1979 Cincinnati Bearcats football team

1979 NCAA Division I-A independents football records
	Rankings from AP Poll

1979 Cincinnati Bearcats football
1979 Cincinnati Bearcats football
Conference	Independent
1979 record	2–9
Head coach	Ralph Staub (3rd season);
Home stadium	Nippert Stadium
	Seasons ← 1978 1980 →

The 1979 Cincinnati Bearcats football team represented University of Cincinnati during 1979 NCAA Division I-A football season. The Bearcats, led by head coach Ralph Staub, participated as independent and played their home games at Nippert Stadium.

Schedule[]

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Source
September 15	at Southern Miss	M. M. Roberts Stadium Hattiesburg, MS	L 6–24	^[1]
September 22	at Louisville	Fairgrounds Stadium Louisville, KY (Keg of Nails)	L 6–24
September 29	Villanova	Nippert Stadium Cincinnati, OH	W 27–13
October 6	at No. 18 North Carolina	Kenan Memorial Stadium Chapel Hill, NC	L 14–35
October 13	at Pittsburgh	Pitt Stadium Pittsburgh, PA (River City Rivalry)	L 0–35
October 20	at Temple	Veterans Stadium Philadelphia, PA	L 14–35
October 27	Richmond	Nippert Stadium Cincinnati, OH	W 17–14
November 3	No. 6 Florida State	Nippert Stadium Cincinnati, OH	L 21–26
November 10	Ohio	Nippert Stadium Cincinnati, OH	L 7–27
November 17	at Miami (OH)	Miami Field Oxford, OH (Victory Bell)	L 14–27
November 24	at Memphis State	Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium Memphis, TN (Rivalry)	L 17–23
Homecoming Rankings from Coaches' Poll released prior to the game

1979 Cincinnati Bearcats football team roster

Players

Coaches

Offense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
T	`69`	Kari Yli-Renko	So

Defense

Pos.	#	Name	Class

Special teams

Pos.	#	Name	Class
K		Rich Karlis	Jr

^ "Southern Mississippi raps UC in opener". The Cincinnati Enquirer. September 16, 1979. Retrieved March 25, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "1979 Cincinnati Bearcats Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved Mar 27, 2020.
^ "1979 Football Schedule". University of Cincinnati Athletics. Retrieved Mar 27, 2020.
^ "2009 University of Cincinnati Football Media Guide" (PDF). gobearcats.com. Retrieved July 20, 2019.

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1979 NCAA Division I-A independents football records
v t	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 6 Florida State		–		–		11	–	1	–	0
No. 7 Pittsburgh		–		–		11	–	1	–	0
UNLV		–		–		9	–	1	–	2
No. 17 Temple		–		–		10	–	2	–	0
Tulane		–		–		9	–	3	–	0
Rutgers		–		–		8	–	3	–	0
East Carolina		–		–		7	–	3	–	1
No. 20 Penn State		–		–		8	–	4	–	0
South Carolina		–		–		8	–	4	–	0
Navy		–		–		7	–	4	–	0
Notre Dame		–		–		7	–	4	–	0
Southern Miss		–		–		6	–	4	–	1
Syracuse		–		–		7	–	5	–	0
Colgate		–		–		5	–	4	–	1
Boston College		–		–		5	–	6	–	0
Holy Cross		–		–		5	–	6	–	0
Memphis		–		–		5	–	6	–	0
Miami		–		–		5	–	6	–	0
North Texas State		–		–		5	–	6	–	0
Villanova		–		–		5	–	6	–	0
Virginia Tech		–		–		5	–	6	–	0
West Virginia		–		–		5	–	6	–	0
Georgia Tech		–		–		4	–	6	–	1
Louisville		–		–		4	–	6	–	1
William & Mary		–		–		4	–	7	–	0
Illinois State		–		–		3	–	8	–	0
Northeast Louisiana		–		–		3	–	8	–	0
Army		–		–		2	–	8	–	1
Air Force		–		–		2	–	9	–	0
Cincinnati		–		–		2	–	9	–	0
Richmond		–		–		0	–	11	–	0

Rankings from AP Poll