAS 30 765 25.5 1 Larry Anderson PIT 35 882 25.2 1 Curtis Brown BUF 17 428 25.2 1 Johnnie Dirden HOU 25 622 24.9 0 Dennis Pearson ATL 20 482 24.1 0 Bruce Harper NYJ 46 1,072 23.3 0 Wes Chandler NO 29 673 23.2 0 George Ragsdale TB 24 555 23.1 0 Raymond Clayborn NE 25 576 23.0 0 Rufus Crawford SEA 28 641 22.9 0
Punt Returns Team(s) Att Yards Avg TD Rick Upchurch DEN 33 493 14.9 1 Keith Moody BUF 17 232 13.6 1 Bruce Harper NYJ 28 352 12.6 1 Jackie Wallace LA 46 576 12.5 0 Tony Green WAS 39 431 11.1 1 Eddie Payton KC 31 340 11.0 0 Stanley Morgan NE 27 295 10.9 0 Mike Fuller SD 28 293 10.5 0 Jesse Thompson DET 16 161 10.1 0 Willard Harrell STL 21 196 9.3 1 Butch Johnson DAL 43 396 9.2 0 Steve Odom GB 33 298 9.0 0 Ronnie Coleman HOU 16 142 8.9 0 Danny Reece TB 39 345 8.8 0 Billy Ryckman ATL 24 212 8.8 0
Punting Team(s) Punts Yards Avg Pat McInally CIN 83 3,602 43.4 Ray Guy OAK 70 3,026 43.2 Dave Jennings NYG 83 3,536 42.6 Tom Skladany DET 79 3,344 42.3 Tom Blanchard NO 74 3,095 41.8 Dave Green TB 83 3,432 41.3 Danny White DAL 65 2,677 41.2 Chuck Ramsey NYJ 64 2,624 41.0 Zenon Andrusyshyn KC 69 2,827 41.0 Mike Bragg WAS 87 3,493 40.1 George Roberts MIA 70 2,805 40.1 John James ATL 93 3,705 39.8 Rick Engles PHI 33 1,307 39.6 Rusty Jackson BUF 76 3,010 39.6 Greg Coleman MIN 47 1,852 39.4 Craig Colquitt PIT 60 2,364 39.4 Johnny Evans CLE 74 2,874 38.8 Cliff Parsley HOU 76 2,944 38.7 David Lee BAL 88 3,368 38.3 Steve Little STL 46 1,749 38.0
Kicking Team(s) FG PAT Pts Frank Corral LA 24/38 26/28 98 Pat Leahy NYJ 20/28 36/37 96 Garo Yepremian MIA 15/19 37/40 82 Joe Danelo NYG 19/27 25/27 82 Rafael Septien DAL 14/22 39/40 81 Mark Moseley WAS 17/27 27/28 78 Benny Ricardo DET 16/24 29/30 77 Don Cockroft CLE 15/23 32/34 77 Jan Stenerud KC 18/28 23/24 77 Roy Gerela PIT 12/25 41/42 77 Bob Thomas CHI 17/20 22/24 73 Efren Herrera SEA 11/18 37/40 70 Rick Danmeier MIN 12/19 34/34 70 Rolf Benirschke SD 14/18 27/33 69 Toni Fritsch HOU 12/16 26/27 62 Chester Marcol GB 11/19 28/28 61 Ray Wersching SF 13/20 22/23 61 Errol Mann OAK 10/16 30/34 60 Neil O'Donoghue TB 12/22 24/28 60 Tom Dempsey BUF 9/12 30/32 57

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