1979 NFL Kicking

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Super Bowl Champion: Pittsburgh Steelers

AP MVP: Earl Campbell

AP Offensive Rookie of the Year: Ottis Anderson

AP Defensive Rookie of the Year: Jim Haslett

AP Offensive Player of the Year: Earl Campbell

AP Defensive Player of the Year: Lee Roy Selmon

Passing Leader: Dan Fouts, 4082 Yds

Rushing Leader: Earl Campbell, 1697 Yds

Receiving Leader: Steve Largent, 1237 Yds

Kicking

* Selected to Pro Bowl, + First-Team All-Pro

Kicking Table
					Games		0-19		20-29		30-39		40-49		50+		Scoring							Kickoffs
Rk	Player	Tm	Age	Pos	G	GS	FGA	FGM	FGA	FGM	FGA	FGM	FGA	FGM	FGA	FGM	FGA	FGM	Lng	FG%	XPA	XPM	XP%	KO	KOYds	TB	TB%	KOAvg
1	John Smith	NWE	30	K	16	0			6	6	13	11	14	6			33	23	47	69.7%	49	46	93.9%
2	Mark Moseley*	WAS	31	K	16	0	2	2	5	5	9	8	14	9	3	1	33	25	53	75.8%	39	39	100.0%
3	Tony Franklin	PHI	23	K	16	0	1	1	5	5	8	7	10	7	7	3	31	23	59	74.2%	39	36	92.3%
4	Matt Bahr	PIT	23	K	16	0			5	5	11	6	13	7	1		30	18	46	60.0%	52	50	96.2%
5	Rafael Septien	DAL	26	K	16	0			7	7	11	7	8	3	3	2	29	19	51	65.5%	44	40	90.9%
6	Don Cockroft	CLE	34	K	16	0			6	5	12	8	8	3	3	1	29	17	51	58.6%	43	38	88.4%
7	Uwe von Schamann	MIA	23	K	16	0			8	8	14	9	4	2	3	2	29	21	53	72.4%	40	36	90.0%
8	Nick Mike-Mayer	BUF	29	K	13	0			8	8	10	8	11	4			29	20	42	69.0%	18	17	94.4%
9	Jim Breech	OAK	23	K	16	0	2	1	7	7	10	7	7	3	1		27	18	47	66.7%	45	41	91.1%
10	Bob Thomas	CHI	27	K	16	0	1	1	7	4	11	9	7	2	1		27	16	44	59.3%	37	34	91.9%
11	Toni Fritsch*+	HOU	34	K	16	0			7	7	6	5	10	7	2	2	25	21	51	84.0%	43	41	95.3%
12	Frank Corral	RAM	24	K	16	0	1	1	5	5	6	2	12	5	1		25	13	49	52.0%	39	36	92.3%
13	Tim Mazzetti	ATL	23	K	16	0			11	9	6	1	7	3	1		25	13	48	52.0%	37	31	83.8%
14	Ray Wersching	SFO	29	K	16	0	2	2	7	6	8	7	7	5			24	20	47	83.3%	35	32	91.4%
15	Efren Herrera	SEA	28	K	16	0	1	1	8	7	6	5	7	6	1		23	19	49	82.6%	46	43	93.5%
16	Chris Bahr	CIN	26	K	16	0			6	4	7	3	8	4	2	2	23	13	55	56.5%	42	40	95.2%
17	Jan Stenerud	KAN	37	K	16	0	1		6	4	4	3	10	5	2		23	12	46	52.2%	29	28	96.6%
18	Rick Danmeier	MIN	27	K	16	0			5	3	7	5	10	5			22	13	44	59.1%	31	28	90.3%
19	Mike Wood	2TM	25	K	12	0			6	6	8	6	3	1	4		21	13	42	61.9%	38	34	89.5%
20	Jim Turner	DEN	38	K	16	0	1	1	9	7	8	4	3	1			21	13	49	61.9%	34	32	94.1%
21	Joe Danelo	NYG	26	K	16	0			3	3	3	2	11	4	3		20	9	49	45.0%	29	28	96.6%
22	Steve Mike-Mayer	BAL	32	K	13	0			7	5	5	4	8	2			20	11	41	55.0%	29	28	96.6%
23	Neil O'Donoghue	TAM	26	K	16	0	1	1	4	3	9	5	5	2			19	11	44	57.9%	35	30	85.7%
24	Steve Little	STL	23	K	16	0			5	5	3	1	10	3	1	1	19	10	51	52.6%	32	24	75.0%
25	Benny Ricardo	DET	25	K	16	0			4	4	4	4	8	2	2		18	10	46	55.6%	26	25	96.2%
26	Garo Yepremian	NOR	35	K	14	0	1	1	5	5	4	3	6	3			16	12	44	75.0%	40	39	97.5%
27	Toni Linhart	2TM	37	K	8	0	1		4	3	7	3	2				14	6	39	42.9%	18	14	77.8%
28	Pat Leahy	NYJ	28	K	6	0	1	1	2	2	8	5	2				13	8	34	61.5%	15	12	80.0%
29	Chester Marcol	GNB	30	K	10	0			2	1	5	2	3	1			10	4	42	40.0%	18	16	88.9%
Rk	Player	Tm	Age	Pos	G	GS	FGA	FGM	FGA	FGM	FGA	FGM	FGA	FGM	FGA	FGM	FGA	FGM	Lng	FG%	XPA	XPM	XP%	KO	KOYds	TB	TB%	KOAvg
30	Dave Jacobs	NYJ	22	K	4	0			4	3	2	1	3	1			9	5	42	55.6%	11	10	90.9%
31	Tom Birney	GNB	23	K	6	0			3	3	2	2	3	2	1		9	7	47	77.8%	10	7	70.0%
32	Roy Gerela	SDG	31	K	3	0			2	1	2		3				7	1	26	14.3%	7	6	85.7%
33	Rolf Benirschke	SDG	24	K	4	0			2	2	1	1	1	1			4	4	42	100.0%	13	12	92.3%
34	Tom Dempsey	BUF	32	K	3	0	1	1			2		1				4	1	18	25.0%	11	8	72.7%
35	Tony Galbreath	NOR	25	FB	15	15	1		2	2							3	2	27	66.7%	2	1	50.0%
36	Russell Erxleben	NOR	22	P	1	0					2	2					2	2	38	100.0%	4	4	100.0%
37	Rich Szaro	NYJ	31	K	1	0	1						1				2			0.0%	2	2	100.0%
38	John Anderson	GNB	23	LB	7	2					1	1					1	1	39	100.0%	2	1	50.0%
39	Cliff Olander	SDG	24	QB	4	0							1				1			0.0%	1	1	100.0%
40	Gary Parris	STL	29	TE	9	7															1	1	100.0%

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