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Record: 10-6-0, Finished 2nd in AFC West Division
NFL Season Summary
Scored 289 points (18.1/g), 20th of 28 in the NFL.
Allowed 262 points (16.4/g), 5th.
Differential of 27 points (1.7/g), 12th.
Expected W-L: 8.9-7.1.
Takeaway/Giveaway Differential -3 (-0.2/g), 16th.
Coached by Red Miller (10-6-0)
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1979 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees
| Score | Offense | Defense | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Week | Date | Rec | Opp | Tm | Opp | 1stD | TotYd | PassY | RushY | TO | 1stD | TotYd | PassY | RushY | TO | ||||
| 1 | Sun | September 2 | box | W | 1-0 | Cincinnati Bengals | 10 | 0 | 22 | 399 | 200 | 199 | 16 | 232 | 137 | 95 | |||
| 2 | Thu | September 6 | box | L | 1-1 | Los Angeles Rams | 9 | 13 | 12 | 179 | 106 | 73 | 2 | 15 | 277 | 181 | 96 | ||
| 3 | Sun | September 16 | box | W | 2-1 | @ | Atlanta Falcons | 20 | 17 | 18 | 369 | 201 | 168 | 2 | 19 | 382 | 326 | 56 | |
| 4 | Sun | September 23 | box | W | 3-1 | Seattle Seahawks | 37 | 34 | 23 | 344 | 254 | 90 | 3 | 22 | 350 | 197 | 153 | 4 | |
| 5 | Sun | September 30 | box | L | 3-2 | @ | Oakland Raiders | 3 | 27 | 21 | 291 | 210 | 81 | 3 | 16 | 277 | 187 | 90 | |
| 6 | Sun | October 7 | box | W | 4-2 | San Diego Chargers | 7 | 0 | 11 | 193 | 33 | 160 | 1 | 19 | 374 | 305 | 69 | 4 | |
| 7 | Sun | October 14 | box | W | 5-2 | @ | Kansas City Chiefs | 24 | 10 | 21 | 344 | 207 | 137 | 1 | 16 | 166 | 68 | 98 | 2 |
| 8 | Mon | October 22 | box | L | 5-3 | @ | Pittsburgh Steelers | 7 | 42 | 16 | 329 | 276 | 53 | 3 | 27 | 530 | 294 | 236 | 3 |
| 9 | Sun | October 28 | box | W | 6-3 | Kansas City Chiefs | 20 | 3 | 20 | 381 | 269 | 112 | 2 | 12 | 210 | 108 | 102 | 3 | |
| 10 | Sun | November 4 | box | W | 7-3 | New Orleans Saints | 10 | 3 | 19 | 349 | 201 | 148 | 3 | 13 | 239 | 117 | 122 | 1 | |
| 11 | Sun | November 11 | box | W | 8-3 | New England Patriots | 45 | 10 | 21 | 289 | 182 | 107 | 3 | 8 | 92 | 34 | 58 | 3 | |
| 12 | Sun | November 18 | box | W | 9-3 | @ | San Francisco 49ers | 38 | 28 | 22 | 369 | 225 | 144 | 2 | 18 | 240 | 166 | 74 | 2 |
| 13 | Sun | November 25 | box | L | 9-4 | Oakland Raiders | 10 | 14 | 22 | 382 | 167 | 215 | 3 | 15 | 376 | 203 | 173 | 2 | |
| 14 | Sun | December 2 | box | W | 10-4 | @ | Buffalo Bills | 19 | 16 | 11 | 226 | 129 | 97 | 4 | 19 | 398 | 298 | 100 | 7 |
| 15 | Sat | December 8 | box | L | 10-5 | @ | Seattle Seahawks | 23 | 28 | 27 | 363 | 222 | 141 | 3 | 21 | 382 | 308 | 74 | 2 |
| 16 | Mon | December 17 | box | L | 10-6 | @ | San Diego Chargers | 7 | 17 | 20 | 335 | 224 | 111 | 5 | 17 | 327 | 230 | 97 | 4 |
| Playoffs | |||||||||||||||||||
| WildCard | Sun | December 23 | box | L | 10-7 | @ | Houston Oilers | 7 | 13 | ||||||||||
| Passing | Rushing | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pts | Yds | Ply | Y/P | 1stD | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | 1stD | Att | Yds | TD | 1stD | TO | FL | 1stPy | |||
| Team Offense | 289 | 5142 | 1044 | 4.9 | 306 | 260 | 476 | 3106 | 18 | 23 | 6.0 | 149 | 525 | 2036 | 13 | 3.9 | 130 | 40 | 17 | 27 |
| Team Defense | 262 | 4852 | 1033 | 4.7 | 446 | 296 | 512 | 3159 | 11 | 19 | 5.9 | 146 | 502 | 1693 | 16 | 3.4 | 273 | 37 | 18 | 27 |
| Lg Rank Offense | 20 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 15 | 16 | 13 | 16 | 18 | 21 | 18 | 17 | 13 | ||||||
| Lg Rank Defense | 5 | 10 | 11 | 26 | 23 | 1 | 19 | 21 | 5 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 17 | 10 | ||||||
| Age | Pos | G | GS | QBrec | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Sk | Yds | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Craig Morton | 36 | QB | 14 | 10 | 6-4-0 | 204 | 370 | 55.1 | 2626 | 16 | 4.3 | 19 | 5.1 | 64 | 7.1 | 5.2 | 12.9 | 187.6 | 70.6 | 30 | 241 | 6.0 | 4.2 | 7.5 |
| Norris Weese | 28 | qb | 16 | 6 | 4-2-0 | 53 | 97 | 54.6 | 731 | 1 | 1.0 | 3 | 3.1 | 50 | 7.5 | 6.2 | 13.8 | 45.7 | 69.6 | 13 | 86 | 5.9 | 4.7 | 11.8 |
| Craig Penrose | 26 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 40.0 | 44 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 20.0 | 29 | 8.8 | -0.2 | 22.0 | 22.0 | 32.5 | 0 | 0 | 8.8 | -0.2 | 0.0 | ||
| Jon Keyworth | 29 | FB | 16 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 32 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 32 | 32.0 | 42.0 | 32.0 | 2.0 | 158.3 | 0 | 0 | 32.0 | 42.0 | 0.0 | |
| Dave Preston | 24 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 39.6 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |||
| Luke Prestridge | 23 | P | 16 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 39.6 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ||
| Rick Upchurch* | 27 | WR | 16 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 39.6 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ||
| Team Total | 27.0 | 16 | 10-6-0 | 260 | 476 | 54.6 | 3433 | 18 | 3.8 | 23 | 4.8 | 64 | 7.2 | 5.4 | 13.2 | 214.6 | 70.1 | 43 | 327 | 6.0 | 4.3 | 8.3 | ||
| Opp Total | 16 | 296 | 512 | 57.8 | 3159 | 11 | 2.1 | 19 | 3.7 | 6.2 | 4.7 | 10.7 | 197.4 | 67.7 | 19 | 162 | 5.9 | 4.2 |
| Rushing | Receiving | ||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | YScm | RRTD | Fmb | |||||||
| Otis Armstrong | 29 | 15 | 1 | 108 | 453 | 2 | 26 | 4.2 | 30.2 | 7.2 | 14 | 138 | 9.9 | 1 | 17 | 0.9 | 9.2 | 591 | 3 | 2 | |
| Jim D. Jensen | 26 | fb | 16 | 7 | 106 | 400 | 1 | 30 | 3.8 | 25.0 | 6.6 | 19 | 144 | 7.6 | 1 | 25 | 1.2 | 9.0 | 544 | 2 | 2 |
| Rob Lytle | 25 | RB | 15 | 12 | 102 | 371 | 4 | 19 | 3.6 | 24.7 | 6.8 | 13 | 93 | 7.2 | 0 | 12 | 0.9 | 6.2 | 464 | 4 | 1 |
| Jon Keyworth | 29 | FB | 16 | 9 | 81 | 323 | 1 | 17 | 4.0 | 20.2 | 5.1 | 18 | 132 | 7.3 | 0 | 18 | 1.1 | 8.3 | 455 | 1 | 4 |
| Dave Preston | 24 | 10 | 3 | 43 | 169 | 1 | 18 | 3.9 | 16.9 | 4.3 | 19 | 137 | 7.2 | 1 | 19 | 1.9 | 13.7 | 306 | 2 | 1 | |
| Larry Canada | 25 | 16 | 0 | 36 | 143 | 0 | 17 | 4.0 | 8.9 | 2.3 | 3 | 36 | 12.0 | 0 | 15 | 0.2 | 2.3 | 179 | 0 | 2 | |
| Craig Morton | 36 | QB | 14 | 10 | 23 | 13 | 1 | 7 | 0.6 | 0.9 | 1.6 | 13 | 1 | 9 | |||||||
| Norris Weese | 28 | qb | 16 | 6 | 18 | 116 | 3 | 20 | 6.4 | 7.3 | 1.1 | 116 | 3 | 4 | |||||||
| Rick Upchurch* | 27 | WR | 16 | 16 | 3 | 17 | 0 | 18 | 5.7 | 1.1 | 0.2 | 64 | 937 | 14.6 | 7 | 47 | 4.0 | 58.6 | 954 | 7 | 5 |
| Zachary Dixon | 23 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 7 | 3.0 | 1.8 | 0.6 | 9 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||
| Riley Odoms | 29 | TE | 13 | 12 | 1 | -7 | 0 | -7 | -7.0 | -0.5 | 0.1 | 40 | 638 | 16.0 | 1 | 45 | 3.1 | 49.1 | 631 | 1 | 0 |
| Luke Prestridge | 23 | P | 16 | 0 | 1 | 29 | 0 | 29 | 29.0 | 1.8 | 0.1 | 29 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| Haven Moses | 33 | WR | 16 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 54 | 943 | 17.5 | 6 | 64 | 3.4 | 58.9 | 943 | 6 | 0 | |
| Steve Watson | 22 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 6 | 83 | 13.8 | 0 | 22 | 0.4 | 5.2 | 83 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ron Egloff | 24 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 5 | 70 | 14.0 | 0 | 22 | 0.3 | 4.7 | 70 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jack Dolbin | 31 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3 | 74 | 24.7 | 0 | 45 | 0.8 | 18.5 | 74 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dave Studdard | 24 | RT | 16 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 1 | 2 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | |
| Jim Turner | 38 | K | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 0 | 6 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Total | 27.0 | 16 | 525 | 2036 | 13 | 30 | 3.9 | 127.3 | 32.8 | 260 | 3433 | 13.2 | 18 | 64 | 16.3 | 214.6 | 5469 | 31 | 34 | ||
| Opp Total | 16 | 502 | 1693 | 16 | 3.4 | 105.8 | 31.4 | 296 | 3159 | 10.7 | 11 | 18.5 | 197.4 | 4852 | 27 | 30 | |||||
| Punt Returns | Kick Returns | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | APYd | |||
| Rick Upchurch* | 27 | WR | 16 | 16 | 30 | 304 | 0 | 44 | 10.1 | 5 | 79 | 0 | 26 | 15.8 | 1337 |
| Chris Pane | 26 | RET | 16 | 0 | 5 | 20 | 0 | 10 | 4.0 | 18 | 354 | 0 | 30 | 19.7 | 374 |
| Dave Preston | 24 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 78 | 0 | 22 | 11.1 | 13 | 336 | 0 | 37 | 25.8 | 720 | |
| Bernard Jackson | 29 | FS | 12 | 9 | 4 | 53 | 0 | 21 | 13.3 | 53 | |||||
| Larry Canada | 25 | 16 | 0 | 3 | 31 | 0 | 18 | 10.3 | 210 | ||||||
| Zachary Dixon | 23 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 53 | 0 | 24 | 17.7 | 62 | ||||||
| Otis Armstrong | 29 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 0 | 21 | 21.0 | 612 | ||||||
| Ron Egloff | 24 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 70 | ||||||
| John Grant | 29 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 25 | 0 | 25 | 25.0 | 25 | ||||||
| Vince Kinney | 23 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | ||||||
| Charlie West | 33 | fs | 16 | 7 | 1 | -1 | 0 | -1 | -1.0 | -1 | |||||
| Team Total | 27.0 | 16 | 43 | 401 | 0 | 44 | 9.3 | 50 | 966 | 0 | 37 | 19.3 | 6836 | ||
| Opp Total | 16 | 52 | 0 | 57 | 1173 | 1 | 20.6 | ||||||||
| 0--19 | 20--29 | 30--39 | 40--49 | 50+ | Tot | PAT | Punting | ||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | Pos | G | GS | FGA | FGM | FGA | FGM | FGA | FGM | FGA | FGM | FGA | FGM | FGA | FGM | XPA | XPM | Pnt | Yds | Lng | Blck | ||||
| Luke Prestridge | 23 | P | 16 | 0 | 89 | 3555 | 63 | 0 | 39.9 | ||||||||||||||||
| Jim Turner | 38 | K | 16 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 21 | 13 | 61.9% | 34 | 32 | 94.1% | |||||||
| Team Total | 27.0 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 21 | 13 | 61.9% | 34 | 32 | 94.1% | 89 | 3555 | 63 | 0 | 39.9 | ||||
| Opp Total | 16 | 26 | 15 | 57.7% | 31 | 31 | 100.0% | 88 | 3705 | 42.1 | |||||||||||||||
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Tackles | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | PD | FF | Fmb | FR | Yds | TD | Tkl | Ast | Sfty | |
| Otis Armstrong | 29 | 15 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Ken E. Brown | 25 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Bill Bryan | 24 | C | 16 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Larry Canada | 25 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 2 | -5 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Rubin Carter | 27 | NT | 15 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Zachary Dixon | 23 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Steve Foley | 26 | RCB | 16 | 16 | 6 | 14 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Tom Glassic | 25 | LG | 16 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Randy Gradishar* | 27 | RILB | 16 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0 | ||||||||||
| John Grant | 29 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Tom Jackson* | 28 | ROLB | 13 | 13 | 1 | 34 | 0 | 34 | 0 | 2 | 70 | 0 | ||||||
| Jim D. Jensen | 26 | fb | 16 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Jon Keyworth | 29 | FB | 16 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Don Latimer | 24 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Rob Lytle | 25 | RB | 15 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Brison Manor | 27 | RDE | 16 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Craig Morton | 36 | QB | 14 | 10 | 9 | 2 | -11 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Chris Pane | 26 | RET | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Dave Preston | 24 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Bruce Radford | 24 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Joe Rizzo | 29 | LILB | 13 | 12 | 2 | 25 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Jim Ryan | 22 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Bob Swenson | 26 | LOLB | 16 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 93 | 1 | ||||||
| Bill Thompson | 33 | SS | 16 | 16 | 4 | 57 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 2 | 28 | 1 | ||||||
| Rick Upchurch* | 27 | WR | 16 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Norris Weese | 28 | qb | 16 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Charlie West | 33 | fs | 16 | 7 | 1 | 26 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Louis Wright*+ | 26 | LCB | 16 | 16 | 2 | 20 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 82 | 1 | ||||||
| Team Total | 27.0 | 16 | 19 | 189 | 0 | 34 | 34 | 33 | 271 | 4 | ||||||||
| Opp Total | 16 | 43 | 30 | 12 | ||||||||||||||
| Age | Pos | G | GS | RshTD | RecTD | PR TD | KR TD | FblTD | IntTD | OthTD | 2PM | XPM | FGM | Sfty | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Turner | 38 | K | 16 | 0 | 32 | 13 | 71 | |||||||||
| Rick Upchurch* | 27 | WR | 16 | 16 | 7 | 42 | ||||||||||
| Haven Moses | 33 | WR | 16 | 16 | 6 | 36 | ||||||||||
| Rob Lytle | 25 | RB | 15 | 12 | 4 | 24 | ||||||||||
| Otis Armstrong | 29 | 15 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 18 | ||||||||||
| Norris Weese | 28 | qb | 16 | 6 | 3 | 18 | ||||||||||
| Jim D. Jensen | 26 | fb | 16 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 12 | |||||||||
| Dave Preston | 24 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 12 | ||||||||||
| Rubin Carter | 27 | NT | 15 | 15 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| Jon Keyworth | 29 | FB | 16 | 9 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| Craig Morton | 36 | QB | 14 | 10 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| Rob Nairne | 25 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 6 | |||||||||||
| Riley Odoms | 29 | TE | 13 | 12 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| Dave Studdard | 24 | RT | 16 | 16 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| Bob Swenson | 26 | LOLB | 16 | 16 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| Bill Thompson | 33 | SS | 16 | 16 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| Louis Wright*+ | 26 | LCB | 16 | 16 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| Team Total | 27.0 | 16 | 13 | 18 | 4 | 1 | 32 | 13 | 287 | |||||||
| Opp Total | 16 | 16 | 11 | 1 | 31 | 15 | 262 |