1979 Louisiana Tech Bulldogs football team
American college football season
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The 1979 Louisiana Tech Bulldogs football team was an American football team that represented Louisiana Tech University as a member of the Southland Conference during the 1979 NCAA Division I-A football season. In their only year under head coach Larry Beightol, the team compiled a 3–8 record. After going 1–9 through the first ten games of the season, head coach Larry Beightol was fired on November 12.[1] Pat Patterson then served as interim head coach for the final game of the season and led the Bulldogs to a victory over Northeast Louisiana.[2]
ConferenceSouthland Conference
Record3–8 (1–4 Southland)
Headcoach
- Larry Beightol (1st season; first ten games)
- Pat Patterson (final game)
Captains
- Rodney Jones
- Rick Reggio
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| Conference | Southland Conference |
| Record | 3–8 (1–4 Southland) |
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| Home stadium | Joe Aillet Stadium |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| McNeese State $ | 5 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 11 | – | 1 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| UT Arlington | 4 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 9 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lamar | 3 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 3 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Arkansas State | 1 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Southwestern Louisiana | 1 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Louisiana Tech | 1 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 9 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| September 1 | at New Mexico* | W 0–34 (UNM forfeit) | 27,380 | [3][4] | |
| September 15 | at Chattanooga* | L 7–24 | 9,100 | [5] | |
| September 22 | at Lamar | L 7–19 | 17,600 | [6] | |
| September 29 | at Miami (FL)* | L 0–6 | 20,069 | [7] | |
| October 6 | Southwestern Louisiana | W 17–0 | 15,600 | [8] | |
| October 13 | Arkansas State |
| L 7–14 | 13,800 | [9] |
| October 20 | vs. Northwestern State* | L 21–25 | 19,212 | [10] | |
| October 27 | UT Arlington |
| L 16–30 | 11,200 | [11] |
| November 3 | vs. North Texas State* |
| L 17–19 | 3,600 | [12] |
| November 10 | at McNeese State | L 7–41 | 19,375 | [13] | |
| November 17 | Northeast Louisiana* |
| W 13–10 | 17,300 | [14] |
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