1979 Richmond Spiders football team

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
1979 Richmond Spiders football
ConferenceIndependent
1979 record5–6
Head coach
Home stadiumCity Stadium
Seasons
← 1978
1980 →
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

The 1979 Richmond Spiders football team represented the University of Richmond in the 1979 NCAA Division I-A football season.[1] The Spiders were led by sixth year head coach Jim Tait and played their home games at City Stadium.[2] They were classified as an Independent. The 1979 campaign marked Tait's final year as head coach after Richmond finished with a winless 0–11 record.[2][3]

Schedule[]

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 8at Virginia
L 0–3129,673
September 15at VMI
L 7–17
September 22at Wyoming
L 7–9
September 29West Virginia
L 18–2017,500
October 6Arkansas State
  • City Stadium
  • Richmond, VA
L 3–24
October 13Duke
L 7–3410,500
October 20at Virginia Tech
L 0–3439,600
October 27at Cincinnati
L 14–17
November 3Villanova
  • City Stadium
  • Richmond, VA
L 3–9
November 10at East Carolina
L 10–5218,741[4]
November 17at William & Mary
L 10–24

Roster[]

1979 Richmond Spiders football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos. # Name Class
RB Reggie Evans So
QB 10 Greg Gregory Sr
RB 20 Barry Redden So
Defense
Pos. # Name Class
DB 22 Mark Clark
DB 44 Tim Schira
DT Mark Seale So
DE 83 Dan Vete
Special teams
Pos. # Name Class
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured Injured
  • Redshirt Redshirt

References[]

  1. ^ "NCAA I-AA/FCS Teams". Richmond Spiders Program Overview. College Football Data Warehouse. 2013. Archived from the original on 2013-05-15. Retrieved August 16, 2013.
  2. ^ a b "All-Time Coaching Records". Richmond Spiders. College Football Data Warehouse. 2013. Retrieved August 16, 2013.
  3. ^ "1975–1979 Richmond Yearly Results". College Football Data Warehouse. 2013. Archived from the original on 2014-07-28. Retrieved August 16, 2013.
  4. ^ "Richmond falls". The News Leader. November 11, 1979. Retrieved March 4, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
Stub icon

This college football 1970s season article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by .

  • v
  • t
Retrieved from ""