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Saturday December 30, 1978
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NFL leaders as of 12/30/1978:



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 PIT 16 143.6 168.7 312.2 9 NO 16 115.3 196.9 312.2 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 BAL 16 127.8 128.9 256.7 25 GB 16 126.4 130.2 256.7 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 HOU 16 129.5 177.6 307.1 18 WAS 16 158.5 148.6 307.1 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
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
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
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
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
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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