1979 NCAA Division I-A independents football records
Conf.Overall
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
Tennessee State – – 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

The 1979 Cincinnati Bearcats football team represented University of Cincinnati during 1979 NCAA Division I-A football season. The Bearcats, led by head coach Ralph Staub, participated as independent and played their home games at Nippert Stadium.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 15at Southern Miss
L 6–2423,750[1]
September 22at Louisville
L 6–2420,174[2]
September 29Villanova
W 27–1314,785[3]
October 6at No. 18 North Carolina
L 14–3549,000[4]
October 13at Pittsburgh
L 0–3531,620[5]
October 20at Temple
L 14–3513,368[6]
October 27Richmonddagger
  • Nippert Stadium
  • Cincinnati, OH
W 17–1412,220[7]
November 3No. 6 Florida State
  • Nippert Stadium
  • Cincinnati, OH
L 21–2614,539[8]
November 10Ohio
  • Nippert Stadium
  • Cincinnati, OH
L 7–279,916[9]
November 17at Miami (OH)
L 14–2712,060[10]
November 24at Memphis State
L 17–2314,607[11]
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

[12][13][14]

Roster

1979 Cincinnati Bearcats football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
FB 19 Mickey Archer Sr
QB 6 Danny Barrett Fr
C 50 Chris Bell So
RB 46 James Bettis Jr
G 61 Joe Caleca Jr
OT 76 Joe Eilerman Sr
QB 10 Ken Evans Jr
TE 80 Steve Gantert Sr
TE 89 Larry Gill Jr
TE 97 Bo Green So
WB 47 Aaron Hagans Sr
C 52 David Handwerker Jr
RB 34 Allen Harvin So
C 51 Scott Heineman Jr
RB 26 Howard Hill So
QB 7 Keith Horne So
FB 30 Ellis Johnson So
QB 11 Tony Kapetanis Jr
G 66 Ed Kloboves Sr
C 53 Dan Lorenz So
G 65 Doug Marshall So
WR 41 Bob Massong Jr
WR 81 Eric Molden Jr
WB 24 Tony Omogrosso So
FB 36 Brian Palmer Jr
OT 75 Mike Rodgers Sr
FB 35 Mike Schneider Jr
G 70 Al Slusarz Sr
G 93 Lou Smith Jr
G 56 Vince Sylvester So
OT 69 Kari Yli-Renko So
 Defense
Pos.#NameClass
DE 72 Curtis Alexander Jr
DB 25 Dan Androit Jr
DT 84 Bruce Baarendse So
DE 99 Brad Ballard So
DE 88 Farley Bell Sr
DB 3 Daryl Bible Fr
LB 35 Mike Brookins So
DT 67 Mike Bullock Jr
DT 71 Joe Carozzoni So
DB 22 Mike Clark Sr
MG 49 Glen Fahis Sr
DT 78 Randy Fournier Jr
DB 18 Stanley Johnson Jr
MG 59 George Jones So
DB 14 Dan Kellett So
DE 96 Mike Lewis So
DT 98 Jim Miranda Jr
LB 58 Willie Moore So
DB 12 Terry O'Leary Jr
DT 68 Bob Prats So
DB 23 Steve Ries So
DB 44 Tim Schira So
DB 43 Jim Schmidt So
DE 91 Simeon Simmons Jr
DT 90 Earl Souter Jr
DE 83 Dan Vete Sr
DB 20 Dwight Williams Jr
LB 45 Karl Woods Jr
DB 28 Henry Wright Jr
 Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
P 5 Mike Blevins Jr
P 4 Mark Householder Jr
K 13 Rich Karlis Jr
P 2 Phil Peckich So
K 1 Steve Schutz Sr
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured Injured
  • Redshirt Redshirt

References

  1. ↑ "Southern Mississippi raps UC in opener". The Cincinnati Enquirer. September 16, 1979. Retrieved March 25, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ↑ "'Toot' gets his kicks out of 'horning in' on U of L foe's punts". The Courier-Journal. September 23, 1979. Retrieved October 25, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ↑ "Villanova falls to Cincinnati". Sunday News Journal. September 30, 1979. Retrieved October 25, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ↑ "Heels rally, avery upset". Durham Morning Herald. October 7, 1979. Retrieved October 25, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ↑ "Pitt clobbers Cincinnati behind QB". Staten Island Advance. October 14, 1979. Retrieved October 25, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ↑ "Temple's air attack blitzes Bearcats, 35–14". The Cincinnati Enquirer. October 21, 1979. Retrieved October 25, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ↑ "So close... Spiders fail to score from one, fall 17–14". Richmond Times-Dispatch. October 28, 1979. Retrieved October 28, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ↑ "FSU still in Orange". The Shreveport Times. November 4, 1979. Retrieved October 25, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ↑ "OU pounces on listless Bearcats". The Cincinnati Enquirer. November 11, 1979. Retrieved October 25, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ↑ "Mark Hunter 'all purpose' man in 27–14 Redskin victory". Dayton Daily News. November 18, 1979. Retrieved October 25, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ↑ "Memphis State puts end to US's misery". The Cincinnati Enquirer. November 25, 1979. Retrieved October 25, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. ↑ "1979 Cincinnati Bearcats Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved March 27, 2020.
  13. ↑ "1979 Football Schedule". University of Cincinnati Athletics. Retrieved March 27, 2020.
  14. ↑ "2009 University of Cincinnati Football Media Guide" (PDF). gobearcats.com. Retrieved July 20, 2019.
source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1979_Cincinnati_Bearcats_football_team