1978 - 79 Season Review

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NFL 1978 - 79 Regular Season Standings

	Games	Wins	Loses	Ties	Pts For	Pts Against
Pittsburgh Steelers	16	14	2	0	356	195
Houston Oilers	16	10	6	0	283	298
Cleveland Browns	16	8	8	0	334	356
Cincinnati Bengals	16	4	12	0	252	284
Miami Dolphins	16	11	5	0	372	254
New England Patriots	16	11	5	0	358	286
New York Jets	16	8	8	0	359	364
Buffalo Bills	16	5	11	0	302	354
Baltimore Colts	16	5	11	0	239	421
Denver Broncos	16	10	6	0	282	198
Oakland Raiders	16	9	7	0	311	283
Seattle Seahawks	16	9	7	0	345	358
San Diego Chargers	16	9	7	0	355	309
Kansas City Chiefs	16	4	12	0	243	327
Minnesota Vikings	16	8	7	1	294	306
Green Bay Packers	16	8	7	1	249	269
Chicago Bears	16	7	9	0	253	274
Detroit Lions	16	7	9	0	290	300
Tampa Bay Buccaneers	16	5	11	0	241	259
Dallas Cowboys	16	12	4	0	384	208
Philadelphia Eagles	16	9	7	0	270	250
Washington Redskins	16	8	8	0	273	283
New York Giants	16	6	10	0	264	298
St. Louis Cardinals	16	6	10	0	248	296
Los Angeles Rams	16	12	4	0	316	245
Atlanta Falcons	16	9	7	0	240	290
New Orleans Saints	16	7	9	0	281	298
San Francisco 49ers	16	2	14	0	219	350

NFL 1978 - 79 Playoff Results

Super Bowl

1/21/1979, Sun Pittsburgh Steelers defeated Dallas Cowboys by a score of 35 to 31

NFL Conference Championship

Sun, 1/7/1979 Dallas Cowboys defeated Los Angeles Rams by a score of 28 to 0

Sun, 1/7/1979 Pittsburgh Steelers defeated Houston Oilers by a score of 34 to 5

NFL Division Championship(s)

Sat, 12/30/1978 Dallas Cowboys defeated Atlanta Falcons by a score of 27 to 20

Sat, 12/30/1978 Pittsburgh Steelers defeated Denver Broncos by a score of 33 to 10

Sun, 12/31/1978 Los Angeles Rams defeated Minnesota Vikings by a score of 34 to 10

Sun, 12/31/1978 Houston Oilers defeated New England Patriots by a score of 31 to 14

Wildcard Games

Sun, 12/24/1978 Atlanta Falcons defeated Philadelphia Eagles by a score of 14 to 13

Sun, 12/24/1978 Houston Oilers defeated Miami Dolphins by a score of 17 to 9