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Record: 12-1-1, Finished 1st in AFL West Division
AFL Season Summary
Scored 377 points (26.9/g), 1st of 10 in the AFL.
Allowed 242 points (17.3/g), 2nd.
Differential of 135 points (9.6/g), 2nd.
Expected W-L: 10.4-3.6.
Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +9 (0.6/g), 2nd.
Simple Rating System: Total 9.0, Offense: 5.6, Defense: 3.4, SoS: -0.6, versus averages of 0.0.
Coached by
John Madden (12-1-1)
Training Camp: El Rancho Tropicana (Santa Rosa, California)
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| Week | Day | Date | OT | Rec | Opp | Tm | Opp | 1stD | TotYd | PassY | RushY | TO | 1stD | TotYd | PassY | RushY | TO | |||
| 1 | Sun | September 14 | boxscore | W | 1-0 | Houston Oilers | 21 | 17 | 17 | 285 | 148 | 137 | 3 | 17 | 278 | 176 | 102 | 3 | ||
| 2 | Sat | September 20 | boxscore | W | 2-0 | Miami Dolphins | 20 | 17 | 19 | 373 | 258 | 115 | 6 | 17 | 305 | 186 | 119 | 4 | ||
| 3 | Sun | September 28 | boxscore | W | 3-0 | @ | Boston Patriots | 38 | 23 | 21 | 423 | 213 | 210 | 1 | 10 | 170 | 118 | 52 | 3 | |
| 4 | Sat | October 4 | boxscore | T | 3-0-1 | @ | Miami Dolphins | 20 | 20 | 15 | 280 | 206 | 74 | 2 | 17 | 214 | 104 | 110 | 2 | |
| 5 | Sun | October 12 | boxscore | W | 4-0-1 | @ | Denver Broncos | 24 | 14 | 20 | 323 | 244 | 79 | 18 | 234 | 113 | 121 | 2 | ||
| 6 | Sun | October 19 | boxscore | W | 5-0-1 | Buffalo Bills | 50 | 21 | 20 | 404 | 320 | 84 | 2 | 19 | 392 | 246 | 146 | 7 | ||
| 7 | Sun | October 26 | boxscore | W | 6-0-1 | @ | San Diego Chargers | 24 | 12 | 19 | 399 | 228 | 171 | 3 | 20 | 253 | 182 | 71 | 4 | |
| 8 | Sun | November 2 | boxscore | L | 6-1-1 | @ | Cincinnati Bengals | 17 | 31 | 24 | 394 | 275 | 119 | 6 | 15 | 320 | 186 | 134 | 2 | |
| 9 | Sun | November 9 | boxscore | W | 7-1-1 | Denver Broncos | 41 | 10 | 20 | 359 | 270 | 89 | 21 | 302 | 177 | 125 | 1 | |||
| 10 | Sun | November 16 | boxscore | W | 8-1-1 | San Diego Chargers | 21 | 16 | 13 | 309 | 235 | 74 | 4 | 17 | 224 | 107 | 117 | 3 | ||
| 11 | Sun | November 23 | boxscore | W | 9-1-1 | @ | Kansas City Chiefs | 27 | 24 | 15 | 262 | 142 | 120 | 26 | 436 | 238 | 198 | 7 | ||
| 12 | Sun | November 30 | boxscore | W | 10-1-1 | @ | New York Jets | 27 | 14 | 18 | 404 | 322 | 82 | 1 | 13 | 238 | 139 | 99 | 2 | |
| 13 | Sun | December 7 | boxscore | W | 11-1-1 | Cincinnati Bengals | 37 | 17 | 26 | 544 | 235 | 309 | 3 | 10 | 210 | 108 | 102 | 2 | ||
| 14 | Sat | December 13 | boxscore | W | 12-1-1 | Kansas City Chiefs | 10 | 6 | 14 | 277 | 175 | 102 | 2 | 12 | 194 | 29 | 165 | |||
| Playoffs | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Division | December 21 | boxscore | W | 13-1-1 | Houston Oilers | 56 | 7 | 17 | 412 | 302 | 110 | 4 | 14 | 197 | 169 | 28 | 5 | |||
| ConfChamp | January 4 | boxscore | L | 13-2-1 | Kansas City Chiefs | 7 | 17 | 18 | 233 | 154 | 79 | 4 | 13 | 207 | 121 | 86 | 4 | |||