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1979 NFL Standings, Team & Offensive Statistics

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League Standings

Glossary
Tm W L T W-L% Pts PtsO
AFC East
Miami Dolphins 10 6 0 .625 341 257
New England Patriots 9 7 0 .563 411 326
New York Jets 8 8 0 .500 337 383
Buffalo Bills 7 9 0 .438 268 279
Baltimore Colts 5 11 0 .313 271 351
AFC Central
Pittsburgh Steelers 12 4 0 .750 416 262
Houston Oilers 11 5 0 .688 362 331
Cleveland Browns 9 7 0 .563 359 352
Cincinnati Bengals 4 12 0 .250 337 421
AFC West
San Diego Chargers 12 4 0 .750 411 246
Denver Broncos 10 6 0 .625 289 262
Seattle Seahawks 9 7 0 .563 378 372
Oakland Raiders 9 7 0 .563 365 337
Kansas City Chiefs 7 9 0 .438 238 262
Tm W L T W-L% Pts PtsO
NFC East
Philadelphia Eagles 11 5 0 .688 339 282
Dallas Cowboys 11 5 0 .688 371 313
Washington Redskins 10 6 0 .625 348 295
New York Giants 6 10 0 .375 237 323
St. Louis Cardinals 5 11 0 .313 307 358
NFC Central
Tampa Bay Buccaneers 10 6 0 .625 273 237
Chicago Bears 10 6 0 .625 306 249
Minnesota Vikings 7 9 0 .438 259 337
Green Bay Packers 5 11 0 .313 246 316
Detroit Lions 2 14 0 .125 219 365
NFC West
Los Angeles Rams 9 7 0 .563 323 309
New Orleans Saints 8 8 0 .500 370 360
Atlanta Falcons 6 10 0 .375 300 388
San Francisco 49ers 2 14 0 .125 308 416

Playoff Games

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Week Date Winner/tie Loser/tie PtsW PtsL
WildCard Sun December 23 W Houston Oilers Denver Broncos 13 7
WildCard Sun December 23 W Philadelphia Eagles Chicago Bears 27 17
Division Sat December 29 W Tampa Bay Buccaneers Philadelphia Eagles 24 17
Division Sat December 29 W Houston Oilers @ San Diego Chargers 17 14
Division Sun December 30 W Pittsburgh Steelers Miami Dolphins 34 14
Division Sun December 30 W Los Angeles Rams @ Dallas Cowboys 21 19
ConfChamp Sun January 6 W Pittsburgh Steelers Houston Oilers 27 13
ConfChamp Sun January 8 W Los Angeles Rams @ Tampa Bay Buccaneers 9 0
SuperBowl Sun January 20 W Pittsburgh Steelers N Los Angeles Rams 31 19

Team Offense

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Passing Rushing
Rk Tm G Pts Yds Ply Y/P 1stD Cmp Att Yds TD Int NY/A 1stD Att Yds TD Y/A 1stD TO FL 1stPy
1 Pittsburgh Steelers 16 416 6258 1080 5.8 337 272 492 3655 26 26 7.0 179 561 2603 25 4.6 141 52 26 17
2 San Diego Chargers 16 411 5583 1053 5.3 330 338 541 3915 24 25 6.8 192 481 1668 25 3.5 114 35 10 24
3 New England Patriots 16 411 5470 1128 4.8 318 237 475 3218 30 23 6.1 159 604 2252 16 3.7 132 39 16 27
4 Seattle Seahawks 16 378 5557 1046 5.3 315 292 523 3590 20 18 6.6 171 500 1967 24 3.9 121 36 18 23
5 Dallas Cowboys 16 371 5968 1122 5.3 339 287 503 3593 29 13 6.6 195 578 2375 15 4.1 122 34 21 22
6 New Orleans Saints 16 370 5627 996 5.6 315 257 428 3151 16 22 7.1 135 551 2476 28 4.5 160 36 14 20
7 Oakland Raiders 16 365 5174 1040 5.0 321 311 513 3411 27 23 6.2 191 491 1763 13 3.6 102 38 15 28
8 Houston Oilers 16 362 4827 1034 4.7 268 195 386 2256 17 21 5.4 100 616 2571 24 4.2 149 32 11 19
9 Cleveland Browns 16 359 5772 1092 5.3 350 289 545 3491 28 27 5.9 189 504 2281 16 4.5 125 44 17 36
10 Washington Redskins 16 348 4904 1044 4.7 298 235 401 2576 20 15 5.9 144 609 2328 17 3.8 126 25 10 28
11 Miami Dolphins 16 341 4950 1006 4.9 297 235 416 2763 20 22 6.2 140 561 2187 19 3.9 126 37 15 31
12 Philadelphia Eagles 16 339 5031 1011 5.0 292 209 410 2610 21 13 5.9 150 567 2421 17 4.3 122 29 16 20
13 Cincinnati Bengals 16 337 4639 1049 4.4 289 228 426 2310 17 15 4.7 131 560 2329 23 4.2 138 29 14 20
14 New York Jets 16 337 5244 1035 5.1 299 190 369 2598 16 25 6.5 126 634 2646 23 4.2 153 38 13 20
15 Los Angeles Rams 16 323 5133 1087 4.7 299 242 456 2673 19 29 5.4 138 592 2460 16 4.2 134 49 20 27
16 San Francisco 49ers 16 308 5573 1099 5.1 336 361 602 3641 18 21 5.9 200 480 1932 17 4.0 120 39 18 16
17 St. Louis Cardinals 16 307 5184 1097 4.7 305 248 492 2602 12 24 4.9 136 566 2582 24 4.6 145 45 21 24
18 Chicago Bears 16 306 4637 1031 4.5 262 195 373 2151 16 16 5.3 98 627 2486 17 4.0 140 29 13 24
19 Atlanta Falcons 16 300 4929 1033 4.8 303 251 479 2729 19 23 5.1 150 500 2200 15 4.4 126 43 20 27
20 Denver Broncos 16 289 5142 1044 4.9 306 260 476 3106 18 23 6.0 149 525 2036 13 3.9 130 40 17 27
21 Tampa Bay Buccaneers 16 273 5049 1055 4.8 267 183 434 2612 19 26 5.9 137 609 2437 13 4.0 107 41 15 23
22 Baltimore Colts 16 271 4846 1117 4.3 291 313 550 3172 18 19 5.3 158 515 1674 12 3.3 97 40 21 36
23 Buffalo Bills 16 268 4837 982 4.9 252 241 465 3216 14 15 6.3 147 474 1621 11 3.4 83 34 19 22
24 Minnesota Vikings 16 259 4903 1090 4.5 311 315 566 3139 23 24 5.2 168 487 1764 9 3.6 112 41 17 31
25 Green Bay Packers 16 246 4542 974 4.7 279 240 444 2681 15 22 5.5 133 483 1861 14 3.9 121 44 22 25
26 Kansas City Chiefs 16 238 3976 972 4.1 241 190 361 1660 7 18 4.1 91 569 2316 18 4.1 122 36 18 28
27 New York Giants 16 237 3774 958 3.9 223 190 401 1954 15 22 4.2 111 498 1820 12 3.7 82 40 18 30
28 Detroit Lions 16 219 4013 944 4.3 227 218 452 2336 14 27 4.6 131 441 1677 11 3.8 85 46 19 11
Avg Team 321.0 5055.1 1043.5 4.8 295.4 250.8 463.5 2886.0 19.2 21.3 5.8 148.2 542.3 2169.0 17.4 4.0 122.7 38.3 16.9 24.5
League Total 8989 141542 29219 4.8 8270 7022 12979 80809 538 597 5.8 4149 15183 60733 487 4.0 3435 1071 474 686
Avg Tm/G 20.1 315.9 65.2 4.8 18.5 15.7 29.0 180.4 1.2 1.3 5.8 9.3 33.9 135.6 1.1 4.0 7.7 2.4 1.1 1.5

Passing Offense

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Rk Tm G Cmp Att Cmp% Yds TD TD% Int Int% Lng Y/A AY/A Y/C Y/G Rate Sk Yds NY/A ANY/A Sk%
1 San Diego Chargers 16 338 541 62.5 3915 24 4.4 25 4.6 65 7.2 5.6 11.6 244.7 79.8 31 223 6.5 4.9 5.4
2 Pittsburgh Steelers 16 272 492 55.3 3655 26 5.3 26 5.3 65 7.4 5.6 13.4 228.4 74.7 27 222 6.6 4.9 5.2
3 San Francisco 49ers 16 361 602 60.0 3641 18 3.0 21 3.5 50 6.0 4.8 10.1 227.6 72.7 17 119 5.7 4.5 2.7
4 Dallas Cowboys 16 287 503 57.1 3593 29 5.8 13 2.6 75 7.1 6.6 12.5 224.6 87.8 41 290 6.1 5.5 7.5
5 Seattle Seahawks 16 292 523 55.8 3590 20 3.8 18 3.4 65 6.9 5.7 12.3 224.4 75.6 23 201 6.2 5.1 4.2
6 Cleveland Browns 16 289 545 53.0 3491 28 5.1 27 5.0 74 6.4 4.7 12.1 218.2 69.4 43 347 5.3 3.8 7.3
7 Oakland Raiders 16 311 513 60.6 3411 27 5.3 23 4.5 66 6.6 5.2 11.0 213.2 79.2 36 293 5.7 4.3 6.6
8 New England Patriots 16 237 475 49.9 3218 30 6.3 23 4.8 63 6.8 5.2 13.6 201.1 72.8 49 382 5.4 4.0 9.4
9 Buffalo Bills 16 241 465 51.8 3216 14 3.0 15 3.2 84 6.9 5.8 13.3 201.0 70.7 43 387 5.6 4.5 8.5
10 Baltimore Colts 16 313 550 56.9 3172 18 3.3 19 3.5 67 5.8 4.5 10.1 198.3 70.1 52 403 4.6 3.5 8.6
11 New Orleans Saints 16 257 428 60.0 3151 16 3.7 22 5.1 85 7.4 5.4 12.3 196.9 73.8 17 140 6.8 4.9 3.8
12 Minnesota Vikings 16 315 566 55.7 3139 23 4.1 24 4.2 55 5.5 4.0 10.0 196.2 67.4 37 258 4.8 3.4 6.1
13 Denver Broncos 16 260 476 54.6 3106 18 3.8 23 4.8 64 6.5 4.7 11.9 194.1 67.3 43 327 5.4 3.7 8.3
14 Miami Dolphins 16 235 416 56.5 2763 20 4.8 22 5.3 53 6.6 4.7 11.8 172.7 70.8 29 255 5.6 3.9 6.5
15 Atlanta Falcons 16 251 479 52.4 2729 19 4.0 23 4.8 57 5.7 3.9 10.9 170.6 62.7 54 398 4.4 2.8 10.1
16 Green Bay Packers 16 240 444 54.1 2681 15 3.4 22 5.0 78 6.0 4.1 11.2 167.6 62.9 47 376 4.7 3.0 9.6
17 Los Angeles Rams 16 242 456 53.1 2673 19 4.2 29 6.4 71 5.9 3.4 11.0 167.1 58.1 39 359 4.7 2.4 7.9
18 Tampa Bay Buccaneers 16 183 434 42.2 2612 19 4.4 26 6.0 66 6.0 3.8 14.3 163.3 51.9 12 88 5.7 3.5 2.7
19 Philadelphia Eagles 16 209 410 51.0 2610 21 5.1 13 3.2 53 6.4 5.5 12.5 163.1 74.9 34 272 5.3 4.4 7.7
20 St. Louis Cardinals 16 248 492 50.4 2602 12 2.4 24 4.9 78 5.3 3.3 10.5 162.6 53.9 39 268 4.4 2.6 7.3
21 New York Jets 16 190 369 51.5 2598 16 4.3 25 6.8 72 7.0 4.4 13.7 162.4 60.6 32 266 5.8 3.4 8.0
22 Washington Redskins 16 235 401 58.6 2576 20 5.0 15 3.7 62 6.4 5.2 11.0 161.0 78.7 34 263 5.3 4.2 7.8
23 Detroit Lions 16 218 452 48.2 2336 14 3.1 27 6.0 82 5.2 2.8 10.7 146.0 49.2 51 439 3.8 1.6 10.1
24 Cincinnati Bengals 16 228 426 53.5 2310 17 4.0 15 3.5 73 5.4 4.2 10.1 144.4 67.9 63 511 3.7 2.6 12.9
25 Houston Oilers 16 195 386 50.5 2256 17 4.4 21 5.4 55 5.8 3.8 11.6 141.0 60.5 32 238 4.8 3.0 7.7
26 Chicago Bears 16 195 373 52.3 2151 16 4.3 16 4.3 68 5.8 4.3 11.0 134.4 66.1 31 278 4.6 3.3 7.7
27 New York Giants 16 190 401 47.4 1954 15 3.7 22 5.5 61 4.9 2.8 10.3 122.1 51.5 59 465 3.2 1.4 12.8
28 Kansas City Chiefs 16 190 361 52.6 1660 7 1.9 18 5.0 40 4.6 2.5 8.7 103.8 50.8 42 293 3.4 1.6 10.4
Avg Team 250.8 463.5 54.1 2886.0 19.2 4.1 21.3 4.6 66 6.2 4.6 11.5 180.4 67.8 37.8 298.6 5.2 3.6 7.5
League Total 7022 12979 54.1 80809 538 4.1 597 4.6 85 6.2 4.6 11.5 5050.6 67.8 1057 8361 5.2 3.6 7.5
Avg Tm/G 15.7 29.0 54.1 180.4 1.2 4.1 1.3 4.6 6.2 4.6 11.5 180.4 67.8 2.4 18.7 5.2 3.6 7.5

Rushing Offense

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Rk Tm G Att Yds TD Lng Y/A Y/G Fmb
1 New York Jets 16 634 2646 23 52 4.2 165.4 26
2 Pittsburgh Steelers 16 561 2603 25 75 4.6 162.7 47
3 St. Louis Cardinals 16 566 2582 24 76 4.6 161.4 42
4 Houston Oilers 16 616 2571 24 61 4.2 160.7 31
5 Chicago Bears 16 627 2486 17 43 4.0 155.4 21
6 New Orleans Saints 16 551 2476 28 69 4.5 154.8 24
7 Los Angeles Rams 16 592 2460 16 63 4.2 153.8 38
8 Tampa Bay Buccaneers 16 609 2437 13 61 4.0 152.3 25
9 Philadelphia Eagles 16 567 2421 17 80 4.3 151.3 38
10 Dallas Cowboys 16 578 2375 15 41 4.1 148.4 34
11 Cincinnati Bengals 16 560 2329 23 63 4.2 145.6 24
12 Washington Redskins 16 609 2328 17 66 3.8 145.5 21
13 Kansas City Chiefs 16 569 2316 18 84 4.1 144.8 31
14 Cleveland Browns 16 504 2281 16 77 4.5 142.6 29
15 New England Patriots 16 604 2252 16 52 3.7 140.8 29
16 Atlanta Falcons 16 500 2200 15 60 4.4 137.5 31
17 Miami Dolphins 16 561 2187 19 42 3.9 136.7 27
18 Denver Broncos 16 525 2036 13 30 3.9 127.3 34
19 Seattle Seahawks 16 500 1967 24 67 3.9 122.9 31
20 San Francisco 49ers 16 480 1932 17 56 4.0 120.8 37
21 Green Bay Packers 16 483 1861 14 60 3.9 116.3 37
22 New York Giants 16 498 1820 12 32 3.7 113.8 34
23 Minnesota Vikings 16 487 1764 9 34 3.6 110.3 40
24 Oakland Raiders 16 491 1763 13 72 3.6 110.2 34
25 Detroit Lions 16 441 1677 11 38 3.8 104.8 37
26 Baltimore Colts 16 515 1674 12 26 3.3 104.6 36
27 San Diego Chargers 16 481 1668 25 55 3.5 104.3 31
28 Buffalo Bills 16 474 1621 11 75 3.4 101.3 32
Avg Team 542.3 2169.0 17.4 58 4.0 135.6 32.2
League Total 15183 60733 487 84 4.0 3795.8 901
Avg Tm/G 33.9 135.6 1.1 4.0 135.6 2.0

Kick & Punt Returns

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Punt Returns Kick Returns
Rk Tm G Ret Yds TD Lng Y/R Rt Yds TD Lng Y/Rt APYd
1 Los Angeles Rams 16 58 330 0 30 5.7 66 1292 0 43 19.6 6755
2 Detroit Lions 16 45 372 0 31 8.3 78 1569 0 69 20.1 5954
3 Cincinnati Bengals 16 42 316 0 40 7.5 81 1560 0 36 19.3 6515
4 Tampa Bay Buccaneers 16 71 438 0 17 6.2 51 959 0 31 18.8 6446
5 San Francisco 49ers 16 44 314 0 33 7.1 75 1538 1 85 20.5 7425
6 Dallas Cowboys 16 51 334 0 17 6.5 68 1316 0 70 19.4 7618
7 St. Louis Cardinals 16 48 368 0 77 7.7 71 1609 1 106 22.7 7161
8 Baltimore Colts 16 49 391 1 75 8.0 70 1402 0 58 20.0 6639
9 Minnesota Vikings 16 57 288 0 42 5.1 61 1380 0 83 22.6 6571
10 Cleveland Browns 16 41 345 0 47 8.4 75 1531 0 45 20.4 7648
11 Pittsburgh Steelers 16 63 523 0 38 8.3 51 987 0 44 19.4 7768
12 Philadelphia Eagles 16 57 544 0 38 9.5 56 1261 1 92 22.5 6836
13 New York Jets 16 36 314 0 51 8.7 76 1561 0 52 20.5 7119
14 Kansas City Chiefs 16 58 612 2 88 10.6 51 1004 0 52 19.7 5592
15 Houston Oilers 16 38 221 0 36 5.8 67 1234 0 37 18.4 6282
16 Seattle Seahawks 16 34 281 0 30 8.3 70 1444 0 39 20.6 7282
17 New England Patriots 16 37 311 1 80 8.4 66 1239 0 38 18.8 7020
18 San Diego Chargers 16 52 488 0 27 9.4 50 1066 0 41 21.3 7137
19 Oakland Raiders 16 35 179 0 20 5.1 65 1475 1 104 22.7 6828
20 Atlanta Falcons 16 26 188 0 60 7.2 73 1370 0 33 18.8 6487
21 Buffalo Bills 16 38 318 0 32 8.4 59 1131 0 36 19.2 6286
22 New Orleans Saints 16 30 231 0 33 7.7 66 1319 0 39 20.0 7177
23 New York Giants 16 28 109 0 13 3.9 67 1255 0 75 18.7 5138
24 Denver Broncos 16 43 401 0 44 9.3 50 966 0 37 19.3 6509
25 Chicago Bears 16 39 334 1 77 8.6 51 1054 1 83 20.7 6025
26 Green Bay Packers 16 28 141 0 19 5.0 61 1295 1 100 21.2 5978
27 Washington Redskins 16 33 271 0 52 8.2 55 1145 0 38 20.8 6320
28 Miami Dolphins 16 34 337 1 86 9.9 51 1148 0 43 22.5 6435
Avg Team 43.4 332.1 0.2 44 7.7 63.6 1289.6 0.2 57 20.3 6676.8
League Total 1215 9299 6 88 7.7 1781 36110 6 106 20.3 186951
Avg Tm/G 2.7 20.8 0.0 7.7 4.0 80.6 0.0 20.3 417.3

Kicking & Punting

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Kicking Punting
Rk Tm G FGA FGM FG% XPA XPM XP% Pnt Yds Lng Blck Y/P
1 New England Patriots 16 33 23 69.7% 49 46 93.9% 84 3041 58 1 36.2
2 Baltimore Colts 16 28 14 50.0% 33 31 93.9% 101 3656 53 2 36.2
3 Houston Oilers 16 25 21 84.0% 43 41 95.3% 93 3776 59 0 40.6
4 Los Angeles Rams 16 25 13 52.0% 40 36 90.0% 95 3733 60 2 39.3
5 Buffalo Bills 16 33 21 63.6% 30 25 83.3% 96 3667 60 0 38.2
6 Chicago Bears 16 27 16 59.3% 37 34 91.9% 93 3488 54 1 37.5
7 Cincinnati Bengals 16 23 13 56.5% 43 40 93.0% 91 3676 61 2 40.4
8 New York Giants 16 20 9 45.0% 30 28 93.3% 104 4441 72 0 42.7
9 San Diego Chargers 16 26 16 61.5% 52 47 90.4% 75 2738 62 0 36.5
10 Pittsburgh Steelers 16 30 18 60.0% 52 50 96.2% 68 2734 61 0 40.2
11 Dallas Cowboys 16 29 19 65.5% 45 40 88.9% 76 3169 73 0 41.7
12 Washington Redskins 16 33 25 75.8% 39 39 100.0% 78 2995 74 0 38.4
13 Tampa Bay Buccaneers 16 19 11 57.9% 35 30 85.7% 95 3677 58 2 38.7
14 St. Louis Cardinals 16 26 12 46.2% 40 31 77.5% 81 3062 63 2 37.8
15 Philadelphia Eagles 16 31 23 74.2% 39 36 92.3% 76 2956 57 1 38.9
16 Atlanta Falcons 16 25 13 52.0% 37 31 83.8% 84 3293 62 1 39.2
17 Denver Broncos 16 21 13 61.9% 36 32 88.9% 89 3551 63 0 39.9
18 New York Jets 16 30 16 53.3% 42 35 83.3% 73 2978 64 0 40.8
19 Minnesota Vikings 16 22 13 59.1% 31 28 90.3% 91 3549 70 1 39.0
20 Cleveland Browns 16 29 17 58.6% 44 38 86.4% 71 2847 59 2 40.1
21 Detroit Lions 16 18 10 55.6% 27 25 92.6% 98 3930 72 0 40.1
22 Oakland Raiders 16 27 18 66.7% 45 41 91.1% 70 2940 71 1 42.0
23 Kansas City Chiefs 16 23 12