1978 NFL NFC Central standings

Name: 1978 NFL NFC Central standings
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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.

The 1978 playoffs, game by game

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NFC Central standings, 1978

Team	W	L	T	Pct	GB	L10	Streak
Minnesota Vikings (MIN) b	8	7	1	.531	-	5-4-1	L2
Green Bay Packers (GB)	8	7	1	.531	-	3-6-1	L2
Chicago Bears (CHI)	7	9	0	.438	1.5	4-6	W2
Detroit Lions (DET)	7	9	0	.438	1.5	6-4	W2
Tampa Bay Buccaneers (TB)	5	11	0	.313	3.5	2-8	L4

Final standings.

Clinch key

b: clinched a first-round bye

Turning points

The lead changed hands twice.
The Minnesota Vikings trailed by as many as 3 games in Week 7.
The Minnesota Vikings won 4 games in a row from Week 8 to Week 11, the longest run of the race.
The Green Bay Packers led by 3 games as late as Week 7.
The Minnesota Vikings went 5-2-1 from Week 7 to Week 15, turning a deficit of 3 games into a level race.
Three teams held first place.
The Minnesota Vikings spent 6 of the season's 16 charted weeks in first place.