1979 NFC Receiving Yards per Game Leaders

Receiving yards per game played

Ahmad Rashad led the NFC in receiving yards per game with 72.3 in 1979, 3.9 ahead of Drew Pearson (68.4).

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72.3 Receiving Yards per Game 3.9 clear of Drew Pearson

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#	Player	Team	Y/G	G	REC	YDS	TD
1	Ahmad Rashad	MIN	72.3	16	80	1,156	9
2	Drew Pearson	DAL	68.4	15	55	1,026	8
3	Wes Chandler	NO	66.8	16	65	1,069	6
4	Tony Hill	DAL	66.4	16	60	1,062	10
5	Freddie Scott	DET	66.4	14	62	929	5
6	Wallace Francis	ATL	63.3	16	74	1,013	8
7	James Lofton	GB	60.5	16	54	968	4
8	Pat Tilley	SLC	58.6	16	57	938	6
9	Harold Carmichael	PHI	54.5	16	52	872	11
10	Freddie Solomon	SF	53.8	15	57	807	7
11	Alfred Jenkins	ATL	53.6	16	50	858	3
12	Henry Childs	NO	52.9	16	51	846	5
13	Preston Dennard	LAN	51.1	15	43	766	4
14	Sammy White	MIN	47.7	15	42	715	4
15	Keith Krepfle	PHI	47.5	16	41	760	3
16	Paul Coffman	GB	44.4	16	56	711	4
17	Paul Hofer	SF	44.1	15	58	662	2
18	Isaac Hagins	TB	43.3	16	39	692	3
19	Danny Buggs	WAS	39.4	16	46	631	1
20	Jimmie Giles	TB	36.2	16	40	579	7
21	David Hill	DET	35.6	16	47	569	3
22	Rickey Young	MIN	32.4	16	72	519	4
23	Tony Galbreath	NO	32.3	15	58	484	1
24	Wilbert Montgomery	PHI	30.9	16	41	494	5
25	Gary Shirk	NYG	29.4	16	31	471	2
26	Brian Baschnagel	CHI	28.3	16	30	452	2
27	Mike Shumann	SF	28.3	16	39	452	4
28	Clarence Harmon	WAS	27.1	16	32	434	5
29	Tony Dorsett	DAL	26.8	14	45	375	1
30	Wilbur Jackson	SF	26.4	16	53	422	0
31	Dave Williams	CHI	25.3	14	42	354	5
32	William Andrews	ATL	20.6	15	39	309	2
33	Walter Payton	CHI	19.6	16	31	313	2
34	Ottis Anderson	SLC	19.3	16	41	308	2
35	Chuck Muncie	NO	19.3	16	40	308	0
36	Wendell Tyler	LAN	19.3	16	32	308	1
37	Wayne Morris	SLC	15.8	15	35	237	1
38	Cullen Bryant	LAN	14.2	16	31	227	0
39	Ted Brown	MIN	14.1	14	31	197	0
40	Phil Francis	SF	12.4	16	32	198	0