1979 Illinois State Redbirds football team

1979 NCAA Division I-A independents football records
	Rankings from AP Poll

Illinois State Redbirds football
1979 Illinois State Redbirds football
Conference	Independent
1979 record	3–8
Head coach	Charlie Cowdrey (3th season)
Home stadium	Hancock Stadium
	Seasons ← 1978 1980 →

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The 1979 Illinois State Redbirds football team represented the Illinois State University during the 1979 NCAA Division I-A football season.

Schedule[edit]

Date	Opponent	Site	Result
September 8	at [[{{{school}}}\|Youngstown State]]	Stambaugh Stadium Youngstown, OH	L 27–33
September 15	[[{{{school}}}\|Fort Hays State]]	Hancock Stadium Normal, IL	W 35–7
September 22	Eastern Michigan	Hancock Stadium Normal, IL	W 24–15
September 29	at North Dakota	Memorial Stadium Grand Forks, ND	L 0–20
October 6	at Southern Illinois	McAndrew Stadium Carbondale, IL	L 0–7
October 13	at Ball State	Scheumann Stadium Muncie, IN	L 14–42
October 20	Northern Illinois	Hancock Stadium Normal, IL	L 7–33
October 27	at Indiana State	Memorial Stadium Terre Haute, IN	L 21–23
November 3	[[{{{school}}}\|Western Illinois]]	Hancock Stadium Normal, IL	W 35–7
November 10	Eastern Illinois	Hancock Stadium Normal, IL	L 0–24
November 17	Chattanooga	Hancock Stadium Normal, IL	L 31–42

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Venues	Hancock Stadium (1963–present)
Bowls & rivalries	Mid-America Classic (Eastern Illinois)
Culture & lore	Reggie Redbird "Go, You Redbirds"
People	Head coaches NFL draftees
Seasons	1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021

1979 NCAA Division I-A independents football records
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		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
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		–		–		5	–	6	–	0
Miami		–		–		5	–	6	–	0
[[{{{school}}}\|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