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Every 1978 NFL race charted week by week: AFC Central, AFC East, AFC West, AFC Wild Card, NFC Central, NFC East, NFC West and NFC Wild Card. Final standings, from a season that ran September 2 to December 18, 1978.
AFC Central AFC East AFC West AFC Wild Card NFC Central NFC East NFC West NFC Wild Card
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AFC Central standings, 1978
Team W L T Pct GB L10 Streak (PIT) b 14 2 0 .875 - 8-2 W5 (HOU) x 10 6 0 .625 4 7-3 L1 (CLE) 8 8 0 .500 6 4-6 L1 (CIN) 4 12 0 .250 10 4-6 W3
Final standings.
Clinch key x clinched a playoff place b clinched a first-round bye
Turning points Wire to wire: the Pittsburgh Steelers held first place on every charted week. The Pittsburgh Steelers won 7 games in a row from Week 1 to Week 7, the longest run of the race. The Pittsburgh Steelers went 7-1 from Week 1 to Week 9, turning a level race into a lead of 3 games.
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Standings Chart › NFL › 1978 Data from FiveThirtyEight's openly licensed NFL data and the devstopfix results set . Charts update nightly after the last game goes final. The league's own current standings are at NFL.com .
The numbers carry a few honest asterisks, from 1927 darkness ties to the only forfeit in WNBA history: all of them are disclosed in the data notes .
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1978 NFL races AFC Central The Pittsburgh Steelers won the 1978 NFL AFC Central division race at 14-2, 4 games ahead of the Houston Oilers. AFC East The New England Patriots and Miami Dolphins finished tied atop the 1978 NFL AFC East division race, both at 11-5. The New England Patriots won the division on an NFL tiebreaker these standings do not carry. AFC West The Denver Broncos won the 1978 NFL AFC West division race at 10-6, 1 game ahead of the Oakland Raiders. AFC Wild Card The Miami Dolphins and Houston Oilers took the 2 wild card spots in the 1978 NFL AFC wild card race, finishing 1 game ahead of the Oakland Raiders. NFC Central The Minnesota Vikings and Green Bay Packers finished tied atop the 1978 NFL NFC Central division race, both at 8-7-1. The Minnesota Vikings won the division on an NFL tiebreaker these standings do not carry. NFC East The Dallas Cowboys won the 1978 NFL NFC East division race at 12-4, 3 games ahead of the Philadelphia Eagles. NFC West The Los Angeles Rams won the 1978 NFL NFC West division race at 12-4, 3 games ahead of the Atlanta Falcons. NFC Wild Card The Atlanta Falcons and Philadelphia Eagles took the 2 wild card spots in the 1978 NFL NFC wild card race, finishing half a game ahead of the Green Bay Packers. 🏆 PlayoffsEvery playoff game, charted. 57 NFL seasons since 1970 Closest NFL races · Biggest NFL comebacks and collapses · Weeks in first place