Thursday September 6, 1979
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

NFL leaders as of 09/06/1979:



Team Rankings:
Rush Pass Total Offense Games Yds/Gm Yds/Gm Yds/Gm 1 ATL 1 257.0 295.0 552.0 2 NO 1 188.0 324.0 512.0 3 DAL 1 161.0 294.0 455.0 4 CLE 1 131.0 292.0 423.0 5 MIN 1 110.0 287.0 397.0 6 NYJ 1 229.0 161.0 390.0 7 HOU 1 199.0 166.0 365.0 8 SD 1 139.0 217.0 356.0 9 SF 1 98.0 254.0 352.0 10 STL 1 237.0 105.0 342.0 11 TB 1 229.0 105.0 334.0 12 SEA 1 181.0 153.0 334.0 13 PHI 1 154.0 161.0 315.0 14 PIT 1 118.0 191.0 309.0 15 LA 2 109.5 199.0 308.5 16 BAL 1 83.0 225.0 308.0 17 CHI 1 183.0 117.0 300.0 18 MIA 1 175.0 118.0 293.0 19 DEN 2 136.0 153.0 289.0 20 NYG 1 63.0 222.0 285.0 21 WAS 1 142.0 104.0 246.0 22 NE 1 162.0 82.0 244.0 23 OAK 1 130.0 110.0 240.0 24 CIN 1 95.0 137.0 232.0 25 DET 1 142.0 89.0 231.0 26 KC 1 166.0 45.0 211.0 27 GB 1 77.0 72.0 149.0 28 BUF 1 45.0 76.0 121.0
Rush Pass Total Defense Games Yds/Gm Yds/Gm Yds/Gm 1 MIA 1 45.0 76.0 121.0 2 CHI 1 77.0 72.0 149.0 3 LA 2 101.5 108.0 209.5 4 BAL 1 166.0 45.0 211.0 5 TB 1 142.0 89.0 231.0 6 PIT 1 162.0 82.0 244.0 7 HOU 1 142.0 104.0 246.0 8 DEN 2 95.5 159.0 254.5 9 PHI 1 63.0 222.0 285.0 10 BUF 1 175.0 118.0 293.0 11 GB 1 183.0 117.0 300.0 12 KC 1 83.0 225.0 308.0 13 NE 1 118.0 191.0 309.0 14 NYG 1 154.0 161.0 315.0 15 DET 1 229.0 105.0 334.0 16 SD 1 181.0 153.0 334.0 17 OAK 1 123.0 217.0 340.0 18 DAL 1 237.0 105.0 342.0 19 MIN 1 98.0 254.0 352.0 20 SEA 1 139.0 217.0 356.0 21 WAS 1 199.0 166.0 365.0 22 CLE 1 229.0 161.0 390.0 23 SF 1 110.0 287.0 397.0 24 CIN 1 199.0 200.0 399.0 25 NYJ 1 131.0 292.0 423.0 26 STL 1 161.0 294.0 455.0 27 ATL 1 188.0 324.0 512.0 28 NO 1 257.0 295.0 552.0
                                                          Per   Per
Passing               Team(s)   Att  Cmp    Pct  Yards    Att   Cmp  TD   TD%  Int  Int%  Rating
Tommy Kramer          MIN        34   21   61.8    297   8.74  14.1   4  11.8    0   0.0   129.2
Ron Jaworski          PHI        21   12   57.1    186   8.86  15.5   2   9.5    0   0.0   118.4
Steve Bartkowski      ATL        38   22   57.9    312   8.21  14.2   3   7.9    1   2.6    99.9
Terry Bradshaw        PIT        26   15   57.7    221   8.50  14.7   1   3.8    0   0.0    98.4
Ken Stabler           OAK        26   11   42.3    130   5.00  11.8   3  11.5    0   0.0    96.6
Norris Weese          DEN        38   21   55.3    302   7.95  14.4   1   2.6    0   0.0    90.0
Roger Staubach        DAL        34   20   58.8    269   7.91  13.4   0   0.0    0   0.0    84.1
Archie Manning        NO         29   14   48.3    284   9.79  20.3   1   3.4    1   3.4    80.2
Dan Fouts             SD         30   21   70.0    224   7.47  10.7   0   0.0    1   3.3    77.6
Ken Anderson          CIN        27   17   63.0    148   5.48   8.7   0   0.0    0   0.0    77.4
Steve DeBerg          SF         42   29   69.0    262   6.24   9.0   1   2.4    2   4.8    73.7
Brian Sipe            CLE        36   21   58.3    302   8.39  14.4   2   5.6    3   8.3    69.4
Joe Pisarcik          NYG        40   20   50.0    274   6.85  13.7   2   5.0    2   5.0    68.1
Pat Haden             LA         73   44   60.3    420   5.75   9.5   1   1.4    3   4.1    63.7
David Whitehurst      GB         24   10   41.7    114   4.75  11.4   0   0.0    0   0.0    56.6
Mike Phipps           CHI        25   15   60.0    117   4.68   7.8   0   0.0    1   4.0    54.9
Bob Griese            MIA        27   14   51.9    139   5.15   9.9   0   0.0    1   3.7    51.3
Bert Jones            BAL        26   14   53.8    120   4.62   8.6   0   0.0    1   3.8    50.2
Jim Hart              STL        29   12   41.4    112   3.86   9.3   2   6.9    2   6.9    46.9
Matt Robinson         NYJ        31   17   54.8    191   6.16  11.2   0   0.0    2   6.5    46.6
Jeff Komlo            DET        21    5   23.8     45   2.14   9.0   0   0.0    0   0.0    39.6
Jim Zorn              SEA        28   16   57.1    153   5.46   9.6   0   0.0    3  10.7    32.9
Dan Pastorini         HOU        30   12   40.0    176   5.87  14.7   1   3.3    3  10.0    31.4
Steve Grogan          NE         33   11   33.3    123   3.73  11.2   1   3.0    2   6.1    30.2


Others (10 or more attempts): Per Per Passing Team(s) Att Cmp Pct Yards Att Cmp TD TD% Int Int% Rating Doug Williams TB 16 4 25.0 99 6.19 24.8 2 12.5 0 0.0 92.4 Joe Theismann WAS 14 7 50.0 123 8.79 17.6 2 14.3 1 7.1 90.2 Joe Reed DET 15 8 53.3 61 4.07 7.6 1 6.7 0 0.0 85.7 Greg Landry BAL 17 10 58.8 130 7.65 13.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 83.0 Mike Livingston KC 18 9 50.0 79 4.39 8.8 0 0.0 0 0.0 62.0 Joe Ferguson BUF 13 7 53.8 85 6.54 12.1 0 0.0 1 7.7 42.1 Craig Morton DEN 11 5 45.5 58 5.27 11.6 0 0.0 1 9.1 24.1
Rushing Team(s) Att Yards Avg TD Ottis Anderson STL 21 193 9.2 1 William Andrews ATL 30 167 5.6 1 Earl Campbell HOU 32 166 5.2 2 Chuck Muncie NO 22 161 7.3 2 Walter Payton CHI 36 125 3.5 0 Jerry Eckwood TB 20 121 6.0 0 Robert Newhouse DAL 18 108 6.0 1 Sherman Smith SEA 18 95 5.3 2 Scott Dierking NYJ 14 94 6.7 0 Lawrence McCutcheon LA 28 93 3.3 0 Wilbert Montgomery PHI 17 90 5.3 0 Larry Csonka MIA 16 87 5.4 1 Jim Jensen DEN 21 84 4.0 0 Greg Pruitt CLE 20 81 4.0 0 Ted McKnight KC 10 79 7.9 2 Dave Preston DEN 17 76 4.5 1 Franco Harris PIT 26 74 2.8 0 Clarence Williams SD 14 73 5.2 2 Cullen Bryant LA 24 71 3.0 0 Kevin Long NYJ 21 69 3.3 1 Arthur Whittington OAK 13 67 5.2 0 Bubba Bean ATL 14 65 4.6 0 Joe Washington BAL 16 63 3.9 0 Sam Cunningham NE 17 62 3.6 0 Benny Malone WAS 17 58 3.4 1
Receiving Team(s) Att Yards Avg TD Joe Washington BAL 13 130 10.0 0 Lawrence McCutcheon LA 8 45 5.6 0 Rick Upchurch DEN 7 164 23.4 0 Ahmad Rashad MIN 7 152 21.7 4 Alfred Jenkins ATL 7 131 18.7 1 Willie Miller LA 7 107 15.3 1 Cullen Bryant LA 7 59 8.4 0 Wendell Tyler LA 7 43 6.1 0 Mike Hogan SF 7 39 5.6 0 Wes Chandler NO 6 205 34.2 1 Dave Logan CLE 6 115 19.2 0 Riley Odoms DEN 6 79 13.2 0 Ken Johnson NYG 6 43 7.2 0 Dave Preston DEN 6 38 6.3 1 Clarence Williams SD 6 30 5.0 0 Tony Hill DAL 5 113 22.6 1 Drew Pearson DAL 5 99 19.8 0 John Stallworth PIT 5 95 19.0 0 Ike Harris NO 5 68 13.6 1 Don Bass CIN 5 66 13.2 0 Wallace Francis ATL 5 65 13.0 2 Wesley Walker NYJ 5 65 13.0 0 Russ Francis NE 5 53 10.6 1 Don McCauley BAL 5 49 9.8 0 David Hill DET 5 48 9.6 1
Kick Returns Team(s) Att Yards Avg TD Keith Wright CLE 3 129 43.0 0 Leonard Thompson DET 2 81 40.5 0 Nesby Glasgow BAL 3 98 32.7 0 Jimmy Edwards MIN 4 119 29.8 0 Larry Anderson PIT 3 85 28.3 0 Wade Manning DAL 3 83 27.7 0 Ricky Feacher CLE 2 51 25.5 0 Wally Henry PHI 2 51 25.5 0 Ira Matthews OAK 2 49 24.5 0 Willard Harrell STL 4 97 24.2 0 Tony Leonard DET 3 70 23.3 0 Jeff Moore SEA 2 46 23.0 0 Wes Chandler NO 3 67 22.3 0 Bruce Harper NYJ 6 133 22.2 0 Allan Clark NE 3 64 21.3 0
Punt Returns Team(s) Att Yards Avg TD Buddy Hardeman WAS 3 91 30.3 0 Keith Moody BUF 2 30 15.0 0 Leonard Thompson DET 2 27 13.5 0 Wally Henry PHI 5 63 12.6 0 Rick Upchurch DEN 5 59 11.8 0 Mike Fuller SD 3 29 9.7 0 Ira Matthews OAK 2 19 9.5 0 J.T. Smith KC 6 55 9.2 0 Billy Ryckman ATL 2 16 8.0 0 Tony Nathan MIA 3 22 7.3 0 Wes Chandler NO 2 14 7.0 0 Len Walterscheid CHI 5 34 6.8 0 Eddie Brown LA 7 46 6.6 0 Freddie Solomon SF 2 13 6.5 0 Danny Reece TB 8 42 5.2 0
Punting Team(s) Punts Yards Avg Dan Melville SF 4 186 46.5 Bob Grupp KC 11 511 46.5 Dave Jennings NYG 6 267 44.5 Larry Swider DET 8 346 43.2 Chuck Ramsey NYJ 5 214 42.8 Luke Prestridge DEN 13 543 41.8 David Beverly GB 6 249 41.5 Bucky Dilts BAL 10 413 41.3 Bob Parsons CHI 4 164 41.0 Ray Guy OAK 8 323 40.4 George Roberts MIA 5 201 40.2 Craig Colquitt PIT 7 281 40.1 Pat McInally CIN 5 199 39.8 Eddie Hare NE 9 357 39.7 Rusty Jackson BUF 6 238 39.7 Danny White DAL 5 195 39.0 Ken Clark LA 13 501 38.5 Steve Little STL 6 229 38.2 Russell Erxleben NO 4 148 37.0 Mike Bragg WAS 4 146 36.5
Kicking Team(s) FG PAT Pts Rolf Benirschke SD 4/ 4 3/ 3 15 Don Cockroft CLE 4/ 4 1/ 2 13 Frank Corral LA 3/ 4 3/ 3 12 Toni Fritsch HOU 3/ 3 2/ 3 11 Pat Leahy NYJ 3/ 5 1/ 2 10 Rafael Septien DAL 3/ 4 1/ 1 10 Ray Wersching SF 3/ 4 1/ 2 10 Russell Erxleben NO 2/ 2 4/ 4 10 Tim Mazzetti ATL 2/ 3 4/ 4 10 Mark Moseley WAS 2/ 3 3/ 3 9 John Smith NE 2/ 2 1/ 1 7 Neil O'Donoghue TB 1/ 2 4/ 4 7 Bob Thomas CHI 2/ 3 0/ 0 6 Jim Breech OAK 1/ 1 3/ 3 6 Jim Turner DEN 1/ 2 2/ 2 5 Joe Danelo NYG 1/ 2 2/ 2 5 Tony Franklin PHI 1/ 1 2/ 3 5 Efren Herrera SEA 1/ 1 1/ 2 4 Matt Bahr PIT 1/ 2 1/ 2 4 Rick Danmeier MIN 0/ 0 4/ 4 4

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