Monday November 12, 1979
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

NFL leaders as of 11/12/1979:



Team Rankings:
Rush Pass Total Offense Games Yds/Gm Yds/Gm Yds/Gm 1 PIT 11 163.1 221.5 384.5 2 DAL 12 151.2 222.0 373.2 3 CLE 11 144.4 217.0 361.4 4 SF 11 125.8 228.1 353.9 5 NO 11 156.6 193.4 350.0 6 SD 11 98.7 244.5 343.3 7 NE 11 142.0 195.5 337.5 8 STL 11 159.3 167.4 326.6 9 NYJ 11 176.3 149.9 326.2 10 SEA 11 139.9 184.8 324.7 11 LA 11 153.1 168.2 321.3 12 TB 11 153.1 164.3 317.4 13 DEN 11 120.7 194.5 315.2 14 ATL 11 138.6 167.8 306.5 15 PHI 11 147.3 158.5 305.7 16 MIA 11 144.7 159.0 303.7 17 OAK 10 108.7 192.8 301.5 18 BUF 11 97.4 203.6 301.0 19 MIN 11 100.0 199.0 299.0 20 CHI 11 159.4 138.5 297.8 21 WAS 11 143.4 142.4 285.7 22 BAL 11 97.9 187.5 285.4 23 CIN 11 140.9 141.8 282.7 24 GB 11 118.4 159.3 277.6 25 HOU 11 148.9 126.2 275.1 26 DET 11 110.5 155.5 265.9 27 KC 11 139.9 106.5 246.4 28 NYG 11 107.6 134.0 241.6
Rush Pass Total Defense Games Yds/Gm Yds/Gm Yds/Gm 1 MIA 11 105.8 131.1 236.9 2 LA 11 103.2 139.1 242.3 3 NE 11 102.1 145.5 247.5 4 PIT 11 104.5 155.5 260.1 5 TB 11 122.7 141.8 264.5 6 DAL 12 128.8 154.2 283.0 7 DEN 11 106.8 177.6 284.5 8 SD 11 132.4 152.5 284.9 9 CHI 11 134.5 156.2 290.7 10 HOU 11 131.5 166.1 297.6 11 PHI 11 140.5 160.4 300.9 12 KC 11 118.3 184.5 302.7 13 WAS 11 141.2 171.7 312.9 14 STL 11 132.0 181.2 313.2 15 DET 11 159.9 153.7 313.6 16 BAL 11 127.1 193.5 320.6 17 BUF 11 165.2 160.5 325.6 18 NO 11 159.4 175.3 334.6 19 NYG 11 139.5 195.1 334.6 20 CIN 11 136.2 200.0 336.2 21 MIN 11 179.8 161.0 340.8 22 OAK 10 136.4 206.6 343.0 23 ATL 11 134.7 210.5 345.3 24 SF 11 142.8 210.8 353.6 25 SEA 11 153.2 204.7 357.9 26 CLE 11 166.5 193.2 359.6 27 GB 11 177.9 182.8 360.7 28 NYJ 11 109.3 265.4 374.6

Per Per Passing Team(s) Att Cmp Pct Yards Att Cmp TD TD% Int Int% Rating Roger Staubach DAL 312 178 57.1 2,418 7.75 13.6 17 5.4 5 1.6 93.4 Joe Ferguson BUF 275 148 53.8 2,465 8.96 16.7 13 4.7 8 2.9 87.9 Craig Morton DEN 197 114 57.9 1,589 8.07 13.9 11 5.6 8 4.1 85.6 Terry Bradshaw PIT 307 166 54.1 2,422 7.89 14.6 21 6.8 14 4.6 83.8 Ken Stabler OAK 301 181 60.1 2,273 7.55 12.6 16 5.3 14 4.7 82.0 Dan Fouts SD 374 232 62.0 2,774 7.42 12.0 16 4.3 17 4.5 80.0 Ken Anderson CIN 228 124 54.4 1,597 7.00 12.9 11 4.8 7 3.1 79.9 Steve Grogan NE 285 141 49.5 2,192 7.69 15.5 19 6.7 13 4.6 78.6 Mike Phipps CHI 136 75 55.1 925 6.80 12.3 4 2.9 3 2.2 77.0 Phil Simms NYG 159 76 47.8 1,081 6.80 14.2 9 5.7 5 3.1 76.0 Joe Theismann WAS 257 151 58.8 1,695 6.60 11.2 10 3.9 10 3.9 75.3 Ron Jaworski PHI 249 132 53.0 1,789 7.18 13.6 11 4.4 11 4.4 72.5 Archie Manning NO 292 176 60.3 2,136 7.32 12.1 10 3.4 16 5.5 71.4 Steve DeBerg SF 407 244 60.0 2,593 6.37 10.6 12 2.9 17 4.2 71.0 Brian Sipe CLE 358 193 53.9 2,539 7.09 13.2 20 5.6 21 5.9 70.7 Greg Landry BAL 269 157 58.4 1,716 6.38 10.9 8 3.0 11 4.1 70.2 Tommy Kramer MIN 375 218 58.1 2,395 6.39 11.0 15 4.0 19 5.1 69.4 David Whitehurst GB 270 157 58.1 1,989 7.37 12.7 9 3.3 15 5.6 69.2 Pat Haden LA 290 163 56.2 1,854 6.39 11.4 11 3.8 14 4.8 68.1 Jim Zorn SEA 321 169 52.6 2,131 6.64 12.6 9 2.8 12 3.7 67.4 Steve Bartkowski ATL 295 153 51.9 1,914 6.49 12.5 13 4.4 15 5.1 65.8 Bob Griese MIA 240 132 55.0 1,587 6.61 12.0 9 3.8 13 5.4 65.4 Richard Todd NYJ 199 103 51.8 1,643 8.26 16.0 11 5.5 16 8.0 64.5 Doug Williams TB 279 115 41.2 1,752 6.28 15.2 15 5.4 13 4.7 61.1 Jeff Komlo DET 266 138 51.9 1,689 6.35 12.2 10 3.8 15 5.6 60.8 Dan Pastorini HOU 232 111 47.8 1,357 5.85 12.2 9 3.9 14 6.0 54.1 Steve Fuller KC 176 93 52.8 945 5.37 10.2 4 2.3 12 6.8 47.7 Jim Hart STL 305 150 49.2 1,691 5.54 11.3 5 1.6 18 5.9 47.0

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 June Jones ATL 17 9 52.9 159 9.35 17.7 0 0.0 0 0.0 85.2 John Walton PHI 25 13 52.0 178 7.12 13.7 2 8.0 1 4.0 85.1 Steve Pisarkiewicz STL 41 23 56.1 282 6.88 12.3 2 4.9 2 4.9 73.4 Gifford Nielsen HOU 31 17 54.8 212 6.84 12.5 2 6.5 2 6.5 70.9 Norris Weese DEN 96 53 55.2 731 7.61 13.8 1 1.0 3 3.1 70.3 Bert Jones BAL 92 43 46.7 643 6.99 15.0 3 3.3 3 3.3 67.4 Vince Evans CHI 63 32 50.8 508 8.06 15.9 4 6.3 5 7.9 66.1 Mike Kruczek PIT 18 11 61.1 142 7.89 12.9 0 0.0 1 5.6 62.7 Jim Plunkett OAK 15 7 46.7 89 5.93 12.7 1 6.7 1 6.7 60.1 Mike Rae TB 16 7 43.8 93 5.81 13.3 1 6.2 1 6.2 57.6 Bob Avellini CHI 41 21 51.2 250 6.10 11.9 2 4.9 3 7.3 55.9 Tom Owen NE 40 21 52.5 208 5.20 9.9 2 5.0 3 7.5 52.9 Mike Livingston KC 90 44 48.9 469 5.21 10.7 1 1.1 4 4.4 49.7 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 50 22 44.0 310 6.20 14.1 0 0.0 3 6.0 39.6 Joe Pisarcik NYG 108 43 39.8 537 4.97 12.5 2 1.9 6 5.6 39.0 Vince Ferragamo LA 17 7 41.2 89 5.24 12.7 1 5.9 2 11.8 38.2 Danny White DAL 27 12 44.4 183 6.78 15.2 0 0.0 2 7.4 36.5 Jeff Rutledge LA 32 13 40.6 125 3.91 9.6 1 3.1 4 12.5 23.0 Randy Dean NYG 25 11 44.0 91 3.64 8.3 0 0.0 2 8.0 20.6

Rushing Team(s) Att Yards Avg TD Walter Payton CHI 251 1,154 4.6 10 Ottis Anderson STL 228 1,105 4.8 5 Wilbert Montgomery PHI 235 1,078 4.6 7 Earl Campbell HOU 245 1,039 4.2 13 Tony Dorsett DAL 186 866 4.7 4 Mike Pruitt CLE 167 831 5.0 5 Chuck Muncie NO 159 807 5.1 8 Ricky Bell TB 160 757 4.7 6 Franco Harris PIT 162 740 4.6 6 John Riggins WAS 173 707 4.1 4 William Andrews ATL 158 678 4.3 2 Sherman Smith SEA 145 637 4.4 8 Mark van Eeghen OAK 163 620 3.8 6 Tony Galbreath NO 162 614 3.8 7 Jerry Eckwood TB 171 603 3.5 2 Clark Gaines NYJ 103 597 5.8 0 Joe Washington BAL 163 592 3.6 3 Wendell Tyler LA 121 589 4.9 7 Larry Csonka MIA 152 588 3.9 6 Sidney Thornton PIT 108 534 4.9 5 Ted McKnight KC 98 530 5.4 5 Scott Dierking NYJ 127 527 4.1 2 Delvin Williams MIA 137 520 3.8 2 Pete Johnson CIN 155 514 3.3 9 Sam Cunningham NE 141 503 3.6 4
Receiving Team(s) Att Yards Avg TD Ahmad Rashad MIN 54 818 15.1 6 Joe Washington BAL 54 517 9.6 1 Freddie Solomon SF 52 724 13.9 6 John Stallworth PIT 51 932 18.3 7 Raymond Chester OAK 51 624 12.2 7 Rickey Young MIN 48 339 7.1 2 Charlie Joiner SD 47 680 14.5 2 Wes Chandler NO 46 796 17.3 5 Rick Upchurch DEN 44 680 15.5 6 Wallace Francis ATL 44 645 14.7 4 John Jefferson SD 42 701 16.7 7 Freddie Scott DET 42 606 14.4 4 Tony Hill DAL 40 784 19.6 9 Harold Carmichael PHI 40 622 15.6 7 Don Bass CIN 40 545 13.6 2 Tony Galbreath NO 40 313 7.8 0 Don McCauley BAL 39 445 11.4 2 Steve Largent SEA 38 825 21.7 4 Ozzie Newsome CLE 37 556 15.0 6 Drew Pearson DAL 36 666 18.5 2 Alfred Jenkins ATL 36 624 17.3 3 Dave Logan CLE 36 618 17.2 5 Riley Odoms DEN 36 580 16.1 0 Henry Childs NO 36 472 13.1 3 Paul Hofer SF 36 435 12.1 1
Kick Returns Team(s) Att Yards Avg TD Ira Matthews OAK 21 587 28.0 1 Larry Brunson OAK 13 356 27.4 0 Keith Wright CLE 15 402 26.8 0 Roy Green STL 22 558 25.4 1 Wally Henry PHI 22 557 25.3 0 Willard Harrell STL 18 437 24.3 0 Nesby Glasgow BAL 34 800 23.5 0 Jimmy Edwards MIN 33 776 23.5 0 James Owens SF 24 558 23.2 0 Ron Springs DAL 20 463 23.1 0 Allan Clark NE 25 576 23.0 0 Steve Gaunty KC 12 271 22.6 0 Rich Mauti NO 25 551 22.0 0 Larry Anderson PIT 26 565 21.7 0 Jeff Moore SEA 18 391 21.7 0
Punt Returns Team(s) Att Yards Avg TD Tony Nathan MIA 21 265 12.6 1 J.T. Smith KC 46 513 11.2 2 Mike Fuller SD 37 382 10.3 0 Rick Upchurch DEN 22 225 10.2 0 Steve Schubert CHI 19 192 10.1 1 Keith Moody BUF 24 236 9.8 0 Dino Hall CLE 16 157 9.8 0 Bruce Harper NYJ 24 230 9.6 0 Dennis Pearson ATL 12 115 9.6 0 Jim Smith PIT 16 146 9.1 0 Wally Henry PHI 29 262 9.0 0 Willard Harrell STL 22 197 9.0 0 Rich Ellender HOU 20 174 8.7 0 Buddy Hardeman WAS 24 207 8.6 0 Rich Mauti NO 16 135 8.4 0
Punting Team(s) Punts Yards Avg Bob Grupp KC 62 2,756 44.5 Ray Guy OAK 53 2,308 43.5 Dave Jennings NYG 76 3,278 43.1 Danny White DAL 59 2,496 42.3 Pat McInally CIN 64 2,689 42.0 Johnny Evans CLE 46 1,918 41.7 Cliff Parsley HOU 69 2,866 41.5 Rick Partridge NO 36 1,482 41.2 Luke Prestridge DEN 58 2,386 41.1 Steve Little STL 52 2,120 40.8 Herman Weaver SEA 50 2,037 40.7 Tom Blanchard TB 70 2,831 40.4 Craig Colquitt PIT 52 2,102 40.4 Chuck Ramsey NYJ 51 2,059 40.4 John James ATL 58 2,330 40.2 Ken Clark LA 67 2,686 40.1 David Beverly GB 47 1,877 39.9 Greg Coleman MIN 57 2,275 39.9 Larry Swider DET 68 2,694 39.6 Max Runager PHI 50 1,959 39.2
Kicking Team(s) FG PAT Pts Mark Moseley WAS 18/23 22/22 76 Toni Fritsch HOU 16/18 27/28 75 John Smith NE 14/22 31/33 73 Rafael Septien DAL 15/22 23/27 68 Don Cockroft CLE 13/21 28/32 67 Matt Bahr PIT 10/18 36/38 66 Uwe von Schamann MIA 16/22 18/22 66 Jim Breech OAK 13/18 26/30 65 Tony Franklin PHI 14/21 23/25 65 Efren Herrera SEA 13/17 25/28 64 Ray Wersching SF 14/17 20/23 62 Bob Thomas CHI 12/18 24/25 60 Tim Mazzetti ATL 12/23 20/24 56 Chris Bahr CIN 9/16 28/30 55 Frank Corral LA 9/18 23/24 50 Mike Wood SD-STL 11/17 15/19 48 Neil O'Donoghue TB 8/14 24/27 48 Rick Danmeier MIN 10/14 18/19 48 Jim Turner DEN 8/13 22/23 46 Joe Danelo NYG 8/17 22/22 46

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