NFL leaders as of 09/23/1979:
Team Rankings:
| Rush Pass Total Offense Games Yds/Gm Yds/Gm Yds/Gm 1 NO 4 155.5 277.8 433.2 2 DAL 3 157.7 249.7 407.3 3 CLE 3 139.7 242.3 382.0 4 NE 4 177.5 188.5 366.0 5 ATL 4 150.5 212.2 362.8 6 SEA 4 139.0 223.0 362.0 7 BUF 4 115.8 227.0 342.8 8 PIT 4 130.2 208.5 338.8 9 NYJ 4 198.0 133.8 331.8 10 MIA 4 155.2 173.8 329.0 11 DEN 4 132.5 190.2 322.8 12 STL 4 156.8 162.8 319.5 13 SD 4 140.8 178.2 319.0 14 TB 4 177.5 133.5 311.0 15 PHI 4 149.2 161.5 310.8 16 DET 4 140.8 167.8 308.5 17 SF 4 89.5 217.0 306.5 18 HOU 4 162.5 136.2 298.8 19 LA 4 137.8 159.8 297.5 20 CHI 4 176.0 120.8 296.8 21 MIN 4 124.0 169.8 293.8 22 BAL 4 92.5 178.0 270.5 23 OAK 4 90.0 178.8 268.8 24 WAS 4 141.2 118.8 260.0 25 KC 4 168.0 89.8 257.8 26 CIN 4 140.0 117.5 257.5 27 GB 4 125.2 120.0 245.2 28 NYG 4 90.5 121.5 212.0 |
| Rush Pass Total Defense Games Yds/Gm Yds/Gm Yds/Gm 1 PIT 4 116.8 99.5 216.2 2 NE 4 103.0 115.2 218.2 3 TB 4 108.2 116.0 224.2 4 LA 4 117.5 109.2 226.8 5 MIA 4 96.5 140.8 237.2 6 PHI 4 107.2 141.8 249.0 7 HOU 4 143.0 118.8 261.8 8 CHI 4 143.0 136.2 279.2 9 STL 4 116.2 176.8 293.0 10 KC 4 112.5 181.5 294.0 11 SD 4 122.2 179.2 301.5 12 BAL 4 136.2 168.2 304.5 13 CLE 3 142.7 164.3 307.0 14 DEN 4 100.0 210.2 310.2 15 MIN 4 152.8 159.5 312.2 16 NYG 4 167.8 150.0 317.8 17 DAL 3 166.7 151.3 318.0 18 DET 4 191.0 137.0 328.0 19 WAS 4 156.0 174.2 330.2 20 BUF 4 204.8 141.0 345.8 21 OAK 4 147.0 203.0 350.0 22 SEA 4 112.0 249.5 361.5 23 GB 4 191.0 188.2 379.2 24 ATL 4 141.0 239.5 380.5 25 CIN 4 187.5 199.2 386.8 26 NO 4 182.0 208.8 390.8 27 SF 4 151.0 259.8 410.8 28 NYJ 4 141.2 295.2 436.5 |
Per Per
Passing Team(s) Att Cmp Pct Yards Att Cmp TD TD% Int Int% Rating
Joe Ferguson BUF 93 58 62.4 991 10.66 17.1 7 7.5 1 1.1 119.1
Roger Staubach DAL 99 58 58.6 750 7.58 12.9 5 5.1 0 0.0 99.3
Steve Bartkowski ATL 108 64 59.3 919 8.51 14.4 6 5.6 3 2.8 93.9
Joe Theismann WAS 76 46 60.5 483 6.36 10.5 6 7.9 3 3.9 88.9
Archie Manning NO 127 77 60.6 1,119 8.81 14.5 5 3.9 5 3.9 86.0
Steve Grogan NE 100 48 48.0 771 7.71 16.1 8 8.0 4 4.0 84.2
David Whitehurst GB 88 53 60.2 575 6.53 10.8 2 2.3 1 1.1 82.3
Dan Fouts SD 107 64 59.8 740 6.92 11.6 4 3.7 3 2.8 81.5
Tommy Kramer MIN 104 64 61.5 776 7.46 12.1 6 5.8 6 5.8 79.6
Ron Jaworski PHI 100 51 51.0 736 7.36 14.4 5 5.0 3 3.0 79.4
Terry Bradshaw PIT 115 60 52.2 874 7.60 14.6 7 6.1 6 5.2 75.8
Ken Anderson CIN 50 28 56.0 344 6.88 12.3 1 2.0 1 2.0 75.8
Steve DeBerg SF 137 81 59.1 902 6.58 11.1 5 3.6 6 4.4 72.7
Norris Weese DEN 71 40 56.3 619 8.72 15.5 1 1.4 3 4.2 72.4
Vince Evans CHI 40 20 50.0 335 8.38 16.8 3 7.5 3 7.5 72.4
Brian Sipe CLE 103 54 52.4 763 7.41 14.1 6 5.8 6 5.8 71.8
Greg Landry BAL 117 66 56.4 693 5.92 10.5 3 2.6 4 3.4 68.1
Bob Griese MIA 69 39 56.5 441 6.39 11.3 2 2.9 3 4.3 67.4
Ken Stabler OAK 116 63 54.3 747 6.44 11.9 5 4.3 6 5.2 67.0
Pat Haden LA 129 74 57.4 684 5.30 9.2 3 2.3 4 3.1 66.8
Jeff Komlo DET 108 54 50.0 674 6.24 12.5 4 3.7 4 3.7 66.7
Doug Williams TB 89 31 34.8 528 5.93 17.0 7 7.9 4 4.5 63.3
Richard Todd NYJ 54 30 55.6 494 9.15 16.5 2 3.7 5 9.3 60.3
Jim Hart STL 120 60 50.0 712 5.93 11.9 3 2.5 5 4.2 59.4
Jim Zorn SEA 128 66 51.6 867 6.77 13.1 5 3.9 9 7.0 57.0
Jack Thompson CIN 46 20 43.5 288 6.26 14.4 0 0.0 2 4.3 46.3
Steve Fuller KC 69 34 49.3 378 5.48 11.1 2 2.9 6 8.7 39.4
Joe Pisarcik NYG 99 40 40.4 498 5.03 12.4 2 2.0 6 6.1 38.2
Dan Pastorini HOU 79 31 39.2 390 4.94 12.6 3 3.8 8 10.1 28.4
Others (10 or more attempts):
Per Per
Passing Team(s) Att Cmp Pct Yards Att Cmp TD TD% Int Int% Rating
Don Strock MIA 24 17 70.8 299 12.46 17.6 2 8.3 0 0.0 140.8
Craig Morton DEN 27 16 59.3 236 8.74 14.8 3 11.1 1 3.7 109.5
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
Jim Plunkett OAK 14 6 42.9 73 5.21 12.2 1 7.1 1 7.1 53.6
Bert Jones BAL 26 14 53.8 120 4.62 8.6 0 0.0 1 3.8 50.2
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
Mike Livingston KC 28 11 39.3 105 3.75 9.5 0 0.0 1 3.6 35.6
Randy Dean NYG 22 10 45.5 90 4.09 9.0 0 0.0 2 9.1 19.1
Rushing Team(s) Att Yards Avg TD
Earl Campbell HOU 114 493 4.3 4
Walter Payton CHI 96 484 5.0 2
Ottis Anderson STL 87 406 4.7 2
Wilbert Montgomery PHI 81 354 4.4 0
William Andrews ATL 81 351 4.3 1
Jerry Eckwood TB 84 332 4.0 1
Clarence Williams SD 61 308 5.0 8
Chuck Muncie NO 51 284 5.6 3
Sherman Smith SEA 63 282 4.5 3
Sam Cunningham NE 70 279 4.0 1
Scott Dierking NYJ 52 258 5.0 1
Ricky Bell TB 56 253 4.5 4
Larry Csonka MIA 58 247 4.3 4
Delvin Williams MIA 65 232 3.6 2
Tony Galbreath NO 56 230 4.1 2
Ted McKnight KC 43 224 5.2 3
Sidney Thornton PIT 39 221 5.7 2
John Riggins WAS 57 220 3.9 0
Rickey Young MIN 46 220 4.8 1
Greg Pruitt CLE 51 214 4.2 0
Cullen Bryant LA 51 192 3.8 1
Kevin Long NYJ 50 191 3.8 4
Mike Pruitt CLE 44 189 4.3 0
Joe Washington BAL 56 187 3.3 0
Tony Reed KC 44 181 4.1 1
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Receiving Team(s) Att Yards Avg TD
Wes Chandler NO 24 516 21.5 3
Ahmad Rashad MIN 23 388 16.9 6
Raymond Chester OAK 23 273 11.9 2
Jerry Butler BUF 21 417 19.9 4
Freddie Solomon SF 21 374 17.8 3
Joe Washington BAL 21 182 8.7 0
Wallace Francis ATL 19 297 15.6 4
Harold Carmichael PHI 19 270 14.2 2
Don McCauley BAL 19 220 11.6 0
David Hill DET 18 216 12.0 2
Sherman Smith SEA 17 179 10.5 1
Alfred Jenkins ATL 16 318 19.9 1
Tony Hill DAL 16 300 18.8 3
John Stallworth PIT 16 278 17.4 2
Henry Childs NO 16 266 16.6 1
Rick Upchurch DEN 15 286 19.1 1
Freddie Scott DET 15 220 14.7 2
Mike Shumann SF 15 138 9.2 2
Barty Smith GB 15 123 8.2 0
Steve Largent SEA 14 307 21.9 2
Wesley Walker NYJ 14 292 20.9 1
Russ Francis NE 14 220 15.7 2
Lawrence McCutcheon LA 14 62 4.4 0
Dave Logan CLE 13 222 17.1 1
Cullen Bryant LA 13 93 7.2 0
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Kick Returns Team(s) Att Yards Avg TD
Keith Wright CLE 9 264 29.3 0
Ron Springs DAL 6 167 27.8 0
Wally Henry PHI 8 215 26.9 0
Jimmy Edwards MIN 7 184 26.3 0
Willard Harrell STL 9 231 25.7 0
Roy Green STL 6 152 25.3 0
Nesby Glasgow BAL 13 316 24.3 0
Steve Odom GB 12 291 24.2 0
Ira Matthews OAK 11 266 24.2 0
Larry Anderson PIT 10 237 23.7 0
Tony Nathan MIA 8 187 23.4 0
Ted Brown MIN 8 186 23.2 0
Wade Manning DAL 4 93 23.2 0
Buddy Hardeman WAS 6 139 23.2 0
Bruce Harper NYJ 20 460 23.0 0
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Punt Returns Team(s) Att Yards Avg TD
Keith Moody BUF 7 103 14.7 0
J.T. Smith KC 22 307 14.0 2
Dennis Pearson ATL 7 97 13.9 0
Leonard Thompson DET 7 92 13.1 0
Mike Fuller SD 13 162 12.5 0
Rick Upchurch DEN 9 102 11.3 0
Buddy Hardeman WAS 10 107 10.7 0
Willard Harrell STL 8 84 10.5 0
Jeff Moore SEA 8 80 10.0 0
Wally Henry PHI 18 166 9.2 0
Jim Smith PIT 16 146 9.1 0
Vaughn Lusby CIN 10 88 8.8 0
Freddie Solomon SF 10 84 8.4 0
Tony Nathan MIA 6 49 8.2 0
Bruce Harper NYJ 9 68 7.6 0
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Punting Team(s) Punts Yards Avg
Johnny Evans CLE 12 550 45.8
Bob Grupp KC 26 1,183 45.5
Cliff Parsley HOU 28 1,226 43.8
Ray Guy OAK 21 919 43.8
Herman Weaver SEA 17 739 43.5
Pat McInally CIN 24 1,035 43.1
John James ATL 21 896 42.7
Luke Prestridge DEN 24 1,004 41.8
Dave Jennings NYG 28 1,162 41.5
Craig Colquitt PIT 24 994 41.4
David Beverly GB 20 825 41.2
Chuck Ramsey NYJ 18 735 40.8
Bucky Dilts BAL 31 1,260 40.6
Rusty Jackson BUF 20 811 40.5
Danny White DAL 16 646 40.4
Larry Swider DET 24 965 40.2
Dan Melville SF 20 797 39.9
Steve Little STL 23 908 39.5
Ken Clark LA 27 1,054 39.0
Greg Coleman MIN 20 778 38.9
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Kicking Team(s) FG PAT Pts
John Smith NE 6/ 8 14/14 32
Mark Moseley WAS 7/ 8 11/11 32
Toni Fritsch HOU 8/ 8 8/ 9 32
Don Cockroft CLE 8/ 9 5/ 6 29
Tim Mazzetti ATL 6/11 10/10 28
Tony Franklin PHI 7/ 8 7/ 8 28
Efren Herrera SEA 6/ 9 9/10 27
Pat Leahy NYJ 6/10 9/10 27
Ray Wersching SF 6/ 8 8/ 9 26
Bob Thomas CHI 6/ 8 6/ 7 24
Matt Bahr PIT 4/ 8 11/12 23
Rafael Septien DAL 6/ 8 5/ 6 23
Frank Corral LA 5/ 8 6/ 7 21
Rolf Benirschke SD 4/ 4 9/10 21
Jim Turner DEN 4/ 6 8/ 8 20
Rick Danmeier MIN 4/ 5 8/ 8 20
Uwe von Schamann MIA 4/ 8 8/11 20
Benny Ricardo DET 3/ 6 9/ 9 18
Neil O'Donoghue TB 2/ 7 12/14 18
Chris Bahr CIN 3/ 6 8/ 8 17
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