1978 Pythagorean Ratings Rank TEAM W L PF PA WPCT PYTHAG 1 Dallas 12.0 4.0 384 208 0.75000 0.77315 2 Pittsburgh 14.0 2.0 356 195 0.87500 0.76921 3 Miami 11.0 5.0 372 254 0.68750 0.68203 4 Denver 10.0 6.0 282 198 0.62500 0.66980 5 LA Rams 12.0 4.0 316 245 0.75000 0.62456 6 New England 11.0 5.0 358 286 0.68750 0.61042 7 San Diego 9.0 7.0 355 309 0.56250 0.56895 8 Oakland 9.0 7.0 311 283 0.56250 0.54703 9 Philadelphia 9.0 7.0 270 250 0.56250 0.53840 10 NY Jets 8.0 8.0 359 364 0.50000 0.49308 11 Detroit 7.0 9.0 290 300 0.43750 0.48306 12 Washington 8.0 8.0 273 283 0.50000 0.48202 13 Seattle 9.0 7.0 345 358 0.56250 0.48151 14 Minnesota 8.5 7.5 294 306 0.53125 0.48001 15 Houston 10.0 6.0 283 298 0.62500 0.47420 16 New Orleans 7.0 9.0 281 298 0.43750 0.47066 17 Cleveland 8.0 8.0 334 356 0.50000 0.46815 18 Tampa Bay 5.0 11.0 241 259 0.31250 0.46405 19 Green Bay 8.5 7.5 249 269 0.53125 0.46145 20 Chicago 7.0 9.0 253 274 0.43750 0.46021 21 Cincinnati 4.0 12.0 252 284 0.25000 0.44051 22 NY Giants 6.0 10.0 264 298 0.37500 0.43972 23 Buffalo 5.0 11.0 302 354 0.31250 0.42123 24 St Louis 6.0 10.0 248 296 0.37500 0.41245 25 Atlanta 9.0 7.0 240 290 0.56250 0.40649 26 Kansas City 4.0 12.0 243 327 0.25000 0.35576 27 San Francisco 2.0 14.0 219 350 0.12500 0.28136 28 Baltimore 5.0 11.0 239 421 0.31250 0.24373