1979_Rutgers_Scarlet_Knights_football_team

1979 Rutgers Scarlet Knights football
1979 Rutgers Scarlet Knights football
Conference	Independent
Record	8–3
Head coach	Frank R. Burns (7th season);
Home stadium	Rutgers Stadium; Giants Stadium
	Seasons ← 1978 1980 →

1979 Rutgers Scarlet Knights football team

American college football season

The 1979 Rutgers Scarlet Knights football team represented Rutgers University in the 1979 NCAA Division I-A football season. In their seventh season under head coach Frank R. Burns, the Scarlet Knights compiled an 8-3 record while competing as an independent. The team outscored its opponents 243 to 174. Against ranked opponents, the team lost, 45-10, to #7 Penn State and defeated #17 Tennessee, 13-7.^[1]^[2] The team's statistical leaders included Ed McMichael with 1,529 passing yards, Albert Ray with 567 rushing yards, and David Dorn with 468 receiving yards.^[3]

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Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 8	Holy Cross	Rutgers Stadium Piscataway, NJ	W 28–0	18,350	^[4]
September 15	at No. 7 Penn State	Beaver Stadium University Park, PA	L 10–45	77,309	^[5]
September 22	Bucknell	Rutgers Stadium Piscataway, NJ	W 16–14	12,300	^[6]
September 29	at Princeton	Palmer Stadium Princeton, NJ (rivalry)	W 38–14	23,523	^[7]
October 6	Temple	Rutgers Stadium Piscataway, NJ	L 20–41
October 13	at Connecticut	Memorial Stadium Storrs, CT	W 26–14
October 20	at William & Mary	Cary Field Williamsburg, VA	W 24–0
November 3	at No. 17 Tennessee	Neyland Stadium Knoxville, TN	W 13–7	84,265	^[8]
November 10	vs. Army	Giants Stadium East Rutherford, NJ	W 20–0
November 17	Villanova	Rutgers Stadium Piscataway, NJ	L 17–32
November 25	at Louisville	Cardinal Stadium Louisville, KY	W 31–7
Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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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
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