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Record: 11-5-0, Finished 2nd in AFC Central Division
NFL Season Summary
Scored 362 points (22.6/g), 8th of 28 in the NFL.
Allowed 331 points (20.7/g), 16th.
Differential of 31 points (1.9/g), 10th.
Expected W-L: 8.8-7.2.
Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +18 (1.1/g), 2nd.
Coached by Bum Phillips (11-5-0)
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1979 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees
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| Rnd | Pick | Tm | Pos | Yrs | From | To | AP1 | PB | St | CarAV | G | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Att | Yds | TD | Rec | Yds | TD | College/Univ | |
| 2 | 31 | HOU | Mike Stensrud | NT | 11 | 1979 | 1989 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 29 | 139 | Iowa State | |||||||||||
| 2 | 50 | HOU | Jesse Baker | DE | 9 | 1979 | 1987 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 30 | 128 | Jacksonville State | |||||||||||
| 3 | 72 | HOU | Kenny King | RB | 7 | 1979 | 1985 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 22 | 97 | 579 | 2477 | 7 | 89 | 715 | 1 | Oklahoma | |||||
| 6 | 143 | HOU | Daryl Hunt | LB | 6 | 1979 | 1984 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 78 | Oklahoma | |||||||||||
| 6 | 159 | HOU | Mike Murphy | LB | 1 | 1979 | 1979 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | Southwest Missouri State | |||||||||||
| 7 | 171 | HOU | Tim Ries | DB | 0 | 0 | 0 | Southwest Missouri State | ||||||||||||||||
| 8 | 214 | HOU | Carter Hartwig | DB | 6 | 1979 | 1984 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 86 | USC | |||||||||||
| 9 | 243 | HOU | Rich Ellender | RB | 1 | 1979 | 1979 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 15 | 0 | McNeese State | ||||||||
| 11 | 298 | HOU | Mike Taylor | T | 0 | 0 | 0 | Georgia Tech | ||||||||||||||||
| 12 | 324 | HOU | Wayne Wilson | RB | 9 | 1979 | 1987 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 29 | 111 | 684 | 2531 | 18 | 181 | 1533 | 14 | Shepherd | |||||