1979 NFL NFC Central standings

Name: 1979 NFL NFC Central standings
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The Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Chicago Bears finished tied atop the 1979 NFL NFC Central division race, both at 10-6. The Tampa Bay Buccaneers won the division on an NFL tiebreaker these standings do not carry.

The 1979 playoffs, game by game

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NFC Central standings, 1979

Team	W	L	Pct	GB	L10	Streak
Tampa Bay Buccaneers (TB) b	10	6	.625	-	5-5	W1
Chicago Bears (CHI) x	10	6	.625	-	7-3	W3
Minnesota Vikings (MIN)	7	9	.438	3	4-6	L1
Green Bay Packers (GB)	5	11	.313	5	3-7	W1
Detroit Lions (DET)	2	14	.125	8	1-9	L3

Final standings.

Clinch key

x: clinched a playoff place
b: clinched a first-round bye

Turning points

Wire to wire: the Tampa Bay Buccaneers held first place on every charted week.
The Tampa Bay Buccaneers won 5 games in a row from Week 1 to Week 5, the longest run of the race.
The Tampa Bay Buccaneers went 6-2 from Week 1 to Week 9, turning a level race into a lead of 3 games.
Three teams held first place.