Sunday December 9, 1979
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NFL leaders as of 12/09/1979:



Team Rankings:
Rush Pass Total Offense Games Yds/Gm Yds/Gm Yds/Gm 1 PIT 14 162.1 231.1 393.2 2 DAL 16 146.4 217.8 364.2 3 CLE 15 144.3 217.1 361.5 4 SD 15 104.7 246.2 350.9 5 NO 15 146.7 200.3 347.0 6 NE 15 145.5 199.7 345.3 7 SEA 15 124.9 218.4 343.3 8 SF 15 121.7 219.9 341.6 9 STL 15 166.1 171.9 338.1 10 NYJ 15 170.0 158.1 328.1 11 LA 15 152.3 170.6 322.9 12 DEN 15 128.3 192.1 320.5 13 OAK 14 114.3 204.4 318.7 14 TB 15 147.5 171.1 318.7 15 BUF 15 102.9 209.2 312.1 16 ATL 15 139.3 171.8 311.1 17 PHI 15 150.2 160.8 311.0 18 MIA 15 141.7 162.7 304.4 19 WAS 15 141.5 160.6 302.1 20 BAL 15 97.5 199.7 297.3 21 MIN 15 107.3 189.3 296.7 22 CIN 15 145.5 150.7 296.2 23 HOU 14 153.3 142.3 295.6 24 GB 15 111.1 172.6 283.7 25 CHI 15 152.3 126.4 278.7 26 KC 15 150.5 109.2 259.7 27 DET 15 101.4 150.9 252.3 28 NYG 15 110.5 128.1 238.6
Rush Pass Total Defense Games Yds/Gm Yds/Gm Yds/Gm 1 TB 15 121.0 136.9 257.9 2 NE 15 107.7 150.3 258.0 3 PIT 14 102.9 165.9 268.9 4 MIA 15 107.1 167.4 274.5 5 SD 15 119.7 155.0 274.7 6 LA 15 114.7 160.7 275.4 7 DAL 16 128.2 156.8 285.1 8 CHI 15 125.9 167.0 292.9 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 BUF 15 151.1 155.3 306.4 13 STL 15 133.5 174.5 308.1 14 DET 15 154.7 156.7 311.3 15 KC 15 108.2 205.3 313.5 16 WAS 15 136.0 178.1 314.1 17 BAL 15 142.9 182.4 325.3 18 MIN 15 163.8 165.0 328.8 19 NYG 15 149.4 183.3 332.7 20 OAK 14 152.6 185.8 338.4 21 SF 15 140.1 201.9 342.0 22 NO 15 152.9 196.8 349.7 23 ATL 15 137.1 216.9 354.0 24 SEA 15 152.9 208.2 361.1 25 GB 15 181.9 179.3 361.3 26 NYJ 15 109.6 252.9 362.5 27 CLE 15 163.9 199.7 363.6 28 CIN 15 140.2 230.5 370.7
                                                          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
Dan Fouts             SD        501  315   62.9  3,852   7.69  12.2  23   4.6   21   4.2    84.4
Joe Theismann         WAS       372  221   59.4  2,597   6.98  11.8  19   5.1   13   3.5    83.1
Ken Stabler           OAK       451  273   60.5  3,273   7.26  12.0  25   5.5   20   4.4    82.8
Ken Anderson          CIN       329  180   54.7  2,293   6.97  12.7  16   4.9   10   3.0    80.3
Terry Bradshaw        PIT       416  231   55.5  3,278   7.88  14.2  24   5.8   21   5.0    79.4
Joe Ferguson          BUF       427  227   53.2  3,469   8.12  15.3  14   3.3   13   3.0    78.5
Steve Grogan          NE        397  194   48.9  3,082   7.76  15.9  26   6.5   19   4.8    77.0
Archie Manning        NO        405  242   59.8  3,007   7.42  12.4  14   3.5   17   4.2    76.8
Ron Jaworski          PHI       353  178   50.4  2,506   7.10  14.1  18   5.1   12   3.4    76.5
Jim Zorn              SEA       470  262   55.7  3,347   7.12  12.8  18   3.8   17   3.6    75.9
Greg Landry           BAL       433  253   58.4  2,756   6.36  10.9  14   3.2   14   3.2    74.6
Craig Morton          DEN       329  177   53.8  2,390   7.26  13.5  16   4.9   15   4.6    74.4
Brian Sipe            CLE       493  266   54.0  3,555   7.21  13.4  27   5.5   25   5.1    74.2
Steve DeBerg          SF        524  318   60.7  3,307   6.31  10.4  15   2.9   20   3.8    72.6
Bob Griese            MIA       310  176   56.8  2,160   6.97  12.3  14   4.5   16   5.2    72.0
Phil Simms            NYG       251  127   50.6  1,676   6.68  13.2  12   4.8   10   4.0    71.4
Tommy Kramer          MIN       505  280   55.4  3,089   6.12  11.0  22   4.4   23   4.6    69.3
Mike Phipps           CHI       222  116   52.3  1,302   5.86  11.2   7   3.2    6   2.7    69.3
Pat Haden             LA        290  163   56.2  1,854   6.39  11.4  11   3.8   14   4.8    68.1
Steve Bartkowski      ATL       352  186   52.8  2,318   6.59  12.5  16   4.5   18   5.1    67.4
Richard Todd          NYJ       312  159   51.0  2,434   7.80  15.3  14   4.5   19   6.1    66.6
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
Steve Fuller          KC        257  139   54.1  1,438   5.60  10.3   6   2.3   13   5.1    57.2
Doug Williams         TB        384  161   41.9  2,397   6.24  14.9  18   4.7   22   5.7    54.8
Jim Hart              STL       374  192   51.3  2,206   5.90  11.5   8   2.1   20   5.3    54.3
Jeff Komlo            DET       355  178   50.1  2,180   6.14  12.2  11   3.1   22   6.2    54.0


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 Steve Pisarkiewicz STL 81 47 58.0 556 6.86 11.8 3 3.7 2 2.5 81.1 Joe Montana SF 23 13 56.5 96 4.17 7.4 1 4.3 0 0.0 81.1 Don Strock MIA 59 30 50.8 508 8.61 16.9 5 8.5 4 6.8 80.3 Lynn Dickey GB 95 49 51.6 656 6.91 13.4 5 5.3 4 4.2 73.8 Mike Moroski ATL 15 8 53.3 97 6.47 12.1 0 0.0 0 0.0 73.5 Scott Hunter DET 25 10 40.0 237 9.48 23.7 1 4.0 1 4.0 71.6 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 36 17 47.2 252 7.00 14.8 1 2.8 2 5.6 56.7 Vince Ferragamo LA 84 39 46.4 619 7.37 15.9 5 6.0 8 9.5 51.7 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 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 Ottis Anderson STL 317 1,566 4.9 8 Earl Campbell HOU 319 1,454 4.6 18 Walter Payton CHI 336 1,453 4.3 11 Wilbert Montgomery PHI 327 1,452 4.4 9 Mike Pruitt CLE 245 1,211 4.9 8 Ricky Bell TB 244 1,126 4.6 7 Chuck Muncie NO 218 1,107 5.1 11 Tony Dorsett DAL 250 1,107 4.4 6 Franco Harris PIT 234 1,027 4.4 9 John Riggins WAS 238 1,002 4.2 7 Wendell Tyler LA 200 968 4.8 8 William Andrews ATL 220 960 4.4 3 Clark Gaines NYJ 173 860 5.0 0 Joe Washington BAL 225 826 3.7 4 Larry Csonka MIA 212 821 3.9 11 Pete Johnson CIN 224 798 3.6 13 Mark van Eeghen OAK 212 780 3.7 7 Ted McKnight KC 144 743 5.2 8 Scott Dierking NYJ 175 738 4.2 2 Sherman Smith SEA 179 731 4.1 10 Tony Galbreath NO 189 708 3.7 9 Clarence Williams SD 184 702 3.8 12 Delvin Williams MIA 180 696 3.9 3 Archie Griffin CIN 129 643 5.0 0 Rickey Young MIN 172 628 3.7 3
Receiving Team(s) Att Yards Avg TD Joe Washington BAL 78 718 9.2 3 Ahmad Rashad MIN 72 1,088 15.1 9 Wallace Francis ATL 71 985 13.9 8 Charlie Joiner SD 69 950 13.8 3 Steve Largent SEA 66 1,237 18.7 9 John Stallworth PIT 63 1,080 17.1 7 Wes Chandler NO 63 1,049 16.7 6 Rick Upchurch DEN 63 923 14.7 7 John Jefferson SD 61 1,090 17.9 10 Tony Galbreath NO 58 484 8.3 1 Freddie Scott DET 57 849 14.9 5 Rickey Young MIN 57 403 7.1 3 Freddie Solomon SF 56 791 14.1 7 Don Bass CIN 55 712 12.9 3 Drew Pearson DAL 54 1,006 18.6 8 Dave Logan CLE 54 896 16.6 6 Pat Tilley STL 54 886 16.4 5 Paul Coffman GB 54 685 12.7 4 Raymond Chester OAK 54 649 12.0 8 Don McCauley BAL 54 567 10.5 3 Frank Lewis BUF 53 1,060 20.0 2 Dave Casper OAK 53 731 13.8 3 Tony Hill DAL 52 949 18.2 9 Ozzie Newsome CLE 52 765 14.7 9 James Lofton GB 51 920 18.0 4
Kick Returns Team(s) Att Yards Avg TD Keith Wright CLE 15 402 26.8 0 Roy Green STL 34 896 26.4 1 Larry Brunson OAK 17 441 25.9 0 James Owens SF 35 899 25.7 1 Ira Matthews OAK 31 793 25.6 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 Nesby Glasgow BAL 48 1,088 22.7 0 Rich Mauti NO 33 748 22.7 0 Willard Harrell STL 22 497 22.6 0 Tony Nathan MIA 40 897 22.4 0 Bobby Hammond NYG-WAS 19 421 22.2 0 Ron Springs DAL 32 709 22.2 0 Len Walterscheid CHI 18 394 21.9 0
Punt Returns Team(s) Att Yards Avg TD John Sciarra PHI 16 182 11.4 0 Dino Hall CLE 25 279 11.2 0 Tony Nathan MIA 27 296 11.0 1 J.T. Smith KC 56 597 10.7 2 Stanley Morgan NE 27 278 10.3 1 Rick Upchurch DEN 30 304 10.1 0 Steve Schubert CHI 25 238 9.5 1 Mike Fuller SD 44 414 9.4 0 Jim Smith PIT 16 146 9.1 0 Bruce Harper NYJ 32 284 8.9 0 Buddy Hardeman WAS 24 207 8.6 0 Wally Henry PHI 32 276 8.6 0 Keith Moody BUF 37 317 8.6 0 John Arnold DET 15 127 8.5 0 Rich Mauti NO 24 197 8.2 0
Punting Team(s) Punts Yards Avg Bob Grupp KC 82 3,582 43.7 Dave Jennings NYG 98 4,211 43.0 Ray Guy OAK 69 2,939 42.6 Pat McInally CIN 83 3,459 41.7 Danny White DAL 71 2,956 41.6 Johnny Evans CLE 63 2,585 41.0 Cliff Parsley HOU 83 3,393 40.9 Chuck Ramsey NYJ 71 2,887 40.7 Rick Partridge NO 53 2,148 40.5 Herman Weaver SEA 65 2,619 40.3 Luke Prestridge DEN 83 3,326 40.1 Larry Swider DET 88 3,523 40.0 Ken Clark LA 89 3,562 40.0 George Roberts MIA 67 2,679 40.0 David Beverly GB 65 2,595 39.9 Tom Blanchard TB 89 3,541 39.8 John James ATL 77 3,057 39.7 Steve Little STL 71 2,817 39.7 Craig Colquitt PIT 60 2,373 39.5 Greg Coleman MIN 85 3,360 39.5
Kicking Team(s) FG PAT Pts John Smith NE 21/31 43/46 106 Mark Moseley WAS 23/31 35/35 104 Tony Franklin PHI 21/29 34/36 97 Matt Bahr PIT 17/26 44/46 95 Uwe von Schamann MIA 20/26 33/37 93 Rafael Septien DAL 19/29 35/39 92 Efren Herrera SEA 17/21 40/43 91 Don Cockroft CLE 17/28 38/42 89 Jim Breech OAK 17/25 38/42 89 Ray Wersching SF 20/24 29/32 89 Toni Fritsch HOU 17/20 37/39 88 Nick Mike-Mayer BUF 20/27 17/18 77 Bob Thomas CHI 16/25 28/31 76 Chris Bahr CIN 12/21 39/41 75 Frank Corral LA 13/25 34/37 73 Jim Turner DEN 13/21 31/33 70 Mike Wood SD-STL 12/19 32/36 68 Garo Yepremian NO 10/13 34/35 64 Jan Stenerud KC 12/22 28/29 64 Tim Mazzetti ATL 12/24 27/33 63

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