Monday September 28, 1981
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

NFL leaders as of 09/28/1981:



Team Rankings:
Rush Pass Total Offense Games Yds/Gm Yds/Gm Yds/Gm 1 PIT 4 200.0 243.0 443.0 2 SD 4 114.5 297.8 412.2 3 WAS 4 87.8 295.0 382.8 4 MIN 4 98.2 283.8 382.0 5 CLE 4 128.8 253.2 382.0 6 BUF 4 135.8 242.8 378.5 7 DAL 4 187.0 190.2 377.2 8 DEN 4 129.0 247.2 376.2 9 NE 4 120.8 239.8 360.5 10 KC 4 149.5 204.5 354.0 11 SF 4 126.2 226.0 352.2 12 CIN 4 112.0 236.8 348.8 13 NYJ 4 130.2 208.5 338.8 14 DET 4 164.5 171.5 336.0 15 MIA 4 144.8 186.0 330.8 16 SEA 4 83.8 242.8 326.5 17 PHI 4 157.0 169.0 326.0 18 TB 4 107.8 214.2 322.0 19 NO 4 143.5 172.8 316.2 20 ATL 4 138.8 176.0 314.8 21 GB 4 120.5 194.0 314.5 22 BAL 4 162.2 141.8 304.0 23 STL 4 121.5 172.8 294.2 24 LA 4 134.0 159.0 293.0 25 NYG 4 79.2 208.5 287.8 26 CHI 4 119.2 159.5 278.8 27 OAK 4 126.5 133.0 259.5 28 HOU 4 108.0 127.2 235.2
Rush Pass Total Defense Games Yds/Gm Yds/Gm Yds/Gm 1 DEN 4 108.8 138.8 247.5 2 LA 4 144.0 115.0 259.0 3 WAS 4 113.5 146.2 259.8 4 PHI 4 100.0 181.8 281.8 5 TB 4 138.5 161.8 300.2 6 DET 4 89.5 210.8 300.2 7 BUF 4 112.0 188.8 300.8 8 MIA 4 107.2 197.5 304.8 9 MIN 4 125.8 186.5 312.2 10 GB 4 148.8 164.8 313.5 11 OAK 4 120.2 199.0 319.2 12 CLE 4 114.0 207.8 321.8 13 NO 4 126.0 196.2 322.2 14 NYG 4 119.0 203.5 322.5 15 PIT 4 130.8 218.0 348.8 16 DAL 4 94.8 256.2 351.0 17 SF 4 144.0 208.5 352.5 18 ATL 4 115.8 238.2 354.0 19 HOU 4 132.8 222.8 355.5 20 SEA 4 166.0 194.0 360.0 21 KC 4 74.2 291.5 365.8 22 CIN 4 127.8 244.5 372.2 23 NYJ 4 179.5 199.2 378.8 24 STL 4 158.0 223.2 381.2 25 CHI 4 148.2 236.0 384.2 26 NE 4 239.2 176.0 415.2 27 SD 4 120.5 300.2 420.8 28 BAL 4 132.2 289.8 422.0
                                                          Per   Per
Passing               Team(s)   Att  Cmp    Pct  Yards    Att   Cmp  TD   TD%  Int  Int%  Rating
Craig Morton          DEN        96   63   65.6    954   9.94  15.1  10  10.4    5   5.2   111.2
Joe Montana           SF        116   78   67.2    931   8.03  11.9   7   6.0    4   3.4    97.3
Jim Hart              STL        45   26   57.8    342   7.60  13.2   3   6.7    1   2.2    94.9
Danny White           DAL       114   71   62.3    807   7.08  11.4   5   4.4    1   0.9    94.4
Joe Ferguson          BUF       127   70   55.1    989   7.79  14.1  10   7.9    4   3.1    93.6
Ken Anderson          CIN       114   71   62.3    857   7.52  12.1   6   5.3    3   2.6    91.9
Dan Fouts             SD        140   85   60.7  1,228   8.77  14.4   9   6.4    7   5.0    89.8
Tommy Kramer          MIN        76   44   57.9    586   7.71  13.3   4   5.3    2   2.6    89.0
Richard Todd          NYJ       121   70   57.9    850   7.02  12.1   6   5.0    4   3.3    82.3
David Woodley         MIA       110   58   52.7    730   6.64  12.6   5   4.5    2   1.8    81.2
Ron Jaworski          PHI       109   61   56.0    700   6.42  11.5   5   4.6    3   2.8    79.3
Terry Bradshaw        PIT       127   65   51.2  1,013   7.98  15.6   5   3.9    4   3.1    78.0
Jim Zorn              SEA       165  100   60.6  1,064   6.45  10.6   4   2.4    4   2.4    77.4
Steve Bartkowski      ATL       107   57   53.3    771   7.21  13.5   9   8.4    7   6.5    77.3
Ken Stabler           HOU        83   48   57.8    616   7.42  12.8   4   4.8    4   4.8    77.2
Bert Jones            BAL        77   44   57.1    565   7.34  12.8   3   3.9    3   3.9    77.0
Joe Theismann         WAS       165   96   58.2  1,252   7.59  13.0   6   3.6    7   4.2    76.6
Lynn Dickey           GB        129   74   57.4    883   6.84  11.9   4   3.1    5   3.9    72.6
Brian Sipe            CLE       179  101   56.4  1,083   6.05  10.7   5   2.8    5   2.8    72.0
Phil Simms            NYG       140   74   52.9    943   6.74  12.7   3   2.1    4   2.9    69.4
Doug Williams         TB        135   62   45.9    888   6.58  14.3   2   1.5    2   1.5    66.5
Bill Kenney           KC        117   64   54.7    883   7.55  13.8   3   2.6    6   5.1    66.3
Steve Dils            MIN       102   54   52.9    607   5.95  11.2   1   1.0    2   2.0    66.1
Pat Haden             LA         85   45   52.9    585   6.88  13.0   4   4.7    5   5.9    66.1
Gary Danielson        DET        89   51   57.3    677   7.61  13.3   2   2.2    5   5.6    65.6
Vince Evans           CHI        99   50   50.5    530   5.35  10.6   2   2.0    2   2.0    64.8
Archie Manning        NO         46   25   54.3    192   4.17   7.7   1   2.2    1   2.2    63.0
Jim Plunkett          OAK        99   56   56.6    598   6.04  10.7   4   4.0    6   6.1    62.6
Dave Wilson           NO         46   22   47.8    334   7.26  15.2   1   2.2    2   4.3    61.3
Neil Lomax            STL        72   29   40.3    454   6.31  15.7   1   1.4    3   4.2    49.2
Steve Grogan          NE         46   21   45.7    366   7.96  17.4   2   4.3    5  10.9    48.2
Matt Cavanaugh        NE         80   40   50.0    601   7.51  15.0   1   1.2    7   8.8    42.8
Bobby Scott           NO         42   17   40.5    222   5.29  13.1   1   2.4    5  11.9    26.2


Others (10 or more attempts): Per Per Passing Team(s) Att Cmp Pct Yards Att Cmp TD TD% Int Int% Rating Mike Phipps CHI 12 7 58.3 108 9.00 15.4 1 8.3 0 0.0 116.0 Steve DeBerg DEN 11 8 72.7 109 9.91 13.6 0 0.0 0 0.0 104.0 Don Strock MIA 10 7 70.0 62 6.20 8.9 1 10.0 1 10.0 80.0 Turk Schonert CIN 18 9 50.0 130 7.22 14.4 0 0.0 0 0.0 73.8 Jeff Rutledge LA 18 10 55.6 167 9.28 16.7 1 5.6 2 11.1 66.0 Wade Wilson MIN 11 6 54.5 48 4.36 8.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 65.7 Jeff Komlo DET 16 8 50.0 65 4.06 8.1 0 0.0 0 0.0 60.7 David Whitehurst GB 12 3 25.0 52 4.33 17.3 0 0.0 0 0.0 45.1 Bob Avellini CHI 14 8 57.1 64 4.57 8.0 0 0.0 1 7.1 39.0 Greg Landry BAL 17 7 41.2 90 5.29 12.9 0 0.0 1 5.9 33.9 John Reaves HOU 10 5 50.0 45 4.50 9.0 0 0.0 1 10.0 22.9
Rushing Team(s) Att Yards Avg TD Tony Dorsett DAL 78 493 6.3 1 George Rogers NO 87 413 4.7 1 Billy Sims DET 92 402 4.4 5 William Andrews ATL 65 355 5.5 1 Wilbert Montgomery PHI 61 346 5.7 1 Earl Campbell HOU 79 330 4.2 1 Wendell Tyler LA 78 325 4.2 4 Curtis Dickey BAL 61 307 5.0 3 Chuck Muncie SD 63 306 4.9 5 Walter Payton CHI 84 287 3.4 2 Ottis Anderson STL 76 277 3.6 2 Ted Brown MIN 69 276 4.0 1 Randy McMillan BAL 51 265 5.2 2 Franco Harris PIT 62 239 3.9 4 Joe Cribbs BUF 72 238 3.3 2 Mike Pruitt CLE 46 229 5.0 2 Tony Collins NE 57 226 4.0 2 Frank Pollard PIT 36 217 6.0 2 Jerry Eckwood TB 49 216 4.4 1 Joe Delaney KC 46 211 4.6 0 Ricky Patton SF 55 211 3.8 2 Pete Johnson CIN 59 209 3.5 3 Freeman McNeil NYJ 40 207 5.2 0 Rick Parros DEN 48 196 4.1 0 Kenny King OAK 45 190 4.2 0
Receiving Team(s) Att Yards Avg TD James Lofton GB 26 437 16.8 2 Frank Lewis BUF 24 409 17.0 3 Ted Brown MIN 24 224 9.3 1 Steve Largent SEA 23 303 13.2 1 Ozzie Newsome CLE 23 264 11.5 2 Dwight Clark SF 23 245 10.7 0 John Stallworth PIT 21 367 17.5 0 Kellen Winslow SD 21 260 12.4 3 Greg Pruitt CLE 21 184 8.8 1 Sammy White MIN 20 320 16.0 0 Gary Shirk NYG 20 239 11.9 1 David Hughes SEA 20 174 8.7 0 J.T. Smith KC 19 283 14.9 0 Cris Collinsworth CIN 19 275 14.5 2 Terry Metcalf WAS 19 266 14.0 0 Sam McCullum SEA 19 241 12.7 2 Rickey Young MIN 19 137 7.2 0 Ron Springs DAL 19 100 5.3 0 Charlie Joiner SD 18 412 22.9 0 Steve Watson DEN 18 385 21.4 5 Freddie Solomon SF 18 323 17.9 4 Art Monk WAS 18 273 15.2 1 Bennie Cunningham PIT 18 232 12.9 1 Chuck Muncie SD 18 166 9.2 0 Wes Chandler NO 17 285 16.8 1
Kick Returns Team(s) Att Yards Avg TD Willie Tullis HOU 4 203 50.8 0 David Verser CIN 7 231 33.0 0 Eddie Payton MIN 9 270 30.0 0 Carl Roaches HOU 11 326 29.6 0 Mike Nelms WAS 4 112 28.0 0 Stump Mitchell STL 9 247 27.4 0 Zachary Dixon BAL 9 237 26.3 0 James Brooks SD 9 236 26.2 0 Kenny Lewis NYJ 4 100 25.0 0 Reggie Smith ATL 8 195 24.4 0 Wally Henry PHI 8 192 24.0 0 Alvin Garrett NYG 5 117 23.4 0 Larry Anderson PIT 12 279 23.2 0 Ron Fellows DAL 4 92 23.0 0 Carlos Carson KC 9 206 22.9 0
Punt Returns Team(s) Att Yards Avg TD Tommy Vigorito MIA 7 156 22.3 0 Jeff Fisher CHI 11 203 18.5 0 Dwight Hicks SF 4 63 15.8 0 LeRoy Irvin LA 9 137 15.2 0 Stump Mitchell STL 12 156 13.0 0 Jeff Groth NO 12 152 12.7 0 J.T. Smith KC 13 143 11.0 0 Reggie Smith ATL 7 76 10.9 0 Wade Manning DEN 13 141 10.8 0 Roland Hooks BUF 7 71 10.1 0 Mike Fuller CIN 7 65 9.3 0 Robbie Martin DET 12 111 9.2 0 Fred Nixon GB 11 98 8.9 0 Eddie Payton MIN 14 122 8.7 0 Will Lewis SEA 11 94 8.5 0
Punting Team(s) Punts Yards Avg Ray Guy OAK 24 1,218 50.8 Pat McInally CIN 16 784 49.0 Tom Skladany DET 19 868 45.7 Mike Garrett BAL 18 817 45.4 Dave Jennings NYG 25 1,129 45.2 Greg Cater BUF 16 720 45.0 Greg Coleman MIN 19 825 43.4 Max Runager PHI 19 820 43.2 Steve Cox CLE 18 774 43.0 Jim Miller SF 20 857 42.9 Ray Stachowicz GB 21 888 42.3 Danny White DAL 21 886 42.2 Mike Connell WAS 22 925 42.0 Bob Parsons CHI 28 1,168 41.7 Chuck Ramsey NYJ 25 1,038 41.5 Bob Grupp KC 17 705 41.5 Luke Prestridge DEN 15 622 41.5 John James ATL 17 700 41.2 Tom Orosz MIA 20 823 41.1 Frank Corral LA 22 904 41.1
Kicking Team(s) FG PAT Pts Rafael Septien DAL 14/15 9/ 9 51 Nick Lowery KC 10/13 11/11 41 Eddie Murray DET 8/10 9/ 9 33 Rick Danmeier MIN 8/ 9 7/ 8 31 Tony Franklin PHI 7/ 9 10/10 31 Uwe von Schamann MIA 7/10 10/10 31 Jim Breech CIN 6/10 12/12 30 Toni Fritsch HOU 7/ 8 6/ 6 27 Jan Stenerud GB 7/ 8 5/ 6 26 Rolf Benirschke SD 4/ 6 14/14 26 Mick Luckhurst ATL 4/ 7 13/13 25 Frank Corral LA 4/ 5 12/12 24 Pat Leahy NYJ 5/ 6 8/ 8 23 Joe Danelo NYG 5/12 6/ 6 21 Nick Mike-Mayer BUF 2/ 5 14/14 20 Neil O'Donoghue STL 4/ 6 7/ 8 19 Mark Moseley WAS 4/ 8 6/ 7 18 Mike Wood BAL 5/ 5 3/ 4 18 Dave Jacobs CLE 3/10 8/ 8 17 Fred Steinfort DEN 2/ 9 11/11 17

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