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| site_cityst = [[College Park, Maryland|College Park, MD]]
| site_cityst = [[College Park, Maryland|College Park, MD]]
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Revision as of 15:29, 30 December 2018

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Ranking
CoachesNo. 18
APNo. 20
1979 NCAA Division I-A independents football records
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

The 1979 Penn State Nittany Lions football team represented the Pennsylvania State University in the 1979 college football season.[1] The team was coached by Joe Paterno and played its home games in Beaver Stadium in University Park, Pennsylvania.

Schedule

September 15RutgersNo. 7

W 45–10 77,309 September 22Texas A&MNo. 6

  • Beaver Stadium
  • University Park, PA

L 14–27 77,575 September 29at No. 6 NebraskaNo. 18

ABCL 17–42 76,151 October 6at Maryland

W 27–7 52,348 October 13Armydagger

  • Beaver Stadium
  • University Park, PA

W 24–3 77,157 October 20vs. Syracuse

W 35–7 53,789 October 27West Virginia

  • Beaver Stadium
  • University Park, PA (rivalry)

W 31–6 77,923 November 3Miami (FL)No. 19

  • Beaver Stadium
  • University Park, PA

TCSL 10–26 75,332 November 10at North Carolina State

W 9–7 51,200 November 17TempleNo. 18

  • Beaver Stadium
  • University Park, PA

W 22–7 76,000 December 1No. 11 PittsburghNo. 19

  • Beaver Stadium
  • University Park, PA (rivalry)

ABCL 14–29 76,958 December 22vs. No. 15 Tulane

ABCW 9–6 50,021

Template:CFB Schedule End

Roster

1979 Penn State Nittany Lions football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos. # Name Class
QB 14 Todd Blackledge Fr
WR 29 Mark Cherewka Jr
WR 19 Tom Donovan Sr
OT 77 Bill Dugan Jr
G 62 Sean Farrell So
RB 24 Mike Guman Sr
WR 41 Tracy Hall Jr
QB 15 Jeff Hostetler Fr
TE 85 Vyto Kab So
TE 90 Ron LaPointe Sr
RB 38 Mike Meade So
RB 48 Booker Moore Jr
G 78 Mike Munchak So
OT 70 Irv Pankey Sr
C 53 Jim Romano Jr
TE 80 Brad Scovill Jr
RB 32 Matt Suhey Sr
QB 17 Dayle Tate Jr
WR 13 Kip Vernaglia Sr
RB 25 Curt Warner Fr
Defense
Pos. # Name Class
DT 86 Jeff Bergstrom So
DB 30 Matt Bradley So
DE 54 Bruce Clark Sr
CB 20 Joel Coles So
DE 74 Larry Kubin Jr
DT 57 Pete Kugler Jr
CB 12 Jon Lebo So
LB 37 Walker Lee Ashley Fr
LB 56 Lance Mehl Sr
LB 60 Matt Millen Sr
LB 94 Chet Parlavecchio So
CB 47 Danny Rocco Fr
LB 89 Carlos Quirch Sr
S 23 John Walsh Jr
CB 49 Tom Wise Jr
DT 61 Leo Wisniewski So
Special teams
Pos. # Name Class
K 10 Brian Franco So
P 21 Ralph Giacomarro Fr
K 31 Herb Menhardt Jr
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured Injured
  • Redshirt Redshirt

Roster

Post season

NFL Draft

Seven Nittany Lions were drafted in the 1980 NFL Draft.

Round Pick Overall Name Position Team
1st 4 4 Bruce Clark Defensive tackle Green Bay Packers
2nd 15 43 Matt Millen Linebacker Oakland Raiders
2nd 18 46 Matt Suhey Running back Chicago Bears
2nd 22 50 Irvin Pankey Offensive tackle Los Angeles Rams
3rd 13 69 Lance Mehl Linebacker New York Jets
6th 16 154 Mike Guman Running back Los Angeles Rams
9th 9 230 Tom Donovan Wide receiver Kansas City Chiefs

References

  1. ^ "Penn State Yearly Results (1975-1979)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Retrieved July 26, 2015.
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