1979 Jackson State Tigers football team
American college football season
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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.
ConferenceSouthwestern Athletic Conference
Record8–3 (4–2 SWAC)
Headcoach
- W. C. Gorden (4th season)
HomestadiumMississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium
| 1979 Jackson State Tigers football | |
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| Conference | Southwestern Athletic Conference |
| Record | 8–3 (4–2 SWAC) |
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| Home stadium | Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 6 Alcorn State + | 5 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 1 Grambling State + | 5 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 8 Jackson State | 4 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. T–10 Southern | 4 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Mississippi Valley State | 2 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Texas Southern | 1 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 8 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Prairie View A&M | 0 | – | 6 | – | 0 | 0 | – | 11 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Rank | Site | Result | Source |
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| September 1 | Alabama State* | W 14–7 | [1] | ||
| September 8 | Tennessee State* |
| W 27–21 | [2] | |
| September 15 | at Prairie View A&M | W 24–6 | [3] | ||
| September 22 | at Mississippi Valley State | No. 1 | W 36–14 | [4] | |
| October 6 | at Arkansas–Pine Bluff* | No. 2 | Pine Bluff, AR | W 49–7 | [5] |
| October 13 | No. 5 Southern | No. 2 |
| W 34–0 | [6] |
| October 20 | No. T–8 Grambling State | No. 2 |
| L 13–25 | [7] |
| November 3 | vs. Texas Southern | No. 2 | W 34–7 | [8] | |
| November 10 | at No. 5 Eastern Kentucky* | No. 2 | L 21–27 | [9] | |
| November 17 | Langston* | No. 5 |
| W 49–6 | [10] |
| November 22 | No. T–7 Alcorn State | No. T–5 |
| L 7–9 | [11] |
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