1979 Nevada Wolf Pack football team

The 1979 Nevada Wolf Pack football team represented the University of Nevada, Reno during the 1979 NCAA Division I-AA football season. Nevada competed as a first–year member of the Big Sky Conference (BSC). The Wolf Pack were led by fourth–year head coach Chris Ault and played their home games at Mackay Stadium.[1][2]

1979 Nevada Wolf Pack football
ConferenceBig Sky Conference
Record8–4 (5–2 Big Sky)
Head coach
Defensive coordinatorJohn L. Smith (3rd season)
Home stadiumMackay Stadium
(capacity: 14,000)
1979 Big Sky Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Boise State * 7 0 010 1 0
No. 9 Montana State $ 6 1 06 4 0
No. 5 Nevada ^ 5 2 08 4 0
No. T–10 Northern Arizona 3 4 07 4 0
Weber State 3 4 03 8 0
Idaho 2 5 04 7 0
Montana 2 5 03 7 0
Idaho State 0 7 00 11 0
  • $ Conference champion
  • ^ NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant
  • * – Boise State was ineligible for conference title
         or I-AA playoffs.
Rankings from NCAA Division I-AA AP Poll

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 8Idaho StateW 24–611,766
September 15UNLV*
L 21–269,000
September 22at UC Davis*No. T–10W 28–21
October 6Simon Fraser*No. 10
  • Mackay Stadium
  • Reno, NV
W 35–109,425
October 13Montana StateNo. T–8
  • Mackay Stadium
  • Reno, NV
L 10–129,215
October 20Weber StatedaggerW 22–39,362
October 27at MontanaW 27–20
November 31:30 p.m.at IdahoW 38–265,500[3][4]
November 10Boise StateNo. T–10
L 27–2814,256
November 17Missouri Southern*No. 8
  • Mackay Stadium
  • Reno, NV
W 32–67,020
November 24at No. T–7 Northern ArizonaNo. T–7W 31–7
December 8at No. 3 Eastern Kentucky*No. 5L 30–33 2OT

Roster

1979 Nevada Wolf Pack football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
QB 12 Larry Wortman Sr
RB 27 Frank Hawkins Jr
OL 78 Eric Sanders Jr
Defense
Pos.#NameClass
DT 77 Don Smerek Sr
DE 83 Charles Mann Fr
Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches

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

References

  1. "Nevada Football 2018 Media Guide" (PDF). University of Nevada, Reno. 2018. p. 136. Retrieved April 13, 2020.
  2. "Nevada Yearly Results". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on September 5, 2015. Retrieved May 25, 2020.
  3. Killen, John (November 3, 1979). "Vandals". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). p. 1C.
  4. Emerson, Paul (November 4, 1979). "High rollers". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). p. 8D.
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