| Game Results |
| Teams | Date | Score |
| Detroit at Tampa Bay | 9/1/1979 | TBN 30-14 |
| Atlanta at New Orleans | 9/2/1979 | NON 31-28 |
| Green Bay at Chicago | 9/2/1979 | GBN 17-17 |
| Cleveland at New York AFC | 9/2/1979 | CLA 28-27 |
| Dallas at St. Louis | 9/2/1979 | SLN 35-34 |
| Cincinnati at Denver | 9/2/1979 | CNA 19-17 |
| Houston at Washington | 9/2/1979 | WAN 20-14 |
| Baltimore at Kansas City | 9/2/1979 | BAA 16-13 |
| Miami at Buffalo | 9/2/1979 | MIA 42-20 |
| San Francisco at Minnesota | 9/2/1979 | MNN 24-22 |
| Oakland at Los Angeles | 9/2/1979 | LAN 28-24 |
| New York NFC at Philadelphia | 9/2/1979 | NYN 20-17 |
| San Diego at Seattle | 9/2/1979 | SDA 20-9 |
| Pittsburgh at New England | 9/3/1979 | PIA 23-14 |
| Los Angeles at Denver | 9/6/1979 | DNA 17-14 |
| Cincinnati at Buffalo | 9/9/1979 | CNA 28-24 |
| Minnesota at Chicago | 9/9/1979 | CHN 38-28 |
| Cleveland at Kansas City | 9/9/1979 | CLA 21-17 |
| Dallas at San Francisco | 9/9/1979 | DAN 34-13 |
| New Orleans at Green Bay | 9/9/1979 | NON 21-20 |
| Seattle at Miami | 9/9/1979 | MIA 20-17 |
| New York AFC at New England | 9/9/1979 | NYA 23-14 |
| Houston at Pittsburgh | 9/9/1979 | PIA 28-15 |
| Oakland at San Diego | 9/9/1979 | SDA 45-23 |
| St. Louis at New York NFC | 9/9/1979 | SLN 23-17 |
| Tampa Bay at Baltimore | 9/9/1979 | BAA 17-10 |
| Washington at Detroit | 9/9/1979 | WAN 37-7 |
| Atlanta at Philadelphia | 9/10/1979 | PHN 36-14 |
| Baltimore at Cleveland | 9/16/1979 | CLA 24-19 |
| Chicago at Dallas | 9/16/1979 | DAN 24-16 |
| Denver at Atlanta | 9/16/1979 | DNA 31-7 |
| Kansas City at Houston | 9/16/1979 | HOA 26-3 |
| San Francisco at Los Angeles | 9/16/1979 | LAN 28-27 |
| Miami at Minnesota | 9/16/1979 | MIA 17-14 |
| New England at Cincinnati | 9/16/1979 | NEA 24-19 |
| Detroit at New York AFC | 9/16/1979 | DEN 24-21 |
| Philadelphia at New Orleans | 9/16/1979 | NON 17-3 |
| Pittsburgh at St. Louis | 9/16/1979 | PIA 27-9 |
| Buffalo at San Diego | 9/16/1979 | SDA 30-14 |
| Oakland at Seattle | 9/16/1979 | SEA 27-16 |
| Tampa Bay at Green Bay | 9/16/1979 | TBN 31-20 |
| New York NFC at Washington | 9/17/1979 | WAN 28-10 |
| New York AFC at Buffalo | 9/23/1979 | BUA 31-24 |
| Seattle at Denver | 9/23/1979 | DNA 31-10 |
| Atlanta at Detroit | 9/23/1979 | ATN 20-14 |
| Houston at Cincinnati | 9/23/1979 | HOA 21-7 |
| Oakland at Kansas City | 9/23/1979 | OAA 27-17 |
| Chicago at Miami | 9/23/1979 | MIA 27-9 |
| Green Bay at Minnesota | 9/23/1979 | MNN 14-7 |
| San Diego at New England | 9/23/1979 | SDA 13-7 |
| New Orleans at San Francisco | 9/23/1979 | NON 41-34 |
| Philadelphia at New York NFC | 9/23/1979 | PHN 10-7 |
| Baltimore at Pittsburgh | 9/23/1979 | PIA 23-16 |
| Los Angeles at Tampa Bay | 9/23/1979 | LAN 21-14 |
| Washington at St. Louis | 9/23/1979 | WAN 20-17 |
| Dallas at Cleveland | 9/24/1979 | CLA 16-12 |
| Buffalo at Baltimore | 9/30/1979 | BAA 17-13 |
| Cincinnati at Dallas | 9/30/1979 | DAN 15-10 |
| Cleveland at Houston | 9/30/1979 | HOA 23-16 |
| Kansas City at Seattle | 9/30/1979 | KCA 30-28 |
| St. Louis at Los Angeles | 9/30/1979 | LAN 27-20 |
| Minnesota at Detroit | 9/30/1979 | DEN 31-28 |
| New York NFC at New Orleans | 9/30/1979 | NYN 24-10 |
| Miami at New York AFC | 9/30/1979 | NYA 24-7 |
| Denver at Oakland | 9/30/1979 | DNA 16-14 |
| Pittsburgh at Philadelphia | 9/30/1979 | PIA 30-23 |
| San Francisco at San Diego | 9/30/1979 | SDA 45-3 |
| Tampa Bay at Chicago | 9/30/1979 | CHN 27-3 |
| Washington at Atlanta | 9/30/1979 | WAN 37-0 |
| New England at Green Bay | 10/1/1979 | NEA 33-7 |
| Green Bay at Atlanta | 10/7/1979 | ATN 31-26 |
| New York AFC at Baltimore | 10/7/1979 | BAA 31-3 |
| Chicago at Buffalo | 10/7/1979 | CHN 32-14 |
| Dallas at Minnesota | 10/7/1979 | DAN 27-23 |
| San Diego at Denver | 10/7/1979 | SDA 31-14 |
| Kansas City at Cincinnati | 10/7/1979 | KCA 20-14 |
| Los Angeles at New Orleans | 10/7/1979 | LAN 27-23 |
| Detroit at New England | 10/7/1979 | NEA 27-24 |
| Tampa Bay at New York NFC | 10/7/1979 | NYN 27-10 |
| Philadelphia at Washington | 10/7/1979 | WAN 17-7 |
| Pittsburgh at Cleveland | 10/7/1979 | PIA 24-20 |
| Seattle at San Francisco | 10/7/1979 | SEA 21-9 |
| St. Louis at Houston | 10/7/1979 | SLN 24-9 |
| Miami at Oakland | 10/8/1979 | MIA 43-42 |
| Pittsburgh at Cincinnati | 10/14/1979 | CNA 41-38 |
| Los Angeles at Dallas | 10/14/1979 | LAN 23-14 |
| Denver at Kansas City | 10/14/1979 | KCA 36-21 |
| Detroit at Green Bay | 10/14/1979 | DEN 13-7 |
| Houston at Baltimore | 10/14/1979 | BAA 38-17 |
| Buffalo at Miami | 10/14/1979 | BUA 30-24 |
| New England at Chicago | 10/14/1979 | NEA 24-17 |
| New Orleans at Tampa Bay | 10/14/1979 | NON 21-3 |
| San Francisco at New York NFC | 10/14/1979 | SFN 17-6 |
| Atlanta at Oakland | 10/14/1979 | OAA 42-21 |
| Philadelphia at St. Louis | 10/14/1979 | PHN 23-22 |
| Seattle at San Diego | 10/14/1979 | SDA 37-30 |
| Washington at Cleveland | 10/14/1979 | WAN 20-13 |
| Minnesota at New York AFC | 10/15/1979 | NYA 33-28 |
| Baltimore at Buffalo | 10/21/1979 | BAA 41-28 |
| Cincinnati at Cleveland | 10/21/1979 | CLA 39-7 |
| St. Louis at Dallas | 10/21/1979 | DAN 17-14 |
| Chicago at Minnesota | 10/21/1979 | CHN 17-13 |
| Miami at New England | 10/21/1979 | NEA 23-10 |
| Detroit at New Orleans | 10/21/1979 | DEN 20-7 |
| New York NFC at Kansas City | 10/21/1979 | NYN 21-20 |
| Oakland at New York AFC | 10/21/1979 | OAA 24-22 |
| San Diego at Los Angeles | 10/21/1979 | SDA 41-14 |
| Atlanta at San Francisco | 10/21/1979 | ATN 42-29 |
| Houston at Seattle | 10/21/1979 | SEA 17-10 |
| Green Bay at Tampa Bay | 10/21/1979 | GBN 42-20 |
| Washington at Philadelphia | 10/21/1979 | PHN 31-21 |
| Denver at Pittsburgh | 10/22/1979 | PIA 31-0 |
| San Diego at Oakland | 10/25/1979 | SDA 35-7 |
| New England at Baltimore | 10/28/1979 | BAA 27-13 |
| Buffalo at Detroit | 10/28/1979 | DEN 14-13 |
| Chicago at San Francisco | 10/28/1979 | CHN 35-26 |
| Philadelphia at Cincinnati | 10/28/1979 | CNA 35-19 |
| Cleveland at St. Louis | 10/28/1979 | SLN 28-6 |
| Kansas City at Denver | 10/28/1979 | DNA 24-17 |
| New York AFC at Houston | 10/28/1979 | HOA 36-21 |
| Green Bay at Miami | 10/28/1979 | MIA 17-7 |
| New Orleans at Washington | 10/28/1979 | WAN 42-21 |
| New York NFC at Los Angeles | 10/28/1979 | NYN 21-7 |
| Dallas at Pittsburgh | 10/28/1979 | PIA 31-20 |
| Tampa Bay at Minnesota | 10/28/1979 | MNN 9-3 |
| Seattle at Atlanta | 10/29/1979 | ATN 34-21 |
| Tampa Bay at Atlanta | 11/4/1979 | ATN 31-21 |
| Cincinnati at Baltimore | 11/4/1979 | CNA 31-14 |
| Detroit at Chicago | 11/4/1979 | CHN 26-7 |
| Cleveland at Philadelphia | 11/4/1979 | PHN 27-21 |
| Dallas at New York NFC | 11/4/1979 | NYN 16-9 |
| New Orleans at Denver | 11/4/1979 | DNA 31-14 |
| Los Angeles at Seattle | 11/4/1979 | LAN 34-21 |
| New England at Buffalo | 11/4/1979 | BUA 24-14 |
| New York AFC at Green Bay | 11/4/1979 | NYA 24-7 |
| San Francisco at Oakland | 11/4/1979 | OAA 34-10 |
| Washington at Pittsburgh | 11/4/1979 | PIA 17-13 |
| San Diego at Kansas City | 11/4/1979 | SDA 26-7 |
| Minnesota at St. Louis | 11/4/1979 | SLN 26-17 |
| Houston at Miami | 11/5/1979 | HOA 29-12 |
| Buffalo at New York AFC | 11/11/1979 | NYA 30-6 |
| Los Angeles at Chicago | 11/11/1979 | LAN 26-21 |
| New England at Denver | 11/11/1979 | DNA 17-12 |
| Minnesota at Green Bay | 11/11/1979 | MNN 28-20 |
| Oakland at Houston | 11/11/1979 | HOA 34-6 |
| Baltimore at Miami | 11/11/1979 | MIA 38-10 |
| San Francisco at New Orleans | 11/11/1979 | NON 34-21 |
| Atlanta at New York NFC | 11/11/1979 | NYN 20-17 |
| Pittsburgh at Kansas City | 11/11/1979 | PIA 21-14 |
| San Diego at Cincinnati | 11/11/1979 | CNA 31-24 |
| Seattle at Cleveland | 11/11/1979 | CLA 17-7 |
| Tampa Bay at Detroit | 11/11/1979 | DEN 32-7 |
| St. Louis at Washington | 11/11/1979 | SLN 27-13 |
| Philadelphia at Dallas | 11/12/1979 | PHN 27-7 |
| Green Bay at Buffalo | 11/18/1979 | GBN 29-23 |
| New York AFC at Chicago | 11/18/1979 | CHN 30-28 |
| Miami at Cleveland | 11/18/1979 | MIA 31-21 |
| Denver at San Francisco | 11/18/1979 | SFN 13-3 |
| Cincinnati at Houston | 11/18/1979 | CNA 22-17 |
| Kansas City at Oakland | 11/18/1979 | KCA 21-17 |
| Detroit at Minnesota | 11/18/1979 | MNN 40-16 |
| Baltimore at New England | 11/18/1979 | BAA 27-17 |
| St. Louis at Philadelphia | 11/18/1979 | SLN 33-24 |
| Pittsburgh at San Diego | 11/18/1979 | PIA 24-9 |
| New Orleans at Seattle | 11/18/1979 | NON 24-12 |
| New York NFC at Tampa Bay | 11/18/1979 | NYN 28-13 |
| Dallas at Washington | 11/18/1979 | WAN 37-13 |
| Atlanta at Los Angeles | 11/19/1979 | LAN 30-13 |
| Chicago at Detroit | 11/22/1979 | CHN 24-21 |
| Houston at Dallas | 11/22/1979 | HOA 33-24 |
| Buffalo at New England | 11/25/1979 | NEA 20-17 |
| St. Louis at Cincinnati | 11/25/1979 | CNA 31-27 |
| Los Angeles at San Francisco | 11/25/1979 | LAN 35-7 |
| Miami at Baltimore | 11/25/1979 | MIA 26-16 |
| Minnesota at Tampa Bay | 11/25/1979 | TBN 20-10 |
| New Orleans at Atlanta | 11/25/1979 | NON 23-14 |
| Washington at New York NFC | 11/25/1979 | WAN 31-27 |
| Oakland at Denver | 11/25/1979 | DNA 31-21 |
| Philadelphia at Green Bay | 11/25/1979 | GBN 26-20 |
| Cleveland at Pittsburgh | 11/25/1979 | CLA 24-21 |
| Kansas City at San Diego | 11/25/1979 | SDA 41-31 |
| New York AFC at Seattle | 11/26/1979 | SEA 52-38 |
| New England at Miami | 11/29/1979 | NEA 17-13 |
| Atlanta at San Diego | 12/2/1979 | SDA 37-7 |
| Chicago at Tampa Bay | 12/2/1979 | CHN 26-14 |
| Houston at Cleveland | 12/2/1979 | CLA 40-13 |
| New York NFC at Dallas | 12/2/1979 | DAN 24-7 |
| Denver at Buffalo | 12/2/1979 | DNA 17-10 |
| Seattle at Kansas City | 12/2/1979 | SEA 31-17 |
| Minnesota at Los Angeles | 12/2/1979 | LAN 21-3 |
| Baltimore at New York AFC | 12/2/1979 | NYA 27-13 |
| Detroit at Philadelphia | 12/2/1979 | PHN 24-7 |
| Cincinnati at Pittsburgh | 12/2/1979 | CNA 19-12 |
| San Francisco at St. Louis | 12/2/1979 | SLN 29-3 |
| Green Bay at Washington | 12/2/1979 | WAN 27-17 |
| Oakland at New Orleans | 12/3/1979 | NON 48-14 |
| Dallas at Philadelphia | 12/8/1979 | DAN 20-13 |
| Denver at Seattle | 12/8/1979 | DNA 35-14 |
| Chicago at Green Bay | 12/9/1979 | GBN 31-14 |
| Kansas City at Baltimore | 12/9/1979 | KCA 24-14 |
| Los Angeles at Atlanta | 12/9/1979 | LAN 30-14 |
| Miami at Detroit | 12/9/1979 | DEN 24-23 |
| Buffalo at Minnesota | 12/9/1979 | BUA 14-14 |
| New England at New York AFC | 12/9/1979 | NEA 31-17 |
| Cleveland at Oakland | 12/9/1979 | CLA 34-20 |
| San Diego at New Orleans | 12/9/1979 | SDA 31-14 |
| Tampa Bay at San Francisco | 12/9/1979 | SFN 16-13 |
| New York NFC at St. Louis | 12/9/1979 | NYN 38-36 |
| Cincinnati at Washington | 12/9/1979 | WAN 21-7 |
| Pittsburgh at Houston | 12/10/1979 | PIA 26-13 |
| Green Bay at Detroit | 12/15/1979 | GBN 24-7 |
| New York AFC at Miami | 12/15/1979 | MIA 30-14 |
| San Francisco at Atlanta | 12/16/1979 | SFN 24-21 |
| Baltimore at New York NFC | 12/16/1979 | BAA 23-17 |
| St. Louis at Chicago | 12/16/1979 | CHN 32-14 |
| Cleveland at Cincinnati | 12/16/1979 | CNA 23-19 |
| Washington at Dallas | 12/16/1979 | WAN 20-7 |
| Minnesota at New England | 12/16/1979 | NEA 23-2 |
| New Orleans at Los Angeles | 12/16/1979 | LAN 34-10 |
| Philadelphia at Houston | 12/16/1979 | PHN 28-9 |
| Buffalo at Pittsburgh | 12/16/1979 | PIA 35-0 |
| Seattle at Oakland | 12/16/1979 | SEA 28-16 |
| Kansas City at Tampa Bay | 12/16/1979 | KCA 24-3 |
| Denver at San Diego | 12/17/1979 | SDA 40-35 |