Team Stats and Rankings Table
			Tot Yds & TO					Passing							Rushing					Penalties
Player	PF	Yds	Ply	Y/P	TO	FL	1stD	Cmp	Att	Yds	TD	Int	NY/A	1stD	Att	Yds	TD	Y/A	1stD	Pen	Yds	1stPy
Team Stats	264	4449	1000	4.4	39	12	246	176	382	2145	13	27	5.1	101	580	2304	12	4.0	125	101	1016	20
Opp. Stats	298	5042	1112	4.5	39	18	316	210	443	2386	10	21	5.1	127	640	2656	25	4.2	155	113	862	34
Lg Rank Offense	19	23			15	3	26		21	22	21	20	20		12	13	22	15
Lg Rank Defense	16	22			17	12	25		21	11	2	19	8		25	25	28	21

Schedule & Game Results

Schedule & Game Results Table
										Score		Offense					Defense					Expected Points
Week	Day	Date				OT	Rec		Opp	Tm	Opp	1stD	TotYd	PassY	RushY	TO	1stD	TotYd	PassY	RushY	TO	Offense	Defense	Sp. Tms
1	Sat	September 2	8:00PM ET	boxscore	W		1-0	@	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	19	13	12	238	162	76	1	16	251	86	165	4	-14.73	26.11	-1.41
2	Sun	September 10	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		1-1		Dallas Cowboys	24	34	22	343	243	100	4	32	401	212	189	2	1.31	-15.35	4.32
3	Sun	September 17	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		2-1		Kansas City Chiefs	26	10	16	339	167	172		19	365	150	215	2	5.26	3.30	6.84
4	Sun	September 24	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W		3-1		San Francisco 49ers	27	10	22	382	126	256	3	13	191	87	104	5	-11.96	29.18	-4.03
5	Sun	October 1	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		3-2	@	Atlanta Falcons	20	23	8	146	59	87	1	22	350	198	152	3	-21.09	-0.79	15.76
6	Sun	October 8	2:00PM ET	boxscore	L		3-3	@	Dallas Cowboys	3	24	10	142	40	102	2	21	357	200	157	2	-26.66	-2.09	5.53
7	Sun	October 15	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		4-3		Tampa Bay Buccaneers	17	14	16	218	48	170	2	20	263	100	163	4	-9.32	6.95	4.71
8	Sun	October 22	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		5-3		Washington Redskins	17	6	12	284	105	179		15	283	165	118	3	-1.58	22.27	-8.68
9	Sun	October 29	2:00PM ET	boxscore	L		5-4	@	New Orleans Saints	17	28	17	333	129	204	3	22	300	139	161	1	-10.68	-4.36	-2.92
10	Sun	November 5	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		5-5	@	St. Louis Cardinals	10	20	22	311	169	142	5	17	350	211	139	1	-14.84	-4.60	6.66
11	Sun	November 12	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L	OT	5-6	@	Washington Redskins	13	16	17	300	147	153	2	23	318	219	99	1	-5.92	9.14	-5.30
12	Sun	November 19	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		5-7		Philadelphia Eagles	17	19	14	281	181	100	3	23	314	164	150	3	-12.59	-0.75	10.51
13	Sun	November 26	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		5-8	@	Buffalo Bills	17	41	15	321	222	99	1	27	465	99	366	1	-0.47	-26.33	2.39
14	Sun	December 3	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		5-9		Los Angeles Rams	17	20	18	333	148	185	5	13	192	94	98		-17.32	15.93	2.46
15	Sun	December 10	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		6-9		St. Louis Cardinals	17	0	14	255	24	231	2	17	341	198	143	5	-18.23	17.70	14.40
16	Sun	December 17	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		6-10	@	Philadelphia Eagles	3	20	11	223	175	48	5	16	302	64	238	2	-26.40	5.75	5.35

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Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	QBrec	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	TD%	Int	Int%	1D	Succ%	Lng	Y/A	AY/A	Y/C	Y/G	Rate	Sk	Yds	Sk%	NY/A	ANY/A	4QC	GWD	Awards
1	Joe Pisarcik	26	QB	15	12	4-8-0	143	301	47.5	2096	12	4.0	23	7.6	84	34.0	67	7.0	4.3	14.7	139.7	52.1	28	205	8.51	5.75	3.3	0	0
2	Randy Dean	23	QB	6	2	1-1-0	19	39	48.7	188	1	2.6	3	7.7	9	29.3	48	4.8	1.9	9.9	31.3	39.3	2	16	4.88	4.20	1.4	0	0
3	Jerry Golsteyn	24	QB	7	2	1-1-0	12	40	30.0	110	0	0.0	1	2.5	7	18.8	20	2.8	1.6	9.2	15.7	29.2	8	62	16.67	1.00	0.1	1	1
4	Larry Mallory	26	SS	16	7		1	1	100.0	35	0	0.0	0	0.0	1	100.0	35	35.0	35.0	35.0	2.2	118.7	0	0	0.00	35.00	35.0	0	0
5	Dave Jennings	26	P	16	0		1	1	100.0	-1	0	0.0	0	0.0	0		-1	-1.0	-1.0	-1.0	-0.1	79.2	0	0	0.00	-1.00	-1.0	0	0	PB,AP-2
	Team Totals			16	16	6-10-0	176	382	46.1	2145	13	3.4	27	7.1	101	31.9	67	6.4	3.9	13.8	134.1	48.9	38	283	9.05	5.11	2.83	1	1

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Rushing & Receiving Table
						Rushing									Receiving												Scrimmage
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	1D	Succ%	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	A/G	Tgt	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	1D	Succ%	Lng	R/G	Y/G	Ctch%	Y/Tgt	Touch	Y/Tch	YScm	RRTD	Fmb	Awards
1	Doug Kotar	27	RB	15	5	149	625	1	26	36.9	46	4.2	41.7	9.9	31	22	225	10.2	1	9	48.4	31	1.5	15.0	71.0	7.3	171	5.0	850	2	1
2	Bobby Hammond	26	RB	14	11	131	554	1	26	43.5	39	4.2	39.6	9.4	33	20	173	8.7	2	8	36.4	26	1.4	12.4	60.6	5.2	151	4.8	727	3	4
3	Jim Robinson	25	WR	16	16	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	85	32	620	19.4	2	23	35.3	52	2.0	38.8	37.6	7.3	32	19.4	620	2	1
4	Johnny Perkins	25	WR	14	13	1	3	0	0	0.0	3	3.0	0.2	0.1	76	32	514	16.1	3	25	34.2	67	2.3	36.7	42.1	6.8	33	15.7	517	3	0
5	Larry Csonka	32	FB	14	12	91	311	6	32	56.0	12	3.4	22.2	6.5	10	7	73	10.4	0	4	70.0	23	0.5	5.2	70.0	7.3	98	3.9	384	6	1
6	Al Dixon	24	TE	15	11	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	49	18	376	20.9	3	15	34.7	47	1.2	25.1	36.7	7.7	18	20.9	376	3	1
7	Dan Doornink	22	RB	12	3	60	306	1	12	48.3	24	5.1	25.5	5.0	17	12	66	5.5	0	1	23.5	24	1.0	5.5	70.6	3.9	72	5.2	372	1	2
8	Billy Taylor	22	RB	13	1	73	250	0	10	42.5	19	3.4	19.2	5.6	14	9	70	7.8	0	1	28.6	18	0.7	5.4	64.3	5.0	82	3.9	320	0	3
9	Gary Shirk	28	TE	16	7	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	21	10	127	12.7	2	7	38.1	45	0.6	7.9	47.6	6.0	10	12.7	127	2	0
10	James Thompson	25	WR	13	1	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	17	7	113	16.1	0	5	35.3	46	0.5	8.7	41.2	6.6	7	16.1	113	0	0
11	Randy Dean	23	QB	6	2	14	94	0	4	57.1	19	6.7	15.7	2.3	0	0	0		0	0			0.0	0.0			14	6.7	94	0	0
12	Willie Spencer	25	RB	15	0	38	61	2	11	42.1	9	1.6	4.1	2.5	4	2	25	12.5	0	1	50.0	22	0.1	1.7	50.0	6.3	40	2.2	86	2	2
13	Joe Pisarcik	26	QB	15	12	17	68	1	3	47.1	11	4.0	4.5	1.1	0	0	0		0	0			0.0	0.0			17	4.0	68	1	2
14	Emery Moorehead	24	WR	10	0	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	10	3	45	15.0	0	2	30.0	25	0.3	4.5	30.0	4.5	3	15.0	45	0	0
15	Ernest Pough	26	WR	12	0	3	33	0	1	66.7	25	11.0	2.8	0.3	1	1	2	2.0	0	0	0.0	2	0.1	0.2	100.0	2.0	4	8.8	35	0	2
16	Brian Kelley	27	RLB	16	15	1	2	0	0	0.0	2	2.0	0.1	0.1	1	1	-1	-1.0	0	0	0.0	-1	0.1	-0.1	100.0	-1.0	2	0.5	1	0	1
17	Dave Jennings	26	P	16	0	1	0	0	0	0.0		0.0	0.0	0.1	0	0	0		0	0			0.0	0.0			1	0.0	0	0	1	PB,AP-2
18	Jerry Golsteyn	24	QB	7	2	1	-3	0	0	0.0	-3	-3.0	-0.4	0.1	0	0	0		0	0			0.0	0.0			1	-3.0	-3	0	1
	Team Totals			16	16	580	2304	12	125	44.3	46	4.0	144.0	36.3	369	176	2428	13.8	13	101	36.3	67	11.0	151.8	47.7	6.6	756	6.3	4732	25	22

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Defense & Fumbles Table
						Def Interceptions				Fumbles						Tackles
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Int	Yds	IntTD	Lng	FF	Fmb	FR	Yds	FRTD	Sk	Comb	Solo	Ast	Sfty	Awards
1	Harry Carson	25	MLB	16	16	3	86	0	42	4	0	1	0	0	2.0	0	0	0	0	PB,AP-2
2	Jack Gregory	34	RDE	16	16	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	2.5	0	0	0	0
3	Ernie Jones	25	FS	16	16	3	100	0	52	1	0	5	20	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
4	George Martin	25	LDE	16	16	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	10.0	0	0	0	0
5	John Mendenhall	30	LDT	16	16	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	0	4.5	0	0	0	0
6	Jim Robinson	25	WR	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
7	Brian Kelley	27	RLB	16	15	1	20	0	20	1	1	2	0	0	3.0	0	0	0	0
8	Terry Jackson	23	LCB	15	14	7	115	1	51	2	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
9	Brad Van Pelt	27	LLB	14	14	3	32	0	20	0	0	0	0	0	2.0	0	0	0	0	PB
10	Larry Csonka	32	FB	14	12	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
11	Joe Pisarcik	26	QB	15	12	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	-3	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
12	Al Dixon	24	TE	15	11	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
13	Bobby Hammond	26	RB	14	11	0	0	0	0	0	4	3	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
14	Ray Rhodes	28	RCB	13	11	3	74	0	41	1	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
15	Troy Archer	23	RDT	10	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	20	1	2.0	0	0	0	0
16	Gary Jeter	23	RDT	13	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.0	0	0	0	0
17	Doug Kotar	27	RB	15	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
18	Bill Bryant	27	DB	11	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
19	Odis McKinney	21	DB	14	4	1	11	0	11	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
20	Dan Doornink	22	RB	12	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
21	Jerry Golsteyn	24	QB	7	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
22	Frank Marion	27	LB	16	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
23	Dan Lloyd	25	LB	16	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0.5	0	0	0	0
24	Billy Taylor	22	RB	13	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	-11	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
25	Dave Jennings	26	P	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	-13	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	PB,AP-2
26	Jim Pietrzak	25	T	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
27	Ernest Pough	26	WR	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
28	Willie Spencer	25	RB	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
29	Maurice Tyler	28	DB	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
	Team Totals			16	16	21	438	1	52	18	23	28	13	1	29.5	0	0	0	0

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