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The 1979 New Orleans Saints season was the team's 13th season in the National Football League. The Saints finished the season at 8-8, the franchise's first non-losing season. New Orleans was tied for first place with the Los Angeles Rams in the NFC West with three weeks to play, but the season unraveled in a Monday Night Football contest at home vs. the Oakland Raiders, when the Saints squandered a 35-14 lead and lost, 42-35.
The Saints were eliminated from playoff contention in week 15 when they were blown out 35-0 at home by the San Diego Chargers. Not counting 1976 expansion clubs Seattle and Tampa Bay (which won the NFC Central in 1979), New Orleans was one of three franchises which failed to make the playoffs in the 1970s, joined by the New York Giants and New York Jets.
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