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Record: 12-4-0, Finished 1st in AFC West Division
NFL Season Summary
Scored 411 points (25.7/g), 2nd of 28 in the NFL.
Allowed 246 points (15.4/g), 2nd.
Differential of 165 points (10.3/g), 1st.
Expected W-L: 12.3-3.7.
Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +11 (0.7/g), 5th.
Coached by Don Coryell (12-4-0)
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1979 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees
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| Rnd | Pick | Tm | Pos | Yrs | From | To | AP1 | PB | St | G | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Att | Yds | TD | Rec | Yds | TD | College/Univ | |
| 1 | 13 | SDG | Kellen Winslow HOF | TE | 9 | 1979 | 1987 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 109 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 541 | 6741 | 45 | Missouri | |||
| 3 | 73 | SDG | Cliff Thrift | LB | 8 | 1979 | 1986 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 97 | East Central (OK) | |||||||||||
| 4 | 104 | SDG | John Floyd | WR | 3 | 1979 | 1981 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 14 | 215 | 2 | La-Monroe | ||||||||
| 8 | 210 | SDG | Wilbert Haslip | RB | 1 | 1979 | 1979 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | Hawaii | ||||||||
| 9 | 237 | SDG | Alvin Garrett | WR | 5 | 1980 | 1984 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 55 | 12 | 33 | 0 | 32 | 412 | 2 | Angelo State (TX) | |||||
| 10 | 265 | SDG | Tony Petruccio | DT | 0 | 0 | 0 | Penn State | |||||||||||||||
| 10 | 269 | SDG | Al Green | DB | 0 | 0 | 0 | LSU | |||||||||||||||
| 11 | 295 | SDG | Dave Rader | QB | 0 | 0 | 0 | Tulsa | |||||||||||||||
| 12 | 321 | SDG | Frank Duncan | DB | 3 | 1979 | 1981 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | San Francisco State | |||||||||||