Saturday December 15, 1979
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

NFL leaders as of 12/15/1979:



Team Rankings:
Rush Pass Total Offense Games Yds/Gm Yds/Gm Yds/Gm 1 PIT 15 159.3 230.3 389.5 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 16 165.4 162.4 327.8 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 16 136.7 172.7 309.4 19 WAS 15 141.5 160.6 302.1 20 HOU 15 155.7 143.5 299.2 21 BAL 15 97.5 199.7 297.3 22 MIN 15 107.3 189.3 296.7 23 CIN 15 145.5 150.7 296.2 24 GB 16 116.3 167.6 283.9 25 CHI 15 152.3 126.4 278.7 26 KC 15 150.5 109.2 259.7 27 DET 16 104.8 146.0 250.8 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 15 108.7 165.5 274.3 4 SD 15 119.7 155.0 274.7 5 LA 15 114.7 160.7 275.4 6 MIA 16 106.4 171.1 277.4 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 BUF 15 151.1 155.3 306.4 12 STL 15 133.5 174.5 308.1 13 HOU 15 137.1 171.1 308.3 14 DET 16 157.2 152.6 309.8 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 GB 16 180.3 172.6 352.9 24 ATL 15 137.1 216.9 354.0 25 SEA 15 152.9 208.2 361.1 26 CLE 15 163.9 199.7 363.6 27 NYJ 16 106.6 257.2 363.8 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
Joe Ferguson          BUF       427  227   53.2  3,469   8.12  15.3  14   3.3   13   3.0    78.5
Terry Bradshaw        PIT       445  245   55.1  3,515   7.90  14.3  25   5.6   23   5.2    78.1
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       334  171   51.2  2,660   7.96  15.6  16   4.8   22   6.6    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       310  156   50.3  2,005   6.47  12.9  13   4.2   16   5.2    63.4
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       368  183   49.7  2,238   6.08  12.2  11   3.0   23   6.2    52.8
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        48   27   56.2    352   7.33  13.0   3   6.2    2   4.2    83.0
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       100   56   56.0    830   8.30  14.8   6   6.0    6   6.0    78.3
Mike Moroski          ATL        15    8   53.3     97   6.47  12.1   0   0.0    0   0.0    73.5
Lynn Dickey           GB        119   60   50.4    787   6.61  13.1   5   4.2    4   3.4    71.7
Norris Weese          DEN        97   53   54.6    731   7.54  13.8   1   1.0    3   3.1    69.6
Scott Hunter          DET        41   18   43.9    321   7.83  17.8   1   2.4    1   2.4    69.3
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       352  1,563    4.4   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       246  1,086    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       186    905    4.9    0
Larry Csonka          MIA       220    837    3.8   12
Joe Washington        BAL       225    826    3.7    4
Pete Johnson          CIN       224    798    3.6   13
Mark van Eeghen       OAK       212    780    3.7    7
Scott Dierking        NYJ       186    767    4.1    3
Ted McKnight          KC        144    743    5.2    8
Sherman Smith         SEA       179    731    4.1   10
Tony Galbreath        NO        189    708    3.7    9
Delvin Williams       MIA       184    703    3.8    3
Clarence Williams     SD        184    702    3.8   12
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        66  1,144   17.3    8
Wes Chandler          NO         63  1,049   16.7    6
Rick Upchurch         DEN        63    923   14.7    7
Freddie Scott         DET        62    929   15.0    5
John Jefferson        SD         61  1,090   17.9   10
Tony Galbreath        NO         58    484    8.3    1
Rickey Young          MIN        57    403    7.1    3
Freddie Solomon       SF         56    791   14.1    7
Paul Coffman          GB         56    711   12.7    4
Don Bass              CIN        55    712   12.9    3
Drew Pearson          DAL        54  1,006   18.6    8
James Lofton          GB         54    968   17.9    4
Dave Logan            CLE        54    896   16.6    6
Pat Tilley            STL        54    886   16.4    5
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
Kick Returns          Team(s)   Att  Yards    Avg   TD
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
John Arnold           DET        23    539   23.4    0
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        45  1,016   22.6    0
Bobby Hammond         WAS-NYG    19    421   22.2    0
Ron Springs           DAL        32    709   22.2    0
Len Walterscheid      CHI        18    394   21.9    0
Allan Clark           NE         35    764   21.8    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        28    306   10.9    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        33    290    8.8    0
John Arnold           DET        19    164    8.6    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
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
Chuck Ramsey          NYJ        73     2,979   40.8
Cliff Parsley         HOU        88     3,567   40.5
Rick Partridge        NO         53     2,148   40.5
David Beverly         GB         69     2,785   40.4
Herman Weaver         SEA        65     2,619   40.3
George Roberts        MIA        69     2,772   40.2
Luke Prestridge       DEN        83     3,326   40.1
Larry Swider          DET        88     3,523   40.0
Ken Clark             LA         89     3,562   40.0
Craig Colquitt        PIT        64     2,557   40.0
Tom Blanchard         TB         89     3,541   39.8
John James            ATL        77     3,057   39.7
Steve Little          STL        71     2,817   39.7
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
Matt Bahr             PIT       18/28    46/48   100
Uwe von Schamann      MIA       21/29    36/40    99
Tony Franklin         PHI       21/29    34/36    97
Toni Fritsch          HOU       19/23    39/41    96
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
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             STL-SD    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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