Monday December 11, 1978
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NFL leaders as of 12/11/1978:



Team Rankings:
Rush Pass Total Offense Games Yds/Gm Yds/Gm Yds/Gm 1 NE 15 205.9 172.1 377.9 2 DAL 15 172.9 201.3 374.2 3 SEA 15 146.0 191.0 337.0 4 CLE 15 151.1 183.5 334.6 5 SD 15 129.8 200.5 330.3 6 LA 15 142.0 183.5 325.5 7 PIT 15 145.4 170.3 315.7 8 NYJ 15 145.5 169.2 314.7 9 STL 15 125.0 188.2 313.2 10 OAK 15 134.5 172.3 306.8 11 NO 15 111.6 193.4 305.0 12 MIA 15 150.1 153.2 303.3 13 HOU 15 157.3 145.7 302.9 14 DEN 15 158.5 143.5 301.9 15 KC 15 182.2 119.3 301.5 16 MIN 15 96.4 196.3 292.7 17 BUF 15 145.9 146.4 292.3 18 CIN 15 125.7 166.1 291.9 19 PHI 15 147.9 142.2 290.1 20 WAS 15 130.5 158.9 289.5 21 CHI 15 157.1 125.9 283.0 22 DET 15 139.6 143.3 282.9 23 NYG 15 150.4 131.3 281.7 24 BAL 15 127.0 135.3 262.3 25 GB 15 129.9 127.9 257.7 26 ATL 15 107.9 142.1 250.1 27 SF 15 124.0 121.2 245.2 28 TB 15 133.1 108.5 241.6
Rush Pass Total Defense Games Yds/Gm Yds/Gm Yds/Gm 1 LA 15 118.0 125.5 243.5 2 PIT 15 113.3 144.5 257.9 3 DAL 15 110.2 147.9 258.1 4 TB 15 125.2 135.3 260.5 5 ATL 15 132.5 134.4 266.9 6 DET 15 130.2 144.1 274.3 7 DEN 15 124.2 155.1 279.3 8 SD 15 139.4 146.5 285.9 9 CIN 15 144.9 142.0 286.9 10 NE 15 115.9 172.8 288.7 11 CHI 15 136.6 155.0 291.6 12 HOU 15 128.2 164.9 293.1 13 PHI 15 120.9 173.2 294.1 14 STL 15 157.0 138.7 295.7 15 MIN 15 129.9 169.8 299.7 16 OAK 15 139.5 160.8 300.3 17 KC 15 145.5 155.3 300.8 18 GB 15 150.7 160.2 310.9 19 WAS 15 157.7 155.6 313.3 20 NO 15 154.5 159.3 313.8 21 NYG 15 161.3 154.8 316.1 22 SF 15 152.9 167.1 320.1 23 CLE 15 126.9 196.9 323.9 24 MIA 15 145.6 179.3 324.9 25 BUF 15 205.9 128.5 334.4 26 NYJ 15 167.4 177.8 345.2 27 SEA 15 150.7 197.4 348.1 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       413  231   55.9  3,190   7.72  13.8  25   6.1   16   3.9    84.9
Archie Manning        NO        435  266   61.1  3,166   7.28  11.9  16   3.7   14   3.2    82.2
Terry Bradshaw        PIT       354  197   55.6  2,784   7.86  14.1  26   7.3   20   5.6    82.2
Dan Fouts             SD        341  203   59.5  2,630   7.71  13.0  20   5.9   18   5.3    81.4
Brian Sipe            CLE       397  222   55.9  2,906   7.32  13.1  21   5.3   15   3.8    81.1
Craig Morton          DEN       258  143   55.4  1,756   6.81  12.3  11   4.3    7   2.7    79.5
Bob Griese            MIA       222  136   61.3  1,620   7.30  11.9   9   4.1   11   5.0    76.4
Gary Danielson        DET       321  184   57.3  2,114   6.59  11.5  18   5.6   16   5.0    75.2
Jim Zorn              SEA       414  230   55.6  3,027   7.31  13.2  14   3.4   19   4.6    71.0
Joe Ferguson          BUF       317  172   54.3  2,083   6.57  12.1  15   4.7   15   4.7    70.7
Dan Pastorini         HOU       339  185   54.6  2,308   6.81  12.5  13   3.8   15   4.4    70.3
Matt Robinson         NYJ       238  116   48.7  1,900   7.98  16.4  12   5.0   13   5.5    70.0
Fran Tarkenton        MIN       534  322   60.3  3,152   5.90   9.8  22   4.1   27   5.1    69.6
Ron Jaworski          PHI       385  202   52.5  2,415   6.27  12.0  16   4.2   15   3.9    69.6
Pat Haden             LA        418  220   52.6  2,855   6.83  13.0  12   2.9   18   4.3    66.0
Steve Grogan          NE        352  176   50.0  2,751   7.82  15.6  15   4.3   22   6.2    64.5
Jim Hart              STL       437  218   49.9  2,788   6.38  12.8  13   3.0   17   3.9    63.9
Mike Livingston       KC        271  154   56.8  1,507   5.56   9.8   5   1.8   10   3.7    63.4
David Whitehurst      GB        303  156   51.5  1,927   6.36  12.4   9   3.0   14   4.6    62.1
Joe Theismann         WAS       369  174   47.2  2,486   6.74  14.3  13   3.5   17   4.6    62.0
Ken Stabler           OAK       391  228   58.3  2,856   7.30  12.5  15   3.8   30   7.7    61.9
Steve Bartkowski      ATL       337  171   50.7  2,232   6.62  13.1   9   2.7   16   4.7    61.1
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       297  159   53.5  1,963   6.61  12.3   8   2.7   21   7.1    53.8
Doug Williams         TB        172   66   38.4  1,074   6.24  16.3   6   3.5    8   4.7    52.3
Steve DeBerg          SF        299  134   44.8  1,473   4.93  11.0   7   2.3   22   7.4    37.1


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 Danny White DAL 10 5 50.0 59 5.90 11.8 0 0.0 0 0.0 68.3 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 Norris Weese DEN 70 43 61.4 495 7.07 11.5 2 2.9 5 7.1 62.5 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 Bobby Douglass GB 10 4 40.0 71 7.10 17.8 1 10.0 1 10.0 58.8 Mike Rae TB 118 57 48.3 705 5.97 12.4 4 3.4 7 5.9 53.8 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 June Jones ATL 69 29 42.0 339 4.91 11.7 1 1.4 3 4.3 44.3 Mike Phipps CHI 73 38 52.1 421 5.77 11.1 2 2.7 7 9.6 39.0 Craig Penrose DEN 37 16 43.2 185 5.00 11.6 2 5.4 4 10.8 37.4 David Humm OAK 15 7 46.7 85 5.67 12.1 0 0.0 1 6.7 36.8 James Harris SD 87 42 48.3 518 5.95 12.3 2 2.3 9 10.3 35.2 Mark Miller CLE 18 7 38.9 83 4.61 11.9 1 5.6 2 11.1 32.6 Randy Dean NYG 29 12 41.4 62 2.14 5.2 1 3.4 2 6.9 31.8 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 114 48 42.1 651 5.71 13.6 1 0.9 11 9.6 24.3 Steve Myer SEA 22 11 50.0 94 4.27 8.5 0 0.0 2 9.1 23.7 Steve Pisarkiewicz STL 28 10 35.7 164 5.86 16.4 0 0.0 3 10.7 16.7 Vince Ferragamo LA 20 7 35.0 114 5.70 16.3 0 0.0 2 10.0 15.4 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 288 1,373 4.8 13 Walter Payton CHI 317 1,305 4.1 10 Delvin Williams MIA 267 1,252 4.7 8 Tony Dorsett DAL 261 1,204 4.6 6 Wilbert Montgomery PHI 234 1,090 4.7 7 Terdell Middleton GB 267 1,078 4.0 10 Franco Harris PIT 298 1,061 3.6 7 Mark van Eeghen OAK 242 988 4.1 8 John Riggins WAS 238 970 4.1 5 Terry Miller BUF 223 937 4.2 6 Tony Reed KC 195 932 4.8 4 Roland Harper CHI 218 918 4.2 6 Kevin Long NYJ 205 914 4.5 10 Joe Washington BAL 219 886 4.0 0 Dexter Bussey DET 206 873 4.2 3 Lydell Mitchell SD 206 785 3.8 3 Greg Pruitt CLE 154 778 5.1 2 David Sims SEA 174 752 4.3 14 Sherman Smith SEA 152 738 4.9 6 Sam Cunningham NE 189 735 3.9 8 Chuck Foreman MIN 224 708 3.2 5 Bubba Bean ATL 193 707 3.7 3 Ricky Bell TB 185 679 3.7 6 Andy Johnson NE 147 675 4.6 3 Scott Dierking NYJ 165 673 4.1 4
Receiving Team(s) Att Yards Avg TD Rickey Young MIN 81 639 7.9 4 Tony Galbreath NO 69 547 7.9 2 Steve Largent SEA 68 1,087 16.0 7 Ahmad Rashad MIN 61 654 10.7 6 Lynn Swann PIT 60 875 14.6 11 Dave Casper OAK 60 823 13.7 9 Chuck Foreman MIN 57 370 6.5 2 Pat Tilley STL 55 795 14.5 2 Lydell Mitchell SD 54 485 9.0 2 Harold Carmichael PHI 52 1,015 19.5 8 Sammy White MIN 52 723 13.9 9 John Jefferson SD 50 852 17.0 11 Riley Odoms DEN 50 746 14.9 5 David Hill DET 49 570 11.6 4 Walter Payton CHI 49 473 9.7 0 Willie Miller LA 48 730 15.2 4 Tony Reed KC 48 483 10.1 1 Horace King DET 48 396 8.2 2 Henry Childs NO 47 789 16.8 3 Wesley Walker NYJ 46 1,134 24.7 8 Ron Jessie LA 46 686 14.9 4 Nat Moore MIA 46 602 13.1 9 Cliff Branch OAK 45 664 14.8 1 Preston Pearson DAL 45 503 11.2 0 Mel Gray STL 44 871 19.8 1
Kick Returns Team(s) Att Yards Avg TD Keith Wright CLE 25 695 27.8 0 Steve Odom GB 25 677 27.1 1 Artie Owens SD 20 524 26.2 0 Eddie Payton KC 28 728 26.0 0 Joe Washington BAL 16 413 25.8 1 Tony Green WAS 32 812 25.4 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 Al Hunter SEA 15 365 24.3 0 Rufus Crawford SEA 33 785 23.8 0 Dennis Pearson ATL 23 545 23.7 0 Raymond Clayborn NE 27 636 23.6 0 Wes Chandler NO 31 727 23.5 0 Bruce Harper NYJ 50 1,170 23.4 0
Punt Returns Team(s) Att Yards Avg TD Rick Upchurch DEN 36 493 13.7 1 Keith Moody BUF 17 232 13.6 1 Bruce Harper NYJ 29 369 12.7 1 Jackie Wallace LA 48 580 12.1 0 Tony Green WAS 39 431 11.1 1 Eddie Payton KC 31 340 11.0 0 Mike Fuller SD 32 344 10.8 0 Stanley Morgan NE 30 318 10.6 0 Jesse Thompson DET 16 161 10.1 0 Willard Harrell STL 21 196 9.3 1 Steve Odom GB 33 298 9.0 0 Ronnie Coleman HOU 16 142 8.9 0 Danny Reece TB 41 356 8.7 0 Billy Ryckman ATL 26 224 8.6 0 Jimmy Cefalo MIA 26 213 8.2 0
Punting Team(s) Punts Yards Avg Pat McInally CIN 88 3,808 43.3 Ray Guy OAK 75 3,227 43.0 Tom Skladany DET 79 3,344 42.3 Dave Jennings NYG 90 3,793 42.1 Tom Blanchard NO 80 3,364 42.0 Danny White DAL 71 2,916 41.1 Dave Green TB 91 3,731 41.0 Zenon Andrusyshyn KC 75 3,072 41.0 Chuck Ramsey NYJ 67 2,723 40.6 George Roberts MIA 76 3,063 40.3 Rick Engles PHI 33 1,307 39.6 Mike Bragg WAS 96 3,788 39.5 Greg Coleman MIN 47 1,852 39.4 Craig Colquitt PIT 60 2,364 39.4 Rusty Jackson BUF 80 3,139 39.2 Cliff Parsley HOU 83 3,232 38.9 John James ATL 105 4,088 38.9 Johnny Evans CLE 75 2,916 38.9 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 28/42 27/29 111 Pat Leahy NYJ 22/30 40/41 106 Garo Yepremian MIA 18/22 39/42 93 Don Cockroft CLE 18/27 36/38 90 Rafael Septien DAL 15/25 43/44 88 Joe Danelo NYG 20/28 27/29 87 Mark Moseley WAS 18/29 29/30 83 Rolf Benirschke SD 17/21 31/37 82 Jan Stenerud KC 19/29 23/24 80 Benny Ricardo DET 16/24 29/30 77 Roy Gerela PIT 12/25 41/42 77 Bob Thomas CHI 17/21 24/26 75 Efren Herrera SEA 12/19 38/41 74 Rick Danmeier MIN 12/19 34/34 70 Ray Wersching SF 15/22 22/23 67 Toni Fritsch HOU 13/17 28/29 67 Tom Dempsey BUF 10/13 33/35 63 Chester Marcol GB 11/19 28/28 61 Errol Mann OAK 10/18 30/35 60 Neil O'Donoghue TB 12/22 24/28 60

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