Sunday September 16, 1979
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

NFL leaders as of 09/16/1979:



Team Rankings:
Rush Pass Total Offense Games Yds/Gm Yds/Gm Yds/Gm 1 DAL 3 157.7 249.7 407.3 2 NO 3 149.3 257.7 407.0 3 ATL 3 152.7 241.0 393.7 4 NE 3 186.3 204.7 391.0 5 CLE 3 139.7 242.3 382.0 6 SEA 3 134.3 231.7 366.0 7 SD 3 174.7 173.3 348.0 8 LA 3 147.0 187.7 334.7 9 TB 3 187.3 144.3 331.7 10 PIT 3 121.3 199.7 321.0 11 OAK 3 109.7 208.3 318.0 12 DEN 3 146.7 169.0 315.7 13 CHI 3 206.3 109.3 315.7 14 MIA 3 142.7 166.3 309.0 15 PHI 3 136.7 169.0 305.7 16 NYJ 3 175.7 128.0 303.7 17 STL 3 177.3 123.3 300.7 18 SF 3 93.3 201.7 295.0 19 BUF 3 104.7 186.7 291.3 20 WAS 2 162.0 121.5 283.5 21 HOU 3 157.7 120.3 278.0 22 DET 3 137.3 140.7 278.0 23 MIN 3 111.7 154.7 266.3 24 BAL 3 91.0 174.7 265.7 25 CIN 3 131.7 123.3 255.0 26 KC 3 150.0 96.3 246.3 27 GB 3 120.0 124.0 244.0 28 NYG 2 51.5 155.0 206.5
Rush Pass Total Defense Games Yds/Gm Yds/Gm Yds/Gm 1 PIT 3 123.3 70.0 193.3 2 NE 3 124.3 89.3 213.7 3 LA 3 107.3 112.0 219.3 4 MIA 3 100.3 136.0 236.3 5 TB 3 107.7 129.3 237.0 6 CHI 3 126.3 116.3 242.7 7 PHI 3 94.3 161.3 255.7 8 HOU 3 135.7 125.0 260.7 9 BAL 3 129.3 146.0 275.3 10 DEN 3 82.3 214.7 297.0 11 SD 3 112.7 192.3 305.0 12 CLE 3 142.7 164.3 307.0 13 DAL 3 166.7 151.3 318.0 14 BUF 3 184.7 137.7 322.3 15 STL 3 121.7 205.3 327.0 16 NYG 2 171.5 160.0 331.5 17 MIN 3 156.7 176.7 333.3 18 DET 3 206.7 140.7 347.3 19 KC 3 139.7 212.0 351.7 20 SEA 3 119.3 248.0 367.3 21 OAK 3 122.0 247.3 369.3 22 WAS 2 208.0 161.5 369.5 23 ATL 3 137.7 236.3 374.0 24 SF 3 143.3 233.7 377.0 25 GB 3 201.0 179.3 380.3 26 CIN 3 191.0 204.3 395.3 27 NO 3 216.7 190.7 407.3 28 NYJ 3 138.7 277.7 416.3
                                                          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
Steve Bartkowski      ATL        83   52   62.7    761   9.17  14.6   6   7.2    2   2.4   106.6
Roger Staubach        DAL        99   58   58.6    750   7.58  12.9   5   5.1    0   0.0    99.3
Joe Ferguson          BUF        63   39   61.9    624   9.90  16.0   2   3.2    1   1.6    98.9
Steve Grogan          NE         77   35   45.5    614   7.97  17.5   7   9.1    2   2.6    92.7
Dan Fouts             SD         73   44   60.3    540   7.40  12.3   3   4.1    1   1.4    91.1
Norris Weese          DEN        60   34   56.7    517   8.62  15.2   1   1.7    1   1.7    83.8
David Whitehurst      GB         73   43   58.9    467   6.40  10.9   1   1.4    1   1.4    76.7
Ken Stabler           OAK        97   53   54.6    656   6.76  12.4   5   5.2    4   4.1    75.8
Steve DeBerg          SF        104   63   60.6    639   6.14  10.1   3   2.9    3   2.9    75.8
Ken Anderson          CIN        50   28   56.0    344   6.88  12.3   1   2.0    1   2.0    75.8
Ron Jaworski          PHI        81   40   49.4    580   7.16  14.5   3   3.7    2   2.5    75.1
Greg Landry           BAL        83   49   59.0    498   6.00  10.2   2   2.4    2   2.4    74.3
Tommy Kramer          MIN        78   45   57.7    531   6.81  11.8   4   5.1    4   5.1    74.3
Terry Bradshaw        PIT        86   41   47.7    625   7.27  15.2   5   5.8    4   4.7    72.1
Brian Sipe            CLE       103   54   52.4    763   7.41  14.1   6   5.8    6   5.8    71.8
Archie Manning        NO         99   57   57.6    764   7.72  13.4   3   3.0    5   5.1    71.3
Pat Haden             LA        102   61   59.8    620   6.08  10.2   3   2.9    4   3.9    70.7
Bob Griese            MIA        69   39   56.5    441   6.39  11.3   2   2.9    3   4.3    67.4
Richard Todd          NYJ        33   19   57.6    326   9.88  17.2   0   0.0    2   6.1    66.0
Doug Williams         TB         69   26   37.7    427   6.19  16.4   5   7.2    3   4.3    65.3
Jim Zorn              SEA        95   50   52.6    677   7.13  13.5   4   4.2    6   6.3    63.4
Jim Hart              STL        77   36   46.8    406   5.27  11.3   3   3.9    4   5.2    54.4
Jeff Komlo            DET        73   35   47.9    385   5.27  11.0   2   2.7    4   5.5    50.3
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
Steve Fuller          KC         52   25   48.1    286   5.50  11.4   1   1.9    4   7.7    39.4
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 Vince Evans CHI 23 9 39.1 243 10.57 27.0 3 13.0 1 4.3 100.2 Joe Reed DET 15 8 53.3 61 4.07 7.6 1 6.7 0 0.0 85.7 Gifford Nielsen HOU 29 16 55.2 214 7.38 13.4 2 6.9 2 6.9 73.1 Bert Jones BAL 26 14 53.8 120 4.62 8.6 0 0.0 1 3.8 50.2 Mike Livingston KC 28 11 39.3 105 3.75 9.5 0 0.0 1 3.6 35.6 Jack Thompson CIN 25 9 36.0 107 4.28 11.9 0 0.0 1 4.0 33.2 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 81 441 5.4 2 Ottis Anderson STL 68 339 5.0 2 Earl Campbell HOU 80 335 4.2 3 William Andrews ATL 74 329 4.4 1 Clarence Williams SD 48 274 5.7 6 Jerry Eckwood TB 62 273 4.4 1 Wilbert Montgomery PHI 52 228 4.4 0 Greg Pruitt CLE 51 214 4.2 0 Sam Cunningham NE 48 204 4.2 0 Sherman Smith SEA 47 201 4.3 2 Kevin Long NYJ 50 191 3.8 4 Mike Pruitt CLE 44 189 4.3 0 Chuck Muncie NO 33 186 5.6 3 Ricky Bell TB 38 184 4.8 3 Cullen Bryant LA 47 177 3.8 1 Larry Csonka MIA 43 174 4.0 1 Ted McKnight KC 28 172 6.1 3 Delvin Williams MIA 51 168 3.3 1 Robert Newhouse DAL 40 164 4.1 1 Tony Dorsett DAL 39 162 4.2 0 Scott Dierking NYJ 35 161 4.6 1 Tony Galbreath NO 36 161 4.5 0 Mike Thomas SD 25 158 6.3 1 Rickey Young MIN 27 149 5.5 0 Franco Harris PIT 53 145 2.7 0
Receiving Team(s) Att Yards Avg TD Wes Chandler NO 20 389 19.4 2 Raymond Chester OAK 19 206 10.8 2 Joe Washington BAL 18 163 9.1 0 Tony Hill DAL 16 300 18.8 3 Wallace Francis ATL 16 247 15.4 4 Harold Carmichael PHI 15 241 16.1 2 Don McCauley BAL 15 168 11.2 0 David Hill DET 15 155 10.3 2 Alfred Jenkins ATL 14 281 20.1 1 Ahmad Rashad MIN 14 252 18.0 4 Henry Childs NO 14 198 14.1 1 Freddie Solomon SF 13 230 17.7 1 Dave Logan CLE 13 222 17.1 1 Drew Pearson DAL 12 199 16.6 1 John Stallworth PIT 12 195 16.2 1 Ozzie Newsome CLE 12 192 16.0 2 Freddie Scott DET 12 165 13.8 1 Sherman Smith SEA 12 152 12.7 1 Mike Shumann SF 12 103 8.6 2 Barty Smith GB 12 92 7.7 0 Wesley Walker NYJ 11 242 22.0 0 Cliff Branch OAK 11 214 19.5 0 Jerry Butler BUF 11 162 14.7 0 Rick Upchurch DEN 10 203 20.3 0 Duriel Harris MIA 10 196 19.6 0
Kick Returns Team(s) Att Yards Avg TD Wally Henry PHI 5 151 30.2 0 Keith Wright CLE 9 264 29.3 0 Larry Anderson PIT 7 202 28.9 0 Willard Harrell STL 7 196 28.0 0 Ron Springs DAL 6 167 27.8 0 Roy Green STL 4 107 26.8 0 Jimmy Edwards MIN 7 184 26.3 0 Nesby Glasgow BAL 9 225 25.0 0 Steve Odom GB 8 198 24.8 0 Buddy Hardeman WAS 4 97 24.2 0 Bruce Harper NYJ 14 337 24.1 0 Mike Fuller SD 3 72 24.0 0 Tony Nathan MIA 7 165 23.6 0 James Owens SF 6 140 23.3 0 Tony Leonard DET 3 70 23.3 0
Punt Returns Team(s) Att Yards Avg TD Buddy Hardeman WAS 4 91 22.8 0 Willard Harrell STL 5 77 15.4 0 Keith Moody BUF 6 91 15.2 0 Mike Fuller SD 11 143 13.0 0 J.T. Smith KC 15 166 11.1 1 Jim Smith PIT 14 140 10.0 0 Rick Upchurch DEN 7 68 9.7 0 Wally Henry PHI 13 118 9.1 0 Tony Nathan MIA 6 49 8.2 0 Freddie Solomon SF 9 72 8.0 0 Bruce Harper NYJ 6 45 7.5 0 Eddie Brown LA 10 75 7.5 0 Len Walterscheid CHI 5 34 6.8 0 Stanley Morgan NE 5 34 6.8 0 Leonard Thompson DET 4 27 6.8 0
Punting Team(s) Punts Yards Avg Johnny Evans CLE 12 550 45.8 Bob Grupp KC 23 1,044 45.4 Cliff Parsley HOU 20 888 44.4 Herman Weaver SEA 12 525 43.8 Dave Jennings NYG 16 682 42.6 Pat McInally CIN 18 767 42.6 Rusty Jackson BUF 17 707 41.6 John James ATL 13 539 41.5 Larry Swider DET 16 658 41.1 Bucky Dilts BAL 25 1,028 41.1 Ray Guy OAK 14 575 41.1 Luke Prestridge DEN 18 739 41.1 Chuck Ramsey NYJ 16 656 41.0 Craig Colquitt PIT 20 812 40.6 David Beverly GB 15 609 40.6 Steve Little STL 17 689 40.5 Danny White DAL 16 646 40.4 Dan Melville SF 16 643 40.2 Bob Parsons CHI 17 660 38.8 Ken Clark LA 19 734 38.6
Kicking Team(s) FG PAT Pts Don Cockroft CLE 8/ 9 5/ 6 29 John Smith NE 4/ 6 11/11 23 Rafael Septien DAL 6/ 8 5/ 6 23 Ray Wersching SF 6/ 8 5/ 6 23 Tony Franklin PHI 6/ 6 5/ 6 23 Frank Corral LA 5/ 6 6/ 6 21 Rolf Benirschke SD 4/ 4 9/10 21 Pat Leahy NYJ 5/ 8 5/ 6 20 Toni Fritsch HOU 5/ 5 5/ 6 20 Mark Moseley WAS 4/ 5 6/ 6 18 Matt Bahr PIT 3/ 6 9/10 18 Efren Herrera SEA 4/ 6 5/ 6 17 Rick Danmeier MIN 4/ 4 5/ 5 17 Tim Mazzetti ATL 3/ 7 8/ 8 17 Neil O'Donoghue TB 2/ 6 9/11 15 Bob Thomas CHI 3/ 5 5/ 6 14 Jim Breech OAK 3/ 5 5/ 5 14 Jim Turner DEN 3/ 5 4/ 4 13 Uwe von Schamann MIA 3/ 5 4/ 7 13 Benny Ricardo DET 2/ 3 6/ 6 12

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