Saturday December 16, 1978
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

NFL leaders as of 12/16/1978:



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 NYJ 15 145.5 169.2 314.7 8 STL 15 125.0 188.2 313.2 9 PIT 16 143.6 168.7 312.2 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 16 153.2 148.6 301.8 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 WAS 16 130.1 160.3 290.4 20 PHI 15 147.9 142.2 290.1 21 DET 15 139.6 143.3 282.9 22 NYG 15 150.4 131.3 281.7 23 CHI 16 157.9 120.8 278.7 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 DAL 15 110.2 147.9 258.1 3 TB 15 125.2 135.3 260.5 4 PIT 16 110.9 149.6 260.5 5 ATL 15 132.5 134.4 266.9 6 DET 15 130.2 144.1 274.3 7 DEN 16 123.7 154.4 278.1 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 16 135.8 156.6 292.4 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 WAS 16 158.5 148.6 307.1 19 GB 15 150.7 160.2 310.9 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
Terry Bradshaw        PIT       368  207   56.2  2,915   7.92  14.1  28   7.6   20   5.4    84.7
Archie Manning        NO        435  266   61.1  3,166   7.28  11.9  16   3.7   14   3.2    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       267  146   54.7  1,802   6.75  12.3  11   4.1    8   3.0    77.0
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
Ken Stabler           OAK       391  228   58.3  2,856   7.30  12.5  15   3.8   30   7.7    61.9
Joe Theismann         WAS       390  187   47.9  2,593   6.65  13.9  13   3.3   18   4.6    61.6
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
Norris Weese          DEN        87   55   63.2    723   8.31  13.1   4   4.6    5   5.7    80.8
Greg Landry           DET        77   48   62.3    452   5.87   9.4   1   1.3    1   1.3    77.4
Billy Kilmer          WAS        46   23   50.0    316   6.87  13.7   4   8.7    3   6.5    74.2
Danny White           DAL        10    5   50.0     59   5.90  11.8   0   0.0    0   0.0    68.3
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
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        83   44   53.0    465   5.60  10.6   2   2.4   10  12.0    38.1
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
Mike Kruczek          PIT        11    5   45.5     46   4.18   9.2   0   0.0    2  18.2    17.8
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
Walter Payton         CHI       333  1,395    4.2   11
Earl Campbell         HOU       288  1,373    4.8   13
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
Franco Harris         PIT       310  1,082    3.5    8
Terdell Middleton     GB        267  1,078    4.0   10
John Riggins          WAS       248  1,014    4.1    5
Roland Harper         CHI       240    992    4.1    6
Mark van Eeghen       OAK       242    988    4.1    8
Terry Miller          BUF       223    937    4.2    6
Tony Reed             KC        195    932    4.8    4
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
Lynn Swann            PIT        61    880   14.4   11
Ahmad Rashad          MIN        61    654   10.7    6
Dave Casper           OAK        60    823   13.7    9
Chuck Foreman         MIN        57    370    6.5    2
Pat Tilley            STL        55    795   14.5    2
Riley Odoms           DEN        54    829   15.4    6
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
Walter Payton         CHI        50    480    9.6    0
David Hill            DET        49    570   11.6    4
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        34    870   25.6    1
Curtis Brown          BUF        17    428   25.2    1
Larry Anderson        PIT        37    930   25.1    1
Johnnie Dirden        HOU        25    622   24.9    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
George Ragsdale       TB         24    555   23.1    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
Eddie Payton          KC         31    340   11.0    0
Mike Fuller           SD         32    344   10.8    0
Stanley Morgan        NE         30    318   10.6    0
Tony Green            WAS        42    443   10.5    1
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
Steve Schubert        CHI        27    229    8.5    1
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
Craig Colquitt        PIT        66     2,642   40.0
Rick Engles           PHI        33     1,307   39.6
Greg Coleman          MIN        47     1,852   39.4
Mike Bragg            WAS       103     4,056   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       19/30    30/31    87
Rolf Benirschke       SD        17/21    31/37    82
Jan Stenerud          KC        19/29    23/24    80
Roy Gerela            PIT       12/26    44/45    80
Benny Ricardo         DET       16/24    29/30    77
Bob Thomas            CHI       17/22    26/28    77
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
Jim Turner            DEN       11/22    31/35    64
Tom Dempsey           BUF       10/13    33/35    63
Chester Marcol        GB        11/19    28/28    61
Errol Mann            OAK       10/18    30/35    60


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