NFL leaders as of 12/16/1979:
Team Rankings:
| Rush Pass Total Offense Games Yds/Gm Yds/Gm Yds/Gm 1 PIT 16 162.7 228.4 391.1 2 DAL 17 144.5 223.8 368.3 3 CLE 16 142.6 218.2 360.8 4 NO 16 154.8 196.9 351.7 5 SD 15 104.7 246.2 350.9 6 SF 16 120.8 227.6 348.3 7 SEA 16 122.9 224.4 347.3 8 NE 16 140.8 201.1 341.9 9 NYJ 16 165.4 162.4 327.8 10 OAK 15 112.1 213.2 325.3 11 STL 16 161.4 162.6 324.0 12 LA 16 153.8 167.1 320.8 13 DEN 15 128.3 192.1 320.5 14 TB 16 152.3 163.2 315.6 15 PHI 16 151.3 163.1 314.4 16 MIA 16 136.7 172.7 309.4 17 ATL 16 137.5 170.6 308.1 18 WAS 16 145.5 161.0 306.5 19 MIN 16 110.2 196.2 306.4 20 BAL 16 104.6 198.2 302.9 21 BUF 16 101.3 201.0 302.3 22 HOU 16 160.7 141.0 301.7 23 CIN 16 145.6 144.4 289.9 24 CHI 16 155.4 134.4 289.8 25 GB 16 116.3 167.6 283.9 26 DET 16 104.8 146.0 250.8 27 KC 16 144.8 103.8 248.5 28 NYG 16 113.8 122.1 235.9 | 
| Rush Pass Total Defense Games Yds/Gm Yds/Gm Yds/Gm 1 TB 16 117.1 129.8 246.8 2 PIT 16 106.8 160.1 266.9 3 NE 16 110.6 159.6 270.2 4 SD 15 119.7 155.0 274.7 5 MIA 16 106.4 171.1 277.4 6 CHI 16 123.6 158.0 281.6 7 LA 16 124.8 159.8 284.6 8 DAL 17 132.8 157.4 290.2 9 PHI 16 141.9 154.6 296.6 10 DEN 15 106.4 195.3 301.7 11 DET 16 157.2 152.6 309.8 12 KC 16 115.4 195.2 310.7 13 HOU 16 139.1 172.8 311.9 14 BUF 16 155.1 158.1 313.2 15 BAL 16 144.1 173.0 317.1 16 STL 16 137.8 179.6 317.3 17 WAS 16 134.6 186.9 321.6 18 MIN 16 157.9 168.6 326.4 19 NYG 16 153.2 182.9 336.1 20 SF 16 138.3 198.8 337.1 21 OAK 15 148.7 194.3 343.1 22 NO 16 154.3 191.6 345.9 23 GB 16 180.3 172.6 352.9 24 CLE 16 162.8 190.4 353.1 25 ATL 16 135.2 224.8 359.9 26 NYJ 16 106.6 257.2 363.8 27 SEA 16 148.4 216.2 364.6 28 CIN 16 138.7 230.8 369.4 | 
                                                          Per   Per
Passing               Team(s)   Att  Cmp    Pct  Yards    Att   Cmp  TD   TD%  Int  Int%  Rating
Roger Staubach        DAL       461  267   57.9  3,586   7.78  13.4  27   5.9   11   2.4    92.3
Dan Fouts             SD        501  315   62.9  3,852   7.69  12.2  23   4.6   21   4.2    84.4
Joe Theismann         WAS       395  233   59.0  2,797   7.08  12.0  20   5.1   13   3.3    83.9
Ken Stabler           OAK       498  304   61.0  3,615   7.26  11.9  26   5.2   22   4.4    82.2
Ken Anderson          CIN       339  189   55.8  2,340   6.90  12.4  16   4.7   10   2.9    80.7
Jim Zorn              SEA       505  285   56.4  3,661   7.25  12.8  20   4.0   18   3.6    77.7
Steve Grogan          NE        423  206   48.7  3,286   7.77  16.0  28   6.6   20   4.7    77.4
Terry Bradshaw        PIT       472  259   54.9  3,724   7.89  14.4  26   5.5   25   5.3    77.0
Ron Jaworski          PHI       374  190   50.8  2,669   7.14  14.0  18   4.8   12   3.2    76.8
Archie Manning        NO        420  252   60.0  3,169   7.55  12.6  15   3.6   20   4.8    75.6
Greg Landry           BAL       457  270   59.1  2,932   6.42  10.9  15   3.3   15   3.3    75.3
Joe Ferguson          BUF       458  238   52.0  3,572   7.80  15.0  14   3.1   15   3.3    74.4
Craig Morton          DEN       329  177   53.8  2,390   7.26  13.5  16   4.9   15   4.6    74.4
Brian Sipe            CLE       535  286   53.5  3,793   7.09  13.3  28   5.2   26   4.9    73.4
Steve DeBerg          SF        578  347   60.0  3,652   6.32  10.5  17   2.9   21   3.6    73.1
Bob Griese            MIA       310  176   56.8  2,160   6.97  12.3  14   4.5   16   5.2    72.0
Mike Phipps           CHI       255  134   52.5  1,535   6.02  11.5   9   3.5    8   3.1    69.6
Tommy Kramer          MIN       566  315   55.7  3,397   6.00  10.8  23   4.1   24   4.2    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       380  204   53.7  2,505   6.59  12.3  17   4.5   20   5.3    67.3
Richard Todd          NYJ       334  171   51.2  2,660   7.96  15.6  16   4.8   22   6.6    66.5
Phil Simms            NYG       265  134   50.6  1,743   6.58  13.0  13   4.9   14   5.3    66.0
David Whitehurst      GB        322  179   55.6  2,247   6.98  12.6  10   3.1   18   5.6    64.5
Dan Pastorini         HOU       324  163   50.3  2,090   6.45  12.8  14   4.3   18   5.6    62.1
Steve Fuller          KC        270  146   54.1  1,484   5.50  10.2   6   2.2   14   5.2    55.8
Jim Hart              STL       378  194   51.3  2,218   5.87  11.4   9   2.4   20   5.3    55.2
Jeff Komlo            DET       368  183   49.7  2,238   6.08  12.2  11   3.0   23   6.2    52.8
Doug Williams         TB        397  166   41.8  2,448   6.17  14.7  18   4.5   24   6.0    52.5
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
John Walton           PHI        36   19   52.8    213   5.92  11.2   3   8.3    1   2.8    86.9
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
Gifford Nielsen       HOU        61   32   52.5    404   6.62  12.6   3   4.9    3   4.9    69.3
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
Steve Pisarkiewicz    STL       109   52   47.7    621   5.70  11.9   3   2.8    4   3.7    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
Mike Livingston       KC         90   44   48.9    469   5.21  10.7   1   1.1    4   4.4    49.7
Vince Ferragamo       LA        110   53   48.2    778   7.07  14.7   5   4.5   10   9.1    49.0
Matt Robinson         NYJ        31   17   54.8    191   6.16  11.2   0   0.0    2   6.5    46.6
Jack Thompson         CIN        87   39   44.8    481   5.53  12.3   1   1.1    5   5.7    42.4
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        26   11   42.3     91   3.50   8.3   0   0.0    2   7.7    19.9
Rushing               Team(s)  Att  Yards    Avg   TD
Earl Campbell         HOU      368  1,697    4.6   19
Walter Payton         CHI      369  1,610    4.4   14
Ottis Anderson        STL      331  1,605    4.8    8
Wilbert Montgomery    PHI      338  1,512    4.5    9
Mike Pruitt           CLE      264  1,294    4.9    9
Ricky Bell            TB       283  1,263    4.5    7
Chuck Muncie          NO       238  1,198    5.0   11
Franco Harris         PIT      267  1,186    4.4   11
John Riggins          WAS      260  1,153    4.4    9
Wendell Tyler         LA       218  1,109    5.1    9
Tony Dorsett          DAL      250  1,107    4.4    6
William Andrews       ATL      239  1,023    4.3    3
Clark Gaines          NYJ      186    905    4.9    0
Joe Washington        BAL      242    884    3.7    4
Pete Johnson          CIN      243    865    3.6   14
Larry Csonka          MIA      220    837    3.8   12
Mark van Eeghen       OAK      223    818    3.7    7
Sherman Smith         SEA      194    775    4.0   11
Scott Dierking        NYJ      186    767    4.1    3
Ted McKnight          KC       153    755    4.9    8
Rickey Young          MIN      188    708    3.8    3
Tony Galbreath        NO       189    708    3.7    9
Delvin Williams       MIA      184    703    3.8    3
Clarence Williams     SD       184    702    3.8   12
Billy Taylor          NYG      198    700    3.5    7
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Receiving             Team(s)  Att  Yards    Avg   TD
Joe Washington        BAL       82    750    9.1    3
Ahmad Rashad          MIN       80  1,156   14.4    9
Wallace Francis       ATL       74  1,013   13.7    8
Rickey Young          MIN       72    519    7.2    4
John Stallworth       PIT       70  1,183   16.9    8
Charlie Joiner        SD        69    950   13.8    3
Steve Largent         SEA       66  1,237   18.7    9
Wes Chandler          NO        65  1,069   16.4    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 Hill             DAL       60  1,062   17.7   10
Dave Logan            CLE       59    982   16.6    7
Cliff Branch          OAK       59    844   14.3    6
Don Bass              CIN       58    724   12.5    3
Raymond Chester       OAK       58    712   12.3    8
Paul Hofer            SF        58    662   11.4    2
Tony Galbreath        NO        58    484    8.3    1
Pat Tilley            STL       57    938   16.5    6
Freddie Solomon       SF        57    807   14.2    7
Dave Casper           OAK       57    771   13.5    3
Paul Coffman          GB        56    711   12.7    4
Drew Pearson          DAL       55  1,026   18.7    8
Ozzie Newsome         CLE       55    781   14.2    9
Don McCauley          BAL       55    575   10.5    3
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Kick Returns          Team(s)  Att  Yards    Avg   TD
Larry Brunson         OAK       17    441   25.9    0
Jimmy Edwards         MIN       44  1,103   25.1    0
Ira Matthews          OAK       35    873   24.9    1
Roy Green             STL       41  1,005   24.5    1
James Owens           SF        41  1,002   24.4    1
Wally Henry           PHI       28    668   23.9    0
John Arnold           DET       23    539   23.4    0
Willard Harrell       STL       22    497   22.6    0
Tony Nathan           MIA       45  1,016   22.6    0
Nesby Glasgow         BAL       50  1,126   22.5    0
Len Walterscheid      CHI       19    427   22.5    0
Rich Mauti            NO        36    801   22.2    0
Allan Clark           NE        37    816   22.1    0
Bobby Hammond         WAS-NYG   25    544   21.8    0
Artie Owens           SD        34    735   21.6    0
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Punt Returns          Team(s)  Att  Yards    Avg   TD
John Sciarra          PHI       16    182   11.4    0
Tony Nathan           MIA       28    306   10.9    1
J.T. Smith            KC        58    612   10.6    2
Dino Hall             CLE       29    295   10.2    0
Rick Upchurch         DEN       30    304   10.1    0
Stanley Morgan        NE        29    289   10.0    1
Steve Schubert        CHI       25    238    9.5    1
Mike Fuller           SD        44    414    9.4    0
Wally Henry           PHI       35    320    9.1    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
Theo Bell             PIT       45    378    8.4    0
Keith Moody           BUF       38    318    8.4    0
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Punting               Team(s)  Punts    Yards    Avg
Bob Grupp             KC         89     3,883   43.6
Dave Jennings         NYG       104     4,445   42.7
Ray Guy               OAK        69     2,939   42.6
Danny White           DAL        76     3,168   41.7
Pat McInally          CIN        89     3,678   41.3
Johnny Evans          CLE        69     2,844   41.2
Rick Partridge        NO         57     2,330   40.9
Chuck Ramsey          NYJ        73     2,979   40.8
Cliff Parsley         HOU        93     3,777   40.6
David Beverly         GB         69     2,785   40.4
Craig Colquitt        PIT        68     2,733   40.2
George Roberts        MIA        69     2,772   40.2
Herman Weaver         SEA        66     2,651   40.2
Ken Clark             LA         93     3,731   40.1
Luke Prestridge       DEN        83     3,326   40.1
Larry Swider          DET        88     3,523   40.0
John James            ATL        83     3,296   39.7
Tom Blanchard         TB         93     3,679   39.6
Max Runager           PHI        74     2,927   39.6
Greg Coleman          MIN        90     3,551   39.5
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Kicking               Team(s)     FG      PAT    Pts
John Smith            NE        23/33    46/49   115
Mark Moseley          WAS       25/33    39/39   114
Tony Franklin         PHI       23/31    36/39   105
Matt Bahr             PIT       18/30    50/52   104
Toni Fritsch          HOU       21/25    41/43   104
Efren Herrera         SEA       19/23    43/46   100
Uwe von Schamann      MIA       21/29    36/40    99
Rafael Septien        DAL       19/29    40/44    97
Jim Breech            OAK       18/27    41/45    95
Ray Wersching         SF        20/24    32/35    92
Don Cockroft          CLE       17/29    38/43    89
Bob Thomas            CHI       16/27    34/37    82
Chris Bahr            CIN       13/23    40/42    79
Nick Mike-Mayer       BUF       20/29    17/18    77
Frank Corral          LA        13/25    36/39    75
Garo Yepremian        NO        12/16    37/38    73
Jim Turner            DEN       13/21    31/33    70
Tim Mazzetti          ATL       13/25    31/37    70
Mike Wood             STL-SD    12/19    32/36    68
Rick Danmeier         MIN       13/22    28/31    67
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