Monday October 8, 1979
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NFL leaders as of 10/08/1979:



Team Rankings:
Rush Pass Total Offense Games Yds/Gm Yds/Gm Yds/Gm 1 DAL 6 178.2 227.2 405.3 2 NO 6 148.5 239.7 388.2 3 CLE 6 117.0 253.7 370.7 4 PIT 6 170.2 194.0 364.2 5 NE 6 168.7 184.0 352.7 6 SEA 6 139.7 205.3 345.0 7 NYJ 6 190.7 149.2 339.8 8 SD 6 117.2 210.7 327.8 9 STL 6 150.5 175.5 326.0 10 SF 6 108.3 213.7 322.0 11 MIA 6 143.0 173.0 316.0 12 ATL 6 137.3 178.2 315.5 13 TB 6 169.2 145.8 315.0 14 PHI 6 156.8 156.2 313.0 15 LA 6 146.3 166.5 312.8 16 BUF 6 98.8 209.7 308.5 17 DEN 6 128.5 167.3 295.8 18 WAS 6 142.8 143.3 286.2 19 BAL 6 83.0 201.5 284.5 20 MIN 6 115.7 168.0 283.7 21 HOU 6 150.2 131.0 281.2 22 CHI 6 171.0 108.8 279.8 23 DET 6 119.0 154.0 273.0 24 GB 6 122.7 139.5 262.2 25 OAK 6 91.2 169.0 260.2 26 CIN 6 136.5 119.5 256.0 27 KC 6 164.3 79.2 243.5 28 NYG 6 114.3 111.2 225.5
Rush Pass Total Defense Games Yds/Gm Yds/Gm Yds/Gm 1 TB 6 119.5 105.7 225.2 2 LA 6 109.0 119.7 228.7 3 NE 6 97.5 136.0 233.5 4 MIA 6 108.5 143.5 252.0 5 CHI 6 141.7 124.3 266.0 6 PIT 6 115.8 151.8 267.7 7 PHI 6 121.5 148.8 270.3 8 SD 6 128.2 145.3 273.5 9 KC 6 123.2 161.7 284.8 10 STL 6 118.0 179.7 297.7 11 DAL 6 124.5 173.8 298.3 12 HOU 6 145.7 154.8 300.5 13 WAS 6 150.5 154.3 304.8 14 DET 6 173.5 134.8 308.3 15 MIN 6 164.3 150.3 314.7 16 DEN 6 93.2 222.2 315.3 17 NYG 6 154.8 162.8 317.7 18 OAK 6 139.7 179.8 319.5 19 BAL 6 132.5 192.5 325.0 20 BUF 6 190.5 141.2 331.7 21 CLE 6 184.3 166.8 351.2 22 CIN 6 173.8 179.0 352.8 23 SEA 6 139.2 217.5 356.7 24 NO 6 165.2 192.0 357.2 25 ATL 6 135.3 224.0 359.3 26 GB 6 179.7 187.7 367.3 27 SF 6 137.2 241.2 378.3 28 NYJ 6 112.8 283.2 396.0
                                                          Per   Per
Passing               Team(s)   Att  Cmp    Pct  Yards    Att   Cmp  TD   TD%  Int  Int%  Rating
Joe Ferguson          BUF       137   77   56.2  1,358   9.91  17.6  10   7.3    3   2.2   105.4
Roger Staubach        DAL       186  106   57.0  1,391   7.48  13.1   8   4.3    3   1.6    88.4
Joe Theismann         WAS       134   84   62.7    881   6.57  10.5   7   5.2    5   3.7    83.6
Dan Fouts             SD        186  117   62.9  1,296   6.97  11.1   6   3.2    7   3.8    78.6
Terry Bradshaw        PIT       162   84   51.9  1,211   7.48  14.4  11   6.8    8   4.9    78.5
Craig Morton          DEN        60   31   51.7    439   7.32  14.2   3   5.0    2   3.3    78.4
Ron Jaworski          PHI       132   70   53.0  1,037   7.86  14.8   6   4.5    5   3.8    78.4
Tommy Kramer          MIN       161   95   59.0  1,149   7.14  12.1   8   5.0    8   5.0    76.9
Ken Stabler           OAK       156   86   55.1  1,086   6.96  12.6   7   4.5    6   3.8    76.0
Brian Sipe            CLE       207  109   52.7  1,575   7.61  14.4  13   6.3   12   5.8    74.4
Steve Bartkowski      ATL       163   84   51.5  1,168   7.17  13.9   7   4.3    6   3.7    73.9
Steve DeBerg          SF        200  125   62.5  1,355   6.78  10.8   6   3.0    9   4.5    73.6
Steve Grogan          NE        142   68   47.9  1,071   7.54  15.8  10   7.0    8   5.6    73.4
David Whitehurst      GB        145   83   57.2    990   6.83  11.9   4   2.8    5   3.4    73.1
Greg Landry           BAL       191  111   58.1  1,205   6.31  10.9   5   2.6    6   3.1    72.4
Norris Weese          DEN        93   52   55.9    724   7.78  13.9   1   1.1    3   3.2    71.3
Pat Haden             LA        178  100   56.2  1,030   5.79  10.3   6   3.4    6   3.4    70.2
Archie Manning        NO        192  109   56.8  1,464   7.62  13.4   7   3.6   12   6.2    67.3
Bob Griese            MIA       133   71   53.4    843   6.34  11.9   5   3.8    6   4.5    66.7
Ken Anderson          CIN       106   57   53.8    631   5.95  11.1   2   1.9    3   2.8    66.2
Vince Evans           CHI        63   32   50.8    508   8.06  15.9   4   6.3    5   7.9    66.1
Jim Zorn              SEA       186  102   54.8  1,216   6.54  11.9   5   2.7   10   5.4    61.6
Jeff Komlo            DET       141   69   48.9    818   5.80  11.9   5   3.5    7   5.0    58.2
Richard Todd          NYJ        93   48   51.6    869   9.34  18.1   3   3.2    9   9.7    55.2
Doug Williams         TB        158   59   37.3    878   5.56  14.9  10   6.3    9   5.7    53.7
Steve Fuller          KC         93   49   52.7    538   5.78  11.0   3   3.2    7   7.5    49.5
Jim Hart              STL       182   91   50.0  1,074   5.90  11.8   3   1.6   11   6.0    48.6
Joe Pisarcik          NYG       108   43   39.8    537   4.97  12.5   2   1.9    6   5.6    39.0
Dan Pastorini         HOU       121   54   44.6    668   5.52  12.4   4   3.3   10   8.3    38.9


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 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 Bob Avellini CHI 16 9 56.2 90 5.62 10.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 72.4 Tom Owen NE 23 12 52.2 146 6.35 12.2 2 8.7 3 13.0 61.4 Vince Ferragamo LA 13 6 46.2 75 5.77 12.5 1 7.7 1 7.7 58.2 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 Scott Hunter DET 17 6 35.3 155 9.12 25.8 0 0.0 1 5.9 45.0 Phil Simms NYG 31 14 45.2 152 4.90 10.9 1 3.2 2 6.5 44.0 Mike Phipps CHI 37 20 54.1 152 4.11 7.6 0 0.0 2 5.4 41.7 Jack Thompson CIN 49 22 44.9 310 6.33 14.1 0 0.0 3 6.1 40.3 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 Walter Payton CHI 150 685 4.6 3 Earl Campbell HOU 145 622 4.3 8 Ottis Anderson STL 120 590 4.9 2 Wilbert Montgomery PHI 131 579 4.4 4 Tony Dorsett DAL 94 490 5.2 3 William Andrews ATL 109 470 4.3 2 Jerry Eckwood TB 114 459 4.0 2 Chuck Muncie NO 87 449 5.2 5 Sam Cunningham NE 101 419 4.1 2 Ted McKnight KC 69 412 6.0 5 Sidney Thornton PIT 73 407 5.6 4 Sherman Smith SEA 84 392 4.7 4 John Riggins WAS 98 391 4.0 2 Clarence Williams SD 88 374 4.2 9 Delvin Williams MIA 97 366 3.8 2 Larry Csonka MIA 82 350 4.3 4 Ricky Bell TB 82 348 4.2 4 Franco Harris PIT 83 342 4.1 2 Tony Galbreath NO 77 328 4.3 3 Mike Pruitt CLE 86 325 3.8 1 Clark Gaines NYJ 62 322 5.2 0 Scott Dierking NYJ 74 317 4.3 1 O.J. Simpson SF 70 301 4.3 3 Mark van Eeghen OAK 79 295 3.7 1 Cullen Bryant LA 78 287 3.7 2
Receiving Team(s) Att Yards Avg TD Joe Washington BAL 32 238 7.4 0 Wes Chandler NO 29 578 19.9 3 Freddie Solomon SF 29 474 16.3 3 Ahmad Rashad MIN 29 454 15.7 6 Raymond Chester OAK 29 353 12.2 3 Don McCauley BAL 27 310 11.5 0 Wallace Francis ATL 26 400 15.4 4 John Stallworth PIT 25 476 19.0 3 Jerry Butler BUF 25 472 18.9 4 Tony Hill DAL 25 461 18.4 5 Henry Childs NO 24 337 14.0 2 Ozzie Newsome CLE 23 363 15.8 4 Don Bass CIN 23 300 13.0 1 Dave Logan CLE 22 413 18.8 4 Harold Carmichael PHI 22 343 15.6 2 Dan Doornink SEA 22 173 7.9 0 Drew Pearson DAL 21 391 18.6 1 Rick Upchurch DEN 21 370 17.6 1 Nat Moore MIA 21 352 16.8 2 Russ Francis NE 21 344 16.4 4 David Hill DET 21 251 12.0 2 Kellen Winslow SD 21 224 10.7 2 Clarence Williams SD 21 129 6.1 0 Steve Largent SEA 20 433 21.6 2 Alfred Jenkins ATL 20 374 18.7 2
Kick Returns Team(s) Att Yards Avg TD Roy Green STL 7 188 26.9 0 Keith Wright CLE 15 402 26.8 0 Jimmy Edwards MIN 12 309 25.8 0 Wally Henry PHI 12 308 25.7 0 Ira Matthews OAK 13 331 25.5 0 Nesby Glasgow BAL 17 420 24.7 0 Tony Nathan MIA 15 367 24.5 0 Ted Brown MIN 8 186 23.2 0 Rich Mauti NO 18 418 23.2 0 Larry Anderson PIT 16 367 22.9 0 Deacon Turner CIN 18 411 22.8 0 Steve Gaunty KC 9 203 22.6 0 James Owens SF 15 337 22.5 0 Ron Springs DAL 12 268 22.3 0 Willard Harrell STL 13 289 22.2 0
Punt Returns Team(s) Att Yards Avg TD Leonard Thompson DET 9 117 13.0 0 Dennis Pearson ATL 8 98 12.2 0 J.T. Smith KC 27 324 12.0 2 Rich Mauti NO 6 72 12.0 0 Keith Moody BUF 12 141 11.8 0 Rick Upchurch DEN 13 147 11.3 0 Mike Fuller SD 20 213 10.7 0 Jim Smith PIT 16 146 9.1 0 Jeff Moore SEA 10 90 9.0 0 Tony Nathan MIA 9 81 9.0 0 Buddy Hardeman WAS 14 125 8.9 0 Rich Ellender HOU 7 61 8.7 0 Vaughn Lusby CIN 16 137 8.6 0 Wally Henry PHI 21 172 8.2 0 Willard Harrell STL 11 87 7.9 0
Punting Team(s) Punts Yards Avg Bob Grupp KC 39 1,754 45.0 Ray Guy OAK 34 1,494 43.9 Cliff Parsley HOU 38 1,668 43.9 Pat McInally CIN 35 1,522 43.5 Dave Jennings NYG 43 1,851 43.0 Luke Prestridge DEN 37 1,584 42.8 John James ATL 31 1,305 42.1 Johnny Evans CLE 27 1,132 41.9 Danny White DAL 29 1,210 41.7 Herman Weaver SEA 24 986 41.1 Craig Colquitt PIT 33 1,338 40.5 David Beverly GB 27 1,089 40.3 Chuck Ramsey NYJ 28 1,127 40.2 Larry Swider DET 39 1,555 39.9 Greg Coleman MIN 31 1,233 39.8 Ken Clark LA 40 1,574 39.4 Steve Little STL 33 1,295 39.2 Bucky Dilts BAL 41 1,608 39.2 Tom Blanchard TB 39 1,518 38.9 Bob Parsons CHI 34 1,318 38.8
Kicking Team(s) FG PAT Pts Mark Moseley WAS 11/14 14/14 47 Toni Fritsch HOU 10/10 14/15 44 Don Cockroft CLE 9/12 13/16 40 John Smith NE 7/12 19/19 40 Tim Mazzetti ATL 9/15 13/13 40 Efren Herrera SEA 8/12 14/15 38 Rafael Septien DAL 8/12 14/17 38 Tony Franklin PHI 8/ 9 13/14 37 Pat Leahy NYJ 8/13 12/15 36 Ray Wersching SF 8/10 11/13 35 Rick Danmeier MIN 8/ 9 11/11 35 Matt Bahr PIT 5/ 9 19/21 34 Bob Thomas CHI 8/12 8/ 9 32 Uwe von Schamann MIA 7/11 11/14 32 Frank Corral LA 5/10 14/15 29 Benny Ricardo DET 5/ 8 12/12 27 Chris Bahr CIN 5/ 9 10/10 25 Jim Breech OAK 5/ 8 10/11 25 Neil O'Donoghue TB 3/ 9 16/18 25 Jim Turner DEN 5/ 8 9/ 9 24

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