Scoring-138 points by San Francisco`s Jerry Rice. He`s the first non-kicker to lead since Marcus Allen in 1982. He had 23 touchdowns. That was more than Atlanta (18), Detroit (21) and Pittsburgh (21) scored in the nonreplacement games. Rice finished a TD shy of the record set by John Riggins in 1983.
Completions-275 by St. Louis` Neil Lomax. 242 by Miami`s Dan Marino. (He plays Monday.)
Completion percentage-66.8 by San Francisco`s Joe Montana.
Passing yardage-3,387 by Lomax. 3,002 by Marino.
TDs passing-31 by San Francisco`s Joe Montana. That`s a team record, breaking John Brodie`s mark of 30 set in 1965.
Rushing-1,374 yards by Charles White of the Los Angeles Rams.
Rushing TDs-11 by White and Johnny Hector of the New York Jets.
Receptions-91 by St. Louis` J.T. Smith. Bobby Joe Conrad was the only other Cardinal to lead the league (73 in 1963).
Receiving yardage-1,117 yards by Smith.
TDs receiving-22 by Rice. That`s a league record. He has caught at least one TD pass in 13 straight games, another record.
Yards from scrimmage-1,606 by Herschel Walker of Dallas. He became the first player to lead the Cowboys in receiving and rushing in the same season. He rushed for 891 yards and had 715 yards in receptions. Walker also became the first player to have consecutive seasons in which he caught passes for more than 700 yards and rushed for 700 yards.
Interceptions-9 by Washington`s Barry Wilburn. He is the fifth Redskin to lead the league. The others were Mark Murphy (9 in 1983), Paul Krause (12 in `64), Dan Sandifer (13 in `48) and Sammy Baugh (11 in `43).
Sacks-21 by Philadelphia`s Reggie White. He finished one short of Mark Gastineau`s record.
Top scoring kicker-121 points by New Orleans` Morten Andersen.
Field goals-28 by Andersen.
Extra points-40 by Seattle`s Norm Johnson.
Leading punter-Atlanta`s Rick Donnelly with a 44.0 average.
Top punt returner-New Orleans` Mel Gray with a 15.2 average (doesn`t count final week`s games).
Top kickoff returner-Atlanta`s Sylvester with a 27.5 average (doesn`t count final week`s games).
Teams
Scoring-459 by San Francisco.
Total yards-5,987 by San Francisco.
Rushing yards-2,237 by San Francisco.
Passing yards-3,750 by San Francisco. 3,633 by Miami. (Plays Monday.)
Most first downs-357 by San Francisco.
Time of possession-New Orleans with an average of nearly 34 minutes.
Fewest interceptions allowed-12 by New Orleans and Cleveland.
Fewest fumbles-23 by St. Louis.
Fewest fumbles lost-8 by Pittsburgh.
Fewest points allowed-238 by Indianapolis.
Fewest yards allowed-4,095 by San Francisco.
Fewest rushing yards allowed-1,413 by the Bears.
Fewest passing yards allowed-2,484 by San Francisco.
Giveaways-takeaways-+20 New Orleans.
Interceptions-30 by New Orleans.
Fewest first downs allowed-250 by San Francisco.
Biggest turnaround-Indianapolis went from last to first, the first team to do that since Tampa Bay in 1981. The Colts were 3-13 last year and 9-6 this year. Worst division record-0-6 by Cincinnati in the American Football Conference Central. It was the first time the Bengals have lost all their division games in a season.
Miscellaneous
The AFC has a reputation of being a more wide-open conference. The statistics seem to bear that out. Not counting replacement games, AFC teams had 30 300-yard passing games, 53 100-yard receiving games and 31 100-yard rushing games.
In the National Football Conference, there were 21 300-yard passing games, 43 100-yard receiving games and 28 100-yard rushing games.
The NFC`s image of being a more defensive conference also held true. NFC teams allowed 23 300-yard passing games, 45 100-yards receiving games and 25 100-yard rushing games.
AFC teams allowed 28 300-yard passing games, 52 100-yard receiving games and 34 100-yard rushing games.
The AFC figures don`t count Monday`s game between the Patriots and Dolphins.
Five of the six teams that play in domes made the playoffs. Only Detroit missed.
The NFC won the interconference series 23-22-1.
Cincinnati and San Francisco were the only teams that didn`t allow a 300-yard passing game. Atlanta was the only team not to allow a 100-yard receiving game. The Bears, Denver, Minnesota and New Orleans didn`t allow a 100-yard rushing game.
NFL draft order
1. Atlanta
2. Detroit
3. Kansas City
4. Tampa Bay
5. Cincinnati
6-18 Will be determined after Monday`s game between New England and Miami.
18-28 Will be determined as teams drop out of the playoffs.
