NFL leaders as of 12/09/1972:

Team Rankings:

Rush Pass Total Offense Games Yds/Gm Yds/Gm Yds/Gm 1 MIA 12 215.5 149.9 365.4 2 NYJ 12 149.3 199.0 348.3 3 OAK 12 168.0 167.0 335.0 4 DAL 13 159.8 173.6 333.4 5 WAS 13 149.9 173.5 323.4 6 MIN 12 125.8 194.8 320.5 7 PIT 12 189.6 126.4 316.0 8 SD 12 153.3 162.7 316.0 9 NYG 12 143.9 172.0 315.9 10 DEN 12 127.1 184.0 311.1 11 SF 12 104.3 203.3 307.7 12 BAL 12 138.1 168.2 306.3 13 CIN 13 141.8 163.9 305.7 14 LA 12 161.6 141.0 302.6 15 DET 12 145.7 148.1 293.8 16 ATL 12 154.8 136.4 291.2 17 KC 12 129.0 157.8 286.8 18 NO 12 90.5 174.1 264.6 19 NE 12 108.2 151.0 259.2 20 CLE 13 123.1 135.9 259.0 21 BUF 12 146.8 107.5 254.2 22 GB 12 144.6 107.5 252.1 23 CHI 12 165.3 86.6 251.9 24 PHI 12 100.5 146.0 246.5 25 HOU 12 109.5 118.5 228.0 26 STL 12 90.0 126.8 216.8

Rush Pass Total Defense Games Yds/Gm Yds/Gm Yds/Gm 1 MIA 12 108.0 116.8 224.8 2 CIN 13 129.5 121.0 250.5 3 MIN 12 136.2 117.8 254.0 4 WAS 13 119.2 137.1 256.2 5 DAL 13 103.2 158.8 262.0 6 GB 12 117.8 147.1 264.8 7 DEN 12 120.3 151.0 271.3 8 LA 12 127.3 145.0 272.3 9 ATL 12 139.2 135.8 275.1 10 CHI 12 123.1 154.8 277.8 11 SD 12 115.5 166.0 281.5 12 OAK 12 130.5 154.5 285.0 13 PIT 12 132.2 154.4 286.7 14 DET 12 158.2 129.9 288.1 15 SF 12 126.8 163.9 290.7 16 KC 12 134.5 159.0 293.5 17 CLE 13 165.5 131.7 297.2 18 NYG 12 133.7 174.2 307.9 19 BAL 12 136.2 172.7 308.8 20 BUF 12 166.0 147.4 313.4 21 NO 12 150.2 179.7 329.8 22 NYJ 12 142.5 190.9 333.4 23 STL 12 161.2 178.2 339.4 24 PHI 12 165.0 176.0 341.0 25 HOU 12 192.3 157.5 349.8 26 NE 12 206.8 162.4 369.2

                                                          Per   Per
Passing               Team(s)   Att  Cmp    Pct  Yards    Att   Cmp  TD   TD%  Int  Int%  Rating
Billy Kilmer          WAS       210  116   55.2  1,586   7.55  13.7  19   9.0    8   3.8    93.9
Marty Domres          BAL       175   93   53.1  1,116   6.38  12.0  10   5.7    2   1.1    87.2
Fran Tarkenton        MIN       332  193   58.1  2,389   7.20  12.4  16   4.8    8   2.4    86.5
Norm Snead            NYG       272  165   60.7  1,901   6.99  11.5  15   5.5    9   3.3    86.4
Bob Berry             ATL       227  131   57.7  1,836   8.09  14.0  12   5.3    9   4.0    85.0
Steve Spurrier        SF        237  131   55.3  1,828   7.71  14.0  18   7.6   13   5.5    82.7
Daryle Lamonica       OAK       250  132   52.8  1,742   6.97  13.2  15   6.0    8   3.2    81.8
Johnny Unitas         BAL       155   87   56.1  1,108   7.15  12.7   4   2.6    5   3.2    73.8
Joe Namath            NYJ       278  137   49.3  2,413   8.68  17.6  18   6.5   19   6.8    72.4
Ken Anderson          CIN       274  151   55.1  1,695   6.19  11.2   6   2.2    7   2.6    70.4
Craig Morton          DAL       328  179   54.6  2,335   7.12  13.0  15   4.6   19   5.8    68.3
Len Dawson            KC        258  142   55.0  1,559   6.04  11.0   9   3.5   11   4.3    67.0
Archie Manning        NO        372  192   51.6  2,385   6.41  12.4  15   4.0   17   4.6    66.2
Charley Johnson       DEN       211  113   53.6  1,480   7.01  13.1   9   4.3   13   6.2    64.5
Terry Bradshaw        PIT       274  131   47.8  1,698   6.20  13.0  11   4.0   11   4.0    64.4
Greg Landry           DET       219  108   49.3  1,666   7.61  15.4  13   5.9   16   7.3    64.2
Pete Liske            PHI       133   68   51.1    941   7.08  13.8   3   2.3    6   4.5    62.9
John Hadl             SD        300  157   52.3  2,039   6.80  13.0  14   4.7   20   6.7    61.8
Mike Phipps           CLE       288  137   47.6  1,838   6.38  13.4  11   3.8   14   4.9    60.8
Dennis Shaw           BUF       205  108   52.7  1,320   6.44  12.2  11   5.4   15   7.3    60.2
Roman Gabriel         LA        249  120   48.2  1,546   6.21  12.9   8   3.2   13   5.2    57.1
Scott Hunter          GB        177   75   42.4  1,150   6.50  15.3   6   3.4    8   4.5    56.9
Dan Pastorini         HOU       280  134   47.9  1,628   5.81  12.1   7   2.5   12   4.3    56.7
Bobby Douglass        CHI       171   68   39.8  1,149   6.72  16.9   9   5.3   11   6.4    54.0
John Reaves           PHI       175   86   49.1  1,174   6.71  13.7   4   2.3   11   6.3    52.4
Gary Cuozzo           STL       158   69   43.7    897   5.68  13.0   5   3.2   11   7.0    43.7
Jim Plunkett          NE        305  138   45.2  1,847   6.06  13.4   6   2.0   24   7.9    38.8


Others (10 or more attempts):
                                                          Per   Per
Passing               Team(s)   Att  Cmp    Pct  Yards    Att   Cmp  TD   TD%  Int  Int%  Rating
Randy Johnson         NYG        17   10   58.8    230  13.53  23.0   3  17.6    3  17.6   103.2
Earl Morrall          MIA       118   67   56.8  1,079   9.14  16.1   9   7.6    5   4.2    95.3
John Brodie           SF         95   60   63.2    740   7.79  12.3   7   7.4    6   6.3    85.4
Sonny Jurgensen       WAS        59   39   66.1    633  10.73  16.2   2   3.4    4   6.8    84.9
George Blanda         OAK        14    5   35.7     77   5.50  15.4   1   7.1    0   0.0    78.6
Brian Dowling         NE         45   26   57.8    313   6.96  12.0   1   2.2    1   2.2    77.4
Bob Griese            MIA        94   51   54.3    619   6.59  12.1   4   4.3    4   4.3    71.2
Virgil Carter         CIN        82   47   57.3    579   7.06  12.3   3   3.7    4   4.9    71.1
Bill Munson           DET        35   20   57.1    194   5.54   9.7   1   2.9    1   2.9    70.4
Ken Stabler           OAK        63   34   54.0    400   6.35  11.8   3   4.8    3   4.8    69.5
Mike Livingston       KC         78   41   52.6    480   6.15  11.7   7   9.0    8  10.3    61.9
Jerry Tagge           GB         23    9   39.1    141   6.13  15.7   0   0.0    0   0.0    60.2
Steve Ramsey          DEN       125   58   46.4    937   7.50  16.2   3   2.4    8   6.4    53.3
Jim Hart              STL        71   34   47.9    322   4.54   9.5   2   2.8    4   5.6    46.8
Mike Taliaferro       BUF        33   16   48.5    176   5.33  11.0   1   3.0    4  12.1    35.2
Tim Van Galder        STL        79   40   50.6    434   5.49  10.8   1   1.3    7   8.9    34.5
Kent Nix              HOU        36   17   47.2    120   3.33   7.1   1   2.8    5  13.9    25.0
Pete Beathard         LA         48   19   39.6    255   5.31  13.4   1   2.1    7  14.6    24.6
Bill Nelsen           CLE        31   14   45.2    141   4.55  10.1   0   0.0    3   9.7    19.1
Leo Hart              BUF        15    6   40.0     53   3.53   8.8   0   0.0    3  20.0    10.6
Roger Staubach        DAL        11    3   27.3     49   4.45  16.3   0   0.0    1   9.1     7.8
Pat Sullivan          ATL        19    3   15.8     44   2.32  14.7   0   0.0    3  15.8     0.0

Rushing Team(s) Att Yards Avg TD Larry Brown WAS 285 1,216 4.3 8 Ron Johnson NYG 253 1,066 4.2 7 O.J. Simpson BUF 239 1,034 4.3 5 Larry Csonka MIA 186 1,016 5.5 6 Calvin Hill DAL 237 1,010 4.3 6 Mike Garrett SD 243 967 4.0 6 Franco Harris PIT 152 960 6.3 9 John Riggins NYJ 207 944 4.6 7 Marv Hubbard OAK 181 941 5.2 4 John Brockington GB 244 908 3.7 8 Dave Hampton ATL 200 871 4.4 6 Mercury Morris MIA 145 816 5.6 11 Floyd Little DEN 196 781 4.0 6 Essex Johnson CIN 198 770 3.9 4 Walt Garrison DAL 161 768 4.8 7 Bobby Douglass CHI 112 766 6.8 6 Willie Ellison LA 162 741 4.6 5 Leroy Kelly CLE 206 733 3.6 4 Art Malone ATL 160 687 4.3 7 MacArthur Lane GB 147 638 4.3 2 Altie Taylor DET 142 606 4.3 3 Jim Harrison CHI 160 605 3.8 2 Oscar Reed MIN 138 603 4.4 2 Cid Edwards SD 134 598 4.5 5 Charlie Smith OAK 147 597 4.1 7

Receiving Team(s) Att Yards Avg TD Harold Jackson PHI 53 944 17.8 4 Chip Myers CIN 53 742 14.0 3 Charley Taylor WAS 49 673 13.7 7 Fred Biletnikoff OAK 48 663 13.8 6 Bob Tucker NYG 48 636 13.2 4 Otis Taylor KC 46 700 15.2 4 Art Malone ATL 45 543 12.1 2 Bob Trumpy CIN 44 500 11.4 2 John Gilliam MIN 42 930 22.1 6 Gene Washington SF 42 799 19.0 11 J.D. Hill BUF 42 603 14.4 4 Calvin Hill DAL 41 355 8.7 3 Gary Garrison SD 40 577 14.4 6 Ed Podolak KC 39 319 8.2 1 Bob Newland NO 37 494 13.4 2 Ron Johnson NYG 37 376 10.2 4 Vic Washington SF 37 348 9.4 1 Ted Kwalick SF 36 680 18.9 9 Ron Shanklin PIT 36 637 17.7 2 Fred Willis CIN-HOU 36 226 6.3 1 Reggie Rucker NE 35 537 15.3 1 Cid Edwards SD 35 490 14.0 2 Tom Mitchell BAL 35 455 13.0 3 Walt Garrison DAL 35 369 10.5 3 Rich Caster NYJ 34 733 21.6 9

Kick Returns Team(s) Att Yards Avg TD Al Nelson PHI 22 659 30.0 0 Bruce Laird BAL 24 717 29.9 0 Rocky Thompson NYG 23 677 29.4 1 Ron Smith CHI 25 726 29.0 0 Ike Thomas GB 16 454 28.4 0 Larry Marshall KC 23 651 28.3 0 Vic Washington SF 25 693 27.7 1 Randy Montgomery DEN 25 656 26.2 1 Alvin Wyatt BUF 17 432 25.4 0 Linzy Cole BUF-HOU 18 456 25.3 0 Chris Farasopoulos NYJ 21 530 25.2 0 Bernard Jackson CIN 20 496 24.8 0 Mickey Zofko DET 24 585 24.4 0 Ron Jessie DET 20 487 24.4 0 Speedy Duncan WAS 15 364 24.3 0

Punt Returns Team(s) Att Yards Avg TD Chris Farasopoulos NYJ 16 179 11.2 1 Lenny Dunlap SD 15 153 10.2 0 Ralph McGill SF 20 202 10.1 0 Charlie Leigh MIA 22 210 9.5 0 Lemar Parrish CIN 15 141 9.4 1 Tommy Casanova CIN 27 250 9.3 1 Glen Edwards PIT 20 184 9.2 0 Bruce Laird BAL 29 261 9.0 0 Bill Bradley PHI 18 138 7.7 0 Charlie West MIN 15 112 7.5 0 Bruce Taylor SF 20 147 7.3 0 Lem Barney DET 14 102 7.3 0 Willie Belton ATL 16 109 6.8 0 Ron Smith CHI 24 163 6.8 0 Larry Marshall KC 18 103 5.7 0

Punting Team(s) Punts Yards Avg Jerrel Wilson KC 58 2,677 46.2 Dave Chapple LA 50 2,226 44.5 Bobby Walden PIT 54 2,359 43.7 Don Cockroft CLE 77 3,356 43.6 Ron Widby GB 60 2,592 43.2 Tom Blanchard NYG 42 1,807 43.0 John James ATL 56 2,400 42.9 Mike Eischeid MIN 53 2,268 42.8 Dave Lewis CIN 63 2,653 42.1 David Lee BAL 51 2,146 42.1 Bobby Joe Green CHI 58 2,378 41.0 Bill Bradley PHI 46 1,883 40.9 Julian Fagan NO 62 2,537 40.9 Dan Pastorini HOU 71 2,893 40.7 Dennis Partee SD 36 1,461 40.6 Jim McCann SF 58 2,347 40.5 Herman Weaver DET 36 1,454 40.4 Billy Van Heusen DEN 54 2,162 40.0 Larry Seiple MIA 30 1,199 40.0 Donny Anderson STL 65 2,593 39.9

Kicking Team(s) FG PAT Pts Bobby Howfield NYJ 23/31 38/39 107 Chester Marcol GB 27/39 24/24 105 Roy Gerela PIT 24/34 32/33 104 David Ray LA 23/39 27/27 96 Toni Fritsch DAL 20/35 36/36 96 Garo Yepremian MIA 18/30 40/42 94 Horst Muhlmann CIN 23/36 23/24 92 Fred Cox MIN 20/29 31/31 91 Don Cockroft CLE 20/25 26/26 86 Errol Mann DET 18/23 31/32 85 George Blanda OAK 16/24 37/37 85 Pete Gogolak NYG 18/27 31/34 85 Jan Stenerud KC 19/31 27/27 84 Jim Turner DEN 18/27 26/26 80 Bruce Gossett SF 14/23 37/38 79 Bill Bell ATL 16/27 29/29 77 Curt Knight WAS 13/28 38/39 77 Dennis Partee SD 15/25 26/28 71 John Leypoldt BUF 15/21 23/24 68 Mac Percival CHI 12/22 21/21 57