1979 Cincinnati Bearcats football team

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.

1979 Cincinnati Bearcats football
ConferenceIndependent
Record2–9
Head coach
Defensive coordinatorMark Duffner (3rd season)
Home stadiumNippert Stadium
1979 NCAA Division I-A independents football records
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW 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
Tennessee State      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 State      5 6 0
Miami (FL)      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

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 15at Southern MissL 6–2423,750[1]
September 22at LouisvilleL 6–24
September 29VillanovaW 27–13
October 6at No. 18 North CarolinaL 14–3549,000
October 13at PittsburghL 0–3531,620
October 20at TempleL 14–35
October 27Richmonddagger
  • Nippert Stadium
  • Cincinnati, OH
W 17–1412,220[2]
November 3No. 6 Florida State
  • Nippert Stadium
  • Cincinnati, OH
L 21–2614,539
November 10Ohio
  • Nippert Stadium
  • Cincinnati, OH
L 7–27
November 17at Miami (OH)L 14–27
November 24at Memphis StateL 17–23
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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Roster

1979 Cincinnati Bearcats football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
OT 69 Kari Yli-Renko So
Defense
Pos.#NameClass
Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
K Rich Karlis Jr
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured Injured
  • Redshirt Redshirt

References

  1. "Southern Mississippi raps UC in opener". The Cincinnati Enquirer. September 16, 1979. Retrieved March 25, 2021 via Newspapers.com.
  2. "So close... Spiders fail to score from one, fall 17–14". Richmond Times-Dispatch. October 28, 1979. Retrieved October 28, 2022 via Newspapers.com.
  3. "1979 Cincinnati Bearcats Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved March 27, 2020.
  4. "1979 Football Schedule". University of Cincinnati Athletics. Retrieved March 27, 2020.
  5. "2009 University of Cincinnati Football Media Guide" (PDF). gobearcats.com. Retrieved July 20, 2019.


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