The 1979 Austin Peay Governors football team represented Austin Peay State University as a member of the Ohio Valley Conference (OVC) during the 1979 NCAA Division I-AA football season. Led by first-year head coach Watson Brown, the Governors compiled an overall record of 7–4, with a mark of 2–4 in conference play, and finished fifth in the OVC.
| 1979 Austin Peay Governors football | |
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| Conference | Ohio Valley Conference |
| Record | 7–4 (2–4 OVC) |
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| Home stadium | Municipal Stadium |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 2 Murray State $^ | 6 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 9 | – | 2 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 3 Eastern Kentucky ^ | 5 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 11 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Morehead State | 3 | – | 2 | – | 1 | 5 | – | 4 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Western Kentucky | 3 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Austin Peay | 2 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Middle Tennessee | 1 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 1 | – | 9 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tennessee Tech | 0 | – | 5 | – | 1 | 1 | – | 8 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Schedule
edit| Date | Opponent | Rank | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| September 1 | at James Madison* | W 10–6 | 7,500 | [1] | ||
| September 8 | Tennessee–Martin* | W 34–7 | [2] | |||
| September 22 | Western Kentucky | No. 8 |
| L 20–24 | 9,000 | [3] |
| September 29 | at No. 7 Eastern Kentucky | L 10–35 | 12,800 | [4] | ||
| October 6 | at Morehead State | L 0–7 | [5] | |||
| October 13 | at Jacksonville State* | W 21–13 | 6,500 | [6] | ||
| October 20 | Livingston* |
| W 14–0 | [7] | ||
| October 27 | Middle Tennessee |
| W 31–14 | [8] | ||
| November 3 | at No. 4 Murray State | L 10–24 | [9] | |||
| November 10 | at Tennessee Tech | W 21–14 | [10] | |||
| November 17 | Mars Hill* |
| W 27–6 | 2,500 | [11] | |
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References
edit- ^ "Austin Peay 10, James Madison 6". The Lexington Herald. September 2, 1979. Retrieved September 12, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Governors rip UT–Martin 34–7". The Daily News-Journal. September 9, 1979. Retrieved September 12, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "WKU shoots down thriving Peay 24–20". The Tennessean. September 23, 1979. Retrieved September 12, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Eastern Kentucky routs Austin Peay". The Knoxville News-Sentinel. September 30, 1979. Retrieved September 12, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Morehead defeats Austin Peay 7–0". The Kentucky Advocate. October 7, 1979. Retrieved September 12, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Brown watedn to kiss game-icing Freeman". Clarksville Leaf-Chronicle. October 14, 1979. Retrieved September 12, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Peay blanks Tigers". The Montgomery Advertiser. October 21, 1979. Retrieved September 12, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Governors celebrate 31–14". The Daily News-Journal. October 28, 1979. Retrieved September 12, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Murray stops APSU; Clinches title share". The Leaf-Chronicle. November 4, 1979. Retrieved September 12, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Austin Peay defeats Tech 21–14". The Daily News-Journal. November 11, 1979. Retrieved September 12, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Lions' playoff hopes dimmed". The Asheville Citizen-Times. November 18, 1979. Retrieved September 12, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
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