Monday September 10, 1979
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NFL leaders as of 09/10/1979:



Team Rankings:
Rush Pass Total Offense Games Yds/Gm Yds/Gm Yds/Gm 1 NO 2 186.5 306.5 493.0 2 NE 2 197.0 223.5 420.5 3 CLE 2 147.5 265.0 412.5 4 DAL 2 129.5 271.5 401.0 5 ATL 2 201.0 198.5 399.5 6 SD 2 139.5 213.0 352.5 7 STL 2 213.0 132.0 345.0 8 SEA 2 150.0 189.5 339.5 9 SF 2 80.5 242.5 323.0 10 CHI 2 209.5 105.0 314.5 11 TB 2 163.5 150.5 314.0 12 LA 2 109.5 199.0 308.5 13 MIA 2 146.0 158.0 304.0 14 DET 2 179.5 123.0 302.5 15 DEN 2 136.0 153.0 289.0 16 BUF 2 127.0 161.0 288.0 17 CIN 2 114.5 169.0 283.5 18 WAS 2 162.0 121.5 283.5 19 PIT 2 100.0 182.5 282.5 20 MIN 2 99.0 179.0 278.0 21 PHI 2 105.5 172.5 278.0 22 NYJ 2 159.0 103.0 262.0 23 OAK 2 113.5 148.0 261.5 24 BAL 2 87.5 169.5 257.0 25 HOU 2 150.5 94.0 244.5 26 KC 2 133.5 96.0 229.5 27 GB 2 135.5 93.5 229.0 28 NYG 2 51.5 155.0 206.5
Rush Pass Total Defense Games Yds/Gm Yds/Gm Yds/Gm 1 CHI 2 82.5 71.5 154.0 2 PIT 2 132.0 52.0 184.0 3 LA 2 101.5 108.0 209.5 4 TB 2 117.0 101.5 218.5 5 NE 2 103.5 118.0 221.5 6 MIA 2 82.0 151.0 233.0 7 HOU 2 112.0 139.0 251.0 8 BAL 2 132.0 120.5 252.5 9 DEN 2 95.5 159.0 254.5 10 PHI 2 104.0 162.0 266.0 11 STL 2 100.5 191.0 291.5 12 SD 2 139.0 169.5 308.5 13 BUF 2 154.5 159.5 314.0 14 DAL 2 150.0 168.0 318.0 15 CLE 2 165.0 154.0 319.0 16 DET 2 205.5 122.0 327.5 17 NYG 2 171.5 160.0 331.5 18 SEA 2 128.0 207.5 335.5 19 MIN 2 167.0 173.5 340.5 20 OAK 2 131.5 213.0 344.5 21 KC 2 123.5 231.5 355.0 22 WAS 2 208.0 161.5 369.5 23 SF 2 104.0 268.0 372.0 24 ATL 2 122.5 254.0 376.5 25 GB 2 184.0 203.0 387.0 26 CIN 2 204.0 223.0 427.0 27 NO 2 225.5 205.0 430.5 28 NYJ 2 181.5 328.5 510.0
                                                          Per   Per
Passing               Team(s)   Att  Cmp    Pct  Yards    Att   Cmp  TD   TD%  Int  Int%  Rating
Joe Theismann         WAS        33   20   60.6    239   7.24  11.9   4  12.1    1   3.0   109.7
Tommy Kramer          MIN        53   31   58.5    414   7.81  13.4   4   7.5    1   1.9   100.7
Steve Grogan          NE         51   24   47.1    438   8.59  18.2   6  11.8    2   3.9   100.0
Steve Bartkowski      ATL        54   32   59.3    435   8.06  13.6   4   7.4    2   3.7    94.3
Roger Staubach        DAL        68   40   58.8    528   7.76  13.2   2   2.9    0   0.0    93.3
Dan Fouts             SD         60   36   60.0    440   7.33  12.2   3   5.0    1   1.7    92.4
Joe Ferguson          BUF        34   23   67.6    367  10.79  16.0   0   0.0    1   2.9    91.2
Norris Weese          DEN        38   21   55.3    302   7.95  14.4   1   2.6    0   0.0    90.0
Steve Fuller          KC         25   14   56.0    148   5.92  10.6   1   4.0    0   0.0    86.8
Brian Sipe            CLE        71   40   56.3    545   7.68  13.6   5   7.0    4   5.6    81.0
Bob Griese            MIA        54   29   53.7    347   6.43  12.0   2   3.7    1   1.9    78.2
Terry Bradshaw        PIT        55   27   49.1    419   7.62  15.5   3   5.5    2   3.6    77.8
Ken Anderson          CIN        49   28   57.1    344   7.02  12.3   1   2.0    1   2.0    77.3
Archie Manning        NO         74   42   56.8    575   7.77  13.7   2   2.7    3   4.1    73.9
Greg Landry           BAL        54   32   59.3    313   5.80   9.8   2   3.7    2   3.7    72.5
Ken Stabler           OAK        60   28   46.7    313   5.22  11.2   4   6.7    2   3.3    71.0
Steve DeBerg          SF         75   48   64.0    501   6.68  10.4   1   1.3    3   4.0    71.0
Ron Jaworski          PHI        58   28   48.3    399   6.88  14.2   2   3.4    2   3.4    68.1
Doug Williams         TB         45   14   31.1    295   6.56  21.1   4   8.9    2   4.4    66.4
Pat Haden             LA         73   44   60.3    420   5.75   9.5   1   1.4    3   4.1    63.7
David Whitehurst      GB         39   19   48.7    253   6.49  13.3   0   0.0    1   2.6    59.0
Bert Jones            BAL        26   14   53.8    120   4.62   8.6   0   0.0    1   3.8    50.2
Jim Hart              STL        53   24   45.3    274   5.17  11.4   3   5.7    4   7.5    48.8
Joe Pisarcik          NYG        75   33   44.0    386   5.15  11.7   2   2.7    4   5.3    46.9
Matt Robinson         NYJ        31   17   54.8    191   6.16  11.2   0   0.0    2   6.5    46.6
Mike Phipps           CHI        37   20   54.1    152   4.11   7.6   0   0.0    2   5.4    41.7
Jim Zorn              SEA        73   37   50.7    400   5.48  10.8   1   1.4    6   8.2    37.5
Mike Livingston       KC         28   11   39.3    105   3.75   9.5   0   0.0    1   3.6    35.6
Jeff Komlo            DET        43   16   37.2    207   4.81  12.9   1   2.3    3   7.0    31.8
Richard Todd          NYJ        20   10   50.0    118   5.90  11.8   0   0.0    2  10.0    28.8
Dan Pastorini         HOU        46   16   34.8    192   4.17  12.0   1   2.2    6  13.0    16.1


Others (10 or more attempts): Per Per Passing Team(s) Att Cmp Pct Yards Att Cmp TD TD% Int Int% Rating Joe Reed DET 15 8 53.3 61 4.07 7.6 1 6.7 0 0.0 85.7 Gifford Nielsen HOU 11 4 36.4 41 3.73 10.2 1 9.1 2 18.2 38.6 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 Walter Payton CHI 59 307 5.2 2 Ottis Anderson STL 52 302 5.8 1 William Andrews ATL 54 288 5.3 1 Earl Campbell HOU 48 204 4.2 2 Chuck Muncie NO 24 178 7.4 2 Jerry Eckwood TB 39 174 4.5 0 Sherman Smith SEA 29 154 5.3 2 Greg Pruitt CLE 34 150 4.4 0 Robert Newhouse DAL 31 147 4.7 1 Sam Cunningham NE 32 143 4.5 0 Larry Csonka MIA 29 135 4.7 1 John Riggins WAS 30 134 4.5 0 Wilbert Montgomery PHI 32 133 4.2 0 Mike Pruitt CLE 30 126 4.2 0 Ted McKnight KC 24 123 5.1 3 Benny Malone WAS 31 117 3.8 2 Clarence Williams SD 30 117 3.9 2 Franco Harris PIT 40 116 2.9 0 Kevin Long NYJ 31 115 3.7 1 Steve Atkins GB 14 112 8.0 1 Tony Galbreath NO 25 109 4.4 0 Bo Robinson DET 20 108 5.4 1 Arthur Whittington OAK 23 107 4.7 0 Scott Dierking NYJ 20 104 5.2 0 Delvin Williams MIA 29 95 3.3 0
Receiving Team(s) Att Yards Avg TD Wes Chandler NO 16 297 18.6 1 Harold Carmichael PHI 13 225 17.3 2 Joe Washington BAL 13 130 10.0 0 Ahmad Rashad MIN 12 222 18.5 4 Tony Hill DAL 11 209 19.0 1 Henry Childs NO 11 163 14.8 1 Don McCauley BAL 11 98 8.9 0 Jerry Butler BUF 10 148 14.8 0 Raymond Chester OAK 10 137 13.7 2 Russ Francis NE 10 135 13.5 1 David Hill DET 10 105 10.5 1 Drew Pearson DAL 9 161 17.9 1 Alfred Jenkins ATL 9 152 16.9 1 Ozzie Newsome CLE 9 108 12.0 2 Sherman Smith SEA 9 88 9.8 0 Mike Hogan SF 9 65 7.2 0 Ken Johnson NYG 9 63 7.0 0 Dave Logan CLE 8 145 18.1 0 Wallace Francis ATL 8 109 13.6 3 Archie Griffin CIN 8 47 5.9 0 Lawrence McCutcheon LA 8 45 5.6 0 Don Hardeman BAL 8 29 3.6 1 Freddie Solomon SF 7 164 23.4 1 Rick Upchurch DEN 7 164 23.4 0 Earnest Gray NYG 7 131 18.7 0
Kick Returns Team(s) Att Yards Avg TD Leonard Thompson DET 2 81 40.5 0 Keith Wright CLE 7 217 31.0 0 Steve Gaunty KC 3 87 29.0 0 Larry Anderson PIT 4 112 28.0 0 Ron Springs DAL 3 84 28.0 0 Willard Harrell STL 6 168 28.0 0 Jimmy Edwards MIN 7 184 26.3 0 Ted Brown MIN 2 52 26.0 0 Nesby Glasgow BAL 6 155 25.8 0 Ricky Feacher CLE 2 51 25.5 0 Rick Kane DET 2 49 24.5 0 Steve Odom GB 6 147 24.5 0 Wally Henry PHI 4 98 24.5 0 Buddy Hardeman WAS 4 97 24.2 0 Bruce Harper NYJ 14 337 24.1 0
Punt Returns Team(s) Att Yards Avg TD Buddy Hardeman WAS 4 91 22.8 0 Leonard Thompson DET 2 27 13.5 0 Thomas Lott STL 2 25 12.5 0 Keith Moody BUF 5 59 11.8 0 Rick Upchurch DEN 5 59 11.8 0 Mike Fuller SD 6 70 11.7 0 Wally Henry PHI 8 81 10.1 0 Jeff Moore SEA 2 17 8.5 0 J.T. Smith KC 9 75 8.3 0 Jim Smith PIT 8 65 8.1 0 Billy Ryckman ATL 2 16 8.0 0 Keith Wright CLE 3 21 7.0 0 Steve Schubert CHI 6 41 6.8 0 Len Walterscheid CHI 5 34 6.8 0 Ira Matthews OAK 3 20 6.7 0
Punting Team(s) Punts Yards Avg Johnny Evans CLE 7 335 47.9 Bob Grupp KC 18 840 46.7 Cliff Parsley HOU 12 552 46.0 Larry Swider DET 10 432 43.2 Dave Jennings NYG 16 682 42.6 Herman Weaver SEA 8 335 41.9 Luke Prestridge DEN 13 543 41.8 Chuck Ramsey NYJ 12 499 41.6 Bucky Dilts BAL 18 747 41.5 Ray Guy OAK 13 537 41.3 Dan Melville SF 9 369 41.0 John James ATL 9 369 41.0 Craig Colquitt PIT 14 562 40.1 David Beverly GB 9 360 40.0 Danny White DAL 11 439 39.9 Pat McInally CIN 12 473 39.4 Ken Clark LA 13 501 38.5 George Roberts MIA 12 462 38.5 Steve Little STL 10 385 38.5 Greg Coleman MIN 14 534 38.1
Kicking Team(s) FG PAT Pts Don Cockroft CLE 6/ 6 4/ 5 22 Mark Moseley WAS 4/ 5 6/ 6 18 Rolf Benirschke SD 4/ 4 6/ 6 18 Rafael Septien DAL 5/ 6 2/ 3 17 Ray Wersching SF 5/ 7 2/ 3 17 John Smith NE 2/ 2 9/ 9 15 Pat Leahy NYJ 4/ 6 1/ 2 13 Bob Thomas CHI 3/ 5 3/ 3 12 Frank Corral LA 3/ 4 3/ 3 12 Matt Bahr PIT 2/ 4 6/ 7 12 Neil O'Donoghue TB 2/ 3 6/ 8 12 Tim Mazzetti ATL 2/ 4 6/ 6 12 Toni Fritsch HOU 3/ 3 3/ 4 12 Jim Breech OAK 2/ 2 4/ 4 10 Russell Erxleben NO 2/ 2 4/ 4 10 Tom Dempsey BUF 1/ 4 7/ 8 10 Uwe von Schamann MIA 3/ 5 1/ 3 10 Tony Franklin PHI 2/ 2 3/ 4 9 Benny Ricardo DET 1/ 2 5/ 5 8 Efren Herrera SEA 2/ 3 2/ 3 8

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