1979 Louisiana Tech Bulldogs football team information
American college football season
1979Louisiana Tech Bulldogs football
Conference
Southland Conference
Record
3–8 (1–4 Southland)
Head coach
Larry Beightol (1st season; first ten games)
Pat Patterson (final game)
Captain
Rodney Jones, Rick Reggio
Home stadium
Joe Aillet Stadium
Seasons
← 1978
1980 →
1979 Southland Conference football standings
v
t
e
Conf
Overall
Team
W
L
T
W
L
T
McNeese State $
5
–
0
–
0
11
–
1
–
0
Texas–Arlington
4
–
1
–
0
9
–
2
–
0
Lamar
3
–
2
–
0
6
–
3
–
2
Arkansas State
1
–
4
–
0
4
–
7
–
0
Southwestern Louisiana
1
–
4
–
0
4
–
7
–
0
Louisiana Tech
1
–
4
–
0
2
–
9
–
0
$ – Conference champion
Louisiana Tech record includes one win by forfeit.
The 1979 Louisiana Tech Bulldogs football team was an American football team that represented Louisiana Tech University as a member of the Southland Conference during the 1979 NCAA Division I-A football season. In their only year under head coach Larry Beightol, the team compiled a 3–8 record. After going 1–9 through the first ten games of the season, head coach Larry Beightol was fired on November 12.[1] Pat Patterson then served as interim head coach for the final game of the season and led the Bulldogs to a victory over Northeast Louisiana.[2]
^"Larry Beightol fired as Tech head coach". The Shreveport Times. November 13, 1979. Retrieved July 1, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
^"Patterson replaces Beightol". The Shreveport Journal. November 13, 1979. Retrieved July 1, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
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