Thursday November 29, 1979
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

NFL leaders as of 11/29/1979:



Team Rankings:
Rush Pass Total Offense Games Yds/Gm Yds/Gm Yds/Gm 1 PIT 13 162.7 224.0 386.7 2 DAL 14 142.2 231.5 373.7 3 CLE 13 138.3 231.9 370.2 4 NO 13 153.5 206.8 360.4 5 NE 14 148.3 198.8 347.1 6 SF 13 122.6 224.1 346.7 7 SEA 13 135.0 210.5 345.5 8 SD 13 101.5 241.2 342.6 9 STL 13 157.6 179.2 336.8 10 TB 13 158.0 171.2 329.2 11 NYJ 13 170.6 158.1 328.7 12 DEN 13 129.8 194.7 324.5 13 LA 13 152.8 169.8 322.7 14 OAK 12 110.7 200.2 310.8 15 PHI 13 154.3 153.2 307.5 16 BUF 13 102.9 204.2 307.1 17 ATL 13 140.6 162.8 303.4 18 MIA 14 141.6 161.6 303.2 19 HOU 13 155.8 143.4 299.2 20 MIN 13 106.5 189.8 296.3 21 BAL 13 98.8 194.8 293.7 22 CIN 13 149.2 139.9 289.1 23 CHI 13 152.1 136.4 288.5 24 GB 13 116.5 166.2 282.7 25 WAS 13 138.6 144.0 282.6 26 DET 13 106.6 156.7 263.3 27 KC 13 141.9 109.1 251.0 28 NYG 13 113.2 127.2 240.4
Rush Pass Total Defense Games Yds/Gm Yds/Gm Yds/Gm 1 NE 14 104.4 151.9 256.4 2 LA 13 113.2 146.4 259.6 3 TB 13 119.6 140.2 259.8 4 PIT 13 100.8 162.6 263.4 5 SD 13 122.1 148.3 270.4 6 MIA 14 108.9 172.2 281.1 7 DEN 13 109.4 178.7 288.1 8 DAL 14 133.8 157.6 291.4 9 CHI 13 132.8 163.3 296.1 10 PHI 13 138.3 165.3 303.6 11 HOU 13 133.8 170.2 303.9 12 DET 13 154.7 150.3 305.0 13 STL 13 138.3 175.1 313.4 14 WAS 13 140.8 173.9 314.8 15 KC 13 115.7 201.9 317.6 16 BUF 13 160.4 161.2 321.6 17 BAL 13 134.3 189.5 323.8 18 NYG 13 141.8 186.6 328.4 19 MIN 13 171.2 162.7 333.9 20 NO 13 152.7 188.8 341.5 21 OAK 12 151.7 196.2 347.9 22 ATL 13 138.5 211.7 350.2 23 SF 13 141.5 210.9 352.4 24 CIN 13 140.3 218.4 358.7 25 GB 13 182.5 180.2 362.7 26 SEA 13 150.6 212.6 363.2 27 NYJ 13 110.3 256.9 367.2 28 CLE 13 169.8 205.5 375.3
                                                          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       336  182   54.2  2,926   8.71  16.1  14   4.2   10   3.0    85.0
Ken Stabler           OAK       373  224   60.1  2,782   7.46  12.4  20   5.4   17   4.6    82.1
Dan Fouts             SD        441  270   61.2  3,261   7.39  12.1  21   4.8   20   4.5    80.9
Jim Zorn              SEA       386  218   56.5  2,800   7.25  12.8  16   4.1   12   3.1    80.2
Joe Theismann         WAS       304  177   58.2  2,045   6.73  11.6  13   4.3   10   3.3    79.2
Craig Morton          DEN       266  146   54.9  2,005   7.54  13.7  14   5.3   12   4.5    78.0
Terry Bradshaw        PIT       387  214   55.3  2,939   7.59  13.7  22   5.7   20   5.2    77.2
Brian Sipe            CLE       438  239   54.6  3,230   7.37  13.5  26   5.9   22   5.0    77.1
Ken Anderson          CIN       257  140   54.5  1,757   6.84  12.6  13   5.1   10   3.9    76.6
Archie Manning        NO        350  210   60.0  2,668   7.62  12.7  12   3.4   16   4.6    76.2
Steve Grogan          NE        362  179   49.4  2,835   7.83  15.8  24   6.6   19   5.2    76.2
Greg Landry           BAL       348  208   59.8  2,250   6.47  10.8  12   3.4   12   3.4    76.0
Ron Jaworski          PHI       294  151   51.4  2,057   7.00  13.6  15   5.1   11   3.7    75.5
Mike Phipps           CHI       182  100   54.9  1,163   6.39  11.6   6   3.3    5   2.7    74.0
Tommy Kramer          MIN       431  247   57.3  2,688   6.24  10.9  18   4.2   19   4.4    71.4
Steve DeBerg          SF        477  285   59.7  2,986   6.26  10.5  13   2.7   19   4.0    70.4
Phil Simms            NYG       206  100   48.5  1,351   6.56  13.5   9   4.4    8   3.9    68.2
Bob Griese            MIA       288  159   55.2  1,931   6.70  12.1  12   4.2   15   5.2    68.2
Pat Haden             LA        290  163   56.2  1,854   6.39  11.4  11   3.8   14   4.8    68.1
Richard Todd          NYJ       259  137   52.9  2,071   8.00  15.1  12   4.6   18   6.9    66.0
Steve Bartkowski      ATL       295  153   51.9  1,914   6.49  12.5  13   4.4   15   5.1    65.8
Doug Williams         TB        341  146   42.8  2,170   6.36  14.9  17   5.0   13   3.8    65.0
David Whitehurst      GB        322  179   55.6  2,247   6.98  12.6  10   3.1   18   5.6    64.5
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        213  118   55.4  1,211   5.69  10.3   5   2.3   13   6.1    54.3
Jim Hart              STL       374  192   51.3  2,206   5.90  11.5   8   2.1   20   5.3    54.3


Others (10 or more attempts): Per Per Passing Team(s) Att Cmp Pct Yards Att Cmp TD TD% Int Int% Rating Lynn Dickey GB 25 16 64.0 161 6.44 10.1 1 4.0 0 0.0 95.6 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 Don Strock MIA 59 30 50.8 508 8.61 16.9 5 8.5 4 6.8 80.3 Steve Pisarkiewicz STL 41 23 56.1 282 6.88 12.3 2 4.9 2 4.9 73.4 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 June Jones ATL 83 38 45.8 505 6.08 13.3 2 2.4 3 3.6 58.6 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 Vince Ferragamo LA 59 25 42.4 409 6.93 16.4 4 6.8 5 8.5 53.6 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 Jack Thompson CIN 75 35 46.7 454 6.05 13.0 1 1.3 5 6.7 42.9 Joe Pisarcik NYG 108 43 39.8 537 4.97 12.5 2 1.9 6 5.6 39.0 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 Ottis Anderson STL 261 1,297 5.0 5 Wilbert Montgomery PHI 282 1,279 4.5 7 Walter Payton CHI 289 1,261 4.4 10 Ricky Bell TB 210 1,010 4.8 7 Tony Dorsett DAL 212 963 4.5 5 Mike Pruitt CLE 200 951 4.8 5 Chuck Muncie NO 187 940 5.0 10 Franco Harris PIT 214 935 4.4 8 John Riggins WAS 202 819 4.1 5 William Andrews ATL 186 801 4.3 3 Wendell Tyler LA 169 794 4.7 7 Larry Csonka MIA 199 783 3.9 10 Clark Gaines NYJ 136 746 5.5 0 Pete Johnson CIN 190 708 3.7 12 Joe Washington BAL 193 707 3.7 3 Mark van Eeghen OAK 187 693 3.7 6 Tony Galbreath NO 180 684 3.8 8 Sherman Smith SEA 159 670 4.2 8 Delvin Williams MIA 169 641 3.8 3 Jerry Eckwood TB 177 614 3.5 2 Scott Dierking NYJ 145 611 4.2 2 Ted McKnight KC 113 592 5.2 5 Clarence Williams SD 155 581 3.7 10 Archie Griffin CIN 117 563 4.8 0
Receiving Team(s) Att Yards Avg TD Ahmad Rashad MIN 64 955 14.9 7 Joe Washington BAL 62 591 9.5 2 John Stallworth PIT 61 1,062 17.4 7 Wes Chandler NO 59 998 16.9 6 Charlie Joiner SD 57 808 14.2 3 Rick Upchurch DEN 56 832 14.9 7 Freddie Solomon SF 56 791 14.1 7 Wallace Francis ATL 55 787 14.3 6 Steve Largent SEA 54 1,039 19.2 7 Don McCauley BAL 54 567 10.5 3 Rickey Young MIN 52 361 6.9 3 John Jefferson SD 51 883 17.3 9 Raymond Chester OAK 51 624 12.2 7 Drew Pearson DAL 49 918 18.7 5 Freddie Scott DET 49 693 14.1 4 Don Bass CIN 49 638 13.0 3 Tony Hill DAL 48 905 18.9 9 Dave Logan CLE 48 816 17.0 6 Ozzie Newsome CLE 46 709 15.4 9 Henry Childs NO 45 710 15.8 4 Paul Coffman GB 45 564 12.5 2 Wilbur Jackson SF 45 365 8.1 0 Tony Galbreath NO 45 347 7.7 0 Pat Tilley STL 44 745 16.9 4 Harold Carmichael PHI 44 693 15.8 9
Kick Returns Team(s) Att Yards Avg TD Keith Wright CLE 15 402 26.8 0 Ira Matthews OAK 25 669 26.8 1 Larry Brunson OAK 15 392 26.1 0 James Owens SF 31 803 25.9 1 Wally Henry PHI 22 557 25.3 0 Roy Green STL 31 784 25.3 1 Jimmy Edwards MIN 38 950 25.0 0 Nesby Glasgow BAL 44 1,022 23.2 0 Willard Harrell STL 21 487 23.2 0 Len Walterscheid CHI 16 365 22.8 0 Tony Nathan MIA 38 861 22.7 0 Ron Springs DAL 29 646 22.3 0 Rich Mauti NO 27 598 22.1 0 Deacon Turner CIN 42 926 22.0 0 Allan Clark NE 34 749 22.0 0
Punt Returns Team(s) Att Yards Avg TD Tony Nathan MIA 24 295 12.3 1 J.T. Smith KC 49 572 11.7 2 Rick Upchurch DEN 29 299 10.3 0 Steve Schubert CHI 23 234 10.2 1 Dino Hall CLE 19 190 10.0 0 Mike Fuller SD 43 409 9.5 0 Stanley Morgan NE 24 226 9.4 1 Bruce Harper NYJ 26 241 9.3 0 Jim Smith PIT 16 146 9.1 0 Wally Henry PHI 29 262 9.0 0 Keith Moody BUF 30 270 9.0 0 Buddy Hardeman WAS 24 207 8.6 0 Nesby Glasgow BAL 36 310 8.6 1 Rich Mauti NO 20 167 8.3 0 Theo Bell PIT 29 225 7.8 0
Punting Team(s) Punts Yards Avg Bob Grupp KC 72 3,207 44.5 Dave Jennings NYG 86 3,713 43.2 Ray Guy OAK 63 2,709 43.0 Pat McInally CIN 75 3,141 41.9 Danny White DAL 64 2,676 41.8 Johnny Evans CLE 55 2,274 41.3 Cliff Parsley HOU 78 3,208 41.1 Luke Prestridge DEN 69 2,820 40.9 Rick Partridge NO 46 1,878 40.8 Larry Swider DET 80 3,240 40.5 Chuck Ramsey NYJ 57 2,298 40.3 George Roberts MIA 62 2,496 40.3 David Beverly GB 55 2,214 40.3 Herman Weaver SEA 54 2,173 40.2 Tom Blanchard TB 79 3,166 40.1 Ken Clark LA 77 3,083 40.0 John James ATL 71 2,829 39.8 Craig Colquitt PIT 58 2,310 39.8 Steve Little STL 62 2,467 39.8 Greg Coleman MIN 69 2,732 39.6
Kicking Team(s) FG PAT Pts John Smith NE 20/29 40/43 100 Mark Moseley WAS 22/30 26/26 92 Uwe von Schamann MIA 20/26 29/33 89 Toni Fritsch HOU 17/19 36/38 87 Don Cockroft CLE 17/26 34/38 85 Efren Herrera SEA 17/21 33/36 84 Matt Bahr PIT 14/23 40/42 82 Rafael Septien DAL 18/25 28/32 82 Tony Franklin PHI 17/24 27/29 78 Ray Wersching SF 16/20 26/29 74 Jim Breech OAK 13/20 31/35 70 Chris Bahr CIN 11/19 35/37 68 Bob Thomas CHI 13/20 26/28 65 Nick Mike-Mayer BUF 16/21 16/17 64 Frank Corral LA 11/21 27/30 60 Garo Yepremian NO 10/12 29/30 59 Neil O'Donoghue TB 10/18 29/34 59 Jim Turner DEN 10/15 28/29 58 Tim Mazzetti ATL 12/23 22/27 58 Mike Wood SD-STL 11/17 24/28 57

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