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Every 1979 NFL race charted week by week: AFC Central, AFC East, AFC West, AFC Wild Card, NFC Central, NFC East, NFC West and NFC Wild Card. Final standings, from a season that ran September 1 to December 17, 1979.
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AFC Central standings, 1979
Team W L T Pct GB L10 Streak (PIT) b 12 4 0 .750 - 7-3 W1 (HOU) x 11 5 0 .688 1 7-3 L1 (CLE) 9 7 0 .563 3 5-5 L2 (CIN) 4 12 0 .250 8 4-6 W1
Final standings.
Clinch key x clinched a playoff place b clinched a first-round bye
Turning points Wire to wire: the Pittsburgh Steelers held first place on every charted week. The Houston Oilers won 5 games in a row from Week 9 to Week 13, the longest run of the race. Three teams held first place.
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Standings Chart › NFL › 1979 Data from FiveThirtyEight's openly licensed NFL data and the devstopfix results set . Charts update nightly after the last game goes final. The league's own current standings are at NFL.com .
The numbers carry a few honest asterisks, from 1927 darkness ties to the only forfeit in WNBA history: all of them are disclosed in the data notes .
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1979 NFL races AFC Central The Pittsburgh Steelers won the 1979 NFL AFC Central division race at 12-4, 1 game ahead of the Houston Oilers. AFC East The Miami Dolphins won the 1979 NFL AFC East division race at 10-6, 1 game ahead of the New England Patriots. AFC West The San Diego Chargers won the 1979 NFL AFC West division race at 12-4, 2 games ahead of the Denver Broncos. AFC Wild Card The Houston Oilers and Denver Broncos took the 2 wild card spots in the 1979 NFL AFC wild card race, finishing 1 game ahead of the Cleveland Browns. NFC Central The Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Chicago Bears finished tied atop the 1979 NFL NFC Central division race, both at 10-6. The Tampa Bay Buccaneers won the division on an NFL tiebreaker these standings do not carry. NFC East The Dallas Cowboys and Philadelphia Eagles finished tied atop the 1979 NFL NFC East division race, both at 11-5. The Dallas Cowboys won the division on an NFL tiebreaker these standings do not carry. NFC West The Los Angeles Rams won the 1979 NFL NFC West division race at 9-7, 1 game ahead of the New Orleans Saints. NFC Wild Card The Philadelphia Eagles took a wild card spot in the 1979 NFL NFC wild card race; the Chicago Bears and Washington Redskins finished level at 10-6 for the last wild card spot. The Chicago Bears took the last wild card spot on an NFL tiebreaker these standings do not carry. 🏆 PlayoffsEvery playoff game, charted. 57 NFL seasons since 1970 Closest NFL races · Biggest NFL comebacks and collapses · Weeks in first place