New England Patriots

9-7-0 • 2nd in AFC East •
Logo for the 1979 New England Patriots

PPG

25.7

2nd

OPP PPG

20.4

15th

RUSH YDS/G

140.8

15th

PASS YDS/G

225.0

9th

Overview Stats Scores & Schedule Roster Splits History

The New England Patriots were 9-7 in 1979. They finished 2nd in the AFC East and 6th in the AFC.

Scores & Schedules

See schedule
DATE OPP SCORE
Sun
12/16
 		vs
MIN logo MIN
W
27-23
Sun
12/9
 		@
NYJ logo NYJ
L
26-27
Thu
11/29
 		@
MIA logo MIA
L
24-39
Sun
11/25
 		vs
BUF logo BUF
L
13-16
Sun
11/18
 		vs
BAL logo BAL
W
50-21

Team Leaders

See roster

PASS YDS

3,286

Grogan

Grogan

RUSH YDS

563

Cunningham

Cunningham

REC YDS

1,013

Jackson

Jackson

1979 Division Standings

TEAM W L T PCT
Dolphins logo Dolphins
10 6 0 .625
Patriots logo Patriots
9 7 0 .563
Jets logo Jets
8 8 0 .500
Bills logo Bills
7 9 0 .438
Colts logo Colts
5 11 0 .313

1979 Stats

See stats
GP PTS YDS PLY AVG RUSH YDS RUSH ATT RUSH AVG PASS YDS PASS ATT PASS AVG SCK SCKY 1DWN RUSH 1DWN PASS 1DWN PEN 1DWN PEN PEN YDS
Team 16 411 5,470 1,128 4.8 2,252 604 3.7 3,600 475 7.6 49 382 318 132 159 27 99 864
Team Rank 2nd 8th 1st 14th 15th 6th 22nd 9th 13th 7th 23rd 7th 7th 9th 9th 9th 11th 13th
Opponent 16 326 4,323 1,019 4.2 1,770 495 3.6 3,065 467 6.6 57 512 283 118 139 26 102 902
Opponent Rank 15th 3rd 7th 3rd 5th 3rd 7th 13th 15th 10th 1st 28th 12th 13th 12th 15th 16th 11th
Net +85 +1,147 +109 +0.6 +482 +109 +0.2 +535 +8 +1.0 -8 -130 +35 +14 +20 +1 -3 -38
Net Rank 3rd 3rd 2nd 5th 6th 2nd 11th 6th 13th 4th 12th 25th 6th 12th 12th 13th 11th 11th

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