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1979 Austin Peay Governors football team

1979 Austin Peay Governors football
ConferenceOhio Valley Conference
Record7–4 (2–4 OVC)
Head coach
Home stadiumMunicipal Stadium
Seasons
← 1978
1980 →
1979 Ohio Valley Conference football standings
Conf Overall
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
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant
Rankings from Associated Press poll

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.

Schedule

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DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 1at James Madison*
W 10–67,500[1]
September 8Tennessee–Martin*
W 34–7[2]
September 22Western KentuckyNo. 8
  • Municipal Stadium
  • Clarksville, TN
L 20–249,000[3]
September 29at No. 7 Eastern Kentucky
L 10–3512,800[4]
October 6at Morehead State
L 0–7[5]
October 13at Jacksonville State*
W 21–136,500[6]
October 20Livingston*
  • Municipal Stadium
  • Clarksville, TN
W 14–0[7]
October 27Middle Tennessee
  • Municipal Stadium
  • Clarksville, TN
W 31–14[8]
November 3at No. 4 Murray State
L 10–24[9]
November 10at Tennessee Tech
W 21–14[10]
November 17Mars Hill*
  • Municipal Stadium
  • Clarksville, TN
W 27–62,500[11]

References

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  1. ^ "Austin Peay 10, James Madison 6". The Lexington Herald. September 2, 1979. Retrieved September 12, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ "Governors rip UT–Martin 34–7". The Daily News-Journal. September 9, 1979. Retrieved September 12, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "WKU shoots down thriving Peay 24–20". The Tennessean. September 23, 1979. Retrieved September 12, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Eastern Kentucky routs Austin Peay". The Knoxville News-Sentinel. September 30, 1979. Retrieved September 12, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Morehead defeats Austin Peay 7–0". The Kentucky Advocate. October 7, 1979. Retrieved September 12, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Brown watedn to kiss game-icing Freeman". Clarksville Leaf-Chronicle. October 14, 1979. Retrieved September 12, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Peay blanks Tigers". The Montgomery Advertiser. October 21, 1979. Retrieved September 12, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "Governors celebrate 31–14". The Daily News-Journal. October 28, 1979. Retrieved September 12, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ "Murray stops APSU; Clinches title share". The Leaf-Chronicle. November 4, 1979. Retrieved September 12, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ "Austin Peay defeats Tech 21–14". The Daily News-Journal. November 11, 1979. Retrieved September 12, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ^ "Lions' playoff hopes dimmed". The Asheville Citizen-Times. November 18, 1979. Retrieved September 12, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
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