The 1979 Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles football team represented Tennessee Technological University (commonly referred to as Tennessee Tech) as a member of the Ohio Valley Conference (OVC) during the 1979 NCAA Division I-AA football season. Led by 12th-year head coach Don Wade, the Golden Eagles compiled an overall record of 1–8–2, with a mark of 0–5–1 in conference play, and finished last in the OVC.
| 1979 Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles football | |
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| Conference | Ohio Valley Conference |
| Record | 1–8–2 (0–5–1 OVC) |
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| Home stadium | Tucker Stadium |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 2 Murray State $^ | 6 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 9 | – | 2 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 3 Eastern Kentucky ^ | 5 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 11 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Morehead State | 3 | – | 2 | – | 1 | 5 | – | 4 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Western Kentucky | 3 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Austin Peay | 2 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Middle Tennessee | 1 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 1 | – | 9 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tennessee Tech | 0 | – | 5 | – | 1 | 1 | – | 8 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Schedule
edit| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| September 8 | at Western Carolina* | L 7–24 | 8,650 | [1] | |
| September 15 | Cameron* | W 21–6 | [2] | ||
| September 22 | at Murray State | L 3–24 | [3] | ||
| September 29 | Nicholls State* |
| L 10–13 | 11,800 | [4] |
| October 6 | at Jacksonville State* | L 7–23 | 6,500 | [5] | |
| October 13 | at Western Kentucky | L 7–49 | 13,200 | [6] | |
| October 20 | Morehead State |
| T 3–3 | [7] | |
| October 27 | Troy State* |
| T 17–17 | 2,200 | [8] |
| November 3 | at No. 5 Eastern Kentucky | L 0–35 | [9] | ||
| November 10 | Austin Peay |
| L 14–21 | [10] | |
| November 17 | at Middle Tennessee | L 14–17 | [11] | ||
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References
edit- ^ "Pusey back on track as Western whips Tennessee Tech". The Asheville Citizen-Times. September 9, 1979. Retrieved September 12, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Aggies suffer 3rd straight loss, 21–6". The Daily Oklahoman. September 16, 1979. Retrieved September 12, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Hudspeth uses jet-blast in MSU win". The Paducah Sun. September 23, 1979. Retrieved September 12, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Curole keys Colonels". The Daily Advertiser. September 30, 1979. Retrieved September 12, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Jax State–Tennessee Tech". The Tennessean. October 7, 1979. Retrieved September 12, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Western finds itself thinking of Eastern during 49–7 romp". The Courier-Journal. October 14, 1979. Retrieved September 12, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Tech ties Morehead". The Park City Daily News. October 21, 1979. Retrieved September 12, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Tennessee Tech earns 17–17 tie". The Knoxville News-Sentinel. October 28, 1979. Retrieved September 12, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Eastern tops Tenn. Tech". The Courier-Journal. November 4, 1979. Retrieved September 12, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Austin Peay defeats Tech 21–14". The Daily News-Journal. November 11, 1979. Retrieved September 12, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "MTSU edges out TTU". The Knoxville News-Sentinel. November 18, 1979. Retrieved September 12, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
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