NFL leaders as of 10/21/1979:

Team Rankings:

Rush Pass Total Offense Games Yds/Gm Yds/Gm Yds/Gm 1 DAL 8 178.1 216.1 394.2 2 NO 8 160.5 215.8 376.2 3 PIT 7 155.0 203.9 358.9 4 CLE 8 124.1 231.2 355.4 5 NE 8 160.4 186.5 346.9 6 SD 8 108.0 235.6 343.6 7 SEA 8 140.2 202.4 342.6 8 SF 8 115.8 219.5 335.2 9 NYJ 8 186.8 139.8 326.5 10 TB 8 175.5 146.6 322.1 11 ATL 8 130.0 187.6 317.6 12 STL 8 146.4 167.8 314.1 13 DEN 7 129.7 173.0 302.7 14 MIA 8 146.4 151.0 297.4 15 LA 8 130.1 166.4 296.5 16 OAK 8 102.0 193.9 295.9 17 WAS 8 144.6 149.6 294.2 18 BUF 8 93.1 201.0 294.1 19 CHI 8 162.9 130.1 293.0 20 PHI 8 142.6 149.9 292.5 21 MIN 8 100.2 184.6 284.9 22 CIN 8 136.4 140.5 276.9 23 HOU 8 150.5 121.6 272.1 24 GB 8 120.4 150.9 271.2 25 BAL 8 89.4 180.2 269.6 26 KC 8 156.6 104.6 261.2 27 DET 8 110.9 149.4 260.2 28 NYG 8 110.4 134.1 244.5

Rush Pass Total Defense Games Yds/Gm Yds/Gm Yds/Gm 1 NE 8 99.1 122.6 221.8 2 MIA 8 106.2 142.4 248.6 3 TB 8 123.6 132.2 255.9 4 PIT 7 123.6 146.4 270.0 5 LA 8 115.0 155.8 270.8 6 DAL 8 117.9 155.0 272.9 7 CHI 8 130.8 147.1 277.9 8 SD 8 125.8 156.5 282.2 9 PHI 8 133.9 150.0 283.9 10 KC 8 122.0 162.9 284.9 11 WAS 8 141.4 150.2 291.6 12 DEN 7 93.9 200.1 294.0 13 STL 8 125.2 170.6 295.9 14 HOU 8 141.5 156.4 297.9 15 DET 8 173.6 130.4 304.0 16 BAL 8 137.1 178.0 315.1 17 BUF 8 178.9 137.4 316.2 18 MIN 8 171.6 157.0 328.6 19 OAK 8 140.8 194.1 334.9 20 NO 8 154.0 185.2 339.2 21 NYG 8 151.8 188.5 340.2 22 CIN 8 153.9 191.0 344.9 23 GB 8 174.9 170.6 345.5 24 SEA 8 126.8 220.0 346.8 25 CLE 8 162.1 189.4 351.5 26 SF 8 126.9 230.8 357.6 27 ATL 8 141.0 221.5 362.5 28 NYJ 8 105.5 287.6 393.1

                                                          Per   Per
Passing               Team(s)   Att  Cmp    Pct  Yards    Att   Cmp  TD   TD%  Int  Int%  Rating
Joe Ferguson          BUF       197  107   54.3  1,779   9.03  16.6  11   5.6    4   2.0    95.1
Roger Staubach        DAL       229  130   56.8  1,731   7.56  13.3  13   5.7    5   2.2    90.7
Dan Fouts             SD        253  162   64.0  1,940   7.67  12.0  11   4.3    9   3.6    87.1
Craig Morton          DEN        90   48   53.3    657   7.30  13.7   5   5.6    3   3.3    81.6
Steve Grogan          NE        201  105   52.2  1,502   7.47  14.3  14   7.0   10   5.0    79.2
Joe Theismann         WAS       182  113   62.1  1,250   6.87  11.1   8   4.4    8   4.4    78.8
Ken Stabler           OAK       225  131   58.2  1,632   7.25  12.5  11   4.9   11   4.9    76.7
Terry Bradshaw        PIT       202  105   52.0  1,486   7.36  14.2  12   5.9   10   5.0    75.2
Ken Anderson          CIN       158   86   54.4  1,069   6.77  12.4   6   3.8    5   3.2    75.1
Ron Jaworski          PHI       176   93   52.8  1,327   7.54  14.3   8   4.5    8   4.5    73.7
Brian Sipe            CLE       266  140   52.6  1,932   7.26  13.8  17   6.4   16   6.0    72.4
Steve DeBerg          SF        285  176   61.8  1,842   6.46  10.5   8   2.8   12   4.2    72.3
Phil Simms            NYG        89   43   48.3    603   6.78  14.0   4   4.5    3   3.4    71.5
Norris Weese          DEN        93   52   55.9    724   7.78  13.9   1   1.1    3   3.2    71.3
David Whitehurst      GB        197  114   57.9  1,383   7.02  12.1   6   3.0    9   4.6    70.7
Steve Bartkowski      ATL       225  117   52.0  1,554   6.91  13.3  10   4.4   10   4.4    70.5
Tommy Kramer          MIN       252  142   56.3  1,637   6.50  11.5  12   4.8   13   5.2    70.5
Archie Manning        NO        228  137   60.1  1,735   7.61  12.7   9   3.9   15   6.6    69.6
Greg Landry           BAL       218  124   56.9  1,337   6.13  10.8   6   2.8    9   4.1    67.0
Jim Zorn              SEA       252  139   55.2  1,660   6.59  11.9   8   3.2   12   4.8    66.2
Richard Todd          NYJ       124   66   53.2  1,102   8.89  16.7   6   4.8   10   8.1    66.0
Pat Haden             LA        234  126   53.8  1,400   5.98  11.1   7   3.0   10   4.3    64.0
Bob Griese            MIA       163   88   54.0  1,001   6.14  11.4   6   3.7    9   5.5    61.9
Jeff Komlo            DET       190   95   50.0  1,148   6.04  12.1   7   3.7   10   5.3    59.3
Doug Williams         TB        196   75   38.3  1,105   5.64  14.7  13   6.6   11   5.6    56.2
Jim Hart              STL       224  110   49.1  1,262   5.63  11.5   3   1.3   11   4.9    50.5
Steve Fuller          KC        110   57   51.8    594   5.40  10.4   3   2.7    8   7.3    46.6
Dan Pastorini         HOU       173   79   45.7    912   5.27  11.5   6   3.5   13   7.5    42.4
Joe Pisarcik          NYG       108   43   39.8    537   4.97  12.5   2   1.9    6   5.6    39.0


Others (10 or more attempts):
                                                          Per   Per
Passing               Team(s)   Att  Cmp    Pct  Yards    Att   Cmp  TD   TD%  Int  Int%  Rating
Don Strock            MIA        31   18   58.1    307   9.90  17.1   2   6.5    1   3.2    99.8
Joe Reed              DET        15    8   53.3     61   4.07   7.6   1   6.7    0   0.0    85.7
Gifford Nielsen       HOU        31   17   54.8    212   6.84  12.5   2   6.5    2   6.5    70.9
Vince Evans           CHI        63   32   50.8    508   8.06  15.9   4   6.3    5   7.9    66.1
Mike Phipps           CHI        58   33   56.9    395   6.81  12.0   0   0.0    2   3.4    63.5
Tom Owen              NE         23   12   52.2    146   6.35  12.2   2   8.7    3  13.0    61.4
Jim Plunkett          OAK        15    7   46.7     89   5.93  12.7   1   6.7    1   6.7    60.1
Steve Pisarkiewicz    STL        31   17   54.8    205   6.61  12.1   1   3.2    2   6.5    59.2
Mike Rae              TB         16    7   43.8     93   5.81  13.3   1   6.2    1   6.2    57.6
Mike Livingston       KC         78   38   48.7    437   5.60  11.5   1   1.3    3   3.8    54.3
Bob Avellini          CHI        39   19   48.7    239   6.13  12.6   2   5.1    3   7.7    53.3
Bert Jones            BAL        51   22   43.1    284   5.57  12.9   1   2.0    2   3.9    51.4
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
Jack Thompson         CIN        49   22   44.9    310   6.33  14.1   0   0.0    3   6.1    40.3
Vince Ferragamo       LA         17    7   41.2     89   5.24  12.7   1   5.9    2  11.8    38.2
Randy Dean            NYG        23   11   47.8     91   3.96   8.3   0   0.0    2   8.7    22.2
Jeff Rutledge         LA         12    4   33.3     32   2.67   8.0   0   0.0    1   8.3     7.6

Rushing Team(s) Att Yards Avg TD Walter Payton CHI 188 838 4.5 4 Earl Campbell HOU 170 775 4.6 11 Ottis Anderson STL 161 768 4.8 3 Wilbert Montgomery PHI 167 729 4.4 5 Tony Dorsett DAL 138 704 5.1 4 Ricky Bell TB 120 616 5.1 4 Chuck Muncie NO 116 603 5.2 5 Mike Pruitt CLE 127 545 4.3 1 John Riggins WAS 131 542 4.1 2 Jerry Eckwood TB 137 528 3.9 2 Sherman Smith SEA 107 519 4.9 5 William Andrews ATL 121 506 4.2 2 Delvin Williams MIA 128 505 3.9 2 Ted McKnight KC 82 479 5.8 5 Sam Cunningham NE 125 474 3.8 3 Larry Csonka MIA 119 472 4.0 5 Tony Galbreath NO 116 462 4.0 5 Mark van Eeghen OAK 114 437 3.8 4 Clarence Williams SD 112 434 3.9 9 Sidney Thornton PIT 79 426 5.4 4 Scott Dierking NYJ 97 425 4.4 2 Franco Harris PIT 92 387 4.2 2 Joe Washington BAL 109 377 3.5 0 Kevin Long NYJ 83 377 4.5 4 Clark Gaines NYJ 69 376 5.4 0

Receiving Team(s) Att Yards Avg TD Raymond Chester OAK 40 465 11.6 5 Wes Chandler NO 39 681 17.5 4 Joe Washington BAL 39 325 8.3 0 Freddie Solomon SF 38 580 15.3 4 Ahmad Rashad MIN 37 567 15.3 6 Wallace Francis ATL 37 526 14.2 4 Dan Doornink SEA 33 270 8.2 0 Rickey Young MIN 32 216 6.8 2 John Stallworth PIT 31 602 19.4 4 Tony Hill DAL 31 554 17.9 7 John Jefferson SD 31 522 16.8 5 Rick Upchurch DEN 29 442 15.2 2 Russ Francis NE 29 417 14.4 5 Don Bass CIN 29 415 14.3 2 Don McCauley BAL 29 329 11.3 1 Sherman Smith SEA 29 294 10.1 2 Jerry Butler BUF 28 530 18.9 4 Dave Logan CLE 28 523 18.7 4 Ozzie Newsome CLE 28 453 16.2 5 Tony Reed KC 28 293 10.5 0 Clarence Williams SD 28 178 6.4 0 Steve Largent SEA 27 580 21.5 4 Henry Childs NO 27 360 13.3 3 Tony Galbreath NO 27 221 8.2 0 Alfred Jenkins ATL 26 466 17.9 3

Kick Returns Team(s) Att Yards Avg TD Roy Green STL 11 351 31.9 1 Larry Brunson OAK 8 244 30.5 0 Jimmy Edwards MIN 20 542 27.1 0 Keith Wright CLE 15 402 26.8 0 Wally Henry PHI 19 495 26.1 0 Ron Springs DAL 14 359 25.6 0 Nesby Glasgow BAL 23 579 25.2 0 Ira Matthews OAK 14 348 24.9 0 Allan Clark NE 15 350 23.3 0 Ted Brown MIN 8 186 23.2 0 Larry Anderson PIT 20 451 22.6 0 Willard Harrell STL 15 334 22.3 0 Rich Mauti NO 20 444 22.2 0 Tony Nathan MIA 21 465 22.1 0 James Owens SF 19 419 22.1 0

Punt Returns Team(s) Att Yards Avg TD Tony Nathan MIA 11 170 15.5 1 Dino Hall CLE 8 105 13.1 0 Leonard Thompson DET 9 117 13.0 0 Dennis Pearson ATL 9 107 11.9 0 J.T. Smith KC 37 421 11.4 2 Rick Upchurch DEN 14 150 10.7 0 Keith Moody BUF 17 175 10.3 0 Mike Fuller SD 29 297 10.2 0 Wally Henry PHI 27 254 9.4 0 Willard Harrell STL 12 111 9.2 0 Jim Smith PIT 16 146 9.1 0 Vaughn Lusby CIN 20 181 9.1 0 Jeff Moore SEA 10 90 9.0 0 Rich Mauti NO 12 107 8.9 0 Buddy Hardeman WAS 22 192 8.7 0

Punting Team(s) Punts Yards Avg Bob Grupp KC 47 2,099 44.7 Pat McInally CIN 47 2,078 44.2 Ray Guy OAK 40 1,739 43.5 Danny White DAL 40 1,720 43.0 Dave Jennings NYG 56 2,404 42.9 Cliff Parsley HOU 52 2,195 42.2 Johnny Evans CLE 36 1,508 41.9 Luke Prestridge DEN 42 1,754 41.8 Herman Weaver SEA 33 1,367 41.4 John James ATL 39 1,608 41.2 Chuck Ramsey NYJ 37 1,521 41.1 Steve Little STL 41 1,679 41.0 Craig Colquitt PIT 37 1,512 40.9 Rick Partridge NO 25 1,018 40.7 David Beverly GB 34 1,383 40.7 Ken Clark LA 52 2,099 40.4 Larry Swider DET 50 2,007 40.1 Greg Coleman MIN 42 1,681 40.0 Tom Blanchard TB 51 2,034 39.9 Bob Parsons CHI 47 1,840 39.1

Kicking Team(s) FG PAT Pts Mark Moseley WAS 14/17 17/17 59 John Smith NE 9/15 26/26 53 Efren Herrera SEA 11/15 19/20 52 Rafael Septien DAL 11/16 19/23 52 Toni Fritsch HOU 10/10 20/21 50 Don Cockroft CLE 10/16 17/21 47 Jim Breech OAK 10/15 16/19 46 Tim Mazzetti ATL 10/18 14/18 44 Tony Franklin PHI 9/12 17/18 44 Uwe von Schamann MIA 10/15 14/17 44 Bob Thomas CHI 10/14 12/13 42 Rick Danmeier MIN 9/11 15/16 42 Ray Wersching SF 9/11 14/17 41 Matt Bahr PIT 6/11 20/22 38 Frank Corral LA 7/13 16/17 37 Pat Leahy NYJ 8/13 12/15 36 Benny Ricardo DET 6/ 9 14/15 32 Chris Bahr CIN 5/11 17/19 32 Jan Stenerud KC 5/10 17/18 32 Jim Turner DEN 6/10 12/12 30