Sunday December 2, 1979
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

NFL leaders as of 12/02/1979:



Team Rankings:
Rush Pass Total Offense Games Yds/Gm Yds/Gm Yds/Gm 1 PIT 14 162.1 231.1 393.2 2 DAL 15 143.8 226.1 369.9 3 CLE 14 142.6 225.1 367.7 4 NO 13 153.5 206.8 360.4 5 SD 14 100.4 247.1 347.4 6 NE 14 148.3 198.8 347.1 7 SF 14 122.4 220.3 342.6 8 SEA 14 128.5 212.0 340.5 9 STL 14 161.4 171.8 333.2 10 NYJ 14 171.1 160.4 331.5 11 TB 14 154.4 168.3 322.6 12 LA 14 150.9 170.1 321.1 13 DEN 14 127.4 190.0 317.4 14 BUF 14 102.7 210.9 313.6 15 PHI 14 155.2 157.7 312.9 16 OAK 12 110.7 200.2 310.8 17 ATL 14 141.5 167.0 308.5 18 MIN 14 108.9 195.4 304.4 19 MIA 14 141.6 161.6 303.2 20 BAL 14 99.1 198.1 297.2 21 HOU 14 153.3 142.3 295.6 22 WAS 14 142.6 151.0 293.6 23 CIN 14 147.9 144.9 292.7 24 GB 14 115.1 167.0 282.1 25 CHI 14 151.7 127.9 279.6 26 DET 14 102.8 154.6 257.4 27 KC 14 145.6 111.1 256.7 28 NYG 14 112.2 125.1 237.3
Rush Pass Total Defense Games Yds/Gm Yds/Gm Yds/Gm 1 TB 14 121.6 131.4 253.0 2 NE 14 104.4 151.9 256.4 3 PIT 14 102.9 165.9 268.9 4 LA 14 115.2 155.1 270.3 5 SD 14 124.3 153.6 277.9 6 MIA 14 108.9 172.2 281.1 7 DAL 15 131.5 153.7 285.1 8 CHI 14 130.9 161.0 291.9 9 PHI 14 132.2 162.6 294.8 10 DEN 14 108.7 187.2 295.9 11 HOU 14 138.4 167.8 306.1 12 DET 14 155.6 155.1 310.6 13 STL 14 136.9 174.8 311.7 14 WAS 14 137.6 174.2 311.9 15 KC 14 110.6 204.0 314.6 16 BUF 14 155.9 158.9 314.8 17 BAL 14 137.4 189.5 326.9 18 NYG 14 143.5 184.0 327.5 19 MIN 14 168.0 163.5 331.5 20 NO 13 152.7 188.8 341.5 21 SF 14 146.4 201.2 347.6 22 OAK 12 151.7 196.2 347.9 23 ATL 14 134.7 219.7 354.4 24 SEA 14 153.7 207.2 360.9 25 NYJ 14 109.8 255.7 365.5 26 CLE 14 166.3 200.0 366.3 27 CIN 14 141.3 225.9 367.2 28 GB 14 183.4 184.6 368.0
                                                          Per   Per
Passing               Team(s)   Att  Cmp    Pct  Yards    Att   Cmp  TD   TD%  Int  Int%  Rating
Roger Staubach        DAL       398  232   58.3  3,145   7.90  13.6  23   5.8   10   2.5    92.4
Joe Ferguson          BUF       382  209   54.7  3,242   8.49  15.5  14   3.7   11   2.9    83.3
Joe Theismann         WAS       338  198   58.6  2,301   6.81  11.6  17   5.0   11   3.3    82.5
Dan Fouts             SD        478  298   62.3  3,599   7.53  12.1  22   4.6   21   4.4    82.4
Ken Stabler           OAK       373  224   60.1  2,782   7.46  12.4  20   5.4   17   4.6    82.1
Terry Bradshaw        PIT       416  231   55.5  3,278   7.88  14.2  24   5.8   21   5.0    79.4
Ken Anderson          CIN       293  160   54.6  2,015   6.88  12.6  15   5.1   10   3.4    79.1
Ron Jaworski          PHI       317  165   52.1  2,290   7.22  13.9  17   5.4   11   3.5    79.0
Brian Sipe            CLE       464  252   54.3  3,402   7.33  13.5  27   5.8   23   5.0    76.6
Greg Landry           BAL       397  237   59.7  2,516   6.34  10.6  13   3.3   12   3.0    76.6
Craig Morton          DEN       289  155   53.6  2,145   7.42  13.8  15   5.2   13   4.5    76.3
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
Jim Zorn              SEA       431  240   55.7  3,039   7.05  12.7  16   3.7   15   3.5    75.7
Mike Phipps           CHI       197  106   53.8  1,189   6.04  11.2   7   3.6    5   2.5    73.3
Tommy Kramer          MIN       473  268   56.7  2,985   6.31  11.1  21   4.4   22   4.7    71.0
Steve DeBerg          SF        494  296   59.9  3,121   6.32  10.5  14   2.8   20   4.0    70.9
Steve Bartkowski      ATL       325  170   52.3  2,139   6.58  12.6  16   4.9   16   4.9    69.0
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
Phil Simms            NYG       221  109   49.3  1,481   6.70  13.6   9   4.1    9   4.1    67.7
Richard Todd          NYJ       285  149   52.3  2,286   8.02  15.3  13   4.6   19   6.7    66.5
David Whitehurst      GB        322  179   55.6  2,247   6.98  12.6  10   3.1   18   5.6    64.5
Dan Pastorini         HOU       294  146   49.7  1,835   6.24  12.6  12   4.1   16   5.4    60.4
Doug Williams         TB        360  151   41.9  2,230   6.19  14.8  17   4.7   17   4.7    58.9
Jeff Komlo            DET       339  173   51.0  2,121   6.26  12.3  11   3.2   20   5.9    56.9
Steve Fuller          KC        236  128   54.2  1,348   5.71  10.5   6   2.5   13   5.5    56.6
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 Bob Lee LA 22 11 50.0 243 11.05 22.1 2 9.1 1 4.5 101.1 Gifford Nielsen HOU 47 27 57.4 352 7.49 13.0 3 6.4 2 4.3 84.7 John Walton PHI 28 15 53.6 178 6.36 11.9 2 7.1 1 3.6 82.1 Don Strock MIA 59 30 50.8 508 8.61 16.9 5 8.5 4 6.8 80.3 Joe Montana SF 19 10 52.6 66 3.47 6.6 1 5.3 0 0.0 78.0 Lynn Dickey GB 58 29 50.0 373 6.43 12.9 3 5.2 2 3.4 73.4 Steve Pisarkiewicz STL 57 32 56.1 373 6.54 11.7 2 3.5 2 3.5 73.2 Norris Weese DEN 97 53 54.6 731 7.54 13.8 1 1.0 3 3.1 69.6 Joe Reed DET 32 14 43.8 164 5.12 11.7 2 6.2 1 3.1 67.7 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 Danny White DAL 39 19 48.7 267 6.85 14.1 1 2.6 2 5.1 58.4 Mike Rae TB 28 13 46.4 191 6.82 14.7 1 3.6 2 7.1 51.3 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 Vince Ferragamo LA 69 29 42.0 431 6.25 14.9 4 5.8 6 8.7 46.2 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 319 1,454 4.6 18 Ottis Anderson STL 288 1,426 5.0 6 Wilbert Montgomery PHI 304 1,387 4.6 8 Walter Payton CHI 311 1,338 4.3 11 Ricky Bell TB 234 1,090 4.7 7 Tony Dorsett DAL 241 1,071 4.4 6 Mike Pruitt CLE 225 1,062 4.7 6 Franco Harris PIT 234 1,027 4.4 9 Chuck Muncie NO 187 940 5.0 10 William Andrews ATL 207 932 4.5 3 John Riggins WAS 219 907 4.1 5 Wendell Tyler LA 182 830 4.6 7 Clark Gaines NYJ 158 816 5.2 0 Larry Csonka MIA 199 783 3.9 10 Joe Washington BAL 204 775 3.8 4 Pete Johnson CIN 208 759 3.6 12 Mark van Eeghen OAK 187 693 3.7 6 Tony Galbreath NO 180 684 3.8 8 Sherman Smith SEA 165 674 4.1 8 Ted McKnight KC 130 646 5.0 7 Scott Dierking NYJ 156 645 4.1 2 Delvin Williams MIA 169 641 3.8 3 Clarence Williams SD 167 614 3.7 11 Jerry Eckwood TB 177 614 3.5 2 Rickey Young MIN 161 599 3.7 3
Receiving Team(s) Att Yards Avg TD Joe Washington BAL 72 648 9.0 2 Ahmad Rashad MIN 70 1,057 15.1 8 Charlie Joiner SD 65 907 14.0 3 Steve Largent SEA 63 1,159 18.4 7 John Stallworth PIT 63 1,080 17.1 7 Wallace Francis ATL 61 877 14.4 8 Wes Chandler NO 59 998 16.9 6 John Jefferson SD 56 986 17.6 9 Rick Upchurch DEN 56 832 14.9 7 Freddie Solomon SF 56 791 14.1 7 Rickey Young MIN 55 388 7.1 3 Drew Pearson DAL 54 1,006 18.6 8 Don McCauley BAL 54 567 10.5 3 Freddie Scott DET 53 784 14.8 5 Raymond Chester OAK 51 624 12.2 7 Ozzie Newsome CLE 50 751 15.0 9 Don Bass CIN 50 658 13.2 3 Tony Hill DAL 49 916 18.7 9 Dave Logan CLE 49 837 17.1 6 Harold Carmichael PHI 49 789 16.1 11 Pat Tilley STL 48 792 16.5 4 Paul Coffman GB 48 606 12.6 2 Paul Hofer SF 46 511 11.1 1 Wilbur Jackson SF 46 370 8.0 0 Frank Lewis BUF 45 949 21.1 2
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 33 856 25.9 1 Roy Green STL 32 817 25.5 1 Wally Henry PHI 22 557 25.3 0 Jimmy Edwards MIN 40 997 24.9 0 Aundra Thompson GB 15 346 23.1 1 Len Walterscheid CHI 17 388 22.8 0 Nesby Glasgow BAL 48 1,088 22.7 0 Tony Nathan MIA 38 861 22.7 0 Willard Harrell STL 22 497 22.6 0 Bobby Hammond NYG-WAS 17 383 22.5 0 Ron Springs DAL 31 691 22.3 0 Rich Mauti NO 27 598 22.1 0
Punt Returns Team(s) Att Yards Avg TD Tony Nathan MIA 24 295 12.3 1 John Sciarra PHI 16 182 11.4 0 J.T. Smith KC 52 591 11.4 2 Dino Hall CLE 23 258 11.2 0 Rick Upchurch DEN 30 304 10.1 0 Steve Schubert CHI 25 238 9.5 1 Stanley Morgan NE 24 226 9.4 1 Mike Fuller SD 44 414 9.4 0 Jim Smith PIT 16 146 9.1 0 John Arnold DET 14 126 9.0 0 Wally Henry PHI 30 266 8.9 0 Bruce Harper NYJ 29 257 8.9 0 Keith Moody BUF 33 287 8.7 0 Buddy Hardeman WAS 24 207 8.6 0 Rich Mauti NO 20 167 8.3 0
Punting Team(s) Punts Yards Avg Bob Grupp KC 75 3,323 44.3 Ray Guy OAK 63 2,709 43.0 Dave Jennings NYG 92 3,944 42.9 Pat McInally CIN 79 3,303 41.8 Danny White DAL 67 2,791 41.7 Johnny Evans CLE 59 2,430 41.2 Cliff Parsley HOU 83 3,393 40.9 Rick Partridge NO 46 1,878 40.8 Chuck Ramsey NYJ 63 2,551 40.5 George Roberts MIA 62 2,496 40.3 David Beverly GB 60 2,414 40.2 Luke Prestridge DEN 77 3,096 40.2 Ken Clark LA 87 3,487 40.1 Greg Coleman MIN 75 3,003 40.0 Larry Swider DET 88 3,523 40.0 Tom Blanchard TB 85 3,397 40.0 Herman Weaver SEA 58 2,316 39.9 John James ATL 74 2,940 39.7 Craig Colquitt PIT 60 2,373 39.5 Steve Little STL 68 2,688 39.5
Kicking Team(s) FG PAT Pts John Smith NE 20/29 40/43 100 Mark Moseley WAS 23/31 31/31 100 Matt Bahr PIT 17/26 44/46 95 Tony Franklin PHI 20/28 32/34 92 Uwe von Schamann MIA 20/26 29/33 89 Toni Fritsch HOU 17/20 37/39 88 Don Cockroft CLE 17/28 36/40 87 Efren Herrera SEA 17/21 36/39 87 Rafael Septien DAL 18/28 32/36 86 Ray Wersching SF 17/21 27/30 78 Nick Mike-Mayer BUF 19/25 17/18 74 Chris Bahr CIN 12/21 37/39 73 Jim Breech OAK 13/20 31/35 70 Bob Thomas CHI 13/20 28/30 67 Jim Turner DEN 12/19 29/30 65 Frank Corral LA 11/22 30/33 63 Mike Wood SD-STL 12/19 27/31 63 Tim Mazzetti ATL 12/24 26/31 62 Jan Stenerud KC 11/20 27/28 60 Garo Yepremian NO 10/12 29/30 59

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