NFL leaders as of 10/22/1972:
Team Rankings:
| Rush Pass Total Offense Games Yds/Gm Yds/Gm Yds/Gm 1 NYJ 6 157.7 221.8 379.5 2 DEN 6 131.0 208.2 339.2 3 DAL 6 143.8 187.5 331.3 4 BAL 6 130.8 196.0 326.8 5 OAK 6 148.2 173.3 321.5 6 MIA 6 191.2 130.2 321.3 7 ATL 6 184.2 135.8 320.0 8 WAS 6 150.5 164.5 315.0 9 NYG 6 134.7 175.8 310.5 10 KC 6 139.8 161.5 301.3 11 PIT 6 165.0 136.2 301.2 12 MIN 5 150.0 151.0 301.0 13 LA 6 165.8 132.2 298.0 14 DET 6 164.3 133.0 297.3 15 SF 6 91.0 200.2 291.2 16 PHI 6 96.3 194.5 290.8 17 NE 6 109.5 181.3 290.8 18 SD 6 142.2 147.5 289.7 19 CIN 6 137.8 143.8 281.7 20 CHI 5 201.2 68.4 269.6 21 BUF 6 144.2 112.0 256.2 22 GB 6 125.0 122.7 247.7 23 CLE 6 99.2 134.2 233.3 24 HOU 6 101.3 121.3 222.7 25 NO 6 64.7 151.5 216.2 26 STL 6 73.5 127.3 200.8 |
| Rush Pass Total Defense Games Yds/Gm Yds/Gm Yds/Gm 1 CIN 6 90.8 120.3 211.2 2 MIA 6 124.7 115.3 240.0 3 ATL 6 137.0 107.8 244.8 4 LA 6 141.5 106.0 247.5 5 GB 6 131.3 118.8 250.2 6 MIN 5 125.0 128.6 253.6 7 CHI 5 122.8 138.4 261.2 8 KC 6 120.3 144.5 264.8 9 DAL 6 107.7 157.3 265.0 10 OAK 6 127.3 138.0 265.3 11 DET 6 150.2 120.8 271.0 12 DEN 6 111.8 161.2 273.0 13 PIT 6 117.0 156.0 273.0 14 WAS 6 105.0 169.0 274.0 15 SD 6 130.3 147.7 278.0 16 SF 6 134.5 152.8 287.3 17 CLE 6 159.8 155.5 315.3 18 BUF 6 156.3 159.3 315.7 19 NYG 6 123.2 193.8 317.0 20 PHI 6 145.2 177.3 322.5 21 STL 6 149.5 183.2 332.7 22 BAL 6 117.3 219.8 337.2 23 NO 6 156.7 185.7 342.3 24 HOU 6 193.0 167.3 360.3 25 NYJ 6 133.2 237.2 370.3 26 NE 6 214.2 157.8 372.0 |
Per Per
Passing Team(s) Att Cmp Pct Yards Att Cmp TD TD% Int Int% Rating
Norm Snead NYG 129 85 65.9 1,086 8.42 12.8 10 7.8 5 3.9 101.8
Bob Berry ATL 109 62 56.9 868 7.96 14.0 7 6.4 3 2.8 92.6
Joe Namath NYJ 129 60 46.5 1,357 10.52 22.6 12 9.3 9 7.0 86.6
John Brodie SF 95 60 63.2 740 7.79 12.3 7 7.4 6 6.3 85.4
Fran Tarkenton MIN 122 70 57.4 839 6.88 12.0 7 5.7 4 3.3 84.0
Billy Kilmer WAS 71 36 50.7 394 5.55 10.9 5 7.0 2 2.8 79.2
Daryle Lamonica OAK 124 60 48.4 888 7.16 14.8 6 4.8 3 2.4 78.3
Scott Hunter GB 106 47 44.3 766 7.23 16.3 4 3.8 1 0.9 77.8
Charley Johnson DEN 67 38 56.7 591 8.82 15.6 3 4.5 4 6.0 76.2
Len Dawson KC 145 88 60.7 944 6.51 10.7 5 3.4 6 4.1 74.0
Ken Anderson CIN 146 80 54.8 858 5.88 10.7 4 2.7 3 2.1 72.8
Bob Griese MIA 94 51 54.3 619 6.59 12.1 4 4.3 4 4.3 71.2
Johnny Unitas BAL 153 85 55.6 1,044 6.82 12.3 3 2.0 5 3.3 69.7
Pete Liske PHI 72 39 54.2 593 8.24 15.2 3 4.2 5 6.9 66.5
Terry Bradshaw PIT 160 78 48.8 932 5.83 11.9 4 2.5 5 3.1 62.3
Craig Morton DAL 168 91 54.2 1,157 6.89 12.7 6 3.6 11 6.5 60.5
Archie Manning NO 181 85 47.0 1,106 6.11 13.0 8 4.4 10 5.5 58.4
Dennis Shaw BUF 102 52 51.0 653 6.40 12.6 6 5.9 8 7.8 58.2
Dan Pastorini HOU 150 67 44.7 895 5.97 13.4 6 4.0 7 4.7 58.1
Mike Phipps CLE 123 56 45.5 773 6.28 13.8 4 3.3 6 4.9 56.7
John Reaves PHI 105 55 52.4 773 7.36 14.1 2 1.9 7 6.7 55.0
Roman Gabriel LA 111 49 44.1 709 6.39 14.5 4 3.6 6 5.4 55.0
Greg Landry DET 104 46 44.2 775 7.45 16.8 6 5.8 9 8.7 53.2
Jim Plunkett NE 162 77 47.5 1,078 6.65 14.0 3 1.9 9 5.6 52.4
John Hadl SD 139 71 51.1 879 6.32 12.4 5 3.6 11 7.9 50.0
Steve Spurrier SF 71 34 47.9 535 7.54 15.7 3 4.2 7 9.9 47.9
Steve Ramsey DEN 103 47 45.6 797 7.74 17.0 2 1.9 8 7.8 46.5
Gary Cuozzo STL 91 42 46.2 494 5.43 11.8 2 2.2 6 6.6 43.0
Bobby Douglass CHI 67 24 35.8 395 5.90 16.5 4 6.0 6 9.0 39.1
Others (10 or more attempts):
Per Per
Passing Team(s) Att Cmp Pct Yards Att Cmp TD TD% Int Int% Rating
Earl Morrall MIA 21 15 71.4 200 9.52 13.3 2 9.5 1 4.8 113.2
Virgil Carter CIN 14 8 57.1 99 7.07 12.4 1 7.1 0 0.0 103.0
Brian Dowling NE 17 12 70.6 169 9.94 14.1 0 0.0 0 0.0 102.3
Marty Domres BAL 38 21 55.3 265 6.97 12.6 1 2.6 0 0.0 86.0
Sonny Jurgensen WAS 58 38 65.5 620 10.69 16.3 2 3.4 4 6.9 84.0
Mike Livingston KC 27 13 48.1 183 6.78 14.1 6 22.2 2 7.4 79.2
George Blanda OAK 14 5 35.7 77 5.50 15.4 1 7.1 0 0.0 78.6
Ken Stabler OAK 35 19 54.3 220 6.29 11.6 2 5.7 3 8.6 56.8
Mike Taliaferro BUF 19 9 47.4 83 4.37 9.2 1 5.3 1 5.3 55.4
Tim Van Galder STL 30 18 60.0 195 6.50 10.8 0 0.0 2 6.7 51.4
Jim Hart STL 28 14 50.0 145 5.18 10.4 1 3.6 2 7.1 47.5
Bill Munson DET 25 14 56.0 89 3.56 6.4 0 0.0 1 4.0 46.9
Bill Nelsen CLE 29 13 44.8 127 4.38 9.8 0 0.0 2 6.9 29.0
Pete Beathard LA 28 11 39.3 139 4.96 12.6 0 0.0 5 17.9 15.9
Rushing Team(s) Att Yards Avg TD
Larry Brown WAS 136 650 4.8 3
John Riggins NYJ 122 587 4.8 3
Larry Csonka MIA 97 542 5.6 3
Marv Hubbard OAK 104 497 4.8 2
Mike Garrett SD 130 496 3.8 3
O.J. Simpson BUF 121 489 4.0 1
Dave Hampton ATL 98 485 4.9 3
Calvin Hill DAL 105 451 4.3 3
John Brockington GB 119 435 3.7 3
Ron Johnson NYG 118 422 3.6 3
Art Malone ATL 94 411 4.4 3
Bobby Douglass CHI 51 409 8.0 3
Floyd Little DEN 95 370 3.9 4
Essex Johnson CIN 98 369 3.8 2
Bob Thomas LA 56 354 6.3 3
Steve Owens DET 87 346 4.0 3
Walt Garrison DAL 80 345 4.3 3
Jim Harrison CHI 81 341 4.2 2
Altie Taylor DET 76 305 4.0 2
Charlie Evans NYG 82 300 3.7 4
Carl Garrett NE 67 291 4.3 2
Leroy Kelly CLE 94 287 3.1 1
Don Nottingham BAL 71 285 4.0 3
Mercury Morris MIA 53 274 5.2 3
MacArthur Lane GB 76 270 3.6 0
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Receiving Team(s) Att Yards Avg TD
Harold Jackson PHI 36 638 17.7 3
Otis Taylor KC 30 423 14.1 4
Gene Washington SF 26 395 15.2 6
Charley Taylor WAS 25 320 12.8 2
J.D. Hill BUF 23 359 15.6 4
Fred Biletnikoff OAK 23 317 13.8 1
Tom Mitchell BAL 23 305 13.3 1
Ron Shanklin PIT 22 362 16.5 2
Gary Garrison SD 22 321 14.6 3
Larry Brown WAS 22 247 11.2 1
Ed Podolak KC 22 157 7.1 0
Calvin Hill DAL 21 163 7.8 1
Art Malone ATL 20 226 11.3 2
Ron Johnson NYG 20 222 11.1 3
Reggie Rucker NE 19 293 15.4 1
Bob Tucker NYG 19 255 13.4 1
Bob Trumpy CIN 19 197 10.4 2
Rod Sherman DEN 18 329 18.3 0
Chip Myers CIN 18 266 14.8 1
Charlie Evans NYG 18 143 7.9 1
Ken Burrow ATL 17 285 16.8 3
Billy Masters DEN 17 284 16.7 2
Fair Hooker CLE 17 217 12.8 1
Walt Garrison DAL 17 138 8.1 0
Ted Kwalick SF 16 390 24.4 3
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Kick Returns Team(s) Att Yards Avg TD
Randy Montgomery DEN 10 353 35.3 1
Rocky Thompson NYG 14 477 34.1 1
Ron Smith CHI 10 323 32.3 0
Larry Marshall KC 12 374 31.2 0
Bruce Laird BAL 14 433 30.9 0
Margene Adkins NO 18 476 26.4 0
Clint Jones MIN 9 237 26.3 0
Bernard Jackson CIN 6 156 26.0 0
Ron Jessie DET 12 311 25.9 0
Clarence Davis OAK 6 155 25.8 0
Alvin Wyatt BUF 11 282 25.6 0
Joe Dawkins DEN 6 151 25.2 0
Cliff Harris DAL 8 200 25.0 0
Mercury Morris MIA 10 249 24.9 0
Vic Washington SF 14 343 24.5 0
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Punt Returns Team(s) Att Yards Avg TD
Ken Ellis GB 7 125 17.9 1
Lemar Parrish CIN 6 101 16.8 1
Chris Farasopoulos NYJ 7 109 15.6 1
Tommy Casanova CIN 16 200 12.5 1
Rod Sherman DEN 6 67 11.2 0
Bill Bradley PHI 10 101 10.1 0
Alvin Wyatt BUF 9 90 10.0 0
Charlie Leigh MIA 15 138 9.2 0
Ron Smith CHI 11 93 8.5 0
Bruce Laird BAL 14 117 8.4 0
Lenny Dunlap SD 8 66 8.2 0
Lem Barney DET 11 84 7.6 0
Bruce Taylor SF 16 121 7.6 0
Thom Darden CLE 11 72 6.5 0
Willie Belton ATL 11 70 6.4 0
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Punting Team(s) Punts Yards Avg
Jerrel Wilson KC 33 1,572 47.6
Dave Chapple LA 26 1,200 46.2
Don Cockroft CLE 42 1,921 45.7
Bobby Walden PIT 28 1,246 44.5
David Lee BAL 24 1,041 43.4
Dan Pastorini HOU 38 1,642 43.2
Dave Lewis CIN 32 1,365 42.7
Mike Eischeid MIN 26 1,087 41.8
Bobby Joe Green CHI 25 1,044 41.8
Larry Seiple MIA 19 792 41.7
Jim McCann SF 26 1,082 41.6
Ron Widby GB 29 1,194 41.2
Billy Van Heusen DEN 33 1,348 40.8
Julian Fagan NO 32 1,298 40.6
Tom Blanchard NYG 17 683 40.2
Spike Jones BUF 36 1,441 40.0
Bill Bradley PHI 19 758 39.9
Steve O'Neal NYJ 21 837 39.9
Donny Anderson STL 34 1,352 39.8
John James ATL 22 872 39.6
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Kicking Team(s) FG PAT Pts
Errol Mann DET 12/15 17/18 53
Roy Gerela PIT 13/20 14/14 53
Bobby Howfield NYJ 9/11 22/23 49
Chester Marcol GB 13/21 10/10 49
Bill Bell ATL 10/16 16/16 46
Horst Muhlmann CIN 12/19 10/10 46
Jan Stenerud KC 10/13 16/16 46
Bruce Gossett SF 10/15 15/15 45
David Ray LA 10/18 14/14 44
John Leypoldt BUF 10/13 14/14 44
Garo Yepremian MIA 9/16 16/17 43
George Blanda OAK 8/13 18/18 42
Curt Knight WAS 7/15 17/17 38
Jim Turner DEN 8/12 14/14 38
Pete Gogolak NYG 7/11 17/19 38
Toni Fritsch DAL 8/16 14/14 38
Dennis Partee SD 8/ 9 10/11 34
Don Cockroft CLE 8/10 10/10 34
Jim O'Brien BAL 8/21 10/10 34
Fred Cox MIN 6/11 13/13 31
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