1979 Texas A&M
6–5 (4–4 Southwest Conference), coached by Tom Wilson. Share
Schedule and results
- Biggest upsetBeat No. 6 Penn State 27–14Sep 22
Penn State was ranked No. 6, above it.
| Date | Opponent | Result | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 8 | vs BYU | L 17–18 | 49% |
| Sep 15 | at Baylor | L 7–17 | 50% |
| Sep 22 | at 6Penn State | W 27–14 | 21% |
| Sep 29 | at Memphis | W 17–7 | 59% |
| Oct 6 | at Texas Tech | L 20–21 | 52% |
| Oct 13 | vs 7Houston | L 14–17 | 47% |
| Oct 27 | at Rice | W 41–15 | 78% |
| Nov 3 | vs SMU | W 47–14 | 73% |
| Nov 17 | vs 8Arkansas | L 10–22 | 42% |
| Nov 24 | at TCU | W 30–7 | 73% |
| Dec 1 | vs 6Texas | W 13–7 | 35% |
Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.
How it ended: Beat Texas 13–7; unranked in the final AP poll; 5th in the Southwest Conference.
In program history: The 33rd-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 125 on file).
AP poll, week by week
- Wk 1: 14
Players on this team
Before 2004 our records hold honors and the draft; these are the players whose college years here, from their Wikipedia articles or their honors, include 1979.
- Record
- 6–5
- Conference
- 4–4 5th in Southwest Conference
- AP final
- Unranked peak No. 14
- Points
- 243–159
- Coach
- Tom Wilson
- Elo
- 1638 +67 this season
- SP+ rating
- 21.4 No. 14 of 135; offense No. 26, defense No. 8
- SRS
- 18.7 No. 13 of 140 in Division I-A
- Recruiting class
- —
- Defensive coordinator
- R.C. Slocum
Drafted in 1980
The 1980 draft| Rd 1 | Curtis Dickey RB | Baltimore Colts |
| Rd 1 | Jacob Green DE | Seattle Seahawks |
All-Southwest Conference
1 first teamFirst team
Jacob GreenDLCoaches-1
From Wikipedia’s 1979 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).
1979 Southwest Conference standings
| Team | Conf. | Overall | AP final |
|---|---|---|---|
| Houston | 7–1 | 11–1 | 5 |
| Arkansas | 7–1 | 10–2 | 8 |
| Texas | 6–2 | 9–3 | 12 |
| Baylor | 5–3 | 8–4 | 14 |
 Texas A&M | 4–4 | 6–5 | |
| SMU | 3–5 | 5–6 | |
| Texas Tech | 2–5–1 | 3–6–2 | |
| TCU | 1–6–1 | 2–8–1 | |
| Rice | 0–8 | 1–10 |
Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.