The 1979 Maryland Eastern Shore Hawks football team represented the University of Maryland Eastern Shore as a member of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) during the 1979 NCAA Division II football season. Led by first-year head coach Tyrone Caldwell, the Hawks compiled an overall record of 3–7–1, with a mark of 0–0 in conference play, and finished seventh in the MEAC.
| 1979 Maryland Eastern Shore Hawks football | |
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| Conference | Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference |
| Record | 3–7–1 (0–0 MEAC) |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Morgan State $ | 5 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 9 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| South Carolina State | 4 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| North Carolina A&T | 2 | – | 2 | – | 1 | 4 | – | 6 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Howard | 2 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Delaware State | 1 | – | 4 | – | 1 | 4 | – | 5 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| North Carolina Central | 1 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 8 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Maryland Eastern Shore | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 7 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Although the MEAC was classified as part of the NCAA Division I-AA, Maryland Eastern Shore (along with Morgan State and North Carolina Central) competed as part of Division II for the 1979 season.[1]
In December the football program was officially suspended, and this made 1979 the final season for intercollegiate football at Maryland Eastern Shore.[2]
Schedule
edit| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| September 1 | Bowie State* | Princess Anne, MD | W 35–19 | [3] | |
| September 8 | at Virginia State* |
| L 0–29 | 4,500 | [4] |
| September 15 | at Howard | L 20–38 | 6,000 | [5] | |
| September 22 | Livingstone* | Princess Anne, MD | L 14–17 | [6] | |
| September 29 | Delaware State | Princess Anne, MD | L 13–19 | [7] | |
| October 6 | at No. 8 Morgan State | L 8–41 | [8] | ||
| October 13 | at North Carolina A&T | W 16–6 | [9] | ||
| October 20 | North Carolina Central | Princess Anne, MD | T 7–7 | [10] | |
| October 27 | at District of Columbia* | Washington, DC | L 21–28 | [11] | |
| November 3 | at Tuskegee* | L 12–17 | 11,000 | [12] | |
| November 10 | Frostburg State* | Princess Anne, MD | W 19–13 | [13] | |
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References
edit- ^ "FAMU quits SIAC, ponders new conference". Tallahassee Democrat. August 18, 1979. Retrieved August 25, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Grid program is suspended". The Sunday Times. December 19, 1979. Retrieved August 25, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Hawks prevail 35–19". The Sunday Times. September 2, 1979. Retrieved August 25, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "VSU defeats Eastern Shore". The Lynchburg News. September 9, 1979. Retrieved August 25, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "UMES falls to Howard 38–20". The Sunday Times. September 16, 1979. Retrieved August 25, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Livingstone triumphs in thriller". The Salisbury Post. September 23, 1979. Retrieved August 25, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "DelState tops UMES for first win". Sunday News Journal. September 30, 1979. Retrieved August 25, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Morgan State whips UMES 41–8". The Sunday Times. October 7, 1979. Retrieved August 25, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "A&T gets 'Hawk'-ed". Greensboro Daily News. October 14, 1979. Retrieved August 25, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Central ties Hawks". Durham Morning Herald. October 21, 1979. Retrieved August 25, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "UMES beaten by UDC 28–21". The Sunday Times. October 28, 1979. Retrieved August 25, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "ES brings Tigers back to earth". The Montgomery Advertiser. November 4, 1979. Retrieved August 25, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Hawks handle Bobcats 19–13 in season finale". The Sunday Times. November 11, 1979. Retrieved August 25, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
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