Thursday November 22, 1979
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

NFL leaders as of 11/22/1979:



Team Rankings:
Rush Pass Total Offense Games Yds/Gm Yds/Gm Yds/Gm 1 DAL 14 142.2 231.5 373.7 2 CLE 12 144.7 227.7 372.3 3 PIT 12 155.0 213.4 368.4 4 NO 12 154.8 201.1 355.8 5 SF 12 121.5 222.9 344.4 6 NE 12 150.8 193.3 344.2 7 SEA 12 139.1 202.0 341.1 8 SD 12 98.7 234.2 332.8 9 NYJ 12 173.2 152.4 325.7 10 STL 12 157.2 167.8 324.9 11 LA 12 155.2 167.5 322.8 12 TB 12 155.9 165.2 321.2 13 DEN 12 122.7 197.0 319.7 14 BUF 12 104.8 204.4 309.2 15 ATL 12 143.8 165.1 308.9 16 OAK 11 105.0 199.9 304.9 17 MIA 12 142.8 162.1 304.8 18 PHI 12 148.1 156.1 304.2 19 HOU 13 155.8 143.4 299.2 20 MIN 12 106.2 192.5 298.7 21 CHI 13 152.1 136.4 288.5 22 WAS 12 140.1 147.3 287.4 23 CIN 12 145.8 138.8 284.7 24 BAL 12 97.2 186.3 283.5 25 GB 12 116.4 162.2 278.7 26 DET 13 106.6 156.7 263.3 27 KC 12 148.3 107.8 256.1 28 NYG 12 106.6 131.6 238.2
Rush Pass Total Defense Games Yds/Gm Yds/Gm Yds/Gm 1 NE 12 101.0 147.8 248.8 2 LA 12 111.3 138.8 250.1 3 PIT 12 104.0 152.6 256.6 4 MIA 12 109.3 148.9 258.2 5 TB 12 120.4 138.8 259.2 6 SD 12 126.8 150.2 277.1 7 DEN 12 104.1 176.7 280.8 8 DAL 14 133.8 157.6 291.4 9 CHI 13 132.8 163.3 296.1 10 PHI 12 140.0 161.3 301.3 11 HOU 13 133.8 170.2 303.9 12 DET 13 154.7 150.3 305.0 13 KC 12 114.1 191.7 305.8 14 STL 12 134.1 176.9 311.0 15 WAS 12 136.5 182.2 318.8 16 BUF 12 159.3 163.3 322.7 17 MIN 12 170.2 156.1 326.3 18 BAL 12 137.2 191.5 328.7 19 NYG 12 143.5 193.5 337.0 20 ATL 12 138.4 206.3 344.8 21 OAK 11 145.9 198.9 344.8 22 CIN 12 138.4 210.2 348.6 23 NO 12 156.9 193.2 350.2 24 SF 12 142.9 212.0 354.9 25 CLE 12 162.7 193.4 356.1 26 SEA 12 151.6 211.5 363.1 27 GB 12 178.7 185.3 364.0 28 NYJ 12 112.3 252.2 364.6
                                                          Per   Per
Passing               Team(s)   Att  Cmp    Pct  Yards    Att   Cmp  TD   TD%  Int  Int%  Rating
Roger Staubach        DAL       380  222   58.4  2,981   7.84  13.4  20   5.3   10   2.6    90.0
Joe Ferguson          BUF       303  165   54.5  2,691   8.88  16.3  13   4.3    8   2.6    87.8
Craig Morton          DEN       231  133   57.6  1,814   7.85  13.6  14   6.1    9   3.9    86.8
Ken Stabler           OAK       345  208   60.3  2,569   7.45  12.4  19   5.5   16   4.6    82.4
Steve Grogan          NE        298  149   50.0  2,325   7.80  15.6  21   7.0   13   4.4    81.6
Joe Theismann         WAS       281  166   59.1  1,905   6.78  11.5  13   4.6   10   3.6    80.2
Dan Fouts             SD        398  243   61.1  2,911   7.31  12.0  18   4.5   19   4.8    78.6
Terry Bradshaw        PIT       343  184   53.6  2,575   7.51  14.0  21   6.1   19   5.5    75.4
Archie Manning        NO        319  196   61.4  2,404   7.54  12.3  11   3.4   16   5.0    75.3
Jim Zorn              SEA       354  193   54.5  2,515   7.10  13.0  13   3.7   12   3.4    75.2
Brian Sipe            CLE       400  216   54.0  2,897   7.24  13.4  23   5.8   21   5.2    74.6
Mike Phipps           CHI       182  100   54.9  1,163   6.39  11.6   6   3.3    5   2.7    74.0
Ken Anderson          CIN       239  130   54.4  1,624   6.79  12.5  11   4.6   10   4.2    73.6
Greg Landry           BAL       306  183   59.8  1,946   6.36  10.6   9   2.9   11   3.6    73.2
Ron Jaworski          PHI       276  143   51.8  1,930   6.99  13.5  12   4.3   11   4.0    72.3
Steve DeBerg          SF        443  264   59.6  2,729   6.16  10.3  12   2.7   17   3.8    70.5
Phil Simms            NYG       192   93   48.4  1,261   6.57  13.6   9   4.7    7   3.6    70.2
Tommy Kramer          MIN       405  232   57.3  2,530   6.25  10.9  15   3.7   19   4.7    68.6
Pat Haden             LA        290  163   56.2  1,854   6.39  11.4  11   3.8   14   4.8    68.1
David Whitehurst      GB        296  170   57.4  2,194   7.41  12.9  10   3.4   18   6.1    66.8
Steve Bartkowski      ATL       295  153   51.9  1,914   6.49  12.5  13   4.4   15   5.1    65.8
Richard Todd          NYJ       223  118   52.9  1,845   8.27  15.6  12   5.4   18   8.1    65.0
Doug Williams         TB        303  127   41.9  1,928   6.36  15.2  17   5.6   13   4.3    64.3
Bob Griese            MIA       261  142   54.4  1,702   6.52  12.0   9   3.4   15   5.7    62.1
Dan Pastorini         HOU       263  130   49.4  1,702   6.47  13.1  12   4.6   15   5.7    61.7
Jeff Komlo            DET       328  168   51.2  2,079   6.34  12.4  11   3.4   20   6.1    56.9
Steve Fuller          KC        191  104   54.5  1,067   5.59  10.3   4   2.1   12   6.3    51.5
Jim Hart              STL       336  169   50.3  1,877   5.59  11.1   5   1.5   18   5.4    49.9


Others (10 or more attempts): Per Per Passing Team(s) Att Cmp Pct Yards Att Cmp TD TD% Int Int% Rating Don Strock MIA 41 24 58.5 396 9.66 16.5 4 9.8 2 4.9 103.3 Joe Reed DET 15 8 53.3 61 4.07 7.6 1 6.7 0 0.0 85.7 John Walton PHI 25 13 52.0 178 7.12 13.7 2 8.0 1 4.0 85.1 Gifford Nielsen HOU 47 27 57.4 352 7.49 13.0 3 6.4 2 4.3 84.7 Steve Pisarkiewicz STL 41 23 56.1 282 6.88 12.3 2 4.9 2 4.9 73.4 June Jones ATL 41 20 48.8 340 8.29 17.0 2 4.9 2 4.9 73.2 Norris Weese DEN 97 53 54.6 731 7.54 13.8 1 1.0 3 3.1 69.6 Bert Jones BAL 92 43 46.7 643 6.99 15.0 3 3.3 3 3.3 67.4 Mike Kruczek PIT 20 13 65.0 153 7.65 11.8 0 0.0 1 5.0 67.3 Vince Evans CHI 63 32 50.8 508 8.06 15.9 4 6.3 5 7.9 66.1 Jim Plunkett OAK 15 7 46.7 89 5.93 12.7 1 6.7 1 6.7 60.1 Bob Avellini CHI 51 27 52.9 310 6.08 11.5 2 3.9 3 5.9 60.1 Tom Owen NE 47 27 57.4 248 5.28 9.2 2 4.3 3 6.4 59.5 Vince Ferragamo LA 39 16 41.0 260 6.67 16.2 3 7.7 3 7.7 57.6 Mike Rae TB 16 7 43.8 93 5.81 13.3 1 6.2 1 6.2 57.6 Danny White DAL 38 18 47.4 257 6.76 14.3 1 2.6 2 5.3 56.6 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 Joe Pisarcik NYG 108 43 39.8 537 4.97 12.5 2 1.9 6 5.6 39.0 Jack Thompson CIN 69 30 43.5 407 5.90 13.6 1 1.4 5 7.2 37.5 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 Earl Campbell HOU 297 1,346 4.5 17 Walter Payton CHI 289 1,261 4.4 10 Ottis Anderson STL 245 1,217 5.0 5 Wilbert Montgomery PHI 261 1,196 4.6 7 Tony Dorsett DAL 212 963 4.5 5 Mike Pruitt CLE 186 924 5.0 5 Ricky Bell TB 182 909 5.0 6 Chuck Muncie NO 173 879 5.1 9 Franco Harris PIT 182 784 4.3 6 William Andrews ATL 174 758 4.4 2 John Riggins WAS 185 747 4.0 5 Wendell Tyler LA 142 700 4.9 7 Clark Gaines NYJ 119 675 5.7 0 Joe Washington BAL 177 660 3.7 3 Mark van Eeghen OAK 175 658 3.8 6 Tony Galbreath NO 169 658 3.9 7 Sherman Smith SEA 145 637 4.4 8 Larry Csonka MIA 164 632 3.9 6 Pete Johnson CIN 169 627 3.7 10 Jerry Eckwood TB 177 614 3.5 2 Delvin Williams MIA 147 585 4.0 3 Scott Dierking NYJ 135 569 4.2 2 Ted McKnight KC 104 568 5.5 5 Sidney Thornton PIT 108 534 4.9 5 Sam Cunningham NE 145 524 3.6 4
Receiving Team(s) Att Yards Avg TD Joe Washington BAL 60 579 9.7 1 Ahmad Rashad MIN 58 862 14.9 6 John Stallworth PIT 55 987 17.9 7 Freddie Solomon SF 55 753 13.7 6 Wes Chandler NO 53 895 16.9 6 Rick Upchurch DEN 52 771 14.8 7 Raymond Chester OAK 51 624 12.2 7 Rickey Young MIN 50 352 7.0 2 Drew Pearson DAL 49 918 18.7 5 Wallace Francis ATL 49 729 14.9 6 Freddie Scott DET 49 693 14.1 4 Don McCauley BAL 49 525 10.7 2 Tony Hill DAL 48 905 18.9 9 Charlie Joiner SD 48 685 14.3 2 Steve Largent SEA 47 971 20.7 6 John Jefferson SD 47 807 17.2 8 Don Bass CIN 46 604 13.1 3 David Hill DET 44 538 12.2 3 Tony Dorsett DAL 43 347 8.1 1 Tony Galbreath NO 43 341 7.9 0 Henry Childs NO 42 593 14.1 3 Dave Logan CLE 41 681 16.6 5 Ozzie Newsome CLE 41 632 15.4 8 Harold Carmichael PHI 41 622 15.2 7 Frank Lewis BUF 40 863 21.6 2
Kick Returns Team(s) Att Yards Avg TD Ira Matthews OAK 23 630 27.4 1 Keith Wright CLE 15 402 26.8 0 Larry Brunson OAK 15 392 26.1 0 Wally Henry PHI 22 557 25.3 0 James Owens SF 27 680 25.2 1 Roy Green STL 27 664 24.6 1 Willard Harrell STL 18 437 24.3 0 Jimmy Edwards MIN 35 818 23.4 0 Allan Clark NE 26 598 23.0 0 Len Walterscheid CHI 16 365 22.8 0 Steve Odom GB-NYG 34 774 22.8 0 Nesby Glasgow BAL 41 924 22.5 0 Ron Springs DAL 29 646 22.3 0 Rich Mauti NO 25 551 22.0 0 Deacon Turner CIN 39 859 22.0 0
Punt Returns Team(s) Att Yards Avg TD Tony Nathan MIA 22 274 12.5 1 J.T. Smith KC 48 569 11.9 2 Rick Upchurch DEN 25 272 10.9 0 Steve Schubert CHI 23 234 10.2 1 Dino Hall CLE 19 190 10.0 0 Mike Fuller SD 40 387 9.7 0 Stanley Morgan NE 21 201 9.6 1 Bruce Harper NYJ 25 236 9.4 0 John Arnold DET 13 122 9.4 0 Jim Smith PIT 16 146 9.1 0 Nesby Glasgow BAL 33 300 9.1 1 Keith Moody BUF 27 244 9.0 0 Wally Henry PHI 29 262 9.0 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 65 2,905 44.7 Dave Jennings NYG 80 3,455 43.2 Ray Guy OAK 57 2,453 43.0 Pat McInally CIN 69 2,902 42.1 Danny White DAL 64 2,676 41.8 Rick Partridge NO 38 1,588 41.8 Cliff Parsley HOU 78 3,208 41.1 Johnny Evans CLE 51 2,089 41.0 Luke Prestridge DEN 64 2,617 40.9 Chuck Ramsey NYJ 54 2,207 40.9 Larry Swider DET 80 3,240 40.5 Herman Weaver SEA 52 2,100 40.4 Ken Clark LA 72 2,892 40.2 Tom Blanchard TB 75 3,009 40.1 David Beverly GB 50 2,005 40.1 Steve Little STL 60 2,395 39.9 Craig Colquitt PIT 57 2,275 39.9 John James ATL 63 2,512 39.9 Greg Coleman MIN 64 2,548 39.8 George Roberts MIA 52 2,051 39.4
Kicking Team(s) FG PAT Pts John Smith NE 17/25 36/39 87 Toni Fritsch HOU 17/19 36/38 87 Mark Moseley WAS 20/26 26/26 86 Rafael Septien DAL 18/25 28/32 82 Tony Franklin PHI 17/24 24/26 75 Don Cockroft CLE 14/23 31/35 73 Efren Herrera SEA 14/18 30/33 72 Uwe von Schamann MIA 17/23 21/25 72 Jim Breech OAK 13/19 29/33 68 Matt Bahr PIT 10/18 37/39 67 Ray Wersching SF 14/17 24/27 66 Bob Thomas CHI 13/20 26/28 65 Chris Bahr CIN 9/16 31/33 58 Tim Mazzetti ATL 12/23 22/26 58 Neil O'Donoghue TB 9/16 28/31 55 Jim Turner DEN 9/14 27/28 54 Nick Mike-Mayer BUF 13/18 15/16 54 Mike Wood SD-STL 11/17 20/24 53 Frank Corral LA 9/18 25/27 52 Rick Danmeier MIN 10/15 20/21 50

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