Monday October 5, 1970
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NFL leaders as of 10/05/1970:



Team Rankings:
Rush Pass Total Offense Games Yds/Gm Yds/Gm Yds/Gm 1 SF 3 157.0 204.7 361.7 2 NYJ 3 154.7 203.3 358.0 3 DET 3 199.0 145.3 344.3 4 OAK 3 122.0 221.3 343.3 5 ATL 3 137.7 197.3 335.0 6 LA 3 160.3 167.3 327.7 7 STL 3 139.3 171.7 311.0 8 DAL 3 179.3 129.3 308.7 9 NYG 3 102.7 200.7 303.3 10 CLE 3 89.0 200.3 289.3 11 HOU 3 123.7 160.0 283.7 12 BAL 3 93.3 189.3 282.7 13 PHI 3 110.3 151.3 261.7 14 SD 3 90.0 169.7 259.7 15 WAS 3 149.3 110.3 259.7 16 MIA 3 118.7 140.3 259.0 17 CIN 3 131.3 119.3 250.7 18 BOS 3 104.7 145.3 250.0 19 DEN 3 119.3 130.0 249.3 20 MIN 3 98.3 144.0 242.3 21 BUF 3 98.0 144.3 242.3 22 PIT 3 74.3 166.3 240.7 23 KC 3 101.3 110.0 211.3 24 GB 3 92.3 118.0 210.3 25 CHI 3 57.7 147.0 204.7 26 NO 3 78.7 104.3 183.0
Rush Pass Total Defense Games Yds/Gm Yds/Gm Yds/Gm 1 DET 3 54.7 89.0 143.7 2 DEN 3 66.3 105.3 171.7 3 MIN 3 88.0 86.0 174.0 4 LA 3 68.3 148.7 217.0 5 PIT 3 107.7 135.7 243.3 6 BOS 3 126.7 117.7 244.3 7 HOU 3 99.7 149.0 248.7 8 KC 3 117.7 138.7 256.3 9 DAL 3 116.0 141.3 257.3 10 PHI 3 137.3 127.3 264.7 11 NYG 3 129.3 137.0 266.3 12 CIN 3 104.0 167.7 271.7 13 BAL 3 98.7 175.7 274.3 14 NYJ 3 98.3 178.7 277.0 15 WAS 3 153.3 132.7 286.0 16 STL 3 148.3 140.0 288.3 17 ATL 3 111.3 190.3 301.7 18 NO 3 135.3 170.3 305.7 19 MIA 3 163.3 150.7 314.0 20 BUF 3 138.0 189.7 327.7 21 CHI 3 96.3 231.7 328.0 22 SD 3 131.3 197.0 328.3 23 OAK 3 161.3 167.7 329.0 24 GB 3 145.0 187.7 332.7 25 SF 3 132.7 205.0 337.7 26 CLE 3 153.3 230.7 384.0
                                                          Per   Per
Passing               Team(s)   Att  Cmp    Pct  Yards    Att   Cmp  TD   TD%  Int  Int%  Rating
John Brodie           SF         79   53   67.1    637   8.06  12.0   5   6.3    0   0.0   112.7
Bill Munson           DET        52   33   63.5    429   8.25  13.0   3   5.8    0   0.0   108.6
Roman Gabriel         LA         66   39   59.1    491   7.44  12.6   4   6.1    0   0.0   102.5
Bill Nelsen           CLE        52   26   50.0    453   8.71  17.4   2   3.8    1   1.9    84.9
Bob Berry             ATL        96   56   58.3    652   6.79  11.6   6   6.2    4   4.2    82.5
Dennis Shaw           BUF        46   29   63.0    512  11.13  17.7   2   4.3    4   8.7    79.3
Joe Namath            NYJ        77   39   50.6    622   8.08  15.9   4   5.2    3   3.9    79.0
Earl Morrall          BAL        54   29   53.7    392   7.26  13.5   4   7.4    3   5.6    78.6
Edd Hargett           NO         33   20   60.6    190   5.76   9.5   1   3.0    1   3.0    74.1
Bob Griese            MIA        60   28   46.7    479   7.98  17.1   4   6.7    4   6.7    68.7
Jack Concannon        CHI        74   42   56.8    393   5.31   9.4   3   4.1    3   4.1    68.1
Daryle Lamonica       OAK        96   52   54.2    686   7.15  13.2   4   4.2    6   6.2    64.8
Bart Starr            GB         44   24   54.5    300   6.82  12.5   1   2.3    2   4.5    64.6
Len Dawson            KC         65   37   56.9    425   6.54  11.5   5   7.7    6   9.2    63.9
Charley Johnson       HOU        85   44   51.8    535   6.29  12.2   3   3.5    4   4.7    63.6
Norm Snead            PHI        69   39   56.5    463   6.71  11.9   3   4.3    5   7.2    61.4
Pete Liske            DEN        47   23   48.9    225   4.79   9.8   1   2.1    1   2.1    61.0
Sonny Jurgensen       WAS        84   42   50.0    394   4.69   9.4   3   3.6    3   3.6    60.3
John Hadl             SD         75   34   45.3    566   7.55  16.6   5   6.7    6   8.0    60.2
Jim Hart              STL        71   28   39.4    523   7.37  18.7   3   4.2    4   5.6    56.2
Mike Taliaferro       BOS        85   40   47.1    528   6.21  13.2   2   2.4    4   4.7    55.4
Sam Wyche             CIN        36   15   41.7    272   7.56  18.1   1   2.8    2   5.6    54.4
Roger Staubach        DAL        44   26   59.1    264   6.00  10.2   2   4.5    4   9.1    53.6
Fran Tarkenton        NYG       108   56   51.9    655   6.06  11.7   2   1.9    7   6.5    49.7
Gary Cuozzo           MIN        85   42   49.4    489   5.75  11.6   1   1.2    5   5.9    46.6
Johnny Unitas         BAL        53   23   43.4    324   6.11  14.1   1   1.9    3   5.7    46.4
Terry Bradshaw        PIT        71   30   42.3    488   6.87  16.3   0   0.0    5   7.0    36.6
Billy Kilmer          NO         45   21   46.7    170   3.78   8.1   0   0.0    4   8.9    19.7


Others (10 or more attempts): Per Per Passing Team(s) Att Cmp Pct Yards Att Cmp TD TD% Int Int% Rating Marty Domres SD 11 8 72.7 99 9.00 12.4 1 9.1 0 0.0 130.5 Terry Hanratty PIT 18 8 44.4 122 6.78 15.2 1 5.6 0 0.0 85.9 Craig Morton DAL 16 7 43.8 141 8.81 20.1 0 0.0 0 0.0 75.3 Steve Tensi DEN 28 12 42.9 248 8.86 20.7 2 7.1 2 7.1 68.8 Virgil Carter CIN 26 14 53.8 170 6.54 12.1 1 3.8 2 7.7 55.0 Pete Beathard STL 13 6 46.2 56 4.31 9.3 1 7.7 1 7.7 52.1 Don Horn GB 17 6 35.3 129 7.59 21.5 1 5.9 2 11.8 43.1 Dan Darragh BUF 28 10 35.7 69 2.46 6.9 0 0.0 2 7.1 14.6 Don Gault CLE 19 2 10.5 67 3.53 33.5 0 0.0 3 15.8 2.2
Rushing Team(s) Att Yards Avg TD Larry Brown WAS 50 298 6.0 3 Matt Snell NYJ 64 281 4.4 1 Ken Willard SF 64 260 4.1 3 Calvin Hill DAL 58 246 4.2 2 MacArthur Lane STL 50 237 4.7 2 Mel Farr DET 46 216 4.7 5 Cannonball Butler ATL 39 213 5.5 0 Floyd Little DEN 64 211 3.3 0 Larry Csonka MIA 45 195 4.3 0 Jess Phillips CIN 35 188 5.4 1 O.J. Simpson BUF 53 175 3.3 2 Willie Ellison LA 38 175 4.6 1 Charlie Smith OAK 41 168 4.1 0 Altie Taylor DET 48 159 3.3 1 Emerson Boozer NYJ 39 159 4.1 4 Hoyle Granger HOU 40 154 3.9 1 Leroy Kelly CLE 41 144 3.5 2 Doug Cunningham SF 41 143 3.5 1 Jim Nance BOS 34 141 4.1 2 Woody Campbell HOU 37 134 3.6 1 Norm Bulaich BAL 39 129 3.3 1 Ron Johnson NYG 45 129 2.9 1 Roger Staubach DAL 16 128 8.0 0 Carl Garrett BOS 26 124 4.8 2 Jim Kiick MIA 47 124 2.6 1
Receiving Team(s) Att Yards Avg TD Ron Johnson NYG 21 214 10.2 2 Eddie Hinton BAL 17 277 16.3 2 Jack Snow LA 17 266 15.6 3 Dick Gordon CHI 15 206 13.7 4 Gene Washington SF 15 172 11.5 0 Jerry Smith WAS 14 184 13.1 2 Gary Ballman PHI 13 196 15.1 1 Ron Sellers BOS 12 238 19.8 2 George Sauer NYJ 12 210 17.5 2 Warren Wells OAK 12 204 17.0 1 Jim Whalen DEN 12 188 15.7 0 Jim Mitchell ATL 12 176 14.7 1 Ron Shanklin PIT 11 276 25.1 1 John Gilliam STL 11 257 23.4 1 Marlin Briscoe BUF 11 216 19.6 2 Roy Jefferson BAL 11 201 18.3 2 Willie Frazier SD 11 189 17.2 1 Fred Biletnikoff OAK 11 184 16.7 3 Bob Trumpy CIN 11 161 14.6 1 Bob Grim MIN 11 149 13.5 0 Bob Wallace CHI 11 137 12.5 0 Emerson Boozer NYJ 11 106 9.6 0 Harmon Wages ATL 11 84 7.6 2 Gary Garrison SD 10 205 20.5 3 Paul Flatley ATL 10 187 18.7 0
Kick Returns Team(s) Att Yards Avg TD O.J. Simpson BUF 3 172 57.3 1 Cecil Turner CHI 5 279 55.8 2 Mel Blount PIT 3 141 47.0 0 Alvin Haymond LA 7 255 36.4 1 Dave Hampton GB 5 164 32.8 1 Homer Jones CLE 9 293 32.6 1 Bobby Anderson DEN 4 125 31.2 0 Benny Johnson HOU 4 120 30.0 0 Jake Scott MIA 4 117 29.2 0 Jim Duncan BAL 4 114 28.5 0 Charlie Pittman STL 3 85 28.3 0 Bill Tucker SF 5 139 27.8 0 Paul Robinson CIN 3 83 27.7 0 Lemar Parrish CIN 7 181 25.9 0 Clint Jones MIN 3 76 25.3 0
Punt Returns Team(s) Att Yards Avg TD Ed Podolak KC 7 176 25.1 0 Alvin Wyatt OAK 5 91 18.2 1 John Mallory ATL 3 48 16.0 0 Bill Thompson DEN 8 126 15.8 0 Bob Grim MIN 4 52 13.0 0 Lemar Parrish CIN 6 71 11.8 0 Lem Barney DET 8 94 11.8 1 Ron Gardin BAL 7 76 10.9 0 Dicky Lyons NO 3 32 10.7 0 Ron Smith CHI 3 32 10.7 0 Sid Blanks BOS 4 41 10.2 0 Mike Garrett KC 3 30 10.0 0 Bruce Taylor SF 6 56 9.3 0 Floyd Little DEN 8 72 9.0 0 Jerry LeVias HOU 5 40 8.0 0
Punting Team(s) Punts Yards Avg Jerrel Wilson KC 16 746 46.6 David Lee BAL 17 782 46.0 Ron Widby DAL 10 460 46.0 Dave Lewis CIN 19 858 45.2 Billy Van Heusen DEN 19 855 45.0 Pat Studstill LA 10 437 43.7 Don Cockroft CLE 16 693 43.3 Bobby Joe Green CHI 16 692 43.2 Bobby Walden PIT 16 691 43.2 Bill Bradley PHI 6 256 42.7 Julian Fagan NO 15 640 42.7 Spike Jones HOU 17 719 42.3 Tom McNeill MIN 17 710 41.8 Mike Bragg WAS 15 620 41.3 Mike Eischeid OAK 19 782 41.2 Steve Spurrier SF 18 739 41.1 Donny Anderson GB 18 734 40.8 Larry Seiple MIA 13 522 40.2 Paul Maguire BUF 22 876 39.8 Billy Lothridge ATL 15 594 39.6
Kicking Team(s) FG PAT Pts David Ray LA 9/14 9/ 9 36 Errol Mann DET 5/ 7 13/13 28 Bobby Howfield DEN 7/11 6/ 6 27 Fred Cox MIN 7/10 6/ 6 27 Curt Knight WAS 6/ 7 7/ 7 25 Jan Stenerud KC 6/ 7 7/ 7 25 George Blanda OAK 4/ 8 7/ 7 19 Bruce Gossett SF 3/ 4 9/10 18 Gino Cappelletti BOS 4/ 9 6/ 6 18 Jim Bakken STL 4/ 6 6/ 7 18 Jim O'Brien BAL 4/ 6 6/ 6 18 Pete Gogolak NYG 5/12 3/ 3 18 Horst Muhlmann CIN 4/ 7 5/ 5 17 Jim Turner NYJ 2/ 8 11/11 17 Roy Gerela HOU 4/ 5 5/ 5 17 Garo Yepremian MIA 4/ 6 4/ 4 16 Mac Percival CHI 3/ 6 7/ 7 16 Don Cockroft CLE 2/ 5 9/10 15 Mike Mercer SD 3/ 4 6/ 6 15 Grant Guthrie BUF 3/ 3 5/ 5 14

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