FOOTBALL: NATIONAL FOOTBALL CONFERENCE LEADERS ***** NATIONAL FOOTBALL CONFERENCE LEADERS ***** (THROUGH MONDAY, NOVEMBER 4TH) PASSING ------- ATT CMP COMP% YDS TD INT RATING --- --- ----- --- -- --- ------ Steve Young, San Francisco 243 157 64.6 2158 14 8 98.4 Jim McMahon, Philadelphia 179 115 64.2 1406 6 5 87.9 Troy Aikman, Dallas 279 184 65.9 2140 9 9 86.3 Mark Rypien, Washington 226 139 61.5 1700 11 8 86.2 Jeff Hostetler, Giants 228 147 64.5 1652 4 4 84.5 Rich Gannon, Minnesota 181 109 60.2 1005 6 1 84.2 Bobby Hebert, New Orleans 185 109 58.9 1256 8 7 78.1 Jim Harbaugh, Chicago 269 147 54.6 1680 9 9 70.9 Rodney Peete, Detroit 194 116 59.8 1339 5 9 69.9 Jim Everett, Los Angeles 250 141 56.4 1861 5 11 68.4 Chris Miller, Atlanta 247 127 51.4 1689 12 14 66.0 RECEIVING --------- NO YDS AVG. LONG TD -- --- ---- ---- -- Michael Irvin, Dallas 46 742 16.1 61 3 Jay Novacek, Dallas 46 501 10.9 49 4 Jerry Rice, San Francisco 42 666 15.9 t73 8 Andre Rison, Atlanta 42 490 11.7 39 4 Cris Carter, Minnesota 41 502 12.2 t42 3 Ernie Jones, Phoenix 40 588 14.7 53 2 Steve Jordan, Minnesota 40 424 10.6 23 2 Gary Clark, Washington 38 576 15.2 75 4 Art Monk, Washington 37 497 1.4 54 5 Floyd Turner, New Orleans 35 532 15.2 t65 5 Emmitt Smith, Dallas(RB) 35 172 4.9 14 1 RUSHING ------- NO YDS AVG. LONG TD -- --- ---- ---- -- Emmitt Smith, Dallas 186 829 4.5 t75 8 Barry Sanders, Detroit 178 784 4.4 t69 7 Earnest Byner, Washington 172 714 4.2 25 5 Rodney Hampton, Giants 123 574 4.7 44 6 Neal Anderson, Chicago 148 555 3.8 t42 4 Herschel Walker, Minnesota 134 530 4.0 49 6 Robert Delpino, Rams 142 476 3.4 36 9 Johnny Johnson, Phoenix 132 469 3.6 21 1 Keith Henderson, San Fran. 95 417 4.4 25 1 Gill Fenerty, New Orleans 96 348 3.6 54 1 TOTAL YARDS FROM SCRIMMAGE -------------------------- TOTAL RUSHING RECEIVING ----- ------- --------- Emmitt Smith, Dallas 1001 829 172 Barry Sanders, Detroit 921 784 137 Earnest Byner, Washington 902 714 188 Robert Delpino, Rams 902 476 426 Neal Anderson, Chicago 802 555 247 Rodney Hampton, Giants 762 574 188 Michael Irvin, Dallas 742 0 742 Herschel Walker, Minnesota 679 530 149 Jerry Rice, San Francisco 668 2 666 Johnny Johnson, Phoenix 633 469 164 Ernie Jones, Phoenix 605 17 588 TOUCHDOWNS ---------- TD RUSH REC RET PTS -- ---- --- --- --- Robert Delpino, Rams 10 9 1 0 60 Emmitt Smith, Dallas 9 8 1 0 54 Jerry Rice, San Francisco 8 0 8 0 48 Barry Sanders, Detroit 8 7 1 0 48 Gerald Riggs, Washington 7 7 0 0 42 Neal Anderson, Chicago 6 4 2 0 36 Willie Green, Detroit 6 0 6 0 36 Herschel Walker, Minnesota 6 6 0 0 36 Rodney Hampton, Giants 6 6 0 0 36 John Taylor, San Francisco 6 0 6 0 36 KICKING ------- PAT FGS LG PTS --- --- -- --- Chip Lohmiller, Washington 30/30 18/22 53 84 Morten Andersen, New Orleans 21/21 17/20 60 72 Matt Bahr, Giants 10/10 16/20 49 58 Greg Davis, Phoenix 11/11 15/22 52 56 Roger Ruzek, Philadelphia 13/13 14/17 48 55 Ken Willis, Dallas 22/22 11/16 54 55 Eddie Murray, Detroit 20/20 11/16 47 53 Kevin Butler, Chicago 15/15 12/17 48 51 Mike Cofer, San Francisco 24/25 9/18 50 51 Fuad Reveiz, Minnesota 20/21 10/13 49 50 Tony Zendejas, Rams 17/17 10/10 50 47 PUNTING ------- NO YARDS LG AVG. -- ----- -- ---- Harry Newsome, Minnesota 49 2278 65 46.5 Rich Camarillo, Phoenix 46 2047 59 44.5 Tommy Barnhardt, New Orleans 50 2194 61 43.9 Scott Fulhage, Atlanta 46 1994 58 43.3 Mike Saxon, Dallas 32 1377 62 43.0 Sean Landeta, Gians 34 1427 61 42.0 Jeff Feagles, Philadelphia 46 1922 77 41.8 Mark Royals, Tampa Bay 47 1940 56 41.3 Kelly Goodburn, Washington 24 988 61 41.2 Don McJulien, Green Bay 52 2134 57 41.0 PUNT RETURNS ------------ NO YDS AVG LG TD -- --- --- -- -- Brian Mitchell, Washington 25 404 16.2 t69 2 Mel Gray, Detroit 15 212 14.1 42 0 John Taylor, San Francisco 14 174 12.4 24 0 Vai Sikahema, Green Bay 19 205 10.8 62 0 Willie Drewrey, Tampa Bay 24 242 10.1 33 0 Vernon Turner, Rams 16 155 9.7 29 0 Rod Harris, Philadelhia 36 338 9.4 40 0 Vince Buck, New Orleans 29 252 8.7 52 0 Deion Sanders, Atlanta 17 141 8.3 23 0 Dave Meggett, Giants 19 156 8.2 16 0 KICKOFF RETURNS --------------- NO YDS AVG LG TD -- --- --- -- -- Mel Gray, Detroit 24 588 24.5 56 0 Deion Sanders, Atlanta 15 338 22.5 t100 1 Dexter Carter, San Francisco 21 467 22.2 52 0 James Dixon, Dallas 18 398 22.1 39 0 Johnny Bailey, Chicago 15 300 20.0 31 0 Darrin Nelson, Minnesota 16 312 19.5 29 0 Brian Mitchell, Washington 15 278 18.5 29 0 Dave Meggett, Giants 17 309 18.2 25 0 INTERCEPTIONS ------------- NO YDS LG TD -- --- -- -- WilberMarshall, Washington 5 75 t54 1 Darrell Green, Washington 5 38 24 0 Tim McDonald, Phoenix 5 36 13 0 Tim McKyer, Atlanta 5 24 24 0 Vince Buck, New Orleans 5 12 12 0 Issiac Holt, Dallas 4 2 2 0 Joey Browner, Minnesota 3 73 45 0 Toi Cook, New Orleans 3 54 22 0 Seth Joyner, Philadelphia 3 41 41 0 Rich Miano, Philadelphia 3 30 18 0 Brad Edwards, Washington 3 27 27 0 Mark Murphy, Green Bay 3 27 16 0 Markus Paul, Chicago 3 21 10 0 Eric Allen, Philadelphia 3 11 7 0 Aeneas Williams, Phoenix 3 5 5 0 Audray McMillian, Minnesota 3 5 3 0 SACKS ----- Pat Swilling, New Orleans 11.5 Clyde Simmons, Philadelphia 8.5 Ken Harvey, Phoenix 8.0 Rickey Jackson, New Orleans 8.0 Charles Mann, Washington 8.0 John Randle, Minnesota 8.0 Bryce Paup, Green Bay 7.5 Tony Bennett, Green Bay 7.0 Henry Thomas, Minnesota 7.0 Reggie White, Philadelphia 7.0 FOOTBALL: AMERICAN FOOTBALL CONFERENCE LEADERS ***** AMERICAN FOOTBALL CONFERENCE LEADERS ***** (Statistics Through November 4TH) PASSING ------- ATT CMP COMP% YDS TD INT RATING --- --- ----- --- -- --- ------ Jim Kelly, Buffalo 266 178 66.9 2509 20 10 106.5 Bernie Kosar, Cleveland 271 173 63.8 1900 8 0 94.3 Steve DeBerg, Kansas City 233 142 60.9 1518 11 5 86.8 John Elway, Denver 258 40 54.3 1919 7 3 82.5 Ken O'Brien, Jets 256 157 61.3 1824 5 5 81.3 Warren Moon, Houston 349 213 61.0 2533 14 13 81.0 Dan Marino, Miami 297 163 54.9 2042 9 6 78.1 Bubby Brister, Pittsburgh 136 81 59.6 1053 6 7 77.2 Jeff George, Indianapolis 293 187 63.8 1766 3 7 73.8 John Friesz, San Diego 300 162 54.0 1765 8 8 69.4 RECEIVING --------- NO YDS AVG. LONG TD -- --- ---- ---- -- Haywood Jeffires, Houston 53 614 11.6 42 4 Andre Reed, Buffalo 47 719 15.3 55 4 Brian Blades, Seattle 45 674 15.0 52 2 Marv Cook, New England 45 382 8.5 32 2 Anthony Johnson, Ind.(RB) 42 344 8.2 24 0 Drew Hill, Houston 41 547 13.3 t61 2 Irving Fryar, New England 40 518 13.0 33 0 Al Toon, New York Jets 40 516 12.9 32 0 Thurman Thomas, Buffalo(RB) 39 415 10.6 t50 3 Rob Moore, Jets 38 584 15.4 53 4 RUSHING ------- NO YDS AVG. LONG TD -- --- ---- ---- -- Thurman Thomas, Buffalo 172 862 5.0 33 5 Christian Okoye, K.C. 169 761 4.5 48 8 Rod Bernstine, San Diego 120 583 4.9 27 3 Gaston Green, Denver 125 554 4.4 t63 3 Harold Green, Cincinnati 104 548 5.3 t75 1 Leonard Russell, New Eng. 145 548 3.8 24 4 Mark Higgs, Miami 140 534 3.8 24 2 Blair Thomas, Jets 124 466 3.8 25 0 Allen Pinkett, Houston 111 464 4.2 t35 5 John L. Williams, Seattle 116 453 3.9 t35 3 YARDS FROM SCRIMMAGE -------------------- TOTAL RUSHING RECEIVING ----- ------- --------- Thurman Thomas, Buffalo 1277 862 415 Andre Reed, Buffalo 792 73 719 Christian Okoye, K.C. 782 761 21 John L. Williams, Seattle 776 453 323 James Lofton, Buffalo 705 0 705 Brian Blades, Seattle 685 11 674 Rod Bernstine, San Diego 659 583 76 Ronnie Harmon, San Diego 616 264 352 Gaston Green, Denver 612 554 58 Allen Pinkett, Houston 606 464 142 TOUCHDOWNS ---------- TD RUSH REC RET PTS -- ---- --- --- --- Christian Okoye, K.C. 8 8 0 0 48 Thurman Thomas, Buffalo 8 5 3 0 42 Kevin Mack, Cleveland 7 6 1 0 42 Brad Baxter, Jets 6 6 0 0 36 Allen Pinkett, Houston 6 5 1 0 36 Don Beebe, Buffalo 5 0 5 0 30 Mark Clayton, Miami 5 0 5 0 30 Eric Green, Pittsburgh 5 0 5 0 30 Leroy Hoard, Cleveland 5 0 5 0 30 James Lofton, Buffalo 5 0 5 0 30 KICKING ------- PAT FGS LG PTS --- --- -- --- Jeff Jaeger, Raiders 12/13 21/24 49 75 Pat Leahy, Jets 17/17 19/26 40 74 David Treadwell, Denver 17/17 19/24 47 74 Ian Howfield 25/29 13/18 46 64 John Kasay, Seattle 19/19 15/19 54 64 Scott Norwood, Buffalo 33/34 10/16 52 63 John Carney, San Diego 16/16 14/21 48 58 Nick Lowery, K.C. 21/21 11/14 48 54 Jim Breech, Cincinnati 13/13 13/15 46 52 Jason Staurovsky, N.E. 10/11 13/19 42 49 PUNTING ------- NO YDS LG AVG. -- --- -- ---- Reggie Roby, Miami 41 1852 64 45.2 Lee Johnson, Cincinnati 35 1567 60 44.8 Jeff Gossett, Raiders 33 1473 61 44.6 Rohn Stark, Indianapolis 39 1696 65 43.5 Mike Horan, Denver 39 1665 71 42.7 Greg Montgomery, Houston 24 1022 51 42.6 Brian Hansen, Cleveland 48 2027 57 42.2 Bryan Barker, K.C. 33 1344 57 40.7 Luis Aguiar, Jets 35 1423 61 40.7 John Kidd, San Diego 38 1541 55 40.6 PUNT RETURNS ------------ NO YDS AVG LG TD -- --- --- -- -- Kitrick Taylor, San Diego 13 176 13.5 48 0 Rod Woodson, Pittsburgh 20 250 12.5 40 0 Tim Brown, Raiders 15 182 12.1 23 0 Chris Warren, Seattle 20 226 11.3 t59 1 Fred Jones, Kansas City 12 108 9.0 25 0 Jerome Henderson, N.E. 13 116 8.9 39 0 Eric Metcalf, leveland 12 100 8.3 30 0 Scott Miller, Miami 16 131 8.2 17 0 Clarence Verdin, Ind. 12 93 7.8 22 0 Terance Mathis, Jets 13 87 6.7 14 0 KICKOFF RETURNS --------------- NO YDS AVG LG TD -- --- --- -- -- Jon Vaughn, N.E. 13 325 25.0 t99 1 Harvey Williams, K.C. 16 382 23.9 76 0 Chris Warren, Seattle 19 438 23.1 55 0 Nate Lewis, San Diego 14 315 22.5 56 0 Terance Mathis, Jets 22 465 21.1 50 0 Donnie Elder, San Diego 19 397 20.9 42 0 Rod Woodson, Pittsburgh 31 643 20.7 47 0 Eric Ball, Cincinnati 13 262 20.2 24 0 Aaron Craver, Miami 18 358 19.9 49 0 Al Edwards, Buffalo 19 354 18.6 28 0 INTERCEPTIONS ------------- NO YDS LG TD -- --- -- -- Cris Dishman, Houston 5 49 43 0 Gill Byrd, San Diego 5 48 22 0 Lionel Washington, Raiders 5 22 16 0 Louis Oliver, Miami 4 80 37 0 Eugene Robinson, Seattle 4 52 27 0 Bubba McDowell, Houston 4 31 23 0 Dwayne Harper, Seattle 3 84 43 0 Lamar Lathon, Houston 3 77 t52 1 Nate Odomes, Buffalo 3 64 t32 1 Steve Atwater, Denver 3 55 46 0 Tyrone Braxton, Denver 3 55 t52 1 Dennis Smith, Denver 3 49 39 0 Eugene Daniel, Indianapolis 3 22 12 0 Albert Lewis, Kansas City 3 21 21 0 Ronnie Lott, Raiders 3 1 1 0 SACKS ----- Mike Croel, Denver 8.0 William Fuller, Houston 7.5 Derrick Thomas, Kansas City 7.5 Greg Townsend, Raiders 7.0 Neil Smith, Kansas City 7.0 Rufus Porter, Seattle 6.0 Jeff Lageman, Jets 6.0 Marvin Washington, Jets 6.0 Andre Tippett, New England 5.5 Simon Fletcher, Denver 5.5