| Week | Day | Date | Winner/tie | Loser/tie | PtsW | PtsL | YdsW | TOW | YdsL | TOL | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sat | September 7 | boxscore | Kansas City Chiefs | @ | Denver Broncos | 59 | 7 | 478 | 2 | 181 | 7 |
| 1 | Sat | September 7 | boxscore | Oakland Raiders | @ | Houston Oilers | 24 | 13 | 328 | 4 | 318 | 10 |
| 1 | Sun | September 8 | boxscore | San Diego Chargers | Buffalo Bills | 14 | 10 | 370 | 1 | 306 | 4 | |
| 1 | Sun | September 8 | boxscore | Boston Patriots | New York Jets | 38 | 14 | 388 | 1 | 272 | 5 | |
| Week | Day | Date | Winner/tie | Loser/tie | PtsW | PtsL | YdsW | TOW | YdsL | TOL | ||
| 2 | Sat | September 14 | boxscore | San Diego Chargers | Boston Patriots | 17 | 13 | 240 | 2 | 303 | 2 | |
| 2 | Sat | September 14 | boxscore | Houston Oilers | Denver Broncos | 20 | 14 | 290 | 2 | 182 | 4 | |
| 2 | Sun | September 15 | boxscore | Oakland Raiders | Buffalo Bills | 35 | 17 | 492 | 4 | 433 | 5 | |
| 2 | Sun | September 22 | boxscore | New York Jets | Houston Oilers | 24 | 17 | 251 | 4 | 393 | 3 | |
| Week | Day | Date | Winner/tie | Loser/tie | PtsW | PtsL | YdsW | TOW | YdsL | TOL | ||
| 3 | Sun | September 22 | boxscore | Boston Patriots | @ | Oakland Raiders | 20 | 14 | 232 | 3 | 157 | 2 |
| 3 | Sun | September 22 | boxscore | Kansas City Chiefs | @ | Buffalo Bills | 27 | 27 | 290 | 3 | 356 | 1 |
| 3 | Sat | September 28 | boxscore | New York Jets | Oakland Raiders | 10 | 7 | 238 | 6 | 227 | 6 | |
| Week | Day | Date | Winner/tie | Loser/tie | PtsW | PtsL | YdsW | TOW | YdsL | TOL | ||
| 4 | Sat | September 28 | boxscore | Houston Oilers | @ | Buffalo Bills | 31 | 20 | 353 | 3 | 311 | 3 |
| 3 | Sun | September 29 | boxscore | Denver Broncos | Boston Patriots | 14 | 10 | 258 | 2 | 212 | 5 | |
| 3 | Sun | September 29 | boxscore | San Diego Chargers | Kansas City Chiefs | 24 | 10 | 294 | 1 | 164 | 4 | |
| 4 | Sat | October 5 | boxscore | New York Jets | Boston Patriots | 31 | 24 | 218 | 1 | 409 | 6 | |
| Week | Day | Date | Winner/tie | Loser/tie | PtsW | PtsL | YdsW | TOW | YdsL | TOL | ||
| 5 | Sat | October 5 | boxscore | Buffalo Bills | Oakland Raiders | 12 | 0 | 275 | 3 | 143 | 3 | |
| 4 | Sun | October 6 | boxscore | Denver Broncos | San Diego Chargers | 50 | 34 | 434 | 2 | 412 | 7 | |
| 4 | Sun | October 6 | boxscore | Kansas City Chiefs | Houston Oilers | 28 | 7 | 337 | 2 | 287 | 6 | |
| Week | Day | Date | Winner/tie | Loser/tie | PtsW | PtsL | YdsW | TOW | YdsL | TOL | ||
| 6 | Fri | October 11 | boxscore | Boston Patriots | Oakland Raiders | 20 | 14 | 186 | 3 | 177 | 5 | |
| 5 | Sun | October 13 | boxscore | San Diego Chargers | New York Jets | 24 | 20 | 510 | 3 | 266 | 0 | |
| 5 | Sun | October 13 | boxscore | Houston Oilers | @ | Denver Broncos | 33 | 24 | 392 | 2 | 313 | 5 |
| 5 | Sun | October 13 | boxscore | Buffalo Bills | @ | Kansas City Chiefs | 35 | 26 | 397 | 3 | 299 | 2 |
| Week | Day | Date | Winner/tie | Loser/tie | PtsW | PtsL | YdsW | TOW | YdsL | TOL | ||
| 7 | Fri | October 18 | boxscore | Boston Patriots | Denver Broncos | 40 | 21 | 384 | 2 | 345 | 1 | |
| 7 | Sun | October 20 | boxscore | Oakland Raiders | New York Jets | 49 | 26 | 505 | 3 | 314 | 2 | |
| 6 | Sun | October 20 | boxscore | San Diego Chargers | @ | Kansas City Chiefs | 38 | 17 | 402 | 0 | 325 | 3 |
| 7 | Sun | October 20 | boxscore | Houston Oilers | Buffalo Bills | 28 | 14 | 287 | 1 | 381 | 5 | |
| 7 | Sat | October 26 | boxscore | New York Jets | Denver Broncos | 35 | 35 | 294 | 2 | 317 | 2 | |
| Week | Day | Date | Winner/tie | Loser/tie | PtsW | PtsL | YdsW | TOW | YdsL | TOL | ||
| 8 | Sat | October 26 | boxscore | Buffalo Bills | Boston Patriots | 28 | 21 | 350 | 2 | 305 | 2 | |
| 8 | Sun | October 27 | boxscore | Houston Oilers | Kansas City Chiefs | 28 | 7 | 310 | 3 | 352 | 7 | |
| 7 | Sun | October 27 | boxscore | Oakland Raiders | @ | San Diego Chargers | 34 | 33 | 296 | 3 | 380 | 6 |
| Week | Day | Date | Winner/tie | Loser/tie | PtsW | PtsL | YdsW | TOW | YdsL | TOL | ||
| 9 | Fri | November 1 | boxscore | Boston Patriots | Houston Oilers | 45 | 3 | 311 | 1 | 206 | 8 | |
| 8 | Sat | November 2 | boxscore | San Diego Chargers | @ | New York Jets | 53 | 7 | 528 | 1 | 235 | 4 |
| 9 | Sun | November 3 | boxscore | Oakland Raiders | Kansas City Chiefs | 10 | 7 | 332 | 2 | 255 | 1 | |
| 8 | Sun | November 3 | boxscore | Buffalo Bills | @ | Denver Broncos | 30 | 28 | 459 | 4 | 301 | 4 |
| 9 | Fri | November 8 | boxscore | Oakland Raiders | @ | Kansas City Chiefs | 22 | 7 | 286 | 1 | 61 | 3 |
| Week | Day | Date | Winner/tie | Loser/tie | PtsW | PtsL | YdsW | TOW | YdsL | TOL | ||
| 10 | Sat | November 9 | boxscore | Buffalo Bills | Denver Broncos | 27 | 17 | 361 | 2 | 245 | 1 | |
| 10 | Sun | November 10 | boxscore | Houston Oilers | New York Jets | 31 | 27 | 309 | 2 | 354 | 5 | |
| 10 | Sun | November 10 | boxscore | San Diego Chargers | @ | Boston Patriots | 7 | 6 | 271 | 2 | 291 | 5 |
| Week | Day | Date | Winner/tie | Loser/tie | PtsW | PtsL | YdsW | TOW | YdsL | TOL | ||
| 11 | Sun | November 17 | boxscore | Boston Patriots | Kansas City Chiefs | 24 | 24 | 474 | 3 | 330 | 1 | |
| 10 | Sun | November 17 | boxscore | New York Jets | @ | Denver Broncos | 14 | 9 | 347 | 0 | 215 | 1 |
| 11 | Sun | November 17 | boxscore | San Diego Chargers | @ | Buffalo Bills | 23 | 13 | 355 | 2 | 358 | 3 |
| 11 | Thu | November 28 | boxscore | Oakland Raiders | @ | Denver Broncos | 26 | 10 | 291 | 2 | 165 | 4 |
| 11 | Sun | December 1 | boxscore | New York Jets | Kansas City Chiefs | 17 | 0 | 179 | 1 | 296 | 3 | |
| 11 | Sun | December 1 | boxscore | San Diego Chargers | Houston Oilers | 27 | 0 | 349 | 4 | 243 | 5 | |
| Week | Day | Date | Winner/tie | Loser/tie | PtsW | PtsL | YdsW | TOW | YdsL | TOL | ||
| 12 | Sun | December 1 | boxscore | Boston Patriots | Buffalo Bills | 17 | 7 | 250 | 0 | 239 | 2 | |
| 12 | Sun | December 8 | boxscore | Oakland Raiders | San Diego Chargers | 41 | 27 | 406 | 0 | 336 | 3 | |
| 12 | Sun | December 8 | boxscore | Kansas City Chiefs | Denver Broncos | 52 | 21 | 371 | 2 | 413 | 4 | |
| 12 | Sun | December 8 | boxscore | Boston Patriots | @ | Houston Oilers | 46 | 28 | 325 | 2 | 274 | 6 |
| Week | Day | Date | Winner/tie | Loser/tie | PtsW | PtsL | YdsW | TOW | YdsL | TOL | ||
| 13 | Sun | December 8 | boxscore | Buffalo Bills | New York Jets | 45 | 14 | 370 | 0 | 168 | 4 | |
| 13 | Sat | December 14 | boxscore | Kansas City Chiefs | Boston Patriots | 35 | 3 | 398 | 3 | 105 | 6 | |
| 13 | Sat | December 14 | boxscore | Buffalo Bills | @ | New York Jets | 19 | 10 | 308 | 3 | 217 | 3 |
| 13 | Sun | December 15 | boxscore | Oakland Raiders | Denver Broncos | 35 | 31 | 333 | 1 | 383 | 1 | |
| 13 | Sun | December 15 | boxscore | San Diego Chargers | @ | Houston Oilers | 20 | 14 | 247 | 2 | 289 | 4 |
| Week | Day | Date | Winner/tie | Loser/tie | PtsW | PtsL | YdsW | TOW | YdsL | TOL | ||
| 14 | Sun | December 22 | boxscore | Oakland Raiders | Houston Oilers | 52 | 49 | 540 | 2 | 468 | 2 | |
| 14 | Sun | December 22 | boxscore | San Diego Chargers | Denver Broncos | 58 | 20 | 451 | 2 | 231 | 6 | |
| 14 | Sun | December 22 | boxscore | Kansas City Chiefs | New York Jets | 48 | 0 | 392 | 2 | 157 | 7 | |
| Playoffs | ||||||||||||
| Division | December 28 | boxscore | Boston Patriots | @ | Buffalo Bills | 26 | 8 | 375 | 1 | 286 | 6 | |
| ConfChamp | January 5 | boxscore | San Diego Chargers | Boston Patriots | 51 | 10 | 610 | 1 | 261 | 2 |