NFL leaders as of 12/24/1978:
Team Rankings:
| Rush Pass Total Offense Games Yds/Gm Yds/Gm Yds/Gm 1 NE 16 197.8 175.0 372.8 2 DAL 16 173.9 198.5 372.4 3 SEA 16 149.6 194.8 344.4 4 SD 16 131.0 210.9 341.9 5 CLE 16 155.5 178.7 334.2 6 LA 16 144.2 179.6 323.9 7 STL 16 122.1 198.2 320.3 8 NO 16 115.3 196.9 312.2 9 PIT 16 143.6 168.7 312.2 10 OAK 16 136.6 170.4 307.1 11 CIN 16 133.2 171.3 304.5 12 NYJ 16 140.6 162.9 303.6 13 MIA 16 147.9 154.3 302.2 14 DEN 16 153.2 148.6 301.8 15 KC 16 186.6 114.6 301.2 16 HOU 16 154.8 146.1 300.9 17 MIN 16 96.0 202.7 298.7 18 PHI 16 153.5 137.3 290.8 19 WAS 16 130.1 160.3 290.4 20 BUF 16 148.8 140.6 289.4 21 DET 16 135.2 143.9 279.1 22 CHI 16 157.9 120.8 278.7 23 NYG 16 144.0 134.1 278.1 24 GB 16 126.4 130.2 256.7 25 BAL 16 127.8 128.9 256.7 26 ATL 16 103.8 150.1 253.9 27 SF 16 130.7 122.2 252.9 28 TB 16 131.1 106.4 237.6 |
| Rush Pass Total Defense Games Yds/Gm Yds/Gm Yds/Gm 1 LA 16 115.3 128.0 243.3 2 DAL 16 107.6 143.0 250.6 3 PIT 16 110.9 149.6 260.5 4 TB 16 128.1 142.4 270.5 5 ATL 16 129.2 147.8 276.9 6 DEN 16 123.7 154.4 278.1 7 DET 16 136.5 143.7 280.2 8 SD 16 138.0 146.9 284.9 9 NE 16 115.8 172.7 288.4 10 CIN 16 149.8 139.8 289.5 11 PHI 16 116.4 173.3 289.7 12 CHI 16 135.8 156.6 292.4 13 STL 16 149.8 146.9 296.7 14 MIN 16 132.2 168.1 300.4 15 NO 16 151.2 154.0 305.2 16 OAK 16 136.4 169.4 305.9 17 WAS 16 158.5 148.6 307.1 18 HOU 16 129.5 177.6 307.1 19 GB 16 152.4 157.8 310.2 20 KC 16 149.1 161.4 310.5 21 SF 16 147.7 166.2 313.9 22 NYG 16 166.1 149.1 315.2 23 MIA 16 141.3 181.8 323.1 24 BUF 16 201.8 122.5 324.2 25 CLE 16 134.3 200.2 334.5 26 SEA 16 157.1 187.8 344.9 27 NYJ 16 168.8 176.4 345.2 28 BAL 16 188.1 181.3 369.4 |
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
Dan Fouts SD 381 224 58.8 2,999 7.87 13.4 24 6.3 20 5.2 83.0
Bob Griese MIA 235 148 63.0 1,791 7.62 12.1 11 4.7 11 4.7 82.4
Archie Manning NO 471 291 61.8 3,416 7.25 11.7 17 3.6 16 3.4 81.7
Brian Sipe CLE 399 222 55.6 2,906 7.28 13.1 21 5.3 15 3.8 80.7
Craig Morton DEN 267 146 54.7 1,802 6.75 12.3 11 4.1 8 3.0 77.0
Gary Danielson DET 351 199 56.7 2,294 6.54 11.5 18 5.1 17 4.8 73.5
Jim Zorn SEA 443 248 56.0 3,283 7.41 13.2 15 3.4 20 4.5 72.1
Joe Ferguson BUF 330 175 53.0 2,136 6.47 12.2 16 4.8 15 4.5 70.5
Dan Pastorini HOU 368 199 54.1 2,473 6.72 12.4 16 4.3 17 4.6 70.4
Fran Tarkenton MIN 572 345 60.3 3,468 6.06 10.1 25 4.4 32 5.6 68.9
Ron Jaworski PHI 398 206 51.8 2,487 6.25 12.1 16 4.0 16 4.0 67.9
Jim Hart STL 477 240 50.3 3,121 6.54 13.0 16 3.4 18 3.8 66.7
Pat Haden LA 444 229 51.6 2,995 6.75 13.1 13 2.9 19 4.3 65.1
Steve Grogan NE 362 181 50.0 2,824 7.80 15.6 15 4.1 23 6.4 63.6
Matt Robinson NYJ 266 124 46.6 2,002 7.53 16.1 13 4.9 16 6.0 63.5
Ken Stabler OAK 406 237 58.4 2,944 7.25 12.4 16 3.9 30 7.4 63.3
Joe Theismann WAS 390 187 47.9 2,593 6.65 13.9 13 3.3 18 4.6 61.6
Steve Bartkowski ATL 369 187 50.7 2,489 6.75 13.3 10 2.7 18 4.9 61.1
David Whitehurst GB 328 168 51.2 2,093 6.38 12.5 10 3.0 17 5.2 59.9
Ken Anderson CIN 319 173 54.2 2,219 6.96 12.8 10 3.1 22 6.9 58.0
Mike Livingston KC 290 159 54.8 1,573 5.42 9.9 5 1.7 13 4.5 57.4
Bob Avellini CHI 264 141 53.4 1,718 6.51 12.2 5 1.9 16 6.1 54.8
Bill Troup BAL 296 154 52.0 1,882 6.36 12.2 10 3.4 21 7.1 53.6
Doug Williams TB 194 73 37.6 1,170 6.03 16.0 7 3.6 8 4.1 53.4
Joe Pisarcik NYG 301 143 47.5 2,096 6.96 14.7 12 4.0 23 7.6 52.1
Steve DeBerg SF 302 137 45.4 1,570 5.20 11.5 8 2.6 22 7.3 40.0
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 34 20 58.8 215 6.32 10.8 0 0.0 1 2.9 65.2
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 12 5 41.7 90 7.50 18.0 1 8.3 1 8.3 61.1
David Humm OAK 26 14 53.8 151 5.81 10.8 0 0.0 1 3.8 55.1
Mike Rae TB 118 57 48.3 705 5.97 12.4 4 3.4 7 5.9 53.8
John Reaves CIN 144 74 51.4 790 5.49 10.7 3 2.1 8 5.6 51.6
Pat Ryan NYJ 14 9 64.3 106 7.57 11.8 0 0.0 2 14.3 47.6
Tom Owen NE 26 15 57.7 182 7.00 12.1 0 0.0 2 7.7 47.3
June Jones ATL 79 34 43.0 394 4.99 11.6 1 1.3 4 5.1 41.9
Freddie Solomon SF 10 5 50.0 85 8.50 17.0 0 0.0 1 10.0 39.6
Randy Dean NYG 39 19 48.7 188 4.82 9.9 1 2.6 3 7.7 39.3
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
James Harris SD 88 42 47.7 518 5.89 12.3 2 2.3 9 10.2 34.4
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
Steve Myer SEA 22 11 50.0 94 4.27 8.5 0 0.0 2 9.1 23.7
Scott Bull SF 121 48 39.7 651 5.38 13.6 1 0.8 11 9.1 22.4
Mark Miller CLE 39 13 33.3 212 5.44 16.3 1 2.6 4 10.3 21.5
Mike Kruczek PIT 11 5 45.5 46 4.18 9.2 0 0.0 2 18.2 17.8
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
Steve Pisarkiewicz STL 29 10 34.5 164 5.66 16.4 0 0.0 3 10.3 14.8
Rushing Team(s) Att Yards Avg TD
Earl Campbell HOU 302 1,450 4.8 13
Walter Payton CHI 333 1,395 4.2 11
Tony Dorsett DAL 290 1,325 4.6 7
Delvin Williams MIA 272 1,258 4.6 8
Wilbert Montgomery PHI 259 1,220 4.7 9
Terdell Middleton GB 284 1,116 3.9 11
Franco Harris PIT 310 1,082 3.5 8
Mark van Eeghen OAK 270 1,080 4.0 9
Terry Miller BUF 238 1,060 4.5 7
Tony Reed KC 206 1,053 5.1 5
John Riggins WAS 248 1,014 4.1 5
Roland Harper CHI 240 992 4.1 6
Greg Pruitt CLE 176 960 5.5 3
Joe Washington BAL 240 956 4.0 0
Kevin Long NYJ 214 954 4.5 10
Dexter Bussey DET 225 924 4.1 5
Lydell Mitchell SD 214 820 3.8 3
Sherman Smith SEA 165 805 4.9 6
Sam Cunningham NE 199 768 3.9 8
Pete Johnson CIN 180 762 4.2 7
David Sims SEA 174 752 4.3 14
Chuck Foreman MIN 237 749 3.2 5
Bubba Bean ATL 193 707 3.7 3
Horace Ivory NE 141 693 4.9 11
Scott Dierking NYJ 170 681 4.0 4
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Receiving Team(s) Att Yards Avg TD
Rickey Young MIN 88 704 8.0 5
Tony Galbreath NO 74 582 7.9 2
Steve Largent SEA 71 1,168 16.5 8
Ahmad Rashad MIN 66 769 11.7 8
Pat Tilley STL 62 900 14.5 3
Dave Casper OAK 62 852 13.7 9
Lynn Swann PIT 61 880 14.4 11
Chuck Foreman MIN 61 396 6.5 2
Lydell Mitchell SD 57 500 8.8 2
John Jefferson SD 56 1,001 17.9 13
Harold Carmichael PHI 55 1,072 19.5 8
Riley Odoms DEN 54 829 15.4 6
Henry Childs NO 53 869 16.4 4
Sammy White MIN 53 741 14.0 9
David Hill DET 53 633 11.9 4
Willie Miller LA 50 767 15.3 5
Walter Payton CHI 50 480 9.6 0
Ron Jessie LA 49 752 15.3 4
Cliff Branch OAK 49 709 14.5 1
Wesley Walker NYJ 48 1,169 24.4 8
Nat Moore MIA 48 645 13.4 10
Tony Reed KC 48 483 10.1 1
Horace King DET 48 396 8.2 2
Isaac Curtis CIN 47 737 15.7 3
Ken Burrough HOU 47 624 13.3 2
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Kick Returns Team(s) Att Yards Avg TD
Steve Odom GB 25 677 27.1 1
Dennis Pearson ATL 25 662 26.5 1
Keith Wright CLE 30 789 26.3 0
Joe Washington BAL 19 499 26.3 1
Artie Owens SD 20 524 26.2 0
Eddie Payton KC 30 775 25.8 0
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 32 780 24.4 0
Al Hunter SEA 16 385 24.1 0
Wes Chandler NO 32 760 23.8 0
Rufus Crawford SEA 35 829 23.7 0
Raymond Clayborn NE 27 636 23.6 0
Bruce Harper NYJ 55 1,280 23.3 0
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Punt Returns Team(s) Att Yards Avg TD
Rick Upchurch DEN 36 493 13.7 1
Keith Moody BUF 19 240 12.6 1
Bruce Harper NYJ 30 378 12.6 1
Jackie Wallace LA 52 618 11.9 0
Eddie Payton KC 32 364 11.4 0
Mike Fuller SD 39 436 11.2 0
Tony Green WAS 42 443 10.5 1
Stanley Morgan NE 32 335 10.5 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
Danny Reece TB 44 393 8.9 0
Ronnie Coleman HOU 16 142 8.9 0
Steve Schubert CHI 27 229 8.5 1
Rufus Crawford SEA 34 284 8.4 0
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Punting Team(s) Punts Yards Avg
Pat McInally CIN 91 3,919 43.1
Ray Guy OAK 81 3,462 42.7
Tom Skladany DET 86 3,654 42.5
Dave Jennings NYG 95 3,995 42.1
Tom Blanchard NO 84 3,532 42.0
Zenon Andrusyshyn KC 79 3,247 41.1
Dave Green TB 100 4,092 40.9
Danny White DAL 76 3,076 40.5
George Roberts MIA 81 3,263 40.3
Chuck Ramsey NYJ 74 2,964 40.1
Craig Colquitt PIT 66 2,642 40.0
Rick Engles PHI 33 1,307 39.6
Mike Bragg WAS 103 4,056 39.4
Johnny Evans CLE 79 3,089 39.1
Greg Coleman MIN 51 1,991 39.0
Cliff Parsley HOU 91 3,539 38.9
John James ATL 109 4,227 38.8
Rusty Jackson BUF 87 3,373 38.8
David Lee BAL 92 3,513 38.2
Steve Little STL 46 1,749 38.0
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Kicking Team(s) FG PAT Pts
Frank Corral LA 29/43 31/33 118
Pat Leahy NYJ 22/30 41/42 107
Garo Yepremian MIA 19/23 41/45 98
Don Cockroft CLE 19/28 37/40 94
Rafael Septien DAL 16/26 46/47 94
Benny Ricardo DET 20/28 32/33 92
Rolf Benirschke SD 18/22 37/43 91
Joe Danelo NYG 21/29 27/29 90
Mark Moseley WAS 19/30 30/31 87
Jan Stenerud KC 20/30 25/26 85
Roy Gerela PIT 12/26 44/45 80
Efren Herrera SEA 13/21 40/44 79
Bob Thomas CHI 17/22 26/28 77
Toni Fritsch HOU 14/18 31/32 73
Rick Danmeier MIN 12/19 36/37 72
Chris Bahr CIN 16/30 23/26 71
Errol Mann OAK 12/20 33/38 69
Ray Wersching SF 15/23 24/25 69
Tom Dempsey BUF 10/13 36/38 66
Jim Turner DEN 11/22 31/35 64
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