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1979 Texas Southern Tigers football team

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1979 Texas Southern Tigers football
ConferenceSouthwestern Athletic Conference
Record3–8 (1–5 SWAC)
Head coach
Home stadiumRobertson Stadium
Rice Stadium
Astrodome
Seasons
← 1978
1980 →
1979 Southwestern Athletic Conference football standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 6 Alcorn State + 5 – 1 – 0 8 – 2 – 0
No. 1 Grambling State + 5 – 1 – 0 8 – 3 – 0
No. 8 Jackson State 4 – 2 – 0 8 – 3 – 0
No. T–10 Southern 4 – 2 – 0 7 – 4 – 0
Mississippi Valley State 2 – 4 – 0 4 – 5 – 0
Texas Southern 1 – 5 – 0 3 – 8 – 0
Prairie View A&M 0 – 6 – 0 0 – 11 – 0
  • + – Conference co-champions
  • This conference was a hybrid of NCAA Division I-AA and Division II and programs. Prairie View and Mississippi Valley State were Division II. All the other teams were I-AA.
Rankings from Associated Press poll

The 1979 Texas Southern Tigers football team represented Texas Southern University as a member of the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) during the 1979 NCAA Division I-AA football season. Led by first-year head coach Jim Sorey, the Tigers compiled an overall record of 3–8, with a mark of 1–5 in conference play, and finished sixth in the SWAC.

Schedule

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DateOpponentSiteResultSource
September 8Bethune–Cookman*
W 12–9[1][2]
September 15at Southern
L 0–21[3]
September 22vs. Tennessee State*
L 3–21[4]
September 29vs. Texas A&I*
L 7–31[5]
October 6Alcorn State
L 7–9[6][7][8]
October 13at Bishop*
L 3–6
October 20at Mississippi Valley State
L 6–28[9]
October 27No. 4 Grambling State
L 3–32[10]
November 3vs. No. 2 Jackson State
L 7–34[11]
November 10Langston*
  • Rice Stadium
  • Houston, TX
W 27–20[12]
November 17Prairie View A&M
W 43–8

References

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  1. ^ "'Cats open season". The Tampa Tribune. September 8, 1979. Retrieved June 2, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ "Last-second interception leads Bethune 12–9 loss". The Orlando Sentinel Star. September 9, 1979. Retrieved June 2, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Southern blanks Texas Southern". The Shreveport Times. September 16, 1979. Retrieved June 2, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Big Blue ends 'longest' streak". The Commercial Appeal. September 23, 1979. Retrieved June 2, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Javelinas roll on unbeaten". Corpus Christi Caller-Times. September 30, 1979. Retrieved June 2, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Delta, MC gun for first Heritage Bell Trophy". The Clarion-Ledger. October 6, 1979. Retrieved June 2, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Alcorn 9, Texas Southern 7". Fort Worth Star-Telegram. October 7, 1979. Retrieved June 2, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "Rosales used toe to give Braves win". The Clarksdale Press Register. October 8, 1979. Retrieved June 2, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ "Valley State homecoming successful". The Greenwood Commonwealth. October 14, 1979. Retrieved June 2, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ "Grambling socks TSU". The Shreveport Times. October 28, 1979. Retrieved June 2, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ^ "Jackson St. runs wild in 34–7 win". The Clarion-Ledger. November 4, 1979. Retrieved June 2, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. ^ "Texas Southern 27, Langston 20". The Daily Oklahoman. November 11, 1979. Retrieved June 2, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
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