1979 Rutgers Scarlet Knights football team

The 1979 Rutgers Scarlet Knights football team represented Rutgers University in the 1979 NCAA Division I-A football season. In their seventh season under head coach Frank R. Burns, the Scarlet Knights compiled an 8-3 record while competing as an independent. The team outscored its opponents 243 to 174. Against ranked opponents, the team lost, 45-10, to #7 Penn State and defeated #17 Tennessee, 13-7.[1][2] The team's statistical leaders included Ed McMichael with 1,529 passing yards, Albert Ray with 567 rushing yards, and David Dorn with 468 receiving yards.[3]

1979 Rutgers Scarlet Knights football
ConferenceIndependent
Record8–3
Head coach
Home stadiumRutgers Stadium
(Capacity: 31,219)
Giants Stadium
(Capacity: 76,891)
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 8Holy CrossW 28–018,350[4]
September 15at No. 7 Penn StateL 10–4577,309[5]
September 22Bucknell
  • Rutgers Stadium
  • Piscataway, NJ
W 16–1412,300[6]
September 29at PrincetonW 38–1423,523[7]
October 6Temple
  • Rutgers Stadium
  • Piscataway, NJ
L 20–41
October 13at ConnecticutW 26–14
October 20at William & MaryW 24–0
November 3at No. 17 TennesseeW 13–784,265[8]
November 10vs. ArmyW 20–0
November 17Villanova
  • Rutgers Stadium
  • Piscataway, NJ
L 17–32
November 25at LouisvilleW 31–7
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Roster

1979 Rutgers Scarlet Knights football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
Defense
Pos.#NameClass
S 18 Deron Cherry
Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches

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

References

  1. "1979 Rutgers Scarlet Knights Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved June 12, 2016.
  2. "Rutgers Yearly Results (1975-1979)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Archived from the original on March 26, 2016. Retrieved June 12, 2016.
  3. "1979 Rutgers Scarlet Knights Stats". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved June 12, 2016.
  4. Monahan, Bob (September 9, 1979). "Rutgers Too Powerful, Routs Holy Cross". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 62 via Newspapers.com.
  5. "Penn State's young lion roars as Scarlet falls, 45-10". The Home News. September 16, 1979. pp. B1, B4 via Newspapers.com.
  6. Smith, Paul (September 23, 1979). "Startzell and Blackwell Lead Rutgers' Victory". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pa. p. 11-D via Newspapers.com.
  7. Smith, Paul (September 30, 1979). "Rutgers Gets 24 in 2d Half, Tops Princeton, 38-14". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pa. p. 12-D via Newspapers.com.
  8. "Rutgers Shocks UT 13-7". The Tennessean. November 4, 1979. pp. C1, C7.


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