1979 Austin Peay Governors football team

1979 Austin Peay Governors football
ConferenceOhio Valley Conference
Record7–4 (2–4 OVC)
Head coach
Home stadiumMunicipal Stadium
1979 Ohio Valley Conference football standings
Conf. Overall
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
2 – 4 – 0 7 – 4 – 0
Middle Tennessee 1 – 5 – 0 1 – 9 – 0
Tennessee Tech 0 – 5 – 1 1 – 8 – 2
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant
Rankings from Associated Press poll

The 1979 Austin Peay Governors football team represented Austin Peay State University as a member of the Ohio Valley Conference (OVC) during the 1979 NCAA Division I-AA football season. Led by first-year head coach Watson Brown, the Governors compiled an overall record of 7–4, with a mark of 2–4 in conference play, and finished fifth in the OVC.

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 1at James Madison*
W 10–67,500[1]
September 8Tennessee–Martin*
W 34–7[2]
September 22Western KentuckyNo. 8
  • Municipal Stadium
  • Clarksville, TN
L 20–249,000[3]
September 29at No. 7 Eastern Kentucky
L 10–3512,800[4]
October 6at Morehead State
L 0–7[5]
October 13at Jacksonville State*
W 21–136,500[6]
October 20Livingston*
  • Municipal Stadium
  • Clarksville, TN
W 14–0[7]
October 27Middle Tennessee
  • Municipal Stadium
  • Clarksville, TN
W 31–14[8]
November 3at No. 4 Murray State
L 10–24[9]
November 10at Tennessee Tech
W 21–14[10]
November 17Mars Hill*
  • Municipal Stadium
  • Clarksville, TN
W 27–62,500[11]

References

  1. ^ "Austin Peay 10, James Madison 6". The Lexington Herald. September 2, 1979. Retrieved September 12, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ "Governors rip UT–Martin 34–7". The Daily News-Journal. September 9, 1979. Retrieved September 12, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "WKU shoots down thriving Peay 24–20". The Tennessean. September 23, 1979. Retrieved September 12, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Eastern Kentucky routs Austin Peay". The Knoxville News-Sentinel. September 30, 1979. Retrieved September 12, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Morehead defeats Austin Peay 7–0". The Kentucky Advocate. October 7, 1979. Retrieved September 12, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Brown watedn to kiss game-icing Freeman". Clarksville Leaf-Chronicle. October 14, 1979. Retrieved September 12, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Peay blanks Tigers". The Montgomery Advertiser. October 21, 1979. Retrieved September 12, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "Governors celebrate 31–14". The Daily News-Journal. October 28, 1979. Retrieved September 12, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ "Murray stops APSU; Clinches title share". The Leaf-Chronicle. November 4, 1979. Retrieved September 12, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ "Austin Peay defeats Tech 21–14". The Daily News-Journal. November 11, 1979. Retrieved September 12, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ^ "Lions' playoff hopes dimmed". The Asheville Citizen-Times. November 18, 1979. Retrieved September 12, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.