Monday October 23, 1978
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

NFL leaders as of 10/23/1978:



Team Rankings:
Rush Pass Total Offense Games Yds/Gm Yds/Gm Yds/Gm 1 DAL 8 170.9 210.9 381.8 2 NE 8 188.8 184.2 373.0 3 SEA 8 143.1 217.4 360.5 4 PIT 8 155.5 200.0 355.5 5 LA 8 150.9 178.6 329.5 6 OAK 8 139.6 189.0 328.6 7 SD 8 121.5 195.4 316.9 8 NYJ 8 163.6 152.9 316.5 9 MIA 8 175.2 134.9 310.1 10 HOU 8 164.2 143.2 307.5 11 WAS 8 154.1 153.4 307.5 12 STL 8 123.0 181.6 304.6 13 PHI 8 166.8 134.5 301.2 14 CHI 8 151.6 143.9 295.5 15 KC 8 192.2 101.4 293.6 16 MIN 8 101.5 187.9 289.4 17 BUF 8 128.9 151.6 280.5 18 DEN 8 147.1 131.9 279.0 19 CLE 8 136.1 142.6 278.8 20 NO 8 103.1 173.8 276.9 21 GB 8 154.5 117.4 271.9 22 BAL 8 121.6 147.0 268.6 23 NYG 8 142.8 118.8 261.5 24 DET 8 144.8 111.1 255.9 25 CIN 8 103.1 151.4 254.5 26 SF 8 127.2 123.4 250.6 27 TB 8 126.0 122.8 248.8 28 ATL 8 113.8 121.2 235.0 Rush Pass Total Defense Games Yds/Gm Yds/Gm Yds/Gm 1 LA 8 95.4 110.5 205.9 2 TB 8 120.9 127.4 248.2 3 ATL 8 125.0 133.2 258.2 4 PIT 8 114.4 152.1 266.5 5 PHI 8 126.2 144.5 270.8 6 DAL 8 111.8 160.5 272.2 7 DET 8 138.1 138.1 276.2 8 HOU 8 132.5 149.2 281.8 9 CHI 8 140.6 144.2 284.9 10 KC 8 142.6 142.8 285.4 11 DEN 8 126.2 159.8 286.0 12 NE 8 108.6 184.0 292.6 13 MIN 8 125.2 169.8 295.0 14 CLE 8 132.6 165.0 297.6 15 OAK 8 160.5 140.0 300.5 16 WAS 8 152.8 148.6 301.4 17 SD 8 133.2 170.2 303.5 18 NYG 8 157.9 149.8 307.6 19 CIN 8 165.5 144.8 310.2 20 BUF 8 189.2 121.6 310.9 21 NO 8 160.4 155.2 315.6 22 GB 8 143.5 174.4 317.9 23 STL 8 189.2 132.6 321.9 24 SF 8 168.8 153.6 322.4 25 SEA 8 141.2 187.5 328.8 26 MIA 8 146.9 191.6 338.5 27 NYJ 8 156.0 183.6 339.6 28 BAL 8 206.2 187.2 393.5

                                                          Per   Per
Passing               Team(s)   Att  Cmp    Pct  Yards    Att   Cmp  TD   TD%  Int  Int%  Rating
Terry Bradshaw        PIT       200  116   58.0  1,701   8.51  14.7  15   7.5    6   3.0    98.4
Joe Ferguson          BUF       164   92   56.1  1,162   7.09  12.6   9   5.5    5   3.0    83.9
Ron Jaworski          PHI       192  105   54.7  1,244   6.48  11.8   9   4.7    4   2.1    81.6
Roger Staubach        DAL       246  135   54.9  1,775   7.22  13.1  16   6.5   11   4.5    80.9
Archie Manning        NO        224  133   59.4  1,561   6.97  11.7   8   3.6    7   3.1    79.5
David Whitehurst      GB        145   80   55.2    988   6.81  12.3   8   5.5    6   4.1    77.6
Don Strock            MIA       125   65   52.0    743   5.94  11.4  10   8.0    6   4.8    76.8
Dan Fouts             SD        192  119   62.0  1,436   7.48  12.1  10   5.2   12   6.2    76.2
Jim Zorn              SEA       215  132   61.4  1,809   8.41  13.7   7   3.3   12   5.6    75.9
Fran Tarkenton        MIN       269  167   62.1  1,608   5.98   9.6  12   4.5   12   4.5    75.0
Richard Todd          NYJ        94   53   56.4    797   8.48  15.0   6   6.4    7   7.4    74.6
Dan Pastorini         HOU       179   99   55.3  1,183   6.61  11.9   6   3.4    6   3.4    72.9
Steve Bartkowski      ATL       135   76   56.3  1,039   7.70  13.7   5   3.7    7   5.2    71.8
Jim Hart              STL       224  117   52.2  1,385   6.18  11.8   5   2.2    6   2.7    67.7
Joe Theismann         WAS       198   96   48.5  1,386   7.00  14.4  10   5.1   10   5.1    67.4
Gary Danielson        DET       125   65   52.0    741   5.93  11.4   5   4.0    5   4.0    66.8
Pat Haden             LA        220  114   51.8  1,511   6.87  13.3   6   2.7   11   5.0    62.1
Brian Sipe            CLE       214  109   50.9  1,229   5.74  11.3   8   3.7   10   4.7    61.4
Joe Pisarcik          NYG       153   68   44.4  1,064   6.95  15.6   6   3.9    8   5.2    59.4
Steve Grogan          NE        210  102   48.6  1,599   7.61  15.7   9   4.3   15   7.1    58.8
Mike Livingston       KC         84   49   58.3    447   5.32   9.1   0   0.0    3   3.6    58.0
Bob Avellini          CHI       198  111   56.1  1,293   6.53  11.6   5   2.5   13   6.6    57.1
Craig Morton          DEN       130   66   50.8    714   5.49  10.8   3   2.3    6   4.6    55.7
Doug Williams         TB        151   60   39.7    963   6.38  16.1   6   4.0    7   4.6    55.7
Ken Stabler           OAK       216  119   55.1  1,643   7.61  13.8   7   3.2   19   8.8    53.8
John Reaves           CIN       131   67   51.1    730   5.57  10.9   3   2.3    8   6.1    50.1
Bill Troup            BAL       170   89   52.4  1,114   6.55  12.5   6   3.5   15   8.8    48.0
Steve DeBerg          SF        231   98   42.4  1,094   4.74  11.2   7   3.0   16   6.9    38.4
Ken Anderson          CIN       107   56   52.3    567   5.30  10.1   1   0.9   10   9.3    32.0
Others (10 or more attempts):
                                                          Per   Per
Passing               Team(s)   Att  Cmp    Pct  Yards    Att   Cmp  TD   TD%  Int  Int%  Rating
Bill Munson           BUF        21   12   57.1    216  10.29  18.0   3  14.3    0   0.0   132.1
Bob Griese            MIA        50   32   64.0    347   6.94  10.8   3   6.0    2   4.0    87.7
Matt Robinson         NYJ        70   33   47.1    616   8.80  18.7   3   4.3    2   2.9    80.4
Greg Landry           DET        77   48   62.3    452   5.87   9.4   1   1.3    1   1.3    77.4
Tony Adams            KC         79   44   55.7    415   5.25   9.4   2   2.5    3   3.8    63.0
Craig Penrose         DEN        25   12   48.0    130   5.20  10.8   1   4.0    1   4.0    60.4
Norris Weese          DEN        52   31   59.6    356   6.85  11.5   2   3.8    5   9.6    53.5
James Harris          SD         36   19   52.8    243   6.75  12.8   1   2.8    3   8.3    48.7
June Jones            ATL        51   19   37.3    204   4.00  10.7   1   2.0    3   5.9    31.8
Mark Miller           CLE        12    5   41.7     66   5.50  13.2   0   0.0    1   8.3    25.0
Jerry Golsteyn        NYG        25    8   32.0     72   2.88   9.0   0   0.0    1   4.0    24.6
Mike Kirkland         BAL        25   11   44.0    134   5.36  12.2   0   0.0    3  12.0    21.5
Steve Pisarkiewicz    STL        28   10   35.7    164   5.86  16.4   0   0.0    3  10.7    16.7
Gary Huff             TB         31   13   41.9    132   4.26  10.2   0   0.0    3   9.7    15.2
Tommy Kramer          MIN        16    5   31.2     50   3.12  10.0   0   0.0    1   6.2    15.1
Rushing               Team(s)   Att  Yards    Avg   TD
Delvin Williams       MIA       149    789    5.3    4
Wilbert Montgomery    PHI       150    744    5.0    5
Terdell Middleton     GB        142    718    5.1    8
Earl Campbell         HOU       140    697    5.0    7
Walter Payton         CHI       176    694    3.9    4
John Riggins          WAS       144    673    4.7    1
Tony Dorsett          DAL       136    632    4.6    2
Franco Harris         PIT       158    585    3.7    3
Tony Reed             KC        107    583    5.4    3
Mark van Eeghen       OAK       126    567    4.5    2
Dexter Bussey         DET       123    554    4.5    2
Kevin Long            NYJ       110    553    5.0    5
O.J. Simpson          SF        141    532    3.8    1
David Sims            SEA       116    484    4.2    8
Terry Miller          BUF       134    480    3.6    2
Roland Harper         CHI       108    466    4.3    4
Ricky Bell            TB        118    421    3.6    3
Scott Dierking        NYJ       103    412    4.0    2
Joe Washington        BAL        91    402    4.4    0
Robert Newhouse       DAL        91    399    4.4    4
Andy Johnson          NE         93    359    3.9    2
Jimmy DuBose          TB         93    358    3.8    4
Haskel Stanback       ATL       102    353    3.5    2
Horace King           DET        86    345    4.0    0
John Cappelletti      LA        106    345    3.3    2
Receiving             Team(s)   Att  Yards    Avg   TD
Rickey Young          MIN        45    350    7.8    2
Tony Galbreath        NO         42    337    8.0    2
Lynn Swann            PIT        38    509   13.4    7
Steve Largent         SEA        35    599   17.1    3
Ahmad Rashad          MIN        32    342   10.7    4
Mel Gray              STL        30    584   19.5    1
James Scott           CHI        29    522   18.0    4
Drew Pearson          DAL        29    442   15.2    2
Willie Miller         LA         29    440   15.2    3
Sammy White           MIN        29    402   13.9    5
Lydell Mitchell       SD         29    268    9.2    2
Pat Tilley            STL        27    383   14.2    0
Preston Pearson       DAL        27    325   12.0    0
Morris Bradshaw       OAK        26    383   14.7    1
Dave Casper           OAK        26    363   14.0    5
Riley Odoms           DEN        26    356   13.7    1
Walter White          KC         26    237    9.1    0
Walter Payton         CHI        26    219    8.4    0
Roland Harper         CHI        26    167    6.4    1
Ron Jessie            LA         25    394   15.8    1
Joe Washington        BAL        25    239    9.6    1
James Lofton          GB         24    440   18.3    5
Henry Childs          NO         24    414   17.2    0
Cliff Branch          OAK        24    393   16.4    1
Don Woods             SD         24    196    8.2    0
Kick Returns          Team(s)   Att  Yards    Avg   TD
Tony Green            WAS        13    426   32.8    1
Artie Owens           SD         13    407   31.3    0
Len Walterscheid      CHI        10    304   30.4    0
Keith Wright          CLE        10    293   29.3    0
Steve Odom            GB         15    435   29.0    1
Eddie Payton          KC         17    475   27.9    0
Johnnie Dirden        HOU        15    417   27.8    0
Joe Washington        BAL         9    250   27.8    1
Larry Collins         CLE        12    315   26.2    0
Johnny Rodgers        SD         11    287   26.1    0
Jesse Thompson        DET        12    310   25.8    0
Curtis Brown          BUF        17    428   25.2    1
Larry Anderson        PIT        20    501   25.1    1
Raymond Clayborn      NE         17    419   24.6    0
Rufus Crawford        SEA        17    411   24.2    0
Punt Returns          Team(s)   Att  Yards    Avg   TD
Wally Henry           PHI        11    165   15.0    1
Bruce Harper          NYJ        13    192   14.8    1
Keith Moody           BUF        15    214   14.3    1
Rick Upchurch         DEN        24    342   14.2    1
Jackie Wallace        LA         24    330   13.8    0
Danny Reece           TB         15    197   13.1    0
Tony Green            WAS        23    288   12.5    1
Eddie Payton          KC         19    223   11.7    0
Billy Ryckman         ATL        11    124   11.3    0
Jimmy Cefalo          MIA        13    138   10.6    0
Butch Johnson         DAL        29    307   10.6    0
Jesse Thompson        DET        11    110   10.0    0
Larry Jones           SF          9     86    9.6    0
Steve Odom            GB         23    215    9.3    0
Ronnie Coleman        HOU        12    112    9.3    0
Punting               Team(s)  Punts    Yards    Avg
Dave Jennings         NYG        52     2,293   44.1
Pat McInally          CIN        49     2,132   43.5
Tom Skladany          DET        47     2,027   43.1
Tom Blanchard         NO         46     1,956   42.5
Chuck Ramsey          NYJ        37     1,563   42.2
Zenon Andrusyshyn     KC         44     1,820   41.4
Danny White           DAL        40     1,650   41.2
Mike Bragg            WAS        44     1,807   41.1
Dave Green            TB         51     2,092   41.0
Ray Guy               OAK        37     1,517   41.0
George Roberts        MIA        38     1,544   40.6
Bob Parsons           CHI        46     1,862   40.5
Johnny Evans          CLE        47     1,900   40.4
Rusty Jackson         BUF        53     2,129   40.2
John James            ATL        55     2,209   40.2
Craig Colquitt        PIT        29     1,150   39.7
Rick Engles           PHI        33     1,307   39.6
Herman Weaver         SEA        27     1,039   38.5
Glen Walker           LA         38     1,451   38.2
David Lee             BAL        47     1,793   38.1
Kicking               Team(s)     FG      PAT    Pts
Pat Leahy             NYJ       15/17    21/21    66
Frank Corral          LA        12/20    15/17    51
Joe Danelo            NYG       12/17    15/17    51
Don Cockroft          CLE       11/15    13/13    46
Mark Moseley          WAS       10/16    16/17    46
Rick Danmeier         MIN        9/13    19/19    46
Roy Gerela            PIT        7/14    25/25    46
Bob Thomas            CHI       11/12    12/14    45
Toni Fritsch          HOU       10/12    14/15    44
Benny Ricardo         DET       11/19     9/10    42
Chester Marcol        GB         6/ 9    23/23    41
Jan Stenerud          KC         9/13    12/13    39
Garo Yepremian        MIA        4/ 8    25/26    37
Errol Mann            OAK        6/11    18/18    36
Efren Herrera         SEA        5/10    20/23    35
Rafael Septien        DAL        4/ 9    22/23    34
Rolf Benirschke       SD         6/ 9    16/18    34
Ray Wersching         SF         7/ 9    12/13    33
Nick Mike-Mayer       PHI        5/10    17/18    32
Tom Dempsey           BUF        5/ 7    17/18    32


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