Saturday December 29, 1979
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

NFL leaders as of 12/29/1979:



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 16 104.2 245.2 349.4 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 DEN 16 127.2 194.1 321.4 13 LA 16 153.8 167.1 320.8 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 MIA 16 106.4 171.1 277.4 5 SD 16 119.2 159.3 278.5 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 16 105.8 197.4 303.2 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
Joe Theismann         WAS       395  233   59.0  2,797   7.08  12.0  20   5.1   13   3.3    83.9
Dan Fouts             SD        530  332   62.6  4,082   7.70  12.3  24   4.5   24   4.5    82.6
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
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
Craig Morton          DEN       370  204   55.1  2,626   7.10  12.9  16   4.3   19   5.1    70.6
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 Clarence Williams SD 200 752 3.8 12 Rickey Young MIN 188 708 3.8 3 Tony Galbreath NO 189 708 3.7 9 Delvin Williams MIA 184 703 3.8 3 Billy Taylor NYG 198 700 3.5 7
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 Charlie Joiner SD 72 1,008 14.0 4 Rickey Young MIN 72 519 7.2 4 John Stallworth PIT 70 1,183 16.9 8 Steve Largent SEA 66 1,237 18.7 9 Wes Chandler NO 65 1,069 16.4 6 Rick Upchurch DEN 64 937 14.6 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
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 Artie Owens SD 35 764 21.8 0 Bobby Hammond WAS-NYG 25 544 21.8 0
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 Mike Fuller SD 46 448 9.7 0 Steve Schubert CHI 25 238 9.5 1 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
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 Larry Swider DET 88 3,523 40.0 Luke Prestridge DEN 89 3,555 39.9 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
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 Mike Wood SD-STL 13/21 34/38 73 Jim Turner DEN 13/21 32/34 71 Tim Mazzetti ATL 13/25 31/37 70 Rick Danmeier MIN 13/22 28/31 67

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