1979 Appalachian State Mountaineers football team

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1979 Appalachian State Mountaineers football
ConferenceSouthern Conference
Record3–8 (3–4 SoCon)
Head coach
Home stadiumConrad Stadium
Seasons
← 1978
1980 →
1979 Southern Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Chattanooga $ 5 – 1 – 0 9 – 2 – 0
VMI 4 – 1 – 0 6 – 4 – 1
The Citadel 4 – 2 – 0 6 – 5 – 0
Furman 4 – 3 – 0 5 – 6 – 0
Appalachian State 3 – 4 – 0 3 – 8 – 0
East Tennessee State 2 – 3 – 0 7 – 4 – 0
Western Carolina 2 – 4 – 0 6 – 5 – 0
Marshall 0 – 6 – 0 1 – 10 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion

The 1979 Appalachian State Mountaineers football team was an American football team that represented Appalachian State University as a member of the Southern Conference (SoCon) during the 1979 NCAA Division I-A football season. In their ninth year under head coach Jim Brakefield, the Mountaineers compiled an overall record of 3–8 with a mark of 3–4 in conference play, and finished fifth in the SoCon. After their victory over Marshall in their season finale, Brakefield resigned as head coach of the Mountaineers.[1]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 8at
Groves Stadium
  • Winston-Salem, NC
    		• L 22–3026,500[2]
    September 15at Virginia Tech*
    		L 32–4130,300[3]
    September 22Western Carolina
    		W 35–2717,124[4]
    September 29at The Citadel
    		L 23–2417,850[5]
    October 6Chattanooga
    • Conrad Stadium
    • Boone, NC
    		L 21–2416,255[6]
    October 13VMI
    • Conrad Stadium
    • Boone, NC
    		L 22–277,624[7]
    October 20at Furman
    		L 17–3113,287[8]
    October 27at East Tennessee State
    		W 24–1012,469[9]
    November 3East Carolina*
    • Conrad Stadium
    • Boone, NC
    		L 21–3813,815[10]
    November 10William & Mary*
    • Conrad Stadium
    • Boone, NC
    		L 0–94,820[11]
    November 17Marshall
    • Conrad Stadium
    • Boone, NC
    		W 45–78,875[12]
    • *Non-conference game

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