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1979 Texas Southern Tigers football team

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The 1979 Texas Southern Tigers football team represented Texas Southern University as a member of the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) during the 1979 NCAA Division I-AA football season. Led by first-year head coach Jim Sorey, the Tigers compiled an overall record of 3–8, with a mark of 1–5 in conference play, and finished sixth in the SWAC.

Record3–8 (1–5 SWAC)
Headcoach
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1979 Texas Southern Tigers football
ConferenceSouthwestern Athletic Conference
Record3–8 (1–5 SWAC)
Head coach
Home stadiumRobertson Stadium
Rice Stadium
Astrodome
Seasons
 1978
1980 
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1979 Southwestern Athletic Conference football standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 6 Alcorn State +510820
No. 1 Grambling State +510830
No. 8 Jackson State420830
No. T–10 Southern420740
Mississippi Valley State240450
Texas Southern150380
Prairie View A&M0600110
  • + Conference co-champions
  • This conference was a hybrid of NCAA Division I-AA and Division II and programs. Prairie View was classified as Division II. All the other teams were I-AA.
Rankings from Associated Press poll
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Schedule

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DateOpponentSiteResultSource
September 8Bethune–Cookman*W 12–9[1][2]
September 15at SouthernL 0–21[3]
September 22vs. Tennessee State*L 3–21[4]
September 29vs. Texas A&I*L 7–31[5]
October 6Alcorn State
L 7–9[6][7][8]
October 13at Bishop*
L 3–6
October 20at Mississippi Valley StateL 6–28[9]
October 27No. 4 Grambling State
L 3–32[10]
November 3vs. No. 2 Jackson StateL 7–34[11]
November 10Langston*
  • Rice Stadium
  • Houston, TX
W 27–20[12]
November 17Prairie View A&M
W 43–8
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