Monday October 2, 1972
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NFL leaders as of 10/02/1972:



Team Rankings:
Rush Pass Total Offense Games Yds/Gm Yds/Gm Yds/Gm 1 NYJ 3 123.7 297.7 421.3 2 DEN 3 160.7 213.7 374.3 3 BAL 3 118.7 253.0 371.7 4 ATL 3 217.3 141.3 358.7 5 PHI 3 106.0 235.0 341.0 6 MIA 3 196.7 131.7 328.3 7 KC 3 134.3 186.0 320.3 8 CIN 3 165.0 154.0 319.0 9 DAL 3 143.7 174.7 318.3 10 NYG 3 117.7 189.3 307.0 11 SD 3 141.7 165.0 306.7 12 DET 3 159.3 146.3 305.7 13 OAK 3 127.7 177.3 305.0 14 MIN 3 147.7 155.0 302.7 15 WAS 3 154.3 120.3 274.7 16 SF 3 92.0 179.7 271.7 17 PIT 3 122.7 148.7 271.3 18 LA 3 157.3 113.7 271.0 19 NE 3 94.7 173.3 268.0 20 CHI 3 203.7 56.3 260.0 21 HOU 3 89.0 169.3 258.3 22 CLE 3 108.7 149.3 258.0 23 BUF 3 125.0 124.7 249.7 24 GB 3 137.3 84.3 221.7 25 STL 3 61.0 139.3 200.3 26 NO 3 45.0 129.3 174.3
Rush Pass Total Defense Games Yds/Gm Yds/Gm Yds/Gm 1 SF 3 90.3 101.3 191.7 2 CIN 3 79.0 131.3 210.3 3 MIN 3 118.3 105.0 223.3 4 MIA 3 109.3 137.0 246.3 5 GB 3 132.0 124.7 256.7 6 KC 3 134.3 125.7 260.0 7 OAK 3 160.0 106.3 266.3 8 CHI 3 158.7 108.7 267.3 9 LA 3 170.0 101.7 271.7 10 DEN 3 108.7 164.0 272.7 11 ATL 3 143.0 130.0 273.0 12 BUF 3 127.7 150.3 278.0 13 DAL 3 92.7 186.7 279.3 14 SD 3 100.7 179.3 280.0 15 DET 3 165.0 121.0 286.0 16 PIT 3 92.0 203.7 295.7 17 CLE 3 113.0 198.7 311.7 18 BAL 3 82.3 229.7 312.0 19 WAS 3 129.3 197.7 327.0 20 STL 3 150.3 182.3 332.7 21 PHI 3 155.3 180.3 335.7 22 NO 3 173.0 172.0 345.0 23 NYG 3 171.0 190.0 361.0 24 NE 3 188.0 180.3 368.3 25 NYJ 3 103.3 267.0 370.3 26 HOU 3 203.3 233.7 437.0
                                                          Per   Per
Passing               Team(s)   Att  Cmp    Pct  Yards    Att   Cmp  TD   TD%  Int  Int%  Rating
Joe Namath            NYJ        80   38   47.5    910  11.38  23.9   9  11.2    4   5.0   105.7
Norm Snead            NYG        70   47   67.1    599   8.56  12.7   6   8.6    4   5.7    98.5
Bob Berry             ATL        41   22   53.7    435  10.61  19.8   3   7.3    2   4.9    95.1
John Brodie           SF         50   31   62.0    353   7.06  11.4   5  10.0    3   6.0    91.5
Daryle Lamonica       OAK        57   30   52.6    466   8.18  15.5   3   5.3    1   1.8    90.2
Fran Tarkenton        MIN        69   36   52.2    533   7.72  14.8   5   7.2    3   4.3    83.8
Len Dawson            KC         78   50   64.1    546   7.00  10.9   3   3.8    3   3.8    81.5
Greg Landry           DET        44   20   45.5    377   8.57  18.9   4   9.1    3   6.8    77.6
Billy Kilmer          WAS        69   34   49.3    367   5.32  10.8   5   7.2    2   2.9    77.4
Dan Pastorini         HOU        80   37   46.2    585   7.31  15.8   4   5.0    2   2.5    77.3
Jim Plunkett          NE         79   38   48.1    567   7.18  14.9   3   3.8    2   2.5    74.2
Johnny Unitas         BAL       109   60   55.0    817   7.50  13.6   3   2.8    4   3.7    73.1
Scott Hunter          GB         43   15   34.9    269   6.26  17.9   2   4.7    0   0.0    72.7
John Reaves           PHI        59   33   55.9    492   8.34  14.9   2   3.4    4   6.8    66.5
Mike Phipps           CLE        58   26   44.8    399   6.88  15.3   2   3.4    2   3.4    65.2
Craig Morton          DAL        82   44   53.7    562   6.85  12.8   3   3.7    5   6.1    62.1
Bob Griese            MIA        64   35   54.7    380   5.94  10.9   3   4.7    4   6.2    62.0
Terry Bradshaw        PIT        91   50   54.9    523   5.75  10.5   2   2.2    4   4.4    60.8
Ken Anderson          CIN        85   44   51.8    480   5.65  10.9   1   1.2    3   3.5    58.0
John Hadl             SD         70   35   50.0    453   6.47  12.9   2   2.9    4   5.7    56.4
Tim Van Galder        STL        30   18   60.0    195   6.50  10.8   0   0.0    2   6.7    51.4
Steve Ramsey          DEN        84   38   45.2    700   8.33  18.4   2   2.4    7   8.3    47.7
Pete Liske            PHI        42   23   54.8    293   6.98  12.7   0   0.0    3   7.1    47.0
Archie Manning        NO        105   44   41.9    492   4.69  11.2   3   2.9    5   4.8    46.2
Dennis Shaw           BUF        65   28   43.1    374   5.75  13.4   3   4.6    7  10.8    37.8
Steve Spurrier        SF         33   13   39.4    232   7.03  17.8   1   3.0    3   9.1    36.4
Bobby Douglass        CHI        43   15   34.9    214   4.98  14.3   3   7.0    5  11.6    35.6
Gary Cuozzo           STL        48   23   47.9    293   6.10  12.7   0   0.0    4   8.3    32.7
Roman Gabriel         LA         44   17   38.6    237   5.39  13.9   1   2.3    4   9.1    26.4


Others (10 or more attempts): Per Per Passing Team(s) Att Cmp Pct Yards Att Cmp TD TD% Int Int% Rating George Blanda OAK 11 4 36.4 64 5.82 16.0 1 9.1 0 0.0 86.9 Bill Munson DET 25 14 56.0 89 3.56 6.4 0 0.0 1 4.0 46.9 Charley Johnson DEN 12 6 50.0 66 5.50 11.0 0 0.0 3 25.0 27.1 Bill Nelsen CLE 19 9 47.4 84 4.42 9.3 0 0.0 2 10.5 20.4 Pete Beathard LA 27 11 40.7 139 5.15 12.6 0 0.0 5 18.5 17.9 Ken Stabler OAK 12 5 41.7 54 4.50 10.8 0 0.0 3 25.0 16.0
Rushing Team(s) Att Yards Avg TD Larry Brown WAS 67 366 5.5 1 Dave Hampton ATL 52 307 5.9 3 John Riggins NYJ 59 279 4.7 1 Larry Csonka MIA 48 263 5.5 2 O.J. Simpson BUF 64 257 4.0 0 Mike Garrett SD 69 256 3.7 1 Art Malone ATL 52 250 4.8 1 Jim Harrison CHI 54 250 4.6 2 Bobby Douglass CHI 28 247 8.8 1 John Brockington GB 67 247 3.7 3 Steve Owens DET 58 244 4.2 1 Calvin Hill DAL 55 243 4.4 1 Marv Hubbard OAK 55 241 4.4 1 Ron Johnson NYG 62 220 3.5 1 Essex Johnson CIN 51 217 4.3 1 Floyd Little DEN 50 211 4.2 1 Mercury Morris MIA 37 189 5.1 1 Ed Podolak KC 42 185 4.4 0 Leroy Kelly CLE 52 175 3.4 1 Bob Thomas LA 19 159 8.4 2 Preston Pearson PIT 38 144 3.8 0 Oscar Reed MIN 31 143 4.6 0 Josh Ashton NE 29 136 4.7 2 Walt Garrison DAL 38 130 3.4 2 Po James PHI 32 128 4.0 0
Receiving Team(s) Att Yards Avg TD Harold Jackson PHI 25 430 17.2 1 J.D. Hill BUF 16 243 15.2 2 Otis Taylor KC 16 212 13.2 2 Gene Washington SF 15 269 17.9 4 Ed Podolak KC 15 97 6.5 0 Tom Mitchell BAL 14 208 14.9 1 Charley Taylor WAS 14 182 13.0 2 Tom Matte BAL 13 165 12.7 1 Fred Biletnikoff OAK 12 149 12.4 0 Rich Caster NYJ 11 325 29.5 4 John Gilliam MIN 11 253 23.0 3 Billy Masters DEN 11 188 17.1 1 Ron Shanklin PIT 11 171 15.5 1 Larry Schreiber SF 11 81 7.4 0 Ron Johnson NYG 11 81 7.4 3 Eddie Bell NYJ 10 272 27.2 1 Rod Sherman DEN 10 205 20.5 0 Bob Tucker NYG 10 142 14.2 1 Gary Garrison SD 10 139 13.9 1 Bob Windsor NE 10 127 12.7 0 Bob Trumpy CIN 10 100 10.0 1 Charlie Evans NYG 10 67 6.7 0 Charlie Joiner HOU 9 207 23.0 1 Chip Myers CIN 9 124 13.8 0 John McMakin PIT 9 77 8.6 0
Kick Returns Team(s) Att Yards Avg TD Randy Montgomery DEN 6 201 33.5 1 Rocky Thompson NYG 11 357 32.5 1 Ron Jessie DET 6 194 32.3 0 Ron Smith CHI 8 256 32.0 0 Bruce Laird BAL 7 222 31.7 0 Larry Marshall KC 7 218 31.1 0 Bob Hudson GB 4 120 30.0 0 Mickey Zofko DET 7 201 28.7 0 Ike Thomas GB 4 110 27.5 0 Al Nelson PHI 5 137 27.4 0 Willie Belton ATL 3 80 26.7 0 Mercury Morris MIA 5 128 25.6 0 Alvin Wyatt BUF 9 229 25.4 0 Arthur Green NO 6 150 25.0 0 George Atkinson OAK 3 75 25.0 0
Punt Returns Team(s) Att Yards Avg TD Lemar Parrish CIN 3 73 24.3 1 Bill Bradley PHI 4 77 19.2 0 Chris Farasopoulos NYJ 6 94 15.7 1 Rod Sherman DEN 5 57 11.4 0 Alvin Wyatt BUF 6 64 10.7 0 Bruce Taylor SF 11 113 10.3 0 Charlie Leigh MIA 10 98 9.8 0 Charlie Waters DAL 4 36 9.0 0 Lem Barney DET 7 57 8.1 0 Ken Houston HOU 7 56 8.0 0 Tommy Casanova CIN 10 79 7.9 0 Lenny Dunlap SD 5 38 7.6 0 Ken Ellis GB 6 45 7.5 0 Ray Brown ATL 4 29 7.2 0 Larry Marshall KC 8 56 7.0 0
Punting Team(s) Punts Yards Avg Jerrel Wilson KC 17 828 48.7 Dave Chapple LA 11 527 47.9 Dan Pastorini HOU 14 663 47.4 Tom Blanchard NYG 10 466 46.6 Don Cockroft CLE 19 880 46.3 David Lee BAL 13 598 46.0 Bobby Walden PIT 15 682 45.5 Ron Widby GB 17 772 45.4 Bobby Joe Green CHI 10 440 44.0 Dave Lewis CIN 14 607 43.4 Spike Jones BUF 21 885 42.1 Larry Seiple MIA 11 463 42.1 John James ATL 9 378 42.0 Dennis Partee SD 11 456 41.5 Tom McNeill PHI 7 290 41.4 Jim McCann SF 16 650 40.6 Mike Eischeid MIN 16 649 40.6 Steve O'Neal NYJ 9 362 40.2 Donny Anderson STL 18 721 40.1 Mike Bragg WAS 13 515 39.6
Kicking Team(s) FG PAT Pts Bruce Gossett SF 7/ 8 10/10 31 Bill Bell ATL 6/ 9 10/10 28 Horst Muhlmann CIN 8/11 4/ 4 28 Bobby Howfield NYJ 5/ 7 12/13 27 Chester Marcol GB 7/12 5/ 5 26 Roy Gerela PIT 6/ 9 7/ 7 25 Errol Mann DET 5/ 6 9/ 9 24 Don Cockroft CLE 5/ 6 7/ 7 22 Garo Yepremian MIA 5/ 9 7/ 8 22 Toni Fritsch DAL 5/ 6 7/ 7 22 Jan Stenerud KC 4/ 5 9/ 9 21 David Ray LA 5/11 5/ 5 20 Jim Turner DEN 4/ 4 8/ 8 20 Dennis Partee SD 4/ 4 6/ 6 18 Jim O'Brien BAL 4/12 6/ 6 18 George Blanda OAK 3/ 5 8/ 8 17 Tom Dempsey PHI 5/10 2/ 3 17 Mac Percival CHI 3/ 5 7/ 7 16 Curt Knight WAS 2/ 7 9/ 9 15 Fred Cox MIN 2/ 5 9/ 9 15

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