1979 Regression Rankings Least Least RANK TEAM Absolute TEAM Squares Values 1 Pittsburgh 31.04 Pittsburgh 31.26 2 Houston 27.70 San Diego 29.49 3 San Diego 27.60 Houston 23.69 4 Washington 24.50 New England 23.15 5 Seattle 22.97 Denver 22.58 6 Philadelphia 22.57 Oakland 22.29 7 Denver 22.06 Miami 22.24 8 Dallas 21.58 Cleveland 21.67 9 Miami 20.96 Dallas 21.27 10 New England 20.17 Seattle 21.10 11 Oakland 18.53 Washington 20.90 12 Kansas City 17.97 Philadelphia 20.88 13 Cleveland 17.68 Kansas City 19.80 14 NY Jets 17.25 LA Rams 18.70 15 LA Rams 17.10 Chicago 18.16 16 Chicago 17.07 Buffalo 17.86 17 Tampa Bay 16.93 New Orleans 17.40 18 St Louis 16.72 Cincinnati 17.31 19 New Orleans 16.57 St Louis 15.62 20 Cincinnati 15.97 NY Jets 15.58 21 Atlanta 15.24 Tampa Bay 15.33 22 Buffalo 15.10 Baltimore 14.97 23 NY Giants 14.77 NY Giants 12.17 24 Minnesota 14.31 Atlanta 11.71 25 Baltimore 13.29 Green Bay 11.38 26 Green Bay 12.26 San Francisco 11.09 27 San Francisco 9.89 Minnesota 10.83 28 Detroit 8.34 Detroit 7.17 HFA 3.86 HFA 4.41