1979 Richmond Spiders football team

The 1979 Richmond Spiders football team represented the University of Richmond in the 1979 NCAA Division I-A football season.[1] The Spiders were led by sixth year head coach Jim Tait and played their home games at City Stadium.[2] They were classified as an Independent. The 1979 campaign marked Tait's final year as head coach after Richmond finished with a winless 0–11 record.[2][3]

1979 Richmond Spiders football
ConferenceIndependent
1979 record5–6
Head coach
Home stadiumCity Stadium
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
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 8at VirginiaL 0–3129,673
September 15at VMIL 7–176,300[4]
September 22at WyomingL 7–9
September 29West VirginiaL 18–2017,500
October 6Arkansas State
  • City Stadium
  • Richmond, VA
L 3–24
October 13Duke
L 7–3410,500
October 20at Virginia TechL 0–3439,600
October 27at CincinnatiL 14–17
November 3Villanova
  • City Stadium
  • Richmond, VA
L 3–9
November 10at East CarolinaL 10–5218,741[5]
November 17at William & MaryL 10–24

Roster

1979 Richmond Spiders football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
RB Reggie Evans So
QB 10 Greg Gregory Sr
RB 20 Barry Redden So
Defense
Pos.#NameClass
DB 22 Mark Clark
DB 44 Tim Schira
DT Mark Seale So
DE 83 Dan Vete
Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches

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

References

  1. "NCAA I-AA/FCS Teams". Richmond Spiders Program Overview. College Football Data Warehouse. 2013. Archived from the original on 2013-05-15. Retrieved August 16, 2013.
  2. "All-Time Coaching Records". Richmond Spiders. College Football Data Warehouse. 2013. Retrieved August 16, 2013.
  3. "1975–1979 Richmond Yearly Results". College Football Data Warehouse. 2013. Archived from the original on 2014-07-28. Retrieved August 16, 2013.
  4. "VMI 17, Richmond 7". The Tampa Tribune. September 16, 1979. Retrieved February 2, 2022 via Newspapers.com.
  5. "Richmond falls". The News Leader. November 11, 1979. Retrieved March 4, 2021 via Newspapers.com.
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