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Record: 11-5-0, Finished 1st in NFC East Division
NFL Season Summary
Scored 339 points (21.2/g), 12th of 28 in the NFL.
Allowed 282 points (17.6/g), 9th.
Differential of 57 points (3.6/g), 6th.
Expected W-L: 9.7-6.3.
Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +4 (0.2/g), 9th.
Coached by Dick Vermeil (11-5-0)
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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 | New York Giants | 23 | 17 | 16 | 315 | 161 | 154 | 2 | 18 | 285 | 222 | 63 | 2 | |
| 2 | Mon | September 10 | box | L | 1-1 | Atlanta Falcons | 10 | 14 | 16 | 241 | 184 | 57 | 2 | 14 | 247 | 102 | 145 | 2 | |
| 3 | Sun | September 16 | box | W | 2-1 | @ | New Orleans Saints | 26 | 14 | 18 | 361 | 162 | 199 | 12 | 235 | 160 | 75 | 2 | |
| 4 | Sun | September 23 | box | W | 3-1 | @ | New York Giants | 17 | 13 | 19 | 326 | 139 | 187 | 3 | 14 | 229 | 83 | 146 | 2 |
| 5 | Sun | September 30 | box | W | 4-1 | Pittsburgh Steelers | 17 | 14 | 18 | 283 | 148 | 135 | 2 | 19 | 308 | 169 | 139 | 4 | |
| 6 | Sun | October 7 | box | W | 5-1 | Washington Redskins | 28 | 17 | 22 | 352 | 143 | 209 | 22 | 318 | 157 | 161 | 1 | ||
| 7 | Sun | October 14 | box | W | 6-1 | @ | St. Louis Cardinals | 24 | 20 | 19 | 262 | 123 | 139 | 4 | 18 | 322 | 191 | 131 | 3 |
| 8 | Sun | October 21 | box | L | 6-2 | @ | Washington Redskins | 7 | 17 | 12 | 200 | 139 | 61 | 4 | 20 | 327 | 116 | 211 | 3 |
| 9 | Sun | October 28 | box | L | 6-3 | @ | Cincinnati Bengals | 13 | 37 | 17 | 260 | 187 | 73 | 4 | 17 | 290 | 92 | 198 | |
| 10 | Sun | November 4 | box | L | 6-4 | Cleveland Browns | 19 | 24 | 21 | 435 | 199 | 236 | 4 | 23 | 341 | 187 | 154 | 3 | |
| 11 | Mon | November 12 | box | W | 7-4 | @ | Dallas Cowboys | 31 | 21 | 17 | 328 | 158 | 170 | 17 | 408 | 285 | 123 | 3 | |
| 12 | Sun | November 18 | box | W | 8-4 | St. Louis Cardinals | 16 | 13 | 14 | 287 | 130 | 157 | 12 | 306 | 172 | 134 | |||
| 13 | Sun | November 25 | box | W | 9-4 | @ | Green Bay Packers | 21 | 10 | 16 | 347 | 118 | 229 | 25 | 331 | 213 | 118 | 3 | |
| 14 | Sun | December 2 | box | W | 10-4 | Detroit Lions | 44 | 7 | 29 | 384 | 217 | 167 | 2 | 5 | 180 | 127 | 53 | 1 | |
| 15 | Sat | December 8 | box | L | 10-5 | Dallas Cowboys | 17 | 24 | 18 | 284 | 204 | 80 | 1 | 19 | 279 | 94 | 185 | 1 | |
| 16 | Sun | December 16 | box | W | 11-5 | @ | Houston Oilers | 26 | 20 | 20 | 366 | 198 | 168 | 1 | 19 | 339 | 104 | 235 | 3 |
| Playoffs | |||||||||||||||||||
| WildCard | Sun | December 23 | box | W | 12-5 | Chicago Bears | 27 | 17 | |||||||||||
| Division | Sat | December 29 | box | L | 12-6 | @ | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 17 | 24 | ||||||||||
| Passing | Rushing | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pts | Yds | Ply | Y/P | 1stD | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | 1stD | Att | Yds | TD | 1stD | TO | FL | 1stPy | |||
| Team Offense | 339 | 5031 | 1011 | 5.0 | 292 | 209 | 410 | 2610 | 21 | 13 | 5.9 | 150 | 567 | 2421 | 17 | 4.3 | 122 | 29 | 16 | 20 |
| Team Defense | 282 | 4745 | 1019 | 4.7 | 420 | 243 | 459 | 2474 | 18 | 22 | 4.9 | 125 | 515 | 2271 | 16 | 4.4 | 274 | 33 | 11 | 21 |
| Lg Rank Offense | 12 | 15 | 18 | 22 | 19 | 8 | 1 | 16 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 11 | ||||||
| Lg Rank Defense | 9 | 9 | 7 | 12 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 6 | 8 | 18 | 12 | 23 | 22 | 26 | ||||||
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Sk | Yds | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ron Jaworski | 28 | QB | 16 | 16 | 190 | 374 | 50.8 | 2669 | 18 | 4.8 | 12 | 3.2 | 53 | 7.1 | 6.2 | 14.0 | 166.8 | 76.8 | 34 | 272 | 5.9 | 5.0 | 8.3 |
| John Walton | 32 | 8 | 0 | 19 | 36 | 52.8 | 213 | 3 | 8.3 | 1 | 2.8 | 31 | 5.9 | 5.5 | 11.2 | 26.6 | 86.9 | 0 | 0 | 5.9 | 5.5 | 0.0 | |
| Team Total | 26.7 | 16 | 209 | 410 | 51.0 | 2882 | 21 | 5.1 | 13 | 3.2 | 53 | 7.0 | 6.1 | 13.8 | 180.1 | 77.7 | 34 | 272 | 5.9 | 5.0 | 7.7 | ||
| Opp Total | 16 | 243 | 459 | 52.9 | 2474 | 18 | 3.9 | 22 | 4.8 | 5.4 | 3.6 | 10.2 | 154.6 | 61.8 | 45 | 324 | 4.9 | 2.7 |
| Rushing | Receiving | ||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | YScm | RRTD | Fmb | |||||||
| Wilbert Montgomery* | 25 | RB | 16 | 16 | 338 | 1512 | 9 | 62 | 4.5 | 94.5 | 21.1 | 41 | 494 | 12.0 | 5 | 53 | 2.6 | 30.9 | 2006 | 14 | 14 |
| Leroy Harris | 25 | FB | 15 | 13 | 107 | 504 | 2 | 80 | 4.7 | 33.6 | 7.1 | 22 | 107 | 4.9 | 0 | 15 | 1.5 | 7.1 | 611 | 2 | 3 |
| Ron Jaworski | 28 | QB | 16 | 16 | 43 | 119 | 2 | 21 | 2.8 | 7.4 | 2.7 | 119 | 2 | 12 | |||||||
| Billy Campfield | 23 | 16 | 0 | 30 | 165 | 3 | 40 | 5.5 | 10.3 | 1.9 | 16 | 115 | 7.2 | 0 | 17 | 1.0 | 7.2 | 280 | 3 | 1 | |
| Larry Barnes | 25 | 16 | 0 | 25 | 74 | 1 | 21 | 3.0 | 4.6 | 1.6 | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 0 | 6 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 80 | 1 | 3 | |
| Louie Giammona | 26 | 15 | 0 | 15 | 38 | 0 | 9 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 1.0 | 38 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| John Walton | 32 | 8 | 0 | 6 | -5 | 0 | 2 | -0.8 | -0.6 | 0.8 | -5 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||
| Harold Carmichael* | 30 | WR | 16 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 52 | 872 | 16.8 | 11 | 50 | 3.3 | 54.5 | 872 | 11 | 0 |
| Earl Carr | 24 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 | -1 | -1.0 | -1.0 | 1.0 | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 0 | 2 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Frank LeMaster | 27 | RILB | 16 | 16 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 15 | 15.0 | 0.9 | 0.1 | 15 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| Keith Krepfle | 27 | TE | 16 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 41 | 760 | 18.5 | 3 | 45 | 2.6 | 47.5 | 760 | 3 | 1 | |
| Charlie A. Smith | 29 | WR | 16 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 24 | 399 | 16.6 | 1 | 39 | 1.5 | 24.9 | 399 | 1 | 0 | |
| Scott Fitzkee | 22 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 8 | 105 | 13.1 | 1 | 19 | 0.5 | 7.0 | 105 | 1 | 0 | ||
| John Spagnola | 22 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2 | 24 | 12.0 | 0 | 14 | 0.1 | 1.5 | 24 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jerrold McRae | 24 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | -2 | -2.0 | 0 | -2 | 0.2 | -0.4 | -2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Team Total | 26.7 | 16 | 567 | 2421 | 17 | 80 | 4.3 | 151.3 | 35.4 | 209 | 2882 | 13.8 | 21 | 53 | 13.1 | 180.1 | 5303 | 38 | 38 | ||
| Opp Total | 16 | 515 | 2271 | 16 | 4.4 | 141.9 | 32.2 | 243 | 2474 | 10.2 | 18 | 15.2 | 154.6 | 4745 | 34 | 20 | |||||
| Punt Returns | Kick Returns | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | APYd | |||
| Wally Henry* | 25 | RET | 12 | 0 | 35 | 320 | 0 | 34 | 9.1 | 28 | 668 | 0 | 53 | 23.9 | 988 |
| Louie Giammona | 26 | 15 | 0 | 5 | 42 | 0 | 14 | 8.4 | 15 | 294 | 0 | 31 | 19.6 | 374 | |
| John Sciarra | 25 | 16 | 2 | 16 | 182 | 0 | 38 | 11.4 | 182 | ||||||
| Billy Campfield | 23 | 16 | 0 | 7 | 251 | 1 | 92 | 35.9 | 531 | ||||||
| Brenard Wilson | 24 | FS | 14 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||
| Larry Barnes | 25 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 23 | 0 | 23 | 23.0 | 103 | ||||||
| Richard Blackmore | 23 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||
| Al Latimer | 22 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 0 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | ||||||
| Wilbert Montgomery* | 25 | RB | 16 | 16 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 6.0 | 2012 | |||||
| Charlie A. Smith | 29 | WR | 16 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.0 | 400 | |||||
| Team Total | 26.7 | 16 | 57 | 544 | 0 | 38 | 9.5 | 56 | 1261 | 1 | 92 | 22.5 | 7108 | ||
| Opp Total | 16 | 34 | 0 | 69 | 1265 | 0 | 18.3 | ||||||||
| 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 | ||||
| Max Runager | 23 | P | 16 | 0 | 74 | 2927 | 57 | 1 | 39.6 | ||||||||||||||||
| Tony Franklin | 23 | K | 16 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 31 | 23 | 74.2% | 39 | 36 | 92.3% | 1 | 32 | 32 | 0 | 32.0 |
| Team Total | 26.7 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 31 | 23 | 74.2% | 39 | 36 | 92.3% | 75 | 2959 | 57 | 1 | 39.5 | ||
| Opp Total | 16 | 23 | 15 | 65.2% | 34 | 33 | 97.1% | 85 | 3383 | 39.8 | |||||||||||||||
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Tackles | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | PD | FF | Fmb | FR | Yds | TD | Tkl | Ast | Sfty | |
| Larry Barnes | 25 | 16 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Bill Bergey | 34 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Richard Blackmore | 23 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | |||||||||||
| John Bunting | 29 | LLB | 15 | 15 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 13 | ||||||||||
| Billy Campfield | 23 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Harold Carmichael* | 30 | WR | 16 | 16 | 0 | 3 | 33 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Al Chesley | 22 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 39 | 0 | 25 | |||||||||||
| Ken Clarke | 23 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Herman Edwards | 25 | RCB | 16 | 16 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Louie Giammona | 26 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Leroy Harris | 25 | FB | 15 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Wally Henry* | 25 | RET | 12 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Bob Howard | 35 | LCB | 16 | 0 | 3 | 34 | 0 | 34 | ||||||||||
| Ron Jaworski | 28 | QB | 16 | 16 | 12 | 5 | -23 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Charlie Johnson* | 27 | NT | 16 | 16 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Keith Krepfle | 27 | TE | 16 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Frank LeMaster | 27 | RILB | 16 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Randy Logan | 28 | SS | 16 | 16 | 3 | 57 | 0 | 35 | ||||||||||
| Wilbert Montgomery* | 25 | RB | 16 | 16 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Jerry Robinson | 23 | lilb | 16 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Max Runager | 23 | P | 16 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| John Sciarra | 25 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 47 | 0 | 34 | |||||||||||
| Jerry Sisemore* | 28 | RT | 16 | 16 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Charlie A. Smith | 29 | WR | 16 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| John Spagnola | 22 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| John Walton | 32 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Reggie Wilkes | 23 | RLB | 16 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Brenard Wilson | 24 | FS | 14 | 14 | 4 | 70 | 0 | 50 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Team Total | 26.7 | 16 | 22 | 266 | 0 | 50 | 38 | 31 | 7 | 0 | ||||||||
| Opp Total | 16 | 34 | 20 | 9 | ||||||||||||||
| Age | Pos | G | GS | RshTD | RecTD | PR TD | KR TD | FblTD | IntTD | OthTD | 2PM | XPM | FGM | Sfty | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tony Franklin | 23 | K | 16 | 0 | 36 | 23 | 105 | |||||||||
| Wilbert Montgomery* | 25 | RB | 16 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 84 | |||||||||
| Harold Carmichael* | 30 | WR | 16 | 16 | 11 | 66 | ||||||||||
| Billy Campfield | 23 | 16 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 24 | ||||||||||
| Keith Krepfle | 27 | TE | 16 | 16 | 3 | 18 | ||||||||||
| Leroy Harris | 25 | FB | 15 | 13 | 2 | 12 | ||||||||||
| Ron Jaworski | 28 | QB | 16 | 16 | 2 | 12 | ||||||||||
| Larry Barnes | 25 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 6 | |||||||||||
| Scott Fitzkee | 22 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 6 | |||||||||||
| Charlie A. Smith | 29 | WR | 16 | 12 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| Team Total | 26.7 | 16 | 17 | 21 | 1 | 36 | 23 | 339 | ||||||||
| Opp Total | 16 | 16 | 18 | 33 | 15 | 282 |