Sunday October 28, 1979
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

NFL leaders as of 10/28/1979:



Team Rankings:
Rush Pass Total Offense Games Yds/Gm Yds/Gm Yds/Gm 1 DAL 9 167.1 214.2 381.3 2 PIT 9 166.0 204.0 370.0 3 CLE 9 135.4 226.9 362.3 4 NO 9 154.0 206.3 360.3 5 NE 9 154.8 198.9 353.7 6 SF 9 114.8 233.8 348.6 7 SD 9 105.1 243.4 348.6 8 SEA 8 140.2 202.4 342.6 9 NYJ 9 180.7 149.2 329.9 10 TB 9 167.3 159.0 326.3 11 ATL 8 130.0 187.6 317.6 12 MIA 9 151.8 165.3 317.1 13 DEN 9 119.2 195.1 314.3 14 STL 9 142.2 168.3 310.6 15 BUF 9 94.4 214.1 308.6 16 LA 9 126.2 178.0 304.2 17 OAK 9 105.9 194.8 300.7 18 CHI 9 167.8 131.8 299.6 19 MIN 9 101.4 188.4 289.9 20 PHI 9 134.9 154.0 288.9 21 WAS 9 148.3 138.2 286.6 22 BAL 9 95.0 188.7 283.7 23 CIN 9 143.2 135.1 278.3 24 HOU 9 146.2 130.2 276.4 25 DET 9 121.7 151.6 273.2 26 GB 9 112.9 150.0 262.9 27 KC 9 150.6 105.0 255.6 28 NYG 9 110.3 133.0 243.3
Rush Pass Total Defense Games Yds/Gm Yds/Gm Yds/Gm 1 NE 9 103.7 137.4 241.1 2 MIA 9 100.3 142.4 242.8 3 TB 9 122.2 141.9 264.1 4 LA 9 114.4 152.2 266.7 5 DAL 9 124.0 150.6 274.6 6 PIT 9 110.8 166.7 277.4 7 PHI 9 141.0 143.6 284.6 8 WAS 9 137.0 148.1 285.1 9 SD 9 127.0 161.6 288.6 10 KC 9 120.9 174.7 295.6 11 CHI 9 128.1 169.4 297.6 12 HOU 9 140.4 164.0 304.4 13 STL 9 136.4 173.0 309.4 14 DEN 9 110.6 200.3 310.9 15 DET 9 166.0 151.3 317.3 16 BUF 9 182.1 140.9 323.0 17 BAL 9 134.1 191.3 325.4 18 NO 9 156.7 169.9 326.6 19 MIN 9 163.9 168.2 332.1 20 CIN 9 144.9 190.6 335.4 21 OAK 9 134.2 206.6 340.8 22 NYG 9 145.4 197.7 343.1 23 CLE 9 156.2 187.6 343.8 24 SEA 8 126.8 220.0 346.8 25 SF 9 135.8 221.2 357.0 26 GB 9 177.1 182.8 359.9 27 ATL 8 141.0 221.5 362.5 28 NYJ 9 106.2 277.8 384.0
                                                          Per   Per
Passing               Team(s)   Att  Cmp    Pct  Yards    Att   Cmp  TD   TD%  Int  Int%  Rating
Joe Ferguson          BUF       232  124   53.4  2,118   9.13  17.1  12   5.2    6   2.6    91.1
Roger Staubach        DAL       254  141   55.5  1,844   7.26  13.1  13   5.1    5   2.0    87.5
Dan Fouts             SD        290  183   63.1  2,243   7.73  12.3  13   4.5   11   3.8    86.0
Craig Morton          DEN       153   84   54.9  1,172   7.66  14.0   8   5.2    5   3.3    83.6
Ken Stabler           OAK       242  144   59.5  1,844   7.62  12.8  12   5.0   11   4.5    81.0
Steve Grogan          NE        237  120   50.6  1,819   7.68  15.2  16   6.8   11   4.6    79.4
Ken Anderson          CIN       178   98   55.1  1,186   6.66  12.1   8   4.5    5   2.8    79.0
Terry Bradshaw        PIT       251  134   53.4  1,879   7.49  14.0  14   5.6   11   4.4    78.1
Joe Theismann         WAS       198  121   61.1  1,351   6.82  11.2   8   4.0    9   4.5    76.0
Brian Sipe            CLE       294  160   54.4  2,140   7.28  13.4  18   6.1   16   5.4    75.5
Steve DeBerg          SF        326  202   62.0  2,190   6.72  10.8  11   3.4   14   4.3    75.1
Phil Simms            NYG       111   52   46.8    776   6.99  14.9   6   5.4    4   3.6    73.3
Archie Manning        NO        244  148   60.7  1,866   7.65  12.6  10   4.1   15   6.1    72.5
David Whitehurst      GB        214  124   57.9  1,546   7.22  12.5   7   3.3   10   4.7    71.9
Tommy Kramer          MIN       288  164   56.9  1,860   6.46  11.3  13   4.5   14   4.9    71.2
Ron Jaworski          PHI       197  104   52.8  1,439   7.30  13.8   8   4.1    9   4.6    71.0
Norris Weese          DEN        95   53   55.8    731   7.69  13.8   1   1.1    3   3.2    71.0
Steve Bartkowski      ATL       225  117   52.0  1,554   6.91  13.3  10   4.4   10   4.4    70.5
Bob Griese            MIA       190  106   55.8  1,288   6.78  12.2   7   3.7    9   4.7    69.4
Greg Landry           BAL       219  125   57.1  1,350   6.16  10.8   6   2.7    9   4.1    67.3
Jim Zorn              SEA       252  139   55.2  1,660   6.59  11.9   8   3.2   12   4.8    66.2
Jeff Komlo            DET       207  108   52.2  1,286   6.21  11.9   8   3.9   10   4.8    64.2
Richard Todd          NYJ       158   79   50.0  1,327   8.40  16.8   8   5.1   12   7.6    64.0
Pat Haden             LA        269  146   54.3  1,682   6.25  11.5   9   3.3   14   5.2    62.8
Doug Williams         TB        221   87   39.4  1,372   6.21  15.8  13   5.9   11   5.0    59.6
Mike Livingston       KC         90   44   48.9    469   5.21  10.7   1   1.1    4   4.4    49.7
Jim Hart              STL       245  120   49.0  1,371   5.60  11.4   3   1.2   13   5.3    48.2
Steve Fuller          KC        130   69   53.1    686   5.28   9.9   3   2.3    9   6.9    47.1
Dan Pastorini         HOU       209   97   46.4  1,124   5.38  11.6   7   3.3   14   6.7    46.4
Joe Pisarcik          NYG       108   43   39.8    537   4.97  12.5   2   1.9    6   5.6    39.0


Others (10 or more attempts): Per Per Passing Team(s) Att Cmp Pct Yards Att Cmp TD TD% Int Int% Rating Don Strock MIA 31 18 58.1 307 9.90 17.1 2 6.5 1 3.2 99.8 Joe Reed DET 15 8 53.3 61 4.07 7.6 1 6.7 0 0.0 85.7 John Walton PHI 19 11 57.9 137 7.21 12.5 1 5.3 1 5.3 76.0 Steve Pisarkiewicz STL 41 23 56.1 282 6.88 12.3 2 4.9 2 4.9 73.4 Gifford Nielsen HOU 31 17 54.8 212 6.84 12.5 2 6.5 2 6.5 70.9 Mike Phipps CHI 77 43 55.8 550 7.14 12.8 1 1.3 3 3.9 66.5 Vince Evans CHI 63 32 50.8 508 8.06 15.9 4 6.3 5 7.9 66.1 Bert Jones BAL 81 39 48.1 564 6.96 14.5 2 2.5 3 3.7 64.0 Tom Owen NE 23 12 52.2 146 6.35 12.2 2 8.7 3 13.0 61.4 Jim Plunkett OAK 15 7 46.7 89 5.93 12.7 1 6.7 1 6.7 60.1 Mike Rae TB 16 7 43.8 93 5.81 13.3 1 6.2 1 6.2 57.6 Danny White DAL 21 10 47.6 169 8.05 16.9 0 0.0 1 4.8 55.5 Bob Avellini CHI 39 19 48.7 239 6.13 12.6 2 5.1 3 7.7 53.3 Matt Robinson NYJ 31 17 54.8 191 6.16 11.2 0 0.0 2 6.5 46.6 Scott Hunter DET 17 6 35.3 155 9.12 25.8 0 0.0 1 5.9 45.0 Jack Thompson CIN 50 22 44.0 310 6.20 14.1 0 0.0 3 6.0 39.6 Vince Ferragamo LA 17 7 41.2 89 5.24 12.7 1 5.9 2 11.8 38.2 Mike Kruczek PIT 11 6 54.5 63 5.73 10.5 0 0.0 1 9.1 33.5 Randy Dean NYG 24 11 45.8 91 3.79 8.3 0 0.0 2 8.3 21.4 Jeff Rutledge LA 12 4 33.3 32 2.67 8.0 0 0.0 1 8.3 7.6
Rushing Team(s) Att Yards Avg TD Walter Payton CHI 211 1,000 4.7 7 Ottis Anderson STL 178 836 4.7 4 Earl Campbell HOU 181 812 4.5 12 Tony Dorsett DAL 157 777 4.9 4 Wilbert Montgomery PHI 180 754 4.2 5 Ricky Bell TB 139 691 5.0 5 Chuck Muncie NO 129 636 4.9 5 Franco Harris PIT 127 610 4.8 6 John Riggins WAS 143 589 4.1 2 Mike Pruitt CLE 135 586 4.3 2 Jerry Eckwood TB 156 556 3.6 2 Mark van Eeghen OAK 136 532 3.9 5 Larry Csonka MIA 135 526 3.9 6 Tony Galbreath NO 137 522 3.8 6 Sidney Thornton PIT 102 521 5.1 5 Delvin Williams MIA 137 520 3.8 2 Sherman Smith SEA 107 519 4.9 5 Ted McKnight KC 94 519 5.5 5 William Andrews ATL 121 506 4.2 2 Clarence Williams SD 119 474 4.0 9 Sam Cunningham NE 125 474 3.8 3 Dexter Bussey DET 110 467 4.2 0 Scott Dierking NYJ 105 454 4.3 2 Clark Gaines NYJ 80 445 5.6 0 Joe Washington BAL 123 430 3.5 2
Receiving Team(s) Att Yards Avg TD Freddie Solomon SF 46 674 14.7 6 Ahmad Rashad MIN 44 684 15.5 6 Raymond Chester OAK 43 514 12.0 6 Joe Washington BAL 42 344 8.2 1 Wes Chandler NO 41 745 18.2 5 John Stallworth PIT 41 718 17.5 4 Rickey Young MIN 38 261 6.9 2 Wallace Francis ATL 37 526 14.2 4 John Jefferson SD 35 631 18.0 6 Charlie Joiner SD 35 541 15.5 1 Rick Upchurch DEN 34 512 15.1 4 Don McCauley BAL 34 413 12.1 1 Don Bass CIN 33 446 13.5 2 Dan Doornink SEA 33 270 8.2 0 Riley Odoms DEN 32 527 16.5 0 Ozzie Newsome CLE 32 472 14.8 5 Tony Galbreath NO 32 261 8.2 0 Frank Lewis BUF 31 706 22.8 2 Jerry Butler BUF 31 571 18.4 4 Tony Hill DAL 31 554 17.9 7 Harold Carmichael PHI 31 458 14.8 4 Tony Reed KC 31 317 10.2 0 Dave Logan CLE 30 537 17.9 5 Freddie Scott DET 30 410 13.7 3 Paul Coffman GB 30 381 12.7 2
Kick Returns Team(s) Att Yards Avg TD Ira Matthews OAK 18 528 29.3 1 Roy Green STL 15 435 29.0 1 Keith Wright CLE 15 402 26.8 0 Jimmy Edwards MIN 23 600 26.1 0 Ron Springs DAL 14 359 25.6 0 Wally Henry PHI 22 557 25.3 0 Nesby Glasgow BAL 29 701 24.2 0 Willard Harrell STL 17 409 24.1 0 Allan Clark NE 18 427 23.7 0 Horace Belton KC 9 207 23.0 0 Brian Baschnagel CHI 11 250 22.7 0 James Owens SF 20 442 22.1 0 Larry Anderson PIT 24 526 21.9 0 Steve Gaunty KC 11 241 21.9 0 Buddy Hardeman WAS 16 349 21.8 0
Punt Returns Team(s) Att Yards Avg TD Tony Nathan MIA 15 232 15.5 1 Leonard Thompson DET 9 117 13.0 0 Dino Hall CLE 9 114 12.7 0 Dennis Pearson ATL 9 107 11.9 0 J.T. Smith KC 40 466 11.7 2 Rick Upchurch DEN 17 179 10.5 0 Mike Fuller SD 32 326 10.2 0 Keith Moody BUF 20 198 9.9 0 Willard Harrell STL 14 130 9.3 0 Jim Smith PIT 16 146 9.1 0 Wally Henry PHI 29 262 9.0 0 Jeff Moore SEA 10 90 9.0 0 Rich Ellender HOU 15 135 9.0 0 Buddy Hardeman WAS 23 204 8.9 0 Bruce Harper NYJ 20 173 8.7 0
Punting Team(s) Punts Yards Avg Bob Grupp KC 52 2,349 45.2 Ray Guy OAK 45 1,987 44.2 Pat McInally CIN 52 2,269 43.6 Dave Jennings NYG 64 2,758 43.1 Cliff Parsley HOU 60 2,551 42.5 Danny White DAL 47 1,998 42.5 Johnny Evans CLE 38 1,597 42.0 Herman Weaver SEA 33 1,367 41.4 Chuck Ramsey NYJ 43 1,775 41.3 John James ATL 39 1,608 41.2 Luke Prestridge DEN 51 2,096 41.1 Rick Partridge NO 29 1,189 41.0 David Beverly GB 40 1,636 40.9 Craig Colquitt PIT 47 1,915 40.7 Steve Little STL 45 1,833 40.7 Larry Swider DET 55 2,235 40.6 Ken Clark LA 57 2,302 40.4 Greg Coleman MIN 50 2,001 40.0 Tom Blanchard TB 57 2,278 40.0 Bob Parsons CHI 49 1,915 39.1
Kicking Team(s) FG PAT Pts Mark Moseley WAS 15/19 18/18 63 John Smith NE 11/17 28/29 61 Toni Fritsch HOU 12/13 23/24 59 Don Cockroft CLE 11/18 22/26 55 Jim Breech OAK 11/16 22/25 55 Rafael Septien DAL 12/18 19/23 55 Uwe von Schamann MIA 12/18 17/20 53 Efren Herrera SEA 11/15 19/20 52 Tony Franklin PHI 11/14 18/19 51 Ray Wersching SF 11/13 17/20 50 Bob Thomas CHI 10/14 16/17 46 Matt Bahr PIT 6/12 28/30 46 Rick Danmeier MIN 10/12 16/17 46 Chris Bahr CIN 8/14 21/23 45 Tim Mazzetti ATL 10/18 14/18 44 Frank Corral LA 7/14 18/19 39 Joe Danelo NYG 7/15 17/17 38 Benny Ricardo DET 7/11 16/17 37 Neil O'Donoghue TB 5/11 21/24 36 Pat Leahy NYJ 8/13 12/15 36

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