The Houston Oilers were 11-5 in 1979. They finished 2nd in the AFC Central and 3rd in the AFC. They fell to the Pittsburgh Steelers, 27 to 13, in the 1979 AFC Championship game.

1979 Stats

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GPPTSYDSPLYAVGRUSH YDSRUSH ATTRUSH AVGPASS YDSPASS ATTPASS AVGSCKSCKY1DWNRUSH 1DWNPASS 1DWNPEN 1DWNPENPEN YDS
Team
16
362
4,827
1,034
4.7
2,571
616
4.2
2,494
386
6.5
32
238
268
149
100
19
109
942
Team Rank
8th
22nd
18th
20th
4th
3rd
7th
25th
25th
21st
9th
22nd
22nd
3rd
26th
25th
21st
21st
Opponent
16
331
4,990
1,038
4.8
2,225
522
4.3
3,186
465
6.9
51
421
304
125
158
21
103
920
Opponent Rank
16th
13th
14th
14th
17th
11th
21st
17th
14th
13th
3rd
26th
16th
14th
18th
11th
14th
9th
Net
+31
-163
-4
-0.1
+346
+94
-0.1
-692
-79
-0.4
-19
-183
-36
+24
-58
-2
+6
+22
Net Rank
10th
15th
17th
16th
10th
4th
15th
24th
25th
19th
4th
26th
23rd
6th
26th
19th
18th
18th

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NFL 2025 Division Standings

AFC EastWLTPCT
Patriots Patriots
11
2
0
.846
Bills Bills
9
4
0
.692
AFC NorthWLTPCT
Steelers Steelers
7
6
0
.538
Ravens Ravens
6
7
0
.462
AFC SouthWLTPCT
Jaguars Jaguars
9
4
0
.692
Colts Colts
8
5
0
.615
AFC WestWLTPCT
Broncos Broncos
10
2
0
.833
Chargers Chargers
8
4
0
.667
NFC EastWLTPCT
Eagles Eagles
8
4
0
.667
Cowboys Cowboys
6
6
1
.500
NFC NorthWLTPCT
Bears Bears
9
3
0
.750
Packers Packers
8
3
1
.708
NFC SouthWLTPCT
Buccaneers Buccaneers
7
6
0
.538
Panthers Panthers
7
6
0
.538
NFC WestWLTPCT
Seahawks Seahawks
10
3
0
.769
Rams Rams
9
3
0
.750

NFL 2025 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATEMATCHUPSCORE
Sat
9/6
TB TB
@
ATL ATL
23-20
Sat
9/6
LV LV
@
NE NE
20-13
Sat
9/6
CAR CAR
@
JAX JAX
10-26
Sat
9/6
CIN CIN
@
CLE CLE
17-16
Sat
9/6
NYG NYG
@
WAS WAS
6-21

Schedule

DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Sun
12/7
HOU HOU
@
KC KC
8:20 PM
Mon
12/8
PHI PHI
@
LAC LAC
8:15 PM
Thu
12/11
ATL ATL
@
TB TB
8:15 PM
Sun
12/14
WAS WAS
@
NYG NYG
1:00 PM
Sun
12/14
BAL BAL
@
CIN CIN
1:00 PM