1979 Indiana State Sycamores football team
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| West Texas State $ | 5 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 5 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Southern Illinois | 4 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Indiana State | 3 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Drake | 1 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 8 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| New Mexico State | 1 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 9 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wichita State | 1 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 1 | – | 10 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tulsa | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1979 Indiana State Sycamores football team represented Indiana State University in the 1979 NCAA Division I-A football season. They were led by second-year head coach Dick Jamieson and played their home games at Memorial Stadium. They were a member of the Missouri Valley Conference. They finished the season 8–3, 3–2 in MVC play to finish in third place. The roster included such standout performers as: Quarterback Reggie Allen, the 1979 MVC Offensive MVP; Defensive End Gerry Glusic, the 1979 MVC Defensive MVP; Defensive Back Alvin Reynolds; Linebacker Craig Shaffer, the 1981 MVC Defensive MVP; and Offensive Lineman Tunch Ilkin.[1] Allen and Ilkin went on to long successful NFL careers, Reynolds as an assistant coach and Ilkin as a Pro Bowl-lineman for the Pittsburgh Steelers. Shaffer spent three seasons with the St. Louis Cardinals[2][3]
Glusic was named to the AP All-American Team.[4] Six Sycamores would be named to the All-MVC Team: Quarterback Reggie Allen, Wide Receivers Kirk Wilson & Eddie Ruffin, Lineman George DeTella, Defensive End Gerry Glusic and Defensive Back John Allman.
Allen, Glusic and Ilkin have been inducted into the Indiana State University Athletics Hall of Fame.[5]
Schedule
September 17:30 pm (EST)Drake
W 19-12 5,500 September 87:30 pm (CDT)at Wichita City
W 28–9 20,876 September 157:30 pm (CDT)at Western Illinois*
W 17–14 7,549 September 227:30 pm (MDT)at New Mexico State
W 40–23 18,175 September 297:30 pm (EDT)at Akron*
W 28–27 11,684 October 67:30 PM (EST)Ball State*
W 18–13 11,278 October 137:30 pm (CDT)at West Texas A&M
- Kimbrough Stadium
- Canyon, tx
L 17–33 15,766
October 201:30 pm (EST)Louisville*
L 10–34 16,279 October 271:30 pm (EST)Illinois State*
W 23–21 14,117 November 31:30 pm (CST)at Southern Illinois
L 38–419,100 November 101:30 PM (EST)Northeast Louisiana*
W 38–21 5,500
- Source: [1]
References
- ^ https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/I/IlkiTu00.htm
- ^ https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/S/ShafCr20.htm
- ^ https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/S/ShafCr20.htm
- ^ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1979_College_Football_All-America_Team
- ^ http://www.gosycamores.com/hof.aspx?type=sport