1979 CFL Scoring Summary

Home ScoreVisitor Score Winning ScoreLosing ScoreCombined Score
Min 1 0 6 0 11
Avg. (Mean) 23.17 17.06 26.86 13.36 40.22
Avg. (Mode1) 16 28 28 10 32
Avg. (Median) 23 17 25 13 39
Max 52 52 52 32 72

1 — When the distribution is multi-modal (having more than one most frequent value), only the first is listed.

1979 CFL Scoring by Quarter

Quarter Home (PPG) Visitor (PPG) Total (PPG)
Total 1668 (23.2) 1228 (17.1) 2896 (40.2)
1st 396 (5.5) 231 (3.2) 627 (8.7)
2nd 501 (7.0) 402 (5.6) 903 (12.5)
3rd 367 (5.1) 252 (3.5) 619 (8.6)
4th 404 (5.6) 343 (4.8) 747 (10.4)

1979 CFL Combined Score Distribution

1979 CFL Margin of Victory Distribution

1979 CFL Scoring Comparison

19791978 +/- 5 year avg. +/-10 year avg. +/-20 year avg. +/-All-time avg. +/-
Average Combined Score 40.22 -2.53 -0.91 +0.03 +1.10 +5.44
Average Winning Score 26.86 -0.83 +0.73 +1.09 +1.33 +3.54
Average Losing Score 13.36 -1.69 -1.63 -1.06 -0.23 +1.90
Average Home Score 23.17 +0.78 +1.12 +1.49 +2.30 +4.29
Average Visitor Score 17.06 -3.31 -2.02 -1.46 -1.20 +1.15
Average Margin of Victory 13.50 +0.86 +2.36 +2.15 +1.56 +1.64