Saturday December 8, 1979
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

NFL leaders as of 12/08/1979:



Team Rankings:
Rush Pass Total Offense Games Yds/Gm Yds/Gm Yds/Gm 1 PIT 14 162.1 231.1 393.2 2 CLE 14 142.6 225.1 367.7 3 DAL 16 146.4 217.8 364.2 4 NO 14 153.1 202.1 355.3 5 SD 14 100.4 247.1 347.4 6 NE 14 148.3 198.8 347.1 7 SEA 15 124.9 218.4 343.3 8 SF 14 122.4 220.3 342.6 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 15 128.3 192.1 320.5 14 OAK 13 113.1 205.1 318.2 15 BUF 14 102.7 210.9 313.6 16 PHI 15 150.2 160.8 311.0 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 16 128.2 156.8 285.1 8 CHI 14 130.9 161.0 291.9 9 PHI 15 135.7 158.0 293.7 10 DEN 15 106.4 195.3 301.7 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 OAK 13 151.4 192.0 343.4 21 NO 14 151.9 194.1 346.1 22 SF 14 146.4 201.2 347.6 23 ATL 14 134.7 219.7 354.4 24 SEA 15 152.9 208.2 361.1 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       419  243   58.0  3,250   7.76  13.4  24   5.7   10   2.4    91.9
Joe Ferguson          BUF       382  209   54.7  3,242   8.49  15.5  14   3.7   11   2.9    83.3
Ken Stabler           OAK       417  250   60.0  3,077   7.38  12.3  24   5.8   19   4.6    83.0
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
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
Archie Manning        NO        373  222   59.5  2,822   7.57  12.7  14   3.8   17   4.6    76.7
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
Ron Jaworski          PHI       353  178   50.4  2,506   7.10  14.1  18   5.1   12   3.4    76.5
Steve Grogan          NE        362  179   49.4  2,835   7.83  15.8  24   6.6   19   5.2    76.2
Jim Zorn              SEA       470  262   55.7  3,347   7.12  12.8  18   3.8   17   3.6    75.9
Craig Morton          DEN       329  177   53.8  2,390   7.26  13.5  16   4.9   15   4.6    74.4
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 Wilbert Montgomery PHI 327 1,452 4.4 9 Ottis Anderson STL 288 1,426 5.0 6 Walter Payton CHI 311 1,338 4.3 11 Tony Dorsett DAL 250 1,107 4.4 6 Ricky Bell TB 234 1,090 4.7 7 Chuck Muncie NO 208 1,068 5.1 11 Mike Pruitt CLE 225 1,062 4.7 6 Franco Harris PIT 234 1,027 4.4 9 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 201 742 3.7 7 Sherman Smith SEA 179 731 4.1 10 Tony Galbreath NO 186 702 3.8 9 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 Steve Largent SEA 66 1,237 18.7 9 Charlie Joiner SD 65 907 14.0 3 John Stallworth PIT 63 1,080 17.1 7 Rick Upchurch DEN 63 923 14.7 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 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 53 639 12.1 8 Tony Hill DAL 52 949 18.2 9 Tony Galbreath NO 52 453 8.7 1 Harold Carmichael PHI 50 823 16.5 11 Ozzie Newsome CLE 50 751 15.0 9 Don Bass CIN 50 658 13.2 3 Haven Moses DEN 49 883 18.0 6 Dave Logan CLE 49 837 17.1 6 Dan Doornink SEA 49 402 8.2 0 Pat Tilley STL 48 792 16.5 4 Dave Casper OAK 48 682 14.2 3
Kick Returns Team(s) Att Yards Avg TD Keith Wright CLE 15 402 26.8 0 Ira Matthews OAK 29 761 26.2 1 Larry Brunson OAK 17 441 25.9 0 James Owens SF 33 856 25.9 1 Roy Green STL 32 817 25.5 1 Jimmy Edwards MIN 40 997 24.9 0 Wally Henry PHI 25 616 24.6 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 32 709 22.2 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 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 Bruce Harper NYJ 29 257 8.9 0 Keith Moody BUF 33 287 8.7 0 Rich Mauti NO 22 191 8.7 0 Buddy Hardeman WAS 24 207 8.6 0 Wally Henry PHI 32 276 8.6 0 Nesby Glasgow BAL 39 319 8.2 1
Punting Team(s) Punts Yards Avg Bob Grupp KC 75 3,323 44.3 Ray Guy OAK 66 2,831 42.9 Dave Jennings NYG 92 3,944 42.9 Pat McInally CIN 79 3,303 41.8 Danny White DAL 71 2,956 41.6 Johnny Evans CLE 59 2,430 41.2 Cliff Parsley HOU 83 3,393 40.9 Chuck Ramsey NYJ 63 2,551 40.5 Rick Partridge NO 51 2,065 40.5 Herman Weaver SEA 65 2,619 40.3 George Roberts MIA 62 2,496 40.3 David Beverly GB 60 2,414 40.2 Ken Clark LA 87 3,487 40.1 Luke Prestridge DEN 83 3,326 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 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 Tony Franklin PHI 21/29 34/36 97 Matt Bahr PIT 17/26 44/46 95 Rafael Septien DAL 19/29 35/39 92 Efren Herrera SEA 17/21 40/43 91 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 Ray Wersching SF 17/21 27/30 78 Jim Breech OAK 13/21 37/41 76 Nick Mike-Mayer BUF 19/25 17/18 74 Chris Bahr CIN 12/21 37/39 73 Jim Turner DEN 13/21 31/33 70 Bob Thomas CHI 13/20 28/30 67 Garo Yepremian NO 10/12 34/35 64 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

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