Sunday December 20, 1981
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

NFL leaders as of 12/20/1981:



Team Rankings:
Rush Pass Total Offense Games Yds/Gm Yds/Gm Yds/Gm 1 SD 15 123.9 301.7 425.5 2 CIN 16 123.3 249.7 373.0 3 DET 16 174.7 196.1 370.8 4 CLE 16 120.6 249.1 369.7 5 DAL 15 167.7 197.8 365.5 6 MIN 16 94.5 270.8 365.3 7 ATL 16 122.8 231.2 354.0 8 BUF 16 132.8 219.7 352.5 9 WAS 16 134.8 216.6 351.4 10 NE 16 127.5 223.9 351.4 11 PIT 16 148.2 201.6 349.9 12 PHI 16 156.8 190.2 347.1 13 SF 16 121.3 221.4 342.8 14 DEN 16 118.4 220.7 339.1 15 NYJ 16 146.3 190.9 337.2 16 MIA 16 135.8 196.8 332.6 17 KC 16 164.6 165.0 329.6 18 TB 16 108.2 214.3 322.5 19 STL 16 138.3 179.0 317.3 20 SEA 16 99.6 214.2 313.8 21 BAL 17 121.5 191.8 313.3 22 OAK 15 130.1 179.3 309.4 23 GB 16 104.4 199.3 303.7 24 LA 16 139.8 159.8 299.6 25 NO 16 142.9 151.2 294.1 26 CHI 16 135.7 153.9 289.6 27 HOU 16 108.4 173.6 281.9 28 NYG 16 105.3 165.1 270.4
Rush Pass Total Defense Games Yds/Gm Yds/Gm Yds/Gm 1 PHI 16 109.4 168.5 277.9 2 SF 16 119.9 177.8 297.7 3 NYG 16 118.2 183.4 301.6 4 DET 16 101.4 201.4 302.9 5 NYJ 16 116.7 187.8 304.4 6 DEN 16 125.3 179.6 304.9 7 BUF 16 129.7 179.4 309.1 8 LA 16 149.8 170.4 320.2 9 GB 16 131.1 192.9 324.1 10 WAS 16 135.1 190.3 325.4 11 NO 16 119.8 208.6 328.3 12 CIN 16 117.6 213.0 330.6 13 TB 16 135.8 196.2 332.0 14 ATL 16 104.1 230.5 334.6 15 CLE 16 129.9 205.6 335.4 16 KC 16 109.2 226.6 335.8 17 MIN 16 127.8 208.0 335.8 18 MIA 16 128.2 208.2 336.4 19 DAL 15 132.9 204.0 336.9 20 CHI 16 134.1 203.0 337.1 21 OAK 15 112.3 228.5 340.8 22 PIT 16 116.8 236.4 353.2 23 STL 16 151.8 205.9 357.7 24 HOU 16 150.7 207.2 357.9 25 NE 16 184.4 179.8 364.2 26 SEA 16 175.4 195.9 371.2 27 SD 15 114.5 272.1 386.7 28 BAL 17 160.0 261.1 421.1
                                                          Per   Per
Passing               Team(s)   Att  Cmp    Pct  Yards    Att   Cmp  TD   TD%  Int  Int%  Rating
Ken Anderson          CIN       479  300   62.6  3,754   7.84  12.5  29   6.1   10   2.1    98.4
Dan Fouts             SD        582  346   59.5  4,580   7.87  13.2  32   5.5   17   2.9    90.6
Craig Morton          DEN       376  225   59.8  3,195   8.50  14.2  21   5.6   14   3.7    90.5
Joe Montana           SF        488  311   63.7  3,565   7.31  11.5  19   3.9   12   2.5    88.4
Danny White           DAL       391  223   57.0  3,098   7.92  13.9  22   5.6   13   3.3    87.5
Terry Bradshaw        PIT       370  201   54.3  2,887   7.80  14.4  22   5.9   14   3.8    83.9
Jim Zorn              SEA       397  236   59.4  2,788   7.02  11.8  13   3.3    9   2.3    82.4
Richard Todd          NYJ       497  279   56.1  3,231   6.50  11.6  25   5.0   13   2.6    81.8
Steve Bartkowski      ATL       533  297   55.7  3,829   7.18  12.9  30   5.6   23   4.3    79.2
Lynn Dickey           GB        354  204   57.6  2,593   7.32  12.7  17   4.8   15   4.2    79.0
Joe Theismann         WAS       496  293   59.1  3,568   7.19  12.2  19   3.8   20   4.0    77.3
Bert Jones            BAL       426  244   57.3  3,094   7.26  12.7  21   4.9   20   4.7    76.9
Doug Williams         TB        471  238   50.5  3,563   7.56  15.0  19   4.0   14   3.0    76.8
Joe Ferguson          BUF       498  252   50.6  3,652   7.33  14.5  24   4.8   20   4.0    74.1
Phil Simms            NYG       316  172   54.4  2,031   6.43  11.8  11   3.5    9   2.8    74.0
Ron Jaworski          PHI       461  250   54.2  3,095   6.71  12.4  23   5.0   20   4.3    73.8
Eric Hipple           DET       279  140   50.2  2,358   8.45  16.8  14   5.0   15   5.4    73.4
Tommy Kramer          MIN       593  322   54.3  3,912   6.60  12.1  26   4.4   24   4.0    72.6
David Woodley         MIA       366  191   52.2  2,470   6.75  12.9  12   3.3   13   3.6    69.8
Ken Stabler           HOU       285  165   57.9  1,988   6.98  12.0  14   4.9   18   6.3    69.5
Jim Hart              STL       241  134   55.6  1,694   7.03  12.6  11   4.6   14   5.8    68.7
Brian Sipe            CLE       567  313   55.2  3,876   6.84  12.4  17   3.0   25   4.4    68.2
Pat Haden             LA        267  138   51.7  1,815   6.80  13.2   9   3.4   13   4.9    64.4
Archie Manning        NO        232  134   57.8  1,447   6.24  10.8   5   2.2   11   4.7    63.6
Bill Kenney           KC        274  147   53.6  1,983   7.24  13.5   9   3.3   16   5.8    63.6
Steve Grogan          NE        216  117   54.2  1,859   8.61  15.9   7   3.2   16   7.4    63.0
Marc Wilson           OAK       332  161   48.5  2,092   6.30  13.0  14   4.2   18   5.4    60.2
Neil Lomax            STL       236  119   50.4  1,575   6.67  13.2   4   1.7   10   4.2    59.9
Matt Cavanaugh        NE        219  115   52.5  1,633   7.46  14.2   5   2.3   13   5.9    59.8
Jim Plunkett          OAK       175   92   52.6  1,009   5.77  11.0   4   2.3    9   5.1    56.1
Vince Evans           CHI       436  195   44.7  2,354   5.40  12.1  11   2.5   20   4.6    51.1
Scott Brunner         NYG       190   79   41.6    978   5.15  12.4   5   2.6   11   5.8    42.8


Others (10 or more attempts): Per Per Passing Team(s) Att Cmp Pct Yards Att Cmp TD TD% Int Int% Rating Mike Phipps CHI 17 11 64.7 171 10.06 15.5 2 11.8 0 0.0 137.1 Paul McDonald CLE 57 35 61.4 463 8.12 13.2 4 7.0 2 3.5 95.9 Gifford Nielsen HOU 93 60 64.5 709 7.62 11.8 5 5.4 3 3.2 92.1 Joe Pisarcik PHI 15 8 53.3 154 10.27 19.2 2 13.3 2 13.3 89.3 Dave Krieg SEA 112 64 57.1 843 7.53 13.2 7 6.2 5 4.5 83.3 Turk Schonert CIN 19 10 52.6 166 8.74 16.6 0 0.0 0 0.0 82.3 Steve DeBerg DEN 108 64 59.3 797 7.38 12.5 6 5.6 6 5.6 77.6 Jeff Rutledge LA 50 30 60.0 442 8.84 14.7 3 6.0 4 8.0 75.6 Guy Benjamin SF 26 15 57.7 171 6.58 11.4 1 3.8 1 3.8 74.4 Steve Fuller KC 134 77 57.5 934 6.97 12.1 3 2.2 4 3.0 74.0 Gary Danielson DET 96 56 58.3 784 8.17 14.0 3 3.1 5 5.2 73.4 David Whitehurst GB 128 66 51.6 792 6.19 12.0 7 5.5 5 3.9 72.8 Don Strock MIA 130 79 60.8 901 6.93 11.4 6 4.6 8 6.2 71.3 Sam Adkins SEA 13 7 53.8 96 7.38 13.7 1 7.7 1 7.7 71.3 John Reaves HOU 61 31 50.8 379 6.21 12.2 2 3.3 2 3.3 67.6 Steve Dils MIN 102 54 52.9 607 5.95 11.2 1 1.0 2 2.0 66.1 Mark Malone PIT 88 45 51.1 553 6.28 12.3 3 3.4 5 5.7 58.6 Greg Landry BAL 29 14 48.3 195 6.72 13.9 0 0.0 1 3.4 56.0 Glenn Carano DAL 45 16 35.6 235 5.22 14.7 1 2.2 1 2.2 51.6 Jack Thompson CIN 49 21 42.9 267 5.45 12.7 1 2.0 2 4.1 50.3 Jeff Komlo DET 57 29 50.9 290 5.09 10.0 1 1.8 3 5.3 49.6 Pat Ryan NYJ 10 4 40.0 48 4.80 12.0 1 10.0 1 10.0 49.2 Dave Wilson NO 159 82 51.6 1,058 6.65 12.9 1 0.6 11 6.9 46.1 Mike Moroski ATL 26 12 46.2 132 5.08 11.0 0 0.0 1 3.8 45.7 Bob Avellini CHI 32 15 46.9 185 5.78 12.3 1 3.1 3 9.4 36.6 Tom Flick WAS 27 13 48.1 143 5.30 11.0 0 0.0 2 7.4 33.4 Ed Luther SD 15 7 46.7 68 4.53 9.7 0 0.0 1 6.7 32.1 Tom Owen NE 36 15 41.7 218 6.06 14.5 1 2.8 4 11.1 31.7 Bobby Scott NO 46 20 43.5 245 5.33 12.2 1 2.2 5 10.9 28.2 Rich Campbell GB 30 15 50.0 168 5.60 11.2 0 0.0 4 13.3 27.5 Dan Pastorini LA 152 64 42.1 719 4.73 11.2 2 1.3 14 9.2 22.9 Wade Wilson MIN 13 6 46.2 48 3.69 8.0 0 0.0 2 15.4 16.3 David Humm BAL 24 7 29.2 90 3.75 12.9 0 0.0 2 8.3 8.0
Rushing Team(s) Att Yards Avg TD George Rogers NO 378 1,674 4.4 13 Tony Dorsett DAL 342 1,646 4.8 4 Billy Sims DET 296 1,437 4.9 13 Wilbert Montgomery PHI 286 1,402 4.9 8 Earl Campbell HOU 361 1,376 3.8 10 Ottis Anderson STL 328 1,376 4.2 9 William Andrews ATL 289 1,301 4.5 10 Walter Payton CHI 339 1,222 3.6 6 Joe Delaney KC 234 1,121 4.8 3 Mike Pruitt CLE 247 1,103 4.5 7 Joe Cribbs BUF 257 1,097 4.3 3 Pete Johnson CIN 274 1,077 3.9 12 Wendell Tyler LA 260 1,074 4.1 12 Ted Brown MIN 274 1,063 3.9 6 Chuck Muncie SD 223 1,050 4.7 19 Franco Harris PIT 242 987 4.1 8 Joe Washington WAS 210 916 4.4 4 Tony Collins NE 204 873 4.3 7 Gerry Ellis GB 196 860 4.4 4 Kenny King OAK 170 828 4.9 0 Rob Carpenter NYG-HOU 208 822 4.0 5 Tony Nathan MIA 147 782 5.3 5 Curtis Dickey BAL 164 779 4.8 7 Rick Parros DEN 176 749 4.3 2 John Riggins WAS 195 714 3.7 13
Receiving Team(s) Att Yards Avg TD Dwight Clark SF 85 1,105 13.0 4 Kellen Winslow SD 85 1,037 12.2 10 Ted Brown MIN 83 694 8.4 2 William Andrews ATL 81 735 9.1 2 Joe Senser MIN 79 1,004 12.7 8 Steve Largent SEA 75 1,224 16.3 9 James Lofton GB 71 1,294 18.2 8 Dan Ross CIN 71 910 12.8 5 Alfred Jenkins ATL 70 1,358 19.4 13 Frank Lewis BUF 70 1,244 17.8 4 Joe Washington WAS 70 558 8.0 3 Ozzie Newsome CLE 69 1,002 14.5 6 Wes Chandler SD-NO 67 1,094 16.3 6 Cris Collinsworth CIN 67 1,009 15.1 8 Pat Tilley STL 66 1,040 15.8 3 Sammy White MIN 66 1,001 15.2 3 Greg Pruitt CLE 65 636 9.8 4 Gerry Ellis GB 65 499 7.7 3 Charlie Joiner SD 64 1,094 17.1 6 John Stallworth PIT 63 1,098 17.4 5 J.T. Smith KC 63 852 13.5 2 Mike Pruitt CLE 63 442 7.0 1 Harold Carmichael PHI 61 1,028 16.9 6 Steve Watson DEN 60 1,244 20.7 13 Freddie Solomon SF 59 969 16.4 8
Kick Returns Team(s) Att Yards Avg TD Mike Nelms WAS 37 1,099 29.7 0 Carl Roaches HOU 28 769 27.5 0 Amos Lawrence SF 17 437 25.7 0 Fulton Walker MIA 38 932 24.5 0 Willie Tullis HOU 32 779 24.3 0 Reggie Smith ATL 47 1,143 24.3 0 James Brooks SD 39 934 23.9 0 David Verser CIN 29 691 23.8 0 Stump Mitchell STL 55 1,292 23.5 0 Wayne Wilson NO 31 722 23.3 0 Eddie Payton MIN 39 898 23.0 0 James Murphy KC 20 457 22.9 0 Dino Hall CLE 36 813 22.6 0 Arthur Whittington OAK 25 563 22.5 0 Larry Anderson PIT 37 825 22.3 0
Punt Returns Team(s) Att Yards Avg TD James Brooks SD 21 281 13.4 0 LeRoy Irvin LA 46 615 13.4 0 Jeff Fisher CHI 43 509 11.8 0 Jeff Groth NO 37 436 11.8 0 Paul Johns SEA 16 177 11.1 0 Mike Nelms WAS 45 492 10.9 0 Stump Mitchell STL 42 445 10.6 0 J.T. Smith KC 50 528 10.6 0 Tommy Vigorito MIA 36 379 10.5 0 Larry Anderson PIT 20 208 10.4 0 Mark Lee GB 20 187 9.3 0 Wade Manning DEN 41 378 9.2 0 Dwight Hicks SF 19 171 9.0 0 Robbie Martin DET 52 450 8.7 0 Scott Woerner ATL 33 278 8.4 0
Punting Team(s) Punts Yards Avg Pat McInally CIN 72 3,272 45.4 Ray Guy OAK 92 4,020 43.7 Tom Skladany DET 64 2,784 43.5 Craig Colquitt PIT 84 3,641 43.3 Dave Jennings NYG 97 4,198 43.3 Larry Swider TB 58 2,476 42.7 Steve Cox CLE 68 2,884 42.4 Frank Corral LA 89 3,735 42.0 Carl Birdsong STL 69 2,883 41.8 Rich Camarillo NE 47 1,959 41.7 George Roberts SD 58 2,413 41.6 Jim Miller SF 93 3,858 41.5 Greg Coleman MIN 88 3,646 41.4 Tom Orosz MIA 83 3,386 40.8 Danny White DAL 79 3,222 40.8 Max Runager PHI 63 2,567 40.7 John James ATL 87 3,543 40.7 Chuck Ramsey NYJ 81 3,290 40.6 Ray Stachowicz GB 82 3,330 40.6 Russell Erxleben NO 66 2,672 40.5
Kicking Team(s) FG PAT Pts Rafael Septien DAL 27/35 38/38 119 Eddie Murray DET 25/35 43/43 118 Nick Lowery KC 26/36 36/37 114 Pat Leahy NYJ 25/36 36/37 111 Jim Breech CIN 22/32 43/44 109 Mick Luckhurst ATL 21/33 46/46 109 Uwe von Schamann MIA 24/31 31/31 103 Tony Franklin PHI 20/31 40/41 100 Joe Danelo NYG 24/38 25/25 97 Mark Moseley WAS 19/30 36/40 93 Neil O'Donoghue STL 19/32 35/36 92 Rick Danmeier MIN 21/25 28/31 91 Rolf Benirschke SD 16/23 42/47 90 Jan Stenerud GB 22/24 22/23 88 Frank Corral LA 17/26 36/36 87 Fred Steinfort DEN 17/30 33/34 84 John Smith NE 15/24 31/33 76 Nick Mike-Mayer BUF 14/24 33/33 75 Ray Wersching SF 17/23 20/20 71 Bill Capece TB 15/24 25/27 70

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