1979 NFL NFC East standings

Name: 1979 NFL NFC East standings
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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.

The 1979 playoffs, game by game

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NFC East standings, 1979

Team	W	L	Pct	GB	L10	Streak
Dallas Cowboys (DAL) b	11	5	.688	-	6-4	W3
Philadelphia Eagles (PHI) x	11	5	.688	-	6-4	W1
Washington Redskins (WAS)	10	6	.625	1	6-4	L1
New York Giants (NYG)	6	10	.375	5	5-5	L3
St. Louis Cardinals (STL)	5	11	.313	6	3-7	L1

Final standings.

Clinch key

x: clinched a playoff place
b: clinched a first-round bye

Turning points

The lead changed hands once.
The Dallas Cowboys trailed by as many as 1 game in Week 13.
The Philadelphia Eagles won 5 games in a row from Week 3 to Week 7, the longest run of the race.
The Philadelphia Eagles led by 1 game as late as Week 14.
The Dallas Cowboys went 7-2 from Week 1 to Week 10, turning a level race into a lead of 2 games.
Three teams held first place.
The Dallas Cowboys spent 14 of the season's 16 charted weeks in first place.