League Leaders:NFL 1972 - FINAL RUSHING Att Yds Ave Lg TD Att Yds Ave Lg TD 1 Harris,F Pit 252 1480 5.9 54 11 21 Reed Min 168 789 4.7 41 1 2 Hubbard Oak 260 1411 5.4 42 5 22 Harraway Was 175 776 4.4 24 6 3 Simpson Buf 303 1358 4.5 70 18 23 Smith,C Oak 184 771 4.2 28 5 4 Johnson,Ro NYG 331 1354 4.1 35 10 24 Fuqua Pit 163 769 4.7 39 5 5 Brockingto GB 275 1269 4.6 30 16 25 Harrison Chi 183 751 4.1 19 1 6 Csonka Mia 241 1263 5.2 39 15 26 Lane GB 177 748 4.2 30 6 7 Hampton Atl 241 1248 5.2 54 8 27 Landry Det 94 721 7.7 38 12 8 Brown,L Was 251 1236 4.9 35 6 28 James,P Phi 183 720 3.9 22 3 9 Hill,C Dal 244 1187 4.9 26 7 29 Dressler Cin 131 693 5.3 38 9 10 Morris Mia 213 1183 5.6 38 11 30 Washington SF 153 676 4.4 33 0 11 Little Den 242 1144 4.7 47 6 31 Boozer NYJ 129 651 5.0 37 2 12 Douglass Chi 127 1085 8.5 49 10 32 Bertelsen LA 130 650 5.0 46 10 13 Garrett,M SD 269 991 3.7 38 7 33 Scott,B Cle 140 642 4.6 27 2 14 Riggins NYJ 201 979 4.9 44 4 34 Willis Hou 145 641 4.4 42 3 15 Kelly Cle 238 962 4.0 18 7 35 Anderson,D StL 172 634 3.7 19 1 16 Garrison Dal 163 924 5.7 41 9 36 Podolak KC 177 626 3.5 27 2 17 Malone Atl 192 890 4.6 32 5 37 Edwards,C SD 137 607 4.4 27 6 18 Johnson,E Cin 197 881 4.5 19 3 38 Garrett,C NE 153 602 3.9 37 6 19 Ellison LA 171 844 4.9 37 4 39 Ashton NE 130 596 4.6 24 4 20 McCauley,D Bal 189 802 4.2 36 3 40 Owens Det 158 596 3.8 18 2 Rushing Attempts Rushing Average Rushing Long 1 Johnson,Ro NYG 331 1 Douglass Chi 8.5 1 Simpson Buf 70 2 Simpson Buf 303 2 Harris,F Pit 5.9 2 Smith,L LA 68 3 Brockingto GB 275 3 Garrison Dal 5.7 3 Harris,F Pit 54 4 Garrett,M SD 269 4 Morris Mia 5.6 4 Hampton Atl 54 5 Hubbard Oak 260 5 Hubbard Oak 5.4 5 Douglass Chi 49 6 Harris,F Pit 252 6 Dressler Cin 5.3 6 Little Den 47 7 Brown,L Was 251 7 Csonka Mia 5.2 7 Bertelsen LA 46 8 Hill,C Dal 244 8 Hampton Atl 5.2 8 Riggins NYJ 44 9 Little Den 242 9 Boozer NYJ 5.0 9 Thomas,B LA 43 10 Csonka Mia 241 10 Bertelsen LA 5.0 10 Hubbard Oak 42 11 Hampton Atl 241 11 Ellison LA 4.9 11 Willis Hou 42 12 Kelly Cle 238 12 Brown,L Was 4.9 12 Garrison Dal 41 13 Morris Mia 213 13 Riggins NYJ 4.9 13 Reed Min 41 14 Riggins NYJ 201 14 Hill,C Dal 4.9 14 Fuqua Pit 39 15 Johnson,E Cin 197 15 Robinson,P Hou 4.8 15 Csonka Mia 39 16 Malone Atl 192 16 Little Den 4.7 16 Taylor Det 38 17 McCauley,D Bal 189 17 Fuqua Pit 4.7 17 Garrett,M SD 38 18 Smith,C Oak 184 18 Reed Min 4.7 18 Landry Det 38 19 Harrison Chi 183 19 Malone Atl 4.6 19 Dressler Cin 38 20 James,P Phi 183 20 Brockingto GB 4.6 20 Morris Mia 38 Rushing Touchdowns Rushing Gains Of 10+ Rushing Firstdowns 1 Simpson Buf 18 1 Douglass Chi 62 1 Csonka Mia 78 2 Brockingto GB 16 2 Harris,F Pit 42 2 Johnson,Ro NYG 77 3 Csonka Mia 15 3 Hubbard Oak 40 3 Simpson Buf 70 4 Landry Det 12 4 Landry Det 39 4 Brockingto GB 69 5 Morris Mia 11 5 Csonka Mia 37 5 Hubbard Oak 68 6 Harris,F Pit 11 6 Brockingto GB 35 6 Harris,F Pit 67 7 Douglass Chi 10 7 Brown,L Was 34 7 Brown,L Was 65 8 Johnson,Ro NYG 10 8 Morris Mia 34 8 Morris Mia 60 9 Bertelsen LA 10 9 Simpson Buf 33 9 Douglass Chi 58 10 Bradshaw Pit 10 10 Garrison Dal 32 10 Hill,C Dal 56 11 Garrison Dal 9 11 Riggins NYJ 31 11 Garrison Dal 55 12 Dressler Cin 9 12 Hampton Atl 29 12 Hampton Atl 53 13 Hampton Atl 8 13 Johnson,Ro NYG 28 13 Kelly Cle 53 14 Hill,C Dal 7 14 Lane GB 27 14 Ellison LA 51 15 Garrett,M SD 7 15 Hill,C Dal 26 15 Malone Atl 50 16 Kelly Cle 7 16 Little Den 25 16 Garrett,M SD 50 17 Garrett,C NE 6 17 Reed Min 25 17 Little Den 50 18 Edwards,C SD 6 18 Ellison LA 21 18 Landry Det 47 19 Little Den 6 19 Boozer NYJ 21 19 Smith,C Oak 46 20 Harraway Was 6 20 Malone Atl 21 20 Johnson,E Cin 45 Rushing First Down% Rushing Touchdown% Yards/Game 1 Douglass Chi 45.7 1 Douglass Chi 7.9 1 Harris,F Pit 105.7 2 Garrison Dal 33.7 2 Bertelsen LA 7.7 2 Hubbard Oak 100.8 3 Csonka Mia 32.4 3 Dressler Cin 6.9 3 Simpson Buf 97.0 4 Ellison LA 29.8 4 Csonka Mia 6.2 4 Johnson,Ro NYG 96.7 5 Dressler Cin 29.0 5 Simpson Buf 5.9 5 Hampton Atl 96.0 6 Morris Mia 28.2 6 Brockingto GB 5.8 6 Brown,L Was 95.1 7 Harris,F Pit 26.6 7 Garrison Dal 5.5 7 Brockingto GB 90.6 8 Hubbard Oak 26.2 8 Morris Mia 5.2 8 Csonka Mia 90.2 9 Malone Atl 26.0 9 Edwards,C SD 4.4 9 Hill,C Dal 84.8 10 Brown,L Was 25.9 10 Harris,F Pit 4.4 10 Morris Mia 84.5 11 Edwards,C SD 25.5 11 Garrett,C NE 3.9 11 Little Den 81.7 12 Brockingto GB 25.1 12 Kiick Mia 3.7 12 Douglass Chi 77.5 13 Smith,C Oak 25.0 13 Harraway Was 3.4 13 Riggins NYJ 75.3 14 Robinson,P Hou 25.0 14 Lane GB 3.4 14 Garrett,M SD 70.8 15 Boozer NYJ 24.8 15 Hampton Atl 3.3 15 Kelly Cle 68.7 16 Reed Min 24.4 16 Nottingham Bal 3.3 16 Garrison Dal 66.0 17 Harraway Was 24.0 17 Ashton NE 3.1 17 Ellison LA 64.9 18 Bertelsen LA 23.8 18 Fuqua Pit 3.1 18 Malone Atl 63.6 19 Harrison Chi 23.5 19 Johnson,Ro NYG 3.0 19 Johnson,E Cin 62.9 20 Fuqua Pit 23.3 20 Kelly Cle 2.9 20 Boozer NYJ 59.2 League Leaders:NFL 1972 - FINAL RECEIVING No Yds Ave Lg TD No Yds Ave Lg TD 1 Taylor,O KC 69 906 13.1 45 11 21 Washington SF 44 427 9.7 29 3 2 Myers Cin 61 648 10.6 27 8 22 Abramowicz NO 44 712 16.2 57 5 3 Jackson,H Phi 61 943 15.5 51 4 23 Hill,C Dal 43 525 12.2 30 2 4 Tucker NYG 58 670 11.6 38 6 24 Jefferson Was 41 526 12.8 45 3 5 Biletnikof Oak 58 852 14.7 40 13 25 Gillette StL 41 592 14.4 52 2 6 Garrison,G SD 58 1030 17.8 53 3 26 Parks NO 40 589 14.7 70 3 7 Taylor,C Was 57 943 16.5 80 8 27 Dressler Cin 39 330 8.5 30 2 8 Podolak KC 54 479 8.9 26 8 28 Hayes,W KC 39 383 9.8 29 4 9 Hill,JD Buf 51 692 13.6 48 5 29 Caster NYJ 38 731 19.2 62 8 10 Malone Atl 51 696 13.6 29 1 30 Houston NYG 37 458 12.4 35 4 11 Trumpy Cin 50 552 11.0 27 4 31 Brown,L Was 37 387 10.5 23 2 12 Mitchell,T Bal 48 575 12.0 38 6 32 Snow LA 37 543 14.7 46 2 13 Washington SF 48 477 9.9 39 4 33 Schreiber SF 36 394 10.9 36 4 14 Johnson,Ro NYG 48 463 9.6 30 2 34 Klein LA 36 386 10.7 24 5 15 Kwalick SF 47 602 12.8 73 17 35 Garrison Dal 36 461 12.8 31 10 16 Newland NO 47 564 12.0 35 3 36 Little Den 36 408 11.3 44 2 17 Rucker NE 46 884 19.2 73 2 37 Garrett,C NE 36 486 13.5 54 3 18 Sherman Den 44 721 16.4 63 5 38 Roland StL 35 280 8.0 27 2 19 Shanklin Pit 44 650 14.8 60 1 39 Havrilak Bal 35 518 14.8 46 4 20 Gilliam,J Min 44 573 13.0 46 1 40 Pitts Cle 35 571 16.3 60 3 Receiving Yards Receiving Average Receiving Long 1 Garrison,G SD 1030 1 Sellers Dal 20.1 1 Twilley Mia 86 2 Jackson,H Phi 943 2 Walton,L Det 19.3 2 Taylor,C Was 80 3 Taylor,C Was 943 3 Caster NYJ 19.2 3 Bell NYJ 80 4 Taylor,O KC 906 4 Rucker NE 19.2 4 Cotton Det 75 5 Rucker NE 884 5 Morin Cle 18.6 5 Riggins NYJ 74 6 Biletnikof Oak 852 6 Warfield Mia 18.4 6 Kwalick SF 73 7 Caster NYJ 731 7 Burrow Atl 18.2 7 Rucker NE 73 8 Sherman Den 721 8 Bell NYJ 18.1 8 Parks NO 70 9 Abramowicz NO 712 9 Garrison,G SD 17.8 9 Farmer Chi 65 10 Malone Atl 696 10 Joiner Cin 17.4 10 Moses Den 65 11 Hill,JD Buf 692 11 Vataha NE 17.1 11 Reed Hou 64 12 Tucker NYG 670 12 Chandler,B Buf 17.0 12 Morin Cle 63 13 Shanklin Pit 650 13 Maynard NYJ 16.8 13 Sherman Den 63 14 Myers Cin 648 14 Moore,B StL 16.7 14 Caster NYJ 62 15 Warfield Mia 627 15 Taylor,C Was 16.5 15 Jessie Det 62 16 Sellers Dal 622 16 Sherman Den 16.4 16 Ballman Phi 61 17 Bell NYJ 616 17 Pitts Cle 16.3 17 Edwards,C SD 60 18 Kwalick SF 602 18 Abramowicz NO 16.2 18 Pitts Cle 60 19 Chandler,B Buf 595 19 Jessie Det 15.7 19 Windsor NE 60 20 Gillette StL 592 20 Hooker Cle 15.6 20 Shanklin Pit 60 Receiving Touchdowns Receiving Gains Of 25+ Receiving Firstdowns 1 Kwalick SF 17 1 Garrison,G SD 14 1 Biletnikof Oak 51 2 Biletnikof Oak 13 2 Rucker NE 14 2 Taylor,O KC 50 3 Taylor,O KC 11 3 Taylor,C Was 11 3 Taylor,C Was 45 4 Garrison Dal 10 4 Chandler,B Buf 10 4 Myers Cin 45 5 Caster NYJ 8 5 Sellers Dal 9 5 Jackson,H Phi 44 6 Taylor,C Was 8 6 Jackson,H Phi 9 6 Tucker NYG 40 7 Myers Cin 8 7 Twilley Mia 9 7 Trumpy Cin 39 8 Podolak KC 8 8 Lane GB 8 8 Rucker NE 38 9 Mitchell,J Atl 7 9 Moore,B StL 8 9 Malone Atl 38 10 Bell NYJ 7 10 Abramowicz NO 7 10 Garrison,G SD 38 11 Mitchell,T Bal 6 11 Caster NYJ 7 11 Hill,JD Buf 37 12 Herrmann NYG 6 12 Warfield Mia 7 12 Sherman Den 36 13 Moses Den 6 13 Havrilak Bal 7 13 Caster NYJ 35 14 Tucker NYG 6 14 Vataha NE 7 14 Kwalick SF 35 15 Hill,JD Buf 5 15 Taylor,O KC 7 15 Abramowicz NO 32 16 Sherman Den 5 16 Sherman Den 7 16 Mitchell,T Bal 32 17 Smith,J Was 5 17 Biletnikof Oak 6 17 Podolak KC 32 18 Briscoe Mia 5 18 Gillette StL 6 18 Hill,C Dal 31 19 Abramowicz NO 5 19 Parks NO 6 19 Washington SF 31 20 Chester Oak 5 20 Burrough Hou 6 20 Shanklin Pit 31 Receiving Drops Receiving Pass Attempts Receiving Firstdown% 1 Jackson,H Phi 11 1 Jackson,H Phi 154 1 Caster NYJ 92.1 2 Rucker NE 10 2 Taylor,O KC 153 2 Joiner Cin 89.3 3 Biletnikof Oak 9 3 Garrison,G SD 145 3 Biletnikof Oak 87.9 4 Garrison,G SD 8 4 Biletnikof Oak 127 4 Morin Cle 87.1 5 Caster NYJ 8 5 Myers Cin 114 5 Sellers Dal 87.1 6 Abramowicz NO 8 6 Taylor,C Was 114 6 Sanders Det 83.9 7 Moore,B StL 8 7 Rucker NE 109 7 Burrow Atl 83.3 8 Myers Cin 7 8 Newland NO 106 8 Rucker NE 82.6 9 Havrilak Bal 6 9 Abramowicz NO 101 9 Chester Oak 82.4 10 Gillette StL 5 10 Hill,JD Buf 99 10 Warfield Mia 82.4 11 Jefferson Was 5 11 Tucker NYG 93 11 Rentzel LA 82.1 12 Sanders Det 5 12 Jefferson Was 92 12 Walton,L Det 82.1 13 Taylor,O KC 5 13 Gilliam,J Min 91 13 Sherman Den 81.8 14 Podolak KC 5 14 Gillette StL 90 14 Vataha NE 80.6 15 Little Den 5 15 Podolak KC 89 15 Garrison Dal 80.6 16 Jessie Det 5 16 Caster NYJ 87 16 Windsor NE 80.0 17 Riggins NYJ 5 17 Trumpy Cin 85 17 Maynard NYJ 80.0 18 Willis Hou 5 18 Shanklin Pit 84 18 Taylor,C Was 78.9 19 Strong NO 5 19 Mitchell,T Bal 81 19 Trumpy Cin 78.0 20 Baker Phi 5 20 Hooker Cle 80 20 Lewis,F Pit 77.4 Receiving Touchdown% RAC Yards RAC Yards/Catch 1 Kwalick SF 36.2 1 Taylor,C Was 455 1 Bell NYJ 9.5 2 Garrison Dal 27.8 2 Kwalick SF 407 2 Walton,L Det 9.0 3 Mitchell,J Atl 23.3 3 Garrison,G SD 396 3 Kwalick SF 8.7 4 Biletnikof Oak 22.4 4 Shanklin Pit 339 4 Caster NYJ 8.6 5 Caster NYJ 21.1 5 Malone Atl 327 5 Taylor,C Was 8.0 6 Bell NYJ 20.6 6 Caster NYJ 326 6 Shanklin Pit 7.7 7 Herrmann NYG 19.4 7 Bell NYJ 323 7 Morin Cle 7.5 8 Taylor,O KC 15.9 8 Jackson,H Phi 299 8 Lewis,F Pit 7.4 9 Podolak KC 14.8 9 Twilley Mia 290 9 Sellers Dal 7.3 10 Chester Oak 14.7 10 Podolak KC 268 10 Burrow Atl 7.2 11 Beasley Min 14.7 11 Sherman Den 267 11 Pitts Cle 7.1 12 Taylor,C Was 14.0 12 Lane GB 253 12 Maynard NYJ 7.0 13 Klein LA 13.9 13 Walton,L Det 251 13 Garrison,G SD 6.8 14 Myers Cin 13.1 14 Rucker NE 250 14 Smith,C Oak 6.5 15 Gresham NO 12.9 15 Pitts Cle 249 15 Malone Atl 6.4 16 Mitchell,T Bal 12.5 16 Biletnikof Oak 248 16 Warfield Mia 6.3 17 Siani Oak 11.8 17 Tucker NYG 246 17 Jessie Det 6.3 18 Chandler,B Buf 11.4 18 Morin Cle 234 18 Sherman Den 6.1 19 Smith,C Oak 11.4 19 Boozer NYJ 231 19 Moore,B StL 6.1 20 Havrilak Bal 11.4 20 Lewis,F Pit 229 20 Garrett,C NE 6.0 Yards/Game 1 Garrison,G SD 73.6 2 Joiner Cin 69.6 3 Taylor,C Was 67.4 4 Jackson,H Phi 67.4 5 Taylor,O KC 64.7 6 Rucker NE 63.1 7 Biletnikof Oak 60.9 8 Warfield Mia 52.3 9 Caster NYJ 52.2 10 Sherman Den 51.5 11 Abramowicz NO 50.9 12 Malone Atl 49.7 13 Hill,JD Buf 49.4 14 Tucker NYG 47.9 15 Bell NYJ 47.4 16 Shanklin Pit 46.4 17 Myers Cin 46.3 18 Sellers Dal 44.4 19 Kwalick SF 43.0 20 Twilley Mia 42.6 League Leaders:NFL 1972 - FINAL PASSING Att Cmp C% Yards In I% Lg TD TD% Rate 1 Morton Dal 286 188 65.7 2735 7 2.4 53 27 9.4 118.0 2 Morrall Mia 175 116 66.3 1913 6 3.4 86 14 8.0 115.3 3 Spurrier SF 328 205 62.5 2223 4 1.2 73 32 9.8 109.8 4 Berry Atl 260 159 61.2 2345 8 3.1 48 20 7.7 103.4 5 Hunter GB 154 84 54.5 1581 4 2.6 58 11 7.1 103.3 6 Namath NYJ 321 173 53.9 3043 9 2.8 80 26 8.1 101.8 7 Snead NYG 345 220 63.8 2497 4 1.2 59 19 5.5 98.9 8 Johnson,C Den 249 160 64.3 2155 13 5.2 65 21 8.4 98.1 9 Dawson KC 359 213 59.3 2286 6 1.7 46 22 6.1 91.5 10 Anderson Cin 317 202 63.7 2209 4 1.3 53 11 3.5 90.5 11 Domres Bal 226 137 60.6 1621 9 4.0 46 13 5.8 85.1 12 Kilmer Was 284 146 51.4 1797 3 1.1 80 15 5.3 84.5 13 Lamonica Oak 283 148 52.3 1923 10 3.5 41 21 7.4 84.0 14 Bradshaw Pit 317 165 52.1 2100 6 1.9 60 7 2.2 72.5 15 Shaw Buf 280 144 51.4 1972 15 5.4 48 14 5.0 68.6 16 Gabriel LA 330 185 56.1 2202 20 6.1 46 16 4.8 67.5 17 Tarkenton Min 381 206 54.1 2118 14 3.7 46 13 3.4 66.4 18 Manning NO 493 250 50.7 2990 22 4.5 70 21 4.3 65.2 19 Unitas Bal 142 76 53.5 975 6 4.2 54 3 2.1 64.7 20 Reaves,J Phi 250 112 44.8 1522 7 2.8 51 6 2.4 61.1 21 Phipps Cle 320 145 45.3 2166 15 4.7 63 10 3.1 58.9 22 Hadl SD 396 197 49.7 2506 19 4.8 60 9 2.3 57.5 23 Landry Det 299 150 50.2 2202 23 7.7 75 10 3.3 53.7 24 Plunkett NE 350 168 48.0 2559 27 7.7 73 11 3.1 50.9 25 Cuozzo StL 174 82 47.1 1057 10 5.7 52 4 2.3 50.4 26 Pastorini Hou 333 159 47.7 2025 19 5.7 64 6 1.8 49.4 27 Douglass Chi 206 70 34.0 1097 21 10.2 65 6 2.9 22.7 28 Tagge GB 3 3 100.0 35 0 0.0 17 1 33.3 154.9 29 Del,Gaizo Mia 3 2 66.7 31 0 0.0 25 1 33.3 140.3 30 Stabler Oak 68 46 67.6 545 1 1.5 25 7 10.3 120.0 31 Hill,JD Buf 1 1 100.0 31 0 0.0 31 0 0.0 118.8 32 Staubach Dal 8 6 75.0 106 0 0.0 34 0 0.0 116.7 33 Simpson Buf 3 2 66.7 54 0 0.0 30 0 0.0 109.7 34 Gilliam,J Pit 2 2 100.0 20 0 0.0 12 0 0.0 108.3 35 Blanda Oak 1 1 100.0 10 0 0.0 10 0 0.0 108.3 36 Reed,J SF 4 3 75.0 21 0 0.0 10 0 0.0 86.5 37 Carter Cin 88 53 60.2 636 4 4.5 42 6 6.8 86.2 38 Griese Mia 68 44 64.7 568 4 5.9 38 4 5.9 85.9 39 Jurgensen Was 72 47 65.3 701 6 8.3 32 5 6.9 85.5 40 Taliaferro Buf 14 9 64.3 90 0 0.0 22 0 0.0 82.4 Pass Attempts Pass Completions Passing Yards 1 Manning NO 493 1 Manning NO 250 1 Namath NYJ 3043 2 Hadl SD 396 2 Snead NYG 220 2 Manning NO 2990 3 Tarkenton Min 381 3 Dawson KC 213 3 Morton Dal 2735 4 Dawson KC 359 4 Tarkenton Min 206 4 Plunkett NE 2559 5 Plunkett NE 350 5 Spurrier SF 205 5 Hadl SD 2506 6 Snead NYG 345 6 Anderson Cin 202 6 Snead NYG 2497 7 Pastorini Hou 333 7 Hadl SD 197 7 Berry Atl 2345 8 Gabriel LA 330 8 Morton Dal 188 8 Dawson KC 2286 9 Spurrier SF 328 9 Gabriel LA 185 9 Spurrier SF 2223 10 Namath NYJ 321 10 Namath NYJ 173 10 Anderson Cin 2209 11 Phipps Cle 320 11 Plunkett NE 168 11 Gabriel LA 2202 12 Bradshaw Pit 317 12 Bradshaw Pit 165 12 Landry Det 2202 13 Anderson Cin 317 13 Johnson,C Den 160 13 Phipps Cle 2166 14 Landry Det 299 14 Berry Atl 159 14 Johnson,C Den 2155 15 Morton Dal 286 15 Pastorini Hou 159 15 Tarkenton Min 2118 16 Kilmer Was 284 16 Landry Det 150 16 Bradshaw Pit 2100 17 Lamonica Oak 283 17 Lamonica Oak 148 17 Pastorini Hou 2025 18 Shaw Buf 280 18 Kilmer Was 146 18 Shaw Buf 1972 19 Berry Atl 260 19 Phipps Cle 145 19 Lamonica Oak 1923 20 Reaves,J Phi 250 20 Shaw Buf 144 20 Morrall Mia 1913 Interceptions Touchdowns Yards/Attempt 1 Plunkett NE 27 1 Spurrier SF 32 1 Morrall Mia 10.9 2 Landry Det 23 2 Morton Dal 27 2 Hunter GB 10.3 3 Manning NO 22 3 Namath NYJ 26 3 Morton Dal 9.6 4 Douglass Chi 21 4 Dawson KC 22 4 Namath NYJ 9.5 5 Gabriel LA 20 5 Johnson,C Den 21 5 Berry Atl 9.0 6 Pastorini Hou 19 6 Lamonica Oak 21 6 Johnson,C Den 8.7 7 Hadl SD 19 7 Manning NO 21 7 Landry Det 7.4 8 Van,Galder StL 17 8 Berry Atl 20 8 Plunkett NE 7.3 9 Phipps Cle 15 9 Snead NYG 19 9 Snead NYG 7.2 10 Shaw Buf 15 10 Gabriel LA 16 10 Domres Bal 7.2 11 Tarkenton Min 14 11 Kilmer Was 15 11 Shaw Buf 7.0 12 Johnson,C Den 13 12 Morrall Mia 14 12 Anderson Cin 7.0 13 Cuozzo StL 10 13 Shaw Buf 14 13 Unitas Bal 6.9 14 Lamonica Oak 10 14 Tarkenton Min 13 14 Lamonica Oak 6.8 15 Domres Bal 9 15 Domres Bal 13 15 Spurrier SF 6.8 16 Liske Phi 9 16 Hunter GB 11 16 Phipps Cle 6.8 17 Namath NYJ 9 17 Anderson Cin 11 17 Gabriel LA 6.7 18 Berry Atl 8 18 Plunkett NE 11 18 Bradshaw Pit 6.6 19 Ramsey Den 7 19 Phipps Cle 10 19 Dawson KC 6.4 20 Morton Dal 7 20 Landry Det 10 20 Hadl SD 6.3 Yards/Completion Completion% Interception% 1 Hunter GB 18.8 1 Morrall Mia 66.3 1 Kilmer Was 1.1 2 Namath NYJ 17.6 2 Morton Dal 65.7 2 Snead NYG 1.2 3 Morrall Mia 16.5 3 Johnson,C Den 64.3 3 Spurrier SF 1.2 4 Douglass Chi 15.7 4 Snead NYG 63.8 4 Anderson Cin 1.3 5 Plunkett NE 15.2 5 Anderson Cin 63.7 5 Dawson KC 1.7 6 Phipps Cle 14.9 6 Spurrier SF 62.5 6 Bradshaw Pit 1.9 7 Berry Atl 14.7 7 Berry Atl 61.2 7 Morton Dal 2.4 8 Landry Det 14.7 8 Domres Bal 60.6 8 Hunter GB 2.6 9 Morton Dal 14.5 9 Dawson KC 59.3 9 Reaves,J Phi 2.8 10 Shaw Buf 13.7 10 Gabriel LA 56.1 10 Namath NYJ 2.8 11 Reaves,J Phi 13.6 11 Hunter GB 54.5 11 Berry Atl 3.1 12 Johnson,C Den 13.5 12 Tarkenton Min 54.1 12 Morrall Mia 3.4 13 Lamonica Oak 13.0 13 Namath NYJ 53.9 13 Lamonica Oak 3.5 14 Cuozzo StL 12.9 14 Unitas Bal 53.5 14 Tarkenton Min 3.7 15 Unitas Bal 12.8 15 Lamonica Oak 52.3 15 Domres Bal 4.0 16 Pastorini Hou 12.7 16 Bradshaw Pit 52.1 16 Unitas Bal 4.2 17 Bradshaw Pit 12.7 17 Shaw Buf 51.4 17 Manning NO 4.5 18 Hadl SD 12.7 18 Kilmer Was 51.4 18 Phipps Cle 4.7 19 Kilmer Was 12.3 19 Manning NO 50.7 19 Hadl SD 4.8 20 Manning NO 12.0 20 Landry Det 50.2 20 Johnson,C Den 5.2 Touchdown% Times Sacked Sack% 1 Spurrier SF 9.8 1 Manning NO 49 1 Gabriel LA 2.7 2 Morton Dal 9.4 2 Dawson KC 42 2 Kilmer Was 3.1 3 Johnson,C Den 8.4 3 Pastorini Hou 40 3 Snead NYG 3.6 4 Namath NYJ 8.1 4 Douglass Chi 34 4 Johnson,C Den 3.9 5 Morrall Mia 8.0 5 Plunkett NE 34 5 Unitas Bal 4.1 6 Berry Atl 7.7 6 Tarkenton Min 32 6 Spurrier SF 4.1 7 Lamonica Oak 7.4 7 Berry Atl 32 7 Namath NYJ 4.7 8 Hunter GB 7.1 8 Hadl SD 29 8 Lamonica Oak 5.0 9 Dawson KC 6.1 9 Reaves,J Phi 29 9 Anderson Cin 5.4 10 Domres Bal 5.8 10 Morton Dal 25 10 Morrall Mia 5.4 11 Snead NYG 5.5 11 Phipps Cle 24 11 Bradshaw Pit 5.9 12 Kilmer Was 5.3 12 Landry Det 22 12 Cuozzo StL 5.9 13 Shaw Buf 5.0 13 Shaw Buf 21 13 Hunter GB 6.1 14 Gabriel LA 4.8 14 Bradshaw Pit 20 14 Hadl SD 6.8 15 Manning NO 4.3 15 Anderson Cin 18 15 Landry Det 6.9 16 Anderson Cin 3.5 16 Domres Bal 18 16 Phipps Cle 7.0 17 Tarkenton Min 3.4 17 Ramsey Den 18 17 Shaw Buf 7.0 18 Landry Det 3.3 18 Van,Galder StL 17 18 Domres Bal 7.4 19 Plunkett NE 3.1 19 Namath NYJ 16 19 Tarkenton Min 7.7 20 Phipps Cle 3.1 20 Lamonica Oak 15 20 Morton Dal 8.0 Yards/Game Pass Gains 25+ Bad Passes 1 Namath NYJ 217.4 1 Plunkett NE 28 1 Tarkenton Min 45 2 Manning NO 213.6 2 Namath NYJ 27 2 Manning NO 43 3 Plunkett NE 196.8 3 Morton Dal 23 3 Phipps Cle 42 4 Morton Dal 195.4 4 Hadl SD 22 4 Plunkett NE 42 5 Johnson,C Den 179.6 5 Hunter GB 22 5 Shaw Buf 32 6 Hadl SD 179.0 6 Manning NO 21 6 Douglass Chi 31 7 Snead NYG 178.4 7 Phipps Cle 19 7 Bradshaw Pit 31 8 Anderson Cin 169.9 8 Johnson,C Den 19 8 Reaves,J Phi 29 9 Berry Atl 167.5 9 Morrall Mia 18 9 Gabriel LA 29 10 Dawson KC 163.3 10 Shaw Buf 18 10 Dawson KC 29 11 Spurrier SF 158.8 11 Berry Atl 17 11 Hadl SD 27 12 Gabriel LA 157.3 12 Pastorini Hou 15 12 Landry Det 27 13 Landry Det 157.3 13 Landry Det 15 13 Pastorini Hou 26 14 Phipps Cle 154.7 14 Snead NYG 14 14 Namath NYJ 26 15 Reaves,J Phi 152.2 15 Reaves,J Phi 14 15 Van,Galder StL 22 16 Shaw Buf 151.7 16 Anderson Cin 14 16 Morton Dal 21 17 Tarkenton Min 151.3 17 Lamonica Oak 13 17 Cuozzo StL 21 18 Bradshaw Pit 150.0 18 Spurrier SF 13 18 Kilmer Was 21 19 Kilmer Was 149.8 19 Gabriel LA 12 19 Spurrier SF 21 20 Morrall Mia 147.2 20 Cuozzo StL 12 20 Johnson,C Den 20 League Leaders:NFL 1972 - FINAL INTERCEPTIONS No Yards Ave Lg TD No Yards Ave Lg TD 1 Curtis,M Bal 7 150 21.4 39 1 21 Wagner Pit 4 44 11.0 27 0 2 Hayes Atl 7 0 0.0 0 0 22 Mumphord Mia 4 70 17.5 36 1 3 Ham Pit 6 16 2.7 9 0 23 Mitchell,L Den 4 28 7.0 11 0 4 Sensibaugh KC 6 33 5.5 14 0 24 Kearney KC 4 180 45.0 73 4 5 Stukes Bal 5 43 8.6 22 0 25 Flowers NYG 4 18 4.5 11 0 6 Scott Mia 5 89 17.8 37 0 26 Atkinson Oak 4 69 17.3 35 0 7 Ford Chi 5 52 10.4 32 0 27 Logan Bal 4 72 18.0 30 0 8 Buchanon,W GB 5 48 9.6 21 1 28 Tatum Oak 4 138 34.5 49 0 9 Parrish Cin 5 80 16.0 39 1 29 Taylor,J Chi 4 0 0.0 0 0 10 Ramsey Phi 5 9 1.8 5 0 30 Beauchamp SD 4 121 30.3 63 1 11 Hanburger Was 5 103 20.6 59 2 31 Dunlap SD 4 64 16.0 24 0 12 Williams NYG 5 72 14.4 28 0 32 Files NYG 3 113 37.7 99 2 13 Brown,W Oak 5 36 7.2 12 0 33 Casanova Cin 3 110 36.7 61 1 14 Wilson,N Oak 5 75 15.0 32 0 34 Anderson Mia 3 43 14.3 18 0 15 Athas NYG 4 9 2.3 9 0 35 Farr StL 3 0 0.0 0 0 16 Robinson,D GB 4 17 4.3 15 0 36 Johnson,C Mia 3 26 8.7 16 0 17 Krause,P Min 4 84 21.0 48 1 37 Wilson,L StL 3 37 12.3 17 0 18 Tyler,M Buf 4 76 19.0 33 0 38 Fischer Was 3 37 12.3 18 0 19 Foley Mia 4 34 8.5 19 0 39 Reaves Atl 3 58 19.3 31 0 20 Rowser Pit 4 30 7.5 14 0 40 Elmendorf LA 3 17 5.7 11 0 Interception Yards Int Return Average Int Return Long 1 Kearney KC 180 1 Villapiano Oak 52.5 1 Villapiano Oak 105 2 Curtis,M Bal 150 2 Nettles,J LA 50.0 2 Files NYG 99 3 Tatum Oak 138 3 Ellis GB 45.7 3 Ellis GB 91 4 Ellis GB 137 4 Kearney KC 45.0 4 Hicks NYJ 88 5 Beauchamp SD 121 5 Barney Det 42.0 5 Greene,T Buf 80 6 Files NYG 113 6 Greene,T Buf 41.5 6 Kearney KC 73 7 Casanova Cin 110 7 Craig Cin 41.0 7 Craig Cin 73 8 Hicks NYJ 106 8 Nobis Atl 38.0 8 Vanderbund SF 69 9 Villapiano Oak 105 9 Files NYG 37.7 9 Beauchamp SD 63 10 Hanburger Was 103 10 Farasopoul NYJ 37.0 10 Casanova Cin 61 11 Nettles,J LA 100 11 Casanova Cin 36.7 11 Hanburger Was 59 12 Scott Mia 89 12 Hicks NYJ 35.3 12 Nettles,J LA 55 13 Krause,P Min 84 13 Tatum Oak 34.5 13 Bryant Min 50 14 Greene,T Buf 83 14 Vanderbund SF 34.5 14 Tatum Oak 49 15 Craig Cin 82 15 Howard LA 33.0 15 Krause,P Min 48 16 Parrish Cin 80 16 Beauchamp SD 30.3 16 Brown,R Atl 46 17 Nobis Atl 76 17 Wright,J Min 30.0 17 Barney Det 42 18 Tyler,M Buf 76 18 Tannen NYJ 29.0 18 Farasopoul NYJ 40 19 Wilson,N Oak 75 19 Thomas,Ea NYJ 29.0 19 Curtis,M Bal 39 20 Bryant Min 74 20 Brown,R Atl 28.5 20 Parrish Cin 39 Int Return Touchdowns Deflections 1 Kearney KC 4 1 Johnson SF 16 2 Files NYG 2 2 Waters Dal 14 3 Hanburger Was 2 3 Rowser Pit 13 4 Bryant Min 2 4 Hepburn Bal 12 5 Nobis Atl 2 5 Marsalis KC 12 6 May Bal 2 6 Ramsey Phi 12 7 Craig Cin 1 7 Renfro Dal 12 8 Vanderbund SF 1 8 Farasopoul NYJ 11 9 Beauchamp SD 1 9 Atkinson Oak 11 10 Casanova Cin 1 10 Brown,W Oak 11 11 Ellis GB 1 11 Hayes Atl 11 12 Hicks NYJ 1 12 Williams NYG 10 13 Krause,P Min 1 13 Thomas,Em KC 10 14 Barney Det 1 14 Bradley Phi 10 15 Curtis,M Bal 1 15 Buchanon,W GB 10 16 Parrish Cin 1 16 Tatum Oak 10 17 Greene,T Buf 1 17 Kearney KC 10 18 Villapiano Oak 1 18 James Buf 10 19 Mumphord Mia 1 19 Parrish Cin 9 20 Tannen NYJ 1 20 Mitchell,L Den 9 League Leaders:NFL 1972 - FINAL SACKS 1 White Pit 13 15 Cline Oak 10 29 Aldridge,L SD 8 2 Smith,P Den 13 16 Williams,C GB 10 30 McDole Was 8 3 Jones,D SD 13 17 Newsome,B Bal 10 31 Mendenhall NYG 7 4 Alzado Den 12 18 Stanfill Mia 9 32 Jacobsen NYG 7 5 Gregory,J NYG 11 19 Zook Atl 9 33 Owens,J NO 7 6 Biggs Was 11 20 Johnson,W Cle 9 34 Fernandez Mia 7 7 Eller Min 11 21 Youngblood LA 8 35 Holmes,P Hou 6 8 Jones,H Oak 11 22 Elliot NYJ 8 36 Den Herder Mia 6 9 Greene Pit 11 23 Duranko Den 8 37 Greenwood Pit 6 10 Humphrey Atl 10 24 Lomas NYJ 8 38 Hultz Phi 6 11 Bacon LA 10 25 McGee Chi 8 39 Page Min 6 12 Olsen,M LA 10 26 Brown,R GB 8 40 Lewis Atl 6 13 Sherk Cle 10 27 Sistrunk,O Oak 8 41 Reid Cin 6 14 Bethea Hou 10 28 Thoms Oak 8 42 Reed NYG 6 Sack Yards Hurries 1 Greene Pit 100 1 Williams,C GB 17 2 Smith,P Den 97 2 White Pit 16 3 Jones,D SD 89 3 Bethea Hou 15 4 Biggs Was 84 4 Brown,R GB 15 5 Jones,H Oak 81 5 Humphrey Atl 14 6 Eller Min 79 6 Elliot NYJ 14 7 White Pit 78 7 Lomas NYJ 13 8 Alzado Den 75 8 Lilly Dal 13 9 Gregory,J NYG 74 9 Cowlings Buf 13 10 Humphrey Atl 73 10 Reid Cin 12 11 Williams,C GB 71 11 Pugh Dal 12 12 McGee Chi 69 12 Jones,D SD 12 13 Bacon LA 68 13 McGee Chi 12 14 Bethea Hou 67 14 Toomay Dal 11 15 Jacobsen NYG 65 15 Buchanon KC 11 16 Duranko Den 64 16 Bacon LA 11 17 Johnson,W Cle 63 17 Culp KC 11 18 Sherk Cle 62 18 Gregory,J NYG 10 19 Brown,R GB 60 19 Jones,H Oak 10 20 Mendenhall NYG 60 20 Greene Pit 10 League Leaders:NFL 1972 - FINAL TACKLES 1 Robertson LA 130 15 Bell KC 107 29 Elmendorf LA 94 2 Stallings StL 129 16 Cheyunski NE 105 30 Weisacosky NE 93 3 Houston Hou 124 17 Robinson,D GB 104 31 Casanova Cin 92 4 Hendricks Bal 124 18 Babich SD 104 32 Beauchamp Cin 91 5 Nobis Atl 120 19 Atkinson NYJ 103 33 Greene Pit 91 6 Wilcox SF 119 20 Carter GB 101 34 Jones,D SD 91 7 Butkus Chi 117 21 Bethea Hou 101 35 Reid Cin 90 8 Buffone Chi 114 22 Naumoff Det 101 36 Washington Buf 90 9 Bradley Phi 114 23 Harris,R NE 96 37 Tyler,M Buf 90 10 Lucci Det 111 24 Russell Pit 96 38 Lee,K Buf 89 11 Curtis,M Bal 109 25 Gregory,J NYG 95 39 Hand Det 88 12 Myrtle Den 109 26 Colman NO 95 40 Roussel NO 86 13 Hilgenberg Min 108 27 Villapiano Oak 95 41 Wehrli StL 86 14 Hanburger Was 108 28 Porter Phi 95 42 Graham Den 86 Stuffs Stuff Yards Tackles/Game 1 Hand Det 26 1 Hand Det 50 1 Robertson LA 9.3 2 Bethea Hou 21 2 Bethea Hou 43 2 Stallings StL 9.2 3 Butkus Chi 19 3 Stanfill Mia 39 3 Hendricks Bal 8.9 4 Stanfill Mia 18 4 Hendricks Bal 37 4 Houston Hou 8.9 5 Wilcox SF 17 5 Brumm StL 35 5 Nobis Atl 8.6 6 Hendricks Bal 15 6 Butkus Chi 32 6 Wilcox SF 8.5 7 Greene Pit 15 7 Wilcox SF 30 7 Butkus Chi 8.4 8 Rowe StL 15 8 Newsome,B Bal 29 8 Buffone Chi 8.1 9 Greenwood Pit 15 9 Hanburger Was 28 9 Bradley Phi 8.1 10 Brumm StL 14 10 Winston Min 28 10 Lucci Det 7.9 11 Washington Buf 14 11 Greene Pit 27 11 Curtis,M Bal 7.8 12 Zook Atl 14 12 Zook Atl 27 12 Myrtle Den 7.8 13 Eller Min 14 13 Sistrunk,O Oak 27 13 Hanburger Was 7.7 14 Sistrunk,O Oak 14 14 Marshall Min 27 14 Hilgenberg Min 7.7 15 Lanier KC 14 15 Rowe StL 26 15 Bell KC 7.6 16 Hanburger Was 13 16 Johnson,W Cle 26 16 Cheyunski NE 7.5 17 Jones,D SD 13 17 Miller StL 26 17 Robinson,D GB 7.4 18 Reid Cin 13 18 Owens,J NO 26 18 Babich SD 7.4 19 Cash NE 13 19 Cash NE 25 19 Atkinson NYJ 7.4 20 Woods Det 13 20 Grantham NYJ 25 20 Bethea Hou 7.2 Forced Fumbles Safeties 1 Greene Pit 7 1 Johnson,W Cle 1 2 James Buf 7 2 McGee Chi 1 3 Bradley Phi 6 3 Jacobsen NYG 1 4 Wilcox SF 6 4 Eller Min 1 5 Carr GB 6 5 Humphrey Atl 1 6 Buffone Chi 6 6 Tom Phi 1 7 Miller StL 5 8 Cheyunski NE 5 9 Kearney KC 5 10 LeBeau Det 5 11 Johnson,W Cle 5 12 Greene,T Buf 5 13 Carter GB 4 14 Porter Phi 4 15 Elmendorf LA 4 16 Greer Den 4 17 Redman SD 4 18 Bacon LA 4 19 Weisacosky NE 4 20 Lynch KC 4 League Leaders:NFL 1972 - FINAL KICKRETURNS No Yds Ave Lg TD No Yds Ave Lg TD 1 Laird Bal 37 1109 30.0 41 0 21 Walik Phi 23 518 22.5 38 0 2 Smith,R Chi 35 1037 29.6 80 0 22 Morris Mia 28 629 22.5 82 0 3 Thompson NYG 34 976 28.7 93 1 23 Zofko Det 41 915 22.3 51 0 4 Cole,Li Buf 28 772 27.6 59 0 24 Belton Atl 26 580 22.3 41 0 5 Montgomery Den 41 1076 26.2 101 1 25 Parrish Cin 19 415 21.8 36 0 6 Thomas,I GB 25 656 26.2 37 0 26 Harris,F Pit 16 346 21.6 41 0 7 Wyatt Buf 20 519 26.0 52 0 27 Harris,C Dal 28 603 21.5 54 0 8 Davis,C Oak 27 698 25.9 59 0 28 Hampton Atl 26 552 21.2 37 0 9 Jessie Det 27 676 25.0 69 0 29 Rodgers Hou 29 602 20.8 34 0 10 McCauley,D Bal 16 399 24.9 100 1 30 Garrett,C NE 29 595 20.5 37 0 11 Marshall,L KC 28 697 24.9 53 0 31 Farasopoul NYJ 35 718 20.5 39 0 12 Nelson Phi 38 938 24.7 39 0 32 Brown,K Cle 32 644 20.1 51 0 13 Rucker NE 15 369 24.6 61 0 33 Ellison LA 27 543 20.1 40 0 14 Taylor,J SD 35 860 24.6 49 0 34 Green,A NO 15 300 20.0 35 0 15 Jones,C Min 19 460 24.2 40 0 35 Majors Cle 27 536 19.9 47 0 16 Newhouse Dal 16 385 24.1 35 0 36 Haymond Was 25 484 19.4 41 0 17 Adkins NO 51 1217 23.9 43 0 37 Pearson,P Pit 27 519 19.2 35 0 18 Duncan Was 28 662 23.6 52 0 38 Jackson,B Cin 40 766 19.2 33 0 19 Washington SF 38 898 23.6 65 0 39 Gilliam,J Min 36 666 18.5 39 0 20 Dawkins Den 17 385 22.6 35 0 40 Turner,C Chi 22 403 18.3 36 0 Kick Returns Kick Return Yards Kick Return Long 1 Adkins NO 51 1 Adkins NO 1217 1 Montgomery Den 101 2 Montgomery Den 41 2 Laird Bal 1109 2 McCauley,D Bal 100 3 Zofko Det 41 3 Montgomery Den 1076 3 Thompson NYG 93 4 Jackson,B Cin 40 4 Smith,R Chi 1037 4 Morris Mia 82 5 Nelson Phi 38 5 Thompson NYG 976 5 Smith,R Chi 80 6 Washington SF 38 6 Nelson Phi 938 6 Jolley Hou 80 7 Laird Bal 37 7 Zofko Det 915 7 Jessie Det 69 8 Gilliam,J Min 36 8 Washington SF 898 8 Greene,T Buf 65 9 Farasopoul NYJ 35 9 Taylor,J SD 860 9 Washington SF 65 10 Taylor,J SD 35 10 Cole,Li Buf 772 10 Bulaich Bal 63 11 Smith,R Chi 35 11 Jackson,B Cin 766 11 Rucker NE 61 12 Thompson NYG 34 12 Farasopoul NYJ 718 12 Davis,C Oak 59 13 Brown,K Cle 32 13 Davis,C Oak 698 13 Cole,Li Buf 59 14 Moore,B StL 32 14 Marshall,L KC 697 14 Harris,C Dal 54 15 Garrett,C NE 29 15 Jessie Det 676 15 Marshall,L KC 53 16 Rodgers Hou 29 16 Gilliam,J Min 666 16 Wyatt Buf 52 17 Morris Mia 28 17 Duncan Was 662 17 Duncan Was 52 18 Cole,Li Buf 28 18 Thomas,I GB 656 18 Zofko Det 51 19 Harris,C Dal 28 19 Brown,K Cle 644 19 Brown,K Cle 51 20 Duncan Was 28 20 Morris Mia 629 20 Hyatt StL 49 Kick Return Touchdowns 1 Montgomery Den 1 2 McCauley,D Bal 1 3 Thompson NYG 1 League Leaders:NFL 1972 - FINAL PUNTRETURNS No Fc Yds Ave Lg TD No Fc Yds Ave Lg TD 1 Ellis GB 20 2 301 15.1 86 1 21 Rucker NE 17 0 78 4.6 12 0 2 Bertelsen LA 24 2 312 13.0 28 0 22 Vactor Was 18 32 71 3.9 12 0 3 Staggers GB 24 11 270 11.3 31 0 23 Majors Cle 17 9 65 3.8 15 0 4 Dunlap SD 25 21 260 10.4 16 0 24 Marshall,L KC 25 3 75 3.0 10 0 5 Leigh Mia 28 6 284 10.1 18 0 25 Bradley Phi 26 16 64 2.5 9 0 6 McGill SF 19 0 189 9.9 29 0 26 Podolak KC 14 6 27 1.9 9 0 7 Farasopoul NYJ 17 14 156 9.2 63 1 27 Branch Oak 15 11 14 0.9 13 0 8 Wyatt Buf 14 5 123 8.8 16 0 28 Harris,C Dal 19 11 2 0.1 11 0 9 Sherman Den 18 8 136 7.6 15 0 29 Greer Den 5 0 102 20.4 76 1 10 Belton Atl 16 4 118 7.4 15 0 30 Brown,R Atl 8 8 97 12.1 16 0 11 Laird Bal 26 18 174 6.7 14 0 31 Darden Cle 12 5 110 9.2 73 1 12 Barney Det 25 15 156 6.2 14 0 32 Turner,B NYJ 7 0 60 8.6 12 0 13 Scott Mia 14 3 86 6.1 12 0 33 Athas NYG 12 8 95 7.9 16 0 14 Casanova Cin 18 6 107 5.9 12 0 34 Elmendorf LA 12 0 88 7.3 14 0 15 Edwards,G Pit 21 23 121 5.8 19 0 35 Hill,JD Buf 7 0 51 7.3 14 0 16 Thompson NYG 17 0 96 5.6 11 0 36 Little Den 11 7 75 6.8 14 0 17 Myers,T NO 16 16 83 5.2 25 0 37 Atkinson Oak 11 1 65 5.9 23 0 18 West Min 20 9 99 5.0 15 0 38 Clemons Chi 6 0 28 4.7 8 0 19 Houston Hou 29 13 143 4.9 24 0 39 Taylor,B SF 10 6 38 3.8 9 0 20 Smith,R Chi 32 2 150 4.7 17 0 40 Garrett,C NE 9 0 34 3.8 7 0 Punt Returns Fair Catches Punt Return Yards 1 Smith,R Chi 32 1 Vactor Was 32 1 Bertelsen LA 312 2 Houston Hou 29 2 Edwards,G Pit 23 2 Ellis GB 301 3 Leigh Mia 28 3 Dunlap SD 21 3 Leigh Mia 284 4 Laird Bal 26 4 Laird Bal 18 4 Staggers GB 270 5 Bradley Phi 26 5 Bradley Phi 16 5 Dunlap SD 260 6 Barney Det 25 6 Myers,T NO 16 6 McGill SF 189 7 Marshall,L KC 25 7 Barney Det 15 7 Laird Bal 174 8 Dunlap SD 25 8 Farasopoul NYJ 14 8 Farasopoul NYJ 156 9 Bertelsen LA 24 9 Houston Hou 13 9 Barney Det 156 10 Staggers GB 24 10 Harris,C Dal 11 10 Smith,R Chi 150 11 Edwards,G Pit 21 11 Staggers GB 11 11 Houston Hou 143 12 Ellis GB 20 12 Branch Oak 11 12 Sherman Den 136 13 West Min 20 13 Willingham StL 10 13 Wyatt Buf 123 14 McGill SF 19 14 Bryant Min 10 14 Edwards,G Pit 121 15 Harris,C Dal 19 15 Majors Cle 9 15 Belton Atl 118 16 Sherman Den 18 16 West Min 9 16 Darden Cle 110 17 Casanova Cin 18 17 Athas NYG 8 17 Casanova Cin 107 18 Vactor Was 18 18 Sherman Den 8 18 Greer Den 102 19 Majors Cle 17 19 Brown,R Atl 8 19 West Min 99 20 Farasopoul NYJ 17 20 Wehrli StL 7 20 Brown,R Atl 97 Punt Return Long Punt Return Touchdowns 1 Ellis GB 86 1 Ellis GB 1 2 Greer Den 76 2 Greer Den 1 3 Darden Cle 73 3 Darden Cle 1 4 Farasopoul NYJ 63 4 Farasopoul NYJ 1 5 Staggers GB 31 6 McGill SF 29 7 Bertelsen LA 28 8 Myers,T NO 25 9 Houston Hou 24 10 Atkinson Oak 23 11 Edwards,G Pit 19 12 Leigh Mia 18 13 Smith,R Chi 17 14 Brown,R Atl 16 15 Athas NYG 16 16 Wyatt Buf 16 17 Dunlap SD 16 18 Belton Atl 15 19 West Min 15 20 Sherman Den 15 League Leaders:NFL 1972 - FINAL KICKING FGA FGM FG% 40 50 Lg Pts 1 Marcol GB 40 34 85.0 4 1 51 140 2 Cockcroft Cle 44 36 81.8 13 6 55 129 3 Gerela Pit 33 30 90.9 7 0 46 124 4 Yepremian Mia 29 22 75.9 3 0 46 119 5 Howfield NYJ 36 26 72.2 5 0 47 116 6 Mann Det 32 28 87.5 5 0 44 116 7 Blanda Oak 32 22 68.8 4 0 45 107 8 O'Brien Bal 38 25 65.8 1 0 43 106 9 Stenerud KC 37 25 67.6 4 1 50 105 10 Bell,B Atl 29 22 75.9 6 0 47 101 11 Knight Was 27 20 74.1 4 0 48 96 12 Gossett SF 24 20 83.3 1 0 40 94 13 Cox Min 31 24 77.4 5 0 48 93 14 Fritsch Dal 23 16 69.6 5 0 49 92 15 Partee SD 34 23 67.6 6 0 48 92 16 Gogolak NYG 30 20 66.7 4 0 48 90 17 Ray LA 22 17 77.3 1 0 43 88 18 Muhlmann Cin 20 17 85.0 1 0 40 84 19 Turner,J Den 24 14 58.3 1 0 40 84 20 Butler Hou 30 23 76.7 6 1 50 83 21 Dempsey Phi 28 22 78.6 3 0 47 81 22 Leypoldt Buf 27 14 51.9 2 0 49 79 23 Feller NO 25 17 68.0 4 0 49 74 24 Percival Chi 30 17 56.7 2 1 52 71 25 Walker,M NE 23 10 43.5 0 0 27 57 26 Bakken StL 19 12 63.2 3 0 47 49 27 Durkee NO 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 1 Field Goal Attempts Field Goals Made Field Goal% 1 Cockcroft Cle 44 1 Cockcroft Cle 36 1 Gerela Pit 90.9 2 Marcol GB 40 2 Marcol GB 34 2 Mann Det 87.5 3 O'Brien Bal 38 3 Gerela Pit 30 3 Marcol GB 85.0 4 Stenerud KC 37 4 Mann Det 28 4 Muhlmann Cin 85.0 5 Howfield NYJ 36 5 Howfield NYJ 26 5 Gossett SF 83.3 6 Partee SD 34 6 Stenerud KC 25 6 Cockcroft Cle 81.8 7 Gerela Pit 33 7 O'Brien Bal 25 7 Dempsey Phi 78.6 8 Blanda Oak 32 8 Cox Min 24 8 Cox Min 77.4 9 Mann Det 32 9 Partee SD 23 9 Ray LA 77.3 10 Cox Min 31 10 Butler Hou 23 10 Butler Hou 76.7 11 Gogolak NYG 30 11 Blanda Oak 22 11 Bell,B Atl 75.9 12 Butler Hou 30 12 Bell,B Atl 22 12 Yepremian Mia 75.9 13 Percival Chi 30 13 Yepremian Mia 22 13 Knight Was 74.1 14 Bell,B Atl 29 14 Dempsey Phi 22 14 Howfield NYJ 72.2 15 Yepremian Mia 29 15 Gogolak NYG 20 15 Fritsch Dal 69.6 16 Dempsey Phi 28 16 Knight Was 20 16 Blanda Oak 68.8 17 Leypoldt Buf 27 17 Gossett SF 20 17 Feller NO 68.0 18 Knight Was 27 18 Feller NO 17 18 Partee SD 67.6 19 Feller NO 25 19 Percival Chi 17 19 Stenerud KC 67.6 20 Turner,J Den 24 20 Ray LA 17 20 Gogolak NYG 66.7 Field Goals 40+ Field Goals 50+ Long Field Goals 1 Cockcroft Cle 13 1 Cockcroft Cle 6 1 Cockcroft Cle 55 2 Gerela Pit 7 2 Butler Hou 1 2 Percival Chi 52 3 Butler Hou 6 3 Marcol GB 1 3 Marcol GB 51 4 Bell,B Atl 6 4 Stenerud KC 1 4 Stenerud KC 50 5 Partee SD 6 5 Percival Chi 1 5 Butler Hou 50 6 Cox Min 5 6 Fritsch Dal 49 7 Howfield NYJ 5 7 Feller NO 49 8 Fritsch Dal 5 8 Leypoldt Buf 49 9 Mann Det 5 9 Cox Min 48 10 Knight Was 4 10 Gogolak NYG 48 11 Blanda Oak 4 11 Partee SD 48 12 Feller NO 4 12 Knight Was 48 13 Marcol GB 4 13 Dempsey Phi 47 14 Stenerud KC 4 14 Bakken StL 47 15 Gogolak NYG 4 15 Bell,B Atl 47 16 Dempsey Phi 3 16 Howfield NYJ 47 17 Yepremian Mia 3 17 Yepremian Mia 46 18 Bakken StL 3 18 Gerela Pit 46 19 Percival Chi 2 19 Blanda Oak 45 20 Leypoldt Buf 2 20 Mann Det 44 Extra Point Attempts Extra Points Made Extra Point% 1 Yepremian Mia 57 1 Yepremian Mia 53 1 Fritsch Dal 100.0 2 Fritsch Dal 44 2 Fritsch Dal 44 2 Turner,J Den 100.0 3 Turner,J Den 42 3 Turner,J Den 42 3 Blanda Oak 100.0 4 Blanda Oak 41 4 Blanda Oak 41 4 Marcol GB 100.0 5 Howfield NYJ 40 5 Howfield NYJ 38 5 Ray LA 100.0 6 Leypoldt Buf 40 6 Marcol GB 38 6 Knight Was 100.0 7 Marcol GB 38 7 Leypoldt Buf 37 7 Bell,B Atl 100.0 8 Gerela Pit 38 8 Ray LA 37 8 Mann Det 100.0 9 Ray LA 37 9 Knight Was 36 9 O'Brien Bal 100.0 10 Gogolak NYG 37 10 Bell,B Atl 35 10 Stenerud KC 100.0 11 Knight Was 36 11 Gossett SF 34 11 Walker,M NE 100.0 12 Gossett SF 36 12 Gerela Pit 34 12 Cockcroft Cle 100.0 13 Bell,B Atl 35 13 Muhlmann Cin 33 13 Percival Chi 100.0 14 Muhlmann Cin 35 14 Mann Det 32 14 Partee SD 95.8 15 Mann Det 32 15 O'Brien Bal 31 15 Feller NO 95.8 16 O'Brien Bal 31 16 Gogolak NYG 30 16 Cox Min 95.5 17 Stenerud KC 30 17 Stenerud KC 30 17 Howfield NYJ 95.0 18 Walker,M NE 27 18 Walker,M NE 27 18 Gossett SF 94.4 19 Partee SD 24 19 Partee SD 23 19 Muhlmann Cin 94.3 20 Feller NO 24 20 Feller NO 23 20 Dempsey Phi 93.8 League Leaders:NFL 1972 - FINAL PUNTING No Yards Tb 20 Lg Bk Ave 1 Wilson KC 67 3112 11 14 63 2 46.4 2 Chapple LA 49 2141 7 15 62 0 43.7 3 Walden Pit 58 2507 8 17 62 0 43.2 4 Cockcroft Cle 60 2589 3 10 58 0 43.2 5 Lewis Cin 53 2262 10 13 59 0 42.7 6 Green Chi 58 2466 7 14 55 0 42.5 7 Blanchard NYG 53 2245 8 16 62 2 42.4 8 James,J Atl 61 2572 2 18 62 0 42.2 9 Eischeid Min 60 2523 3 14 60 0 42.1 10 Lee Bal 53 2214 8 7 59 1 41.8 11 Widby GB 58 2403 4 15 58 1 41.4 12 Fagan NO 76 3144 8 15 64 1 41.4 13 Anderson,D StL 75 3071 7 12 55 0 40.9 14 Pastorini Hou 54 2192 1 14 58 1 40.6 15 Partee SD 76 3062 4 15 59 0 40.3 16 Bradley Phi 83 3314 5 26 60 0 39.9 17 Weaver,H Det 50 1992 3 7 80 0 39.8 18 Van Heusen Den 57 2250 5 13 62 1 39.5 19 McCann SF 56 2190 4 8 55 1 39.1 20 Seiple Mia 49 1901 4 12 58 0 38.8 21 Bateman Dal 57 2211 4 12 55 0 38.8 22 Bragg Was 67 2584 5 14 50 0 38.6 23 Jones,S Buf 61 2352 1 13 60 0 38.6 24 O'Neal NYJ 52 1972 1 9 51 0 37.9 25 Studstill NE 66 2429 3 8 58 0 36.8 26 DePoyster Oak 55 1962 2 9 54 4 35.7 27 Cuozzo StL 2 77 0 0 39 0 38.5 Punts Punt Yards Punts Inside 20 1 Bradley Phi 83 1 Bradley Phi 3314 1 Bradley Phi 26 2 Partee SD 76 2 Fagan NO 3144 2 James,J Atl 18 3 Fagan NO 76 3 Wilson KC 3112 3 Walden Pit 17 4 Anderson,D StL 75 4 Anderson,D StL 3071 4 Blanchard NYG 16 5 Wilson KC 67 5 Partee SD 3062 5 Partee SD 15 6 Bragg Was 67 6 Cockcroft Cle 2589 6 Widby GB 15 7 Studstill NE 66 7 Bragg Was 2584 7 Fagan NO 15 8 Jones,S Buf 61 8 James,J Atl 2572 8 Chapple LA 15 9 James,J Atl 61 9 Eischeid Min 2523 9 Green Chi 14 10 Eischeid Min 60 10 Walden Pit 2507 10 Wilson KC 14 11 Cockcroft Cle 60 11 Green Chi 2466 11 Eischeid Min 14 12 Green Chi 58 12 Studstill NE 2429 12 Pastorini Hou 14 13 Widby GB 58 13 Widby GB 2403 13 Bragg Was 14 14 Walden Pit 58 14 Jones,S Buf 2352 14 Jones,S Buf 13 15 Bateman Dal 57 15 Lewis Cin 2262 15 Lewis Cin 13 16 Van Heusen Den 57 16 Van Heusen Den 2250 16 Van Heusen Den 13 17 McCann SF 56 17 Blanchard NYG 2245 17 Anderson,D StL 12 18 DePoyster Oak 55 18 Lee Bal 2214 18 Bateman Dal 12 19 Pastorini Hou 54 19 Bateman Dal 2211 19 Seiple Mia 12 20 Blanchard NYG 53 20 Pastorini Hou 2192 20 Cockcroft Cle 10 Touchbacks Long Punts Punts Blocked 1 Wilson KC 11 1 Weaver,H Det 80 1 DePoyster Oak 4 2 Lewis Cin 10 2 Fagan NO 64 2 Blanchard NYG 2 3 Fagan NO 8 3 Wilson KC 63 3 Wilson KC 2 4 Walden Pit 8 4 Blanchard NYG 62 4 Van Heusen Den 1 5 Blanchard NYG 8 5 Chapple LA 62 5 Lee Bal 1 6 Lee Bal 8 6 Van Heusen Den 62 6 Widby GB 1 7 Green Chi 7 7 Walden Pit 62 7 Pastorini Hou 1 8 Anderson,D StL 7 8 James,J Atl 62 8 McCann SF 1 9 Chapple LA 7 9 Bradley Phi 60 9 Fagan NO 1 10 Van Heusen Den 5 10 Eischeid Min 60 11 Bragg Was 5 11 Jones,S Buf 60 12 Bradley Phi 5 12 Lewis Cin 59 13 Widby GB 4 13 Partee SD 59 14 Bateman Dal 4 14 Lee Bal 59 15 Seiple Mia 4 15 Widby GB 58 16 McCann SF 4 16 Cockcroft Cle 58 17 Partee SD 4 17 Studstill NE 58 18 Studstill NE 3 18 Pastorini Hou 58 19 Eischeid Min 3 19 Seiple Mia 58 20 Weaver,H Det 3 20 Anderson,D StL 55 Net Average 1 Chapple LA 40.7 2 Wilson KC 39.3 3 Walden Pit 39.0 4 Cockcroft Cle 38.1 5 Widby GB 38.0 6 James,J Atl 37.8 7 Anderson,D StL 37.7 8 Green Chi 37.7 9 Blanchard NYG 37.3 10 Lewis Cin 37.1 11 Eischeid Min 37.0 12 Bradley Phi 37.0 13 Bateman Dal 36.7 14 Pastorini Hou 36.4 15 Partee SD 35.8 16 Lee Bal 35.7 17 Bragg Was 35.7 18 McCann SF 34.9 19 Jones,S Buf 34.7 20 Van Heusen Den 34.6 League Leaders:NFL 1972 - FINAL FUMBLES 1 Douglass Chi 13 15 Van,Galder StL 8 29 Dawkins Den 6 2 Hampton Atl 11 16 Malone Atl 8 30 Brown,L Was 6 3 Podolak KC 11 17 Pastorini Hou 8 31 Smith,R Chi 6 4 Phipps Cle 10 18 Morton Dal 7 32 Hubbard Oak 6 5 Nottingham Bal 10 19 Morris Mia 7 33 Dunlap SD 6 6 Reed Min 10 20 Brown,K Cle 7 34 Kopay GB 6 7 Simpson Buf 9 21 Kelly Cle 7 35 Leigh Mia 5 8 Namath NYJ 9 22 Little Den 7 36 Harris,C Dal 5 9 Watkins Phi 9 23 Domres Bal 7 37 Gabriel LA 5 10 Anderson,D StL 9 24 Hadl SD 7 38 Adkins NO 5 11 Moore,B StL 9 25 Rodgers Hou 6 39 Washington SF 5 12 Laird Bal 9 26 Garrett,C NE 6 40 Zofko Det 5 13 Hill,C Dal 9 27 Dressler Cin 6 41 Scott,B Cle 5 14 Harris,F Pit 8 28 Bulaich Bal 6 42 Roland StL 5 Fumble Recoveries Recovery Touchdowns 1 Kolen Mia 6 1 Kolen Mia 1 2 Hardman SF 6 2 Bethea Hou 1 3 Arneson StL 5 3 Russell Pit 1 4 Bethea Hou 5 4 Voss Den 1 5 Buffone Chi 5 5 LeBeau Det 1 6 DeLong Chi 5 6 Acks NE 1 7 Morton Dal 4 7 Butkus Chi 1 8 Berry Atl 4 8 Jackson,H Phi 1 9 Cheyunski NE 4 9 Rowser Pit 1 10 Bailey Bal 4 10 Cash NE 1 11 McMillan StL 4 11 Current Den 1 12 Kearney KC 4 12 Pugh Dal 1 13 McCoy GB 4 13 Costa,D SD 1 14 Phipps Cle 4 14 Phipps Cle 0 15 Lucci Det 3 15 Lucci Det 0 16 Reed Min 3 16 Reed Min 0 17 Domres Bal 3 17 Domres Bal 0 18 Roche GB 3 18 Roche GB 0 19 Beasley Min 3 19 Beasley Min 0 20 Marshall Min 3 20 Marshall Min 0 League Leaders:NFL 1972 - FINAL SCORING Tot FG XP TwoPt Rush Rec Int K-Ret P-Ret F-TD Sfty 1 Marcol GB 140 34 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 Cockcroft Cle 129 36 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 Gerela Pit 124 30 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 Yepremian Mia 119 22 53 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 Mann Det 116 28 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 Howfield NYJ 116 26 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 Brockingto GB 114 0 0 0 16 3 0 0 0 0 0 8 Garrison Dal 114 0 0 0 9 10 0 0 0 0 0 9 O'Brien Bal 112 25 31 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 10 Simpson Buf 108 0 0 0 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 Blanda Oak 107 22 41 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 Stenerud KC 105 25 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 Kwalick SF 102 0 0 0 0 17 0 0 0 0 0 14 Bell,B Atl 101 22 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 Knight Was 96 20 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 Gossett SF 94 20 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 Cox Min 93 24 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 Fritsch Dal 92 16 44 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 19 Partee SD 92 23 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 Gogolak NYG 90 20 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 21 Csonka Mia 90 0 0 0 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 22 Ray LA 88 17 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 23 Morris Mia 84 0 0 0 11 3 0 0 0 0 0 24 Muhlmann Cin 84 17 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 25 Turner,J Den 84 14 42 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 26 Butler Hou 83 23 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 27 Dempsey Phi 81 22 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 28 Leypoldt Buf 79 14 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 29 Biletnikof Oak 78 0 0 0 0 13 0 0 0 0 0 30 Feller NO 74 17 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 31 Landry Det 72 0 0 0 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 32 Johnson,Ro NYG 72 0 0 0 10 2 0 0 0 0 0 33 Hampton Atl 72 0 0 0 8 4 0 0 0 0 0 34 Percival Chi 71 17 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 35 Dressler Cin 66 0 0 0 9 2 0 0 0 0 0 36 Harris,F Pit 66 0 0 0 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 37 Taylor,O KC 66 0 0 0 0 11 0 0 0 0 0 38 Podolak KC 60 0 0 0 2 8 0 0 0 0 0 39 Douglass Chi 60 0 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 40 Kelly Cle 60 0 0 0 7 3 0 0 0 0 0 Field Goals Extra Points Two Point Conv 1 Cockcroft Cle 36 1 Yepremian Mia 53 1 Yepremian Mia 0 2 Marcol GB 34 2 Fritsch Dal 44 2 Fritsch Dal 0 3 Gerela Pit 30 3 Turner,J Den 42 3 Turner,J Den 0 4 Mann Det 28 4 Blanda Oak 41 4 Blanda Oak 0 5 Howfield NYJ 26 5 Marcol GB 38 5 Marcol GB 0 6 O'Brien Bal 25 6 Howfield NYJ 38 6 Howfield NYJ 0 7 Stenerud KC 25 7 Ray LA 37 7 Ray LA 0 8 Cox Min 24 8 Leypoldt Buf 37 8 Leypoldt Buf 0 9 Partee SD 23 9 Knight Was 36 9 Knight Was 0 10 Butler Hou 23 10 Bell,B Atl 35 10 Bell,B Atl 0 11 Blanda Oak 22 11 Gerela Pit 34 11 Gerela Pit 0 12 Yepremian Mia 22 12 Gossett SF 34 12 Gossett SF 0 13 Bell,B Atl 22 13 Muhlmann Cin 33 13 Muhlmann Cin 0 14 Dempsey Phi 22 14 Mann Det 32 14 Mann Det 0 15 Gogolak NYG 20 15 O'Brien Bal 31 15 O'Brien Bal 0 16 Knight Was 20 16 Gogolak NYG 30 16 Gogolak NYG 0 17 Gossett SF 20 17 Stenerud KC 30 17 Stenerud KC 0 18 Ray LA 17 18 Walker,M NE 27 18 Walker,M NE 0 19 Muhlmann Cin 17 19 Partee SD 23 19 Partee SD 0 20 Feller NO 17 20 Feller NO 23 20 Feller NO 0