1978 Regression Rankings Least Least Rank HOME Abs. Val TEAM Squares 1 Pittsburgh 30.88 Dallas 29.79 2 Miami 27.85 Pittsburgh 29.14 3 Dallas 27.84 Miami 24.86 4 Denver 24.56 Denver 22.66 5 New England 23.77 San Diego 22.49 6 LA Rams 22.42 New England 21.87 7 Oakland 21.51 LA Rams 21.51 8 San Diego 21.43 Oakland 20.75 9 Houston 20.86 Philadelphia 20.17 10 Cleveland 19.58 Houston 19.99 11 NY Jets 19.30 NY Jets 19.17 12 Seattle 19.11 Cincinnati 18.04 13 Philadelphia 19.10 Seattle 17.99 14 Minnesota 17.49 Washington 17.57 15 Buffalo 17.37 New Orleans 17.17 16 Chicago 17.17 Cleveland 16.99 17 St Louis 16.69 Minnesota 16.85 18 New Orleans 16.24 Green Bay 16.85 19 Kansas City 16.10 Detroit 16.54 20 Cincinnati 15.33 St Louis 15.86 21 Atlanta 15.12 NY Giants 15.85 22 Green Bay 14.93 Chicago 15.69 23 Washington 14.85 Buffalo 15.18 24 NY Giants 14.63 Atlanta 15.04 25 Baltimore 13.04 Tampa Bay 14.87 26 Detroit 12.62 Kansas City 14.42 27 Tampa Bay 9.28 San Francisco 9.78 28 San Francisco 8.38 Baltimore 9.43 HFA 2.56 HFA 3.48