1979 Jackson State Tigers football team

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1979 Jackson State Tigers football
ConferenceSouthwestern Athletic Conference
1979 record8–3 (4–2 SWAC)
Head coach
Home stadiumMississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium
Seasons
← 1978
1980 →
1979 Southwestern Athletic Conference football standings
  • v
  • t
 Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
No. 1 Grambling State +   5 – 1     8 – 3  
No. 6 Alcorn State +   5 – 1     8 – 2  
No. 8 Jackson State   4 – 2     8 – 3  
No. T–10 Southern   4 – 2     7 – 4  
Mississippi Valley State   2 – 4     4 – 5  
Texas Southern   1 – 5     3 – 8  
Prairie View A&M   0 – 6     0 – 11  
  • + – Conference co-champions
Rankings from Associated Press poll

The 1979 Jackson State Tigers football team represented Jackson State University as a member of the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) during the 1979 NCAA Division I-AA football season. Led by fourth-year head coach W. C. Gorden, the Tigers compiled an overall record of 8–3 and a conference record of 4–2, placing third in the SWAC and ranking eighth nationally.

Schedule[]

DateOpponentRankSiteResultSource
September 1Alabama State*
W 14–7[1]
September 8Tennessee State*
  • Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium
  • Jackson, MS
W 27–21[2]
September 15at Prairie View A&M
W 24–6
September 22at Mississippi Valley StateNo. 1
W 36–14
October 6at Arkansas–Pine Bluff*No. 2Pine Bluff, ARW 49–7
October 13No. 5 SouthernNo. 2
  • Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium
  • Jackson, MS
W 34–0
October 20No. T–8 Grambling StateNo. 2
  • Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium
  • Jackson, MS
L 13–25
November 3at Texas SouthernNo. 2
W 34–7
November 10at No. 5 Eastern Kentucky*No. 2
L 21–27
November 17Langston*No. 5
  • Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium
  • Jackson, MS
W 49–6
November 22No. T–5 Alcorn StateNo. T–5
  • Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium
  • Jackson, MS
L 7–9
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from Associated Press Poll released prior to the game

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References[]

  1. ^ "QB Taylor sparks Jackson State". The Tennessean. September 2, 1979 – via Newspapers.com. open access
  2. ^ "Late TD gives JSU win; Chocs down Jacksonville". Hattiesburg American. September 9, 1979 – via Newspapers.com. open access
  3. ^ "Jackson State Yearly Results (1975-1979)". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on September 5, 2015. Retrieved December 8, 2019.
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