| Week | Day | Date | Winner/tie | Loser/tie | PtsW | PtsL | YdsW | TOW | YdsL | TOL | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sun | September 14 | box | W | New York Jets | @ | Buffalo Bills | 33 | 19 | 324 | 4 | 181 | 6 |
| 1 | Sun | September 14 | box | W | Cincinnati Bengals | Miami Dolphins | 27 | 21 | 227 | 1 | 360 | 2 | |
| 1 | Sun | September 14 | box | W | Denver Broncos | Boston Patriots | 35 | 7 | 321 | 0 | 326 | 4 | |
| 1 | Sun | September 14 | box | W | Kansas City Chiefs | @ | San Diego Chargers | 27 | 9 | 273 | 3 | 295 | 5 |
| 1 | Sun | September 14 | box | W | Oakland Raiders | Houston Oilers | 21 | 17 | 285 | 3 | 278 | 3 | |
| Week | Day | Date | Winner/tie | Loser/tie | PtsW | PtsL | YdsW | TOW | YdsL | TOL | |||
| 2 | Sat | September 20 | box | W | Oakland Raiders | Miami Dolphins | 20 | 17 | 373 | 6 | 305 | 4 | |
| 2 | Sun | September 21 | box | W | Kansas City Chiefs | @ | Boston Patriots | 31 | 0 | 395 | 2 | 82 | 1 |
| 2 | Sun | September 21 | box | W | Denver Broncos | New York Jets | 21 | 19 | 292 | 3 | 370 | 3 | |
| 2 | Sun | September 21 | box | W | Cincinnati Bengals | San Diego Chargers | 34 | 20 | 472 | 2 | 395 | 1 | |
| 2 | Sun | September 21 | box | W | Houston Oilers | @ | Buffalo Bills | 17 | 3 | 245 | 0 | 133 | 4 |
| Week | Day | Date | Winner/tie | Loser/tie | PtsW | PtsL | YdsW | TOW | YdsL | TOL | |||
| 3 | Sun | September 28 | box | W | Buffalo Bills | Denver Broncos | 41 | 28 | 406 | 1 | 302 | 5 | |
| 3 | Sun | September 28 | box | W | Cincinnati Bengals | Kansas City Chiefs | 24 | 19 | 301 | 4 | 265 | 3 | |
| 3 | Sun | September 28 | box | W | Houston Oilers | Miami Dolphins | 22 | 10 | 298 | 0 | 216 | 2 | |
| 3 | Sun | September 28 | box | W | Oakland Raiders | @ | Boston Patriots | 38 | 23 | 423 | 1 | 170 | 3 |
| 3 | Sun | September 28 | box | W | San Diego Chargers | New York Jets | 34 | 27 | 418 | 1 | 414 | 2 | |
| Week | Day | Date | Winner/tie | Loser/tie | PtsW | PtsL | YdsW | TOW | YdsL | TOL | |||
| 4 | Sat | October 4 | box | T | Oakland Raiders | @ | Miami Dolphins | 20 | 20 | 280 | 2 | 214 | 2 |
| 4 | Sat | October 4 | box | W | San Diego Chargers | Cincinnati Bengals | 21 | 14 | 413 | 3 | 221 | 1 | |
| 4 | Sun | October 5 | box | W | Kansas City Chiefs | @ | Denver Broncos | 26 | 13 | 350 | 0 | 212 | 1 |
| 4 | Sun | October 5 | box | W | Houston Oilers | Buffalo Bills | 28 | 14 | 252 | 4 | 281 | 7 | |
| 4 | Sun | October 5 | box | W | New York Jets | @ | Boston Patriots | 23 | 14 | 309 | 1 | 203 | 3 |
| Week | Day | Date | Winner/tie | Loser/tie | PtsW | PtsL | YdsW | TOW | YdsL | TOL | |||
| 5 | Sat | October 11 | box | W | Buffalo Bills | Boston Patriots | 23 | 16 | 364 | 2 | 248 | 2 | |
| 5 | Sat | October 11 | box | W | San Diego Chargers | @ | Miami Dolphins | 21 | 14 | 281 | 1 | 205 | 3 |
| 5 | Sun | October 12 | box | W | Kansas City Chiefs | Houston Oilers | 24 | 0 | 244 | 7 | 101 | 9 | |
| 5 | Sun | October 12 | box | W | Oakland Raiders | @ | Denver Broncos | 24 | 14 | 323 | 0 | 234 | 2 |
| 5 | Sun | October 12 | box | W | New York Jets | @ | Cincinnati Bengals | 21 | 7 | 376 | 2 | 258 | 3 |
| Week | Day | Date | Winner/tie | Loser/tie | PtsW | PtsL | YdsW | TOW | YdsL | TOL | |||
| 6 | Sun | October 19 | box | W | San Diego Chargers | @ | Boston Patriots | 13 | 10 | 334 | 2 | 217 | 2 |
| 6 | Sun | October 19 | box | W | Kansas City Chiefs | Miami Dolphins | 17 | 10 | 403 | 2 | 236 | 3 | |
| 6 | Sun | October 19 | box | W | Denver Broncos | @ | Cincinnati Bengals | 30 | 23 | 421 | 3 | 256 | 3 |
| 6 | Sun | October 19 | box | W | Oakland Raiders | Buffalo Bills | 50 | 21 | 404 | 2 | 392 | 7 | |
| 6 | Mon | October 20 | box | W | New York Jets | Houston Oilers | 26 | 17 | 447 | 3 | 377 | 3 | |
| Week | Day | Date | Winner/tie | Loser/tie | PtsW | PtsL | YdsW | TOW | YdsL | TOL | |||
| 7 | Sun | October 26 | box | W | Oakland Raiders | @ | San Diego Chargers | 24 | 12 | 399 | 3 | 253 | 4 |
| 7 | Sun | October 26 | box | W | New York Jets | Boston Patriots | 23 | 17 | 318 | 3 | 211 | 2 | |
| 7 | Sun | October 26 | box | W | Houston Oilers | Denver Broncos | 24 | 21 | 458 | 2 | 314 | 0 | |
| 7 | Sun | October 26 | box | W | Kansas City Chiefs | Cincinnati Bengals | 42 | 22 | 508 | 3 | 196 | 2 | |
| 7 | Sun | October 26 | box | W | Miami Dolphins | Buffalo Bills | 24 | 6 | 353 | 4 | 276 | 4 | |
| Week | Day | Date | Winner/tie | Loser/tie | PtsW | PtsL | YdsW | TOW | YdsL | TOL | |||
| 8 | Sun | November 2 | box | W | Boston Patriots | Houston Oilers | 24 | 0 | 315 | 1 | 286 | 4 | |
| 8 | Sun | November 2 | box | W | New York Jets | Miami Dolphins | 34 | 31 | 315 | 2 | 421 | 4 | |
| 8 | Sun | November 2 | box | W | Denver Broncos | San Diego Chargers | 13 | 0 | 313 | 2 | 70 | 0 | |
| 8 | Sun | November 2 | box | W | Cincinnati Bengals | Oakland Raiders | 31 | 17 | 320 | 2 | 394 | 6 | |
| 8 | Sun | November 2 | box | W | Kansas City Chiefs | @ | Buffalo Bills | 29 | 7 | 245 | 3 | 144 | 6 |
| Week | Day | Date | Winner/tie | Loser/tie | PtsW | PtsL | YdsW | TOW | YdsL | TOL | |||
| 9 | Sun | November 9 | box | W | New York Jets | Buffalo Bills | 16 | 6 | 273 | 1 | 297 | 2 | |
| 9 | Sun | November 9 | box | T | Houston Oilers | Cincinnati Bengals | 31 | 31 | 456 | 2 | 391 | 0 | |
| 9 | Sun | November 9 | box | W | Oakland Raiders | Denver Broncos | 41 | 10 | 359 | 0 | 302 | 1 | |
| 9 | Sun | November 9 | box | W | Kansas City Chiefs | San Diego Chargers | 27 | 3 | 308 | 3 | 174 | 5 | |
| 9 | Sun | November 9 | box | W | Miami Dolphins | @ | Boston Patriots | 17 | 16 | 208 | 1 | 211 | 2 |
| Week | Day | Date | Winner/tie | Loser/tie | PtsW | PtsL | YdsW | TOW | YdsL | TOL | |||
| 10 | Sun | November 16 | box | W | Oakland Raiders | San Diego Chargers | 21 | 16 | 309 | 4 | 224 | 3 | |
| 10 | Sun | November 16 | box | W | Kansas City Chiefs | @ | New York Jets | 34 | 16 | 424 | 1 | 410 | 5 |
| 10 | Sun | November 16 | box | T | Houston Oilers | @ | Denver Broncos | 20 | 20 | 454 | 5 | 212 | 2 |
| 10 | Sun | November 16 | box | W | Boston Patriots | @ | Cincinnati Bengals | 25 | 14 | 298 | 0 | 305 | 5 |
| 10 | Sun | November 16 | box | W | Buffalo Bills | Miami Dolphins | 28 | 3 | 309 | 1 | 248 | 1 | |
| Week | Day | Date | Winner/tie | Loser/tie | PtsW | PtsL | YdsW | TOW | YdsL | TOL | |||
| 11 | Sun | November 23 | box | W | Boston Patriots | Buffalo Bills | 35 | 21 | 373 | 1 | 425 | 4 | |
| 11 | Sun | November 23 | box | W | New York Jets | Cincinnati Bengals | 40 | 7 | 328 | 1 | 158 | 3 | |
| 11 | Sun | November 23 | box | W | San Diego Chargers | Denver Broncos | 45 | 24 | 462 | 2 | 363 | 3 | |
| 11 | Sun | November 23 | box | W | Oakland Raiders | @ | Kansas City Chiefs | 27 | 24 | 262 | 0 | 436 | 7 |
| 11 | Sun | November 23 | box | W | Houston Oilers | @ | Miami Dolphins | 32 | 7 | 445 | 2 | 141 | 5 |
| Week | Day | Date | Winner/tie | Loser/tie | PtsW | PtsL | YdsW | TOW | YdsL | TOL | |||
| 12 | Thu | November 27 | box | W | San Diego Chargers | @ | Houston Oilers | 21 | 17 | 325 | 3 | 212 | 3 |
| 12 | Thu | November 27 | box | W | Kansas City Chiefs | Denver Broncos | 31 | 17 | 285 | 2 | 236 | 2 | |
| 12 | Sun | November 30 | box | W | Boston Patriots | @ | Miami Dolphins | 38 | 23 | 216 | 2 | 243 | 4 |
| 12 | Sun | November 30 | box | W | Oakland Raiders | @ | New York Jets | 27 | 14 | 404 | 1 | 238 | 2 |
| 12 | Sun | November 30 | box | W | Buffalo Bills | Cincinnati Bengals | 16 | 13 | 184 | 3 | 253 | 7 | |
| Week | Day | Date | Winner/tie | Loser/tie | PtsW | PtsL | YdsW | TOW | YdsL | TOL | |||
| 13 | Sat | December 6 | box | W | New York Jets | @ | Houston Oilers | 34 | 26 | 213 | 4 | 220 | 9 |
| 13 | Sun | December 7 | box | W | San Diego Chargers | Boston Patriots | 28 | 18 | 430 | 3 | 293 | 4 | |
| 13 | Sun | December 7 | box | W | Miami Dolphins | Denver Broncos | 27 | 24 | 222 | 3 | 244 | 4 | |
| 13 | Sun | December 7 | box | W | Oakland Raiders | Cincinnati Bengals | 37 | 17 | 544 | 3 | 210 | 2 | |
| 13 | Sun | December 7 | box | W | Kansas City Chiefs | Buffalo Bills | 22 | 19 | 277 | 3 | 237 | 2 | |
| Week | Day | Date | Winner/tie | Loser/tie | PtsW | PtsL | YdsW | TOW | YdsL | TOL | |||
| 14 | Sat | December 13 | box | W | Oakland Raiders | Kansas City Chiefs | 10 | 6 | 277 | 2 | 194 | 0 | |
| 14 | Sun | December 14 | box | W | Houston Oilers | Boston Patriots | 27 | 23 | 449 | 3 | 256 | 1 | |
| 14 | Sun | December 14 | box | W | New York Jets | @ | Miami Dolphins | 27 | 9 | 248 | 2 | 218 | 4 |
| 14 | Sun | December 14 | box | W | Denver Broncos | Cincinnati Bengals | 27 | 16 | 395 | 3 | 300 | 3 | |
| 14 | Sun | December 14 | box | W | San Diego Chargers | Buffalo Bills | 45 | 6 | 537 | 1 | 238 | 2 | |
| Playoffs | |||||||||||||
| Division | December 20 | box | W | Kansas City Chiefs | @ | New York Jets | 13 | 6 | 276 | 0 | 235 | 4 | |
| Division | December 21 | box | W | Oakland Raiders | Houston Oilers | 56 | 7 | 412 | 4 | 197 | 5 | ||
| ConfChamp | January 4 | box | W | Kansas City Chiefs | @ | Oakland Raiders | 17 | 7 | 207 | 4 | 233 | 4 | |
| SuperBowl | January 11 | box | W | Kansas City Chiefs | N | Minnesota Vikings | 23 | 7 | 273 | 1 | 239 | 5 |