1979 Indiana State Sycamores football team

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1979 Indiana State Sycamores football
Indiana State Sycamores wordmark.svg
ConferenceMissouri Valley Conference
1979 record8–3 (3–2 MVC)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorDick Jamieson
Defensive coordinatorDennis Raetz (2nd season)
Home stadiumMemorial Stadium
(capacity: 20,500)
Seasons
← 1978
1980 →
1979 Missouri Valley Conference football standings
  • v
  • t
 Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
West Texas State $ 5 – 0 – 0 5 – 5 – 1
Southern Illinois 4 – 1 – 0 8 – 3 – 0
Indiana State 3 – 2 – 0 8 – 3 – 0
Drake 1 – 4 – 0 3 – 8 – 0
New Mexico State 1 – 5 – 0 2 – 9 – 0
Wichita State 1 – 5 – 0 1 – 10 – 0
Tulsa   –   6 – 5 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
  • Tulsa was ineligible for MVC title

The 1979 Indiana State Sycamores football team represented Indiana State University in the 1979 NCAA Division I-A football season. They were led by second-year head coach Dick Jamieson and played their home games at Memorial Stadium. They were a member of the Missouri Valley Conference. They finished the season 8–3, 3–2 in MVC play to finish in third place. The roster included such standout performers as: Quarterback , the 1979 MVC Offensive MVP; Defensive End Gerry Glusic, the 1979 MVC Defensive MVP; Defensive Back Alvin Reynolds; Linebacker Craig Shaffer, the 1981 MVC Defensive MVP; and Offensive Lineman Tunch Ilkin.[1] Allen and Ilkin went on to long successful NFL careers, Reynolds as an assistant coach and Ilkin as a Pro Bowl-lineman for the Pittsburgh Steelers. Shaffer spent three seasons with the St. Louis Cardinals[2]

Glusic was named to the AP All-American Team.[3] Six Sycamores would be named to the All-MVC Team: Quarterback Reggie Allen, Wide Receivers Kirk Wilson & Eddie Ruffin, Lineman George DeTella, Defensive End Gerry Glusic and Defensive Back John Allman.

Allen, Glusic and Ilkin have been inducted into the Indiana State University Athletics Hall of Fame.[4]

Schedule[]

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 17:30 pm (EST)Drake
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Terre Haute, IN
W 19-125,500
September 87:30 pm (CDT)at Wichita State
W 28–920,876[5]
September 157:30 pm (CDT)at Western Illinois*
W 17–147,549
September 227:30 pm (MDT)at New Mexico State
W 40–2318,175
September 297:30 pm (EDT)at Akron*
W 28–2711,684
October 67:30 pm (EST)Ball State*
W 18–1311,278
October 137:30 pm (CDT)at West Texas State
  • Kimbrough Stadium
  • Canyon, tx
L 17–3315,766[6]
October 201:30 pm (EST)Louisville*dagger
L 10–3416,279
October 271:30 pm (EST)Illinois State*
W 23–2114,117[7]
November 31:30 pm (CST)at Southern Illinois
L 38–419,100
November 101:30 pm (EST)Northeast Louisiana*
W 38–215,500[8]

References[]

  1. ^ "Tunch Ilkin Stats".
  2. ^ "Craig Shaffer Stats".
  3. ^ en:1979 College Football All-America Team
  4. ^ "Hall of Fame".
  5. ^ "ISU shakes Shockers 28–9, to lead MVC". The Indianapolis Star. September 9, 1979. Retrieved February 22, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Sycamores lose 33–17 decision". The Indianapolis Star. October 14, 1979. Retrieved May 2, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Interceptions fatal for Illinois State Redbirds". The Rock Island Argus. Associated Press. October 28, 1979. p. 29. Retrieved December 18, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "Indiana State 38–21 winner". The Indianapolis Star. November 11, 1979. p. 2-3. Retrieved January 29, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
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