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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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
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 Betting

NFL 2025 Division Standings

AFC East W L T PCT
Bills Bills
4
1
0
.800
Patriots Patriots
4
2
0
.667
AFC North W L T PCT
Steelers Steelers
4
1
0
.800
Bengals Bengals
2
4
0
.333
AFC South W L T PCT
Colts Colts
5
1
0
.833
Jaguars Jaguars
4
2
0
.667
AFC West W L T PCT
Chargers Chargers
4
2
0
.667
Broncos Broncos
4
2
0
.667
NFC East W L T PCT
Eagles Eagles
4
2
0
.667
Commanders Commanders
3
2
0
.600
NFC North W L T PCT
Packers Packers
3
1
1
.700
Lions Lions
4
2
0
.667
NFC South W L T PCT
Buccaneers Buccaneers
5
1
0
.833
Panthers Panthers
3
3
0
.500
NFC West W L T PCT
49ers 49ers
4
2
0
.667
Seahawks Seahawks
4
2
0
.667

NFL 2025 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE MATCHUP SCORE
Wed
9/3
DAL DAL
@
PHI PHI
20-24
Thu
9/4
KC KC
@
LAC LAC
21-27
Sat
9/6
PIT PIT
@
NYJ NYJ
34-32
Sat
9/6
TB TB
@
ATL ATL
23-20
Sat
9/6
LV LV
@
NE NE
20-13

Schedule

DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Mon
10/13
BUF BUF
@
ATL ATL
7:15 PM
Mon
10/13
CHI CHI
@
WAS WAS
8:15 PM
Thu
10/16
PIT PIT
@
CIN CIN
8:15 PM
Sun
10/19
LAR LAR
@
JAX JAX
9:30 AM
Sun
10/19
NE NE
@
TEN TEN
1:00 PM