Tulane
FBSI · 1979 Season · Final
All-Time Resume
- 12-Team Playoff & Revenue Era · 2 seasons
- Limited Playoff Era · 26 seasons · 2 Top 10
- Independents & Bowl Tie-In Era · 16 seasons
- Divisional Era · 26 seasons
- AP Poll & Postwar Era · 20 seasons · 2 Top 10
- Forward Pass & Stadium Boom Era · 29 seasons · 4 Top 10
- Pioneer Era · 2 seasons
Final finishes, as published; the season in progress counts toward record only. Compare Tulane head-to-head · History & Eras
1979 Schedule & Results
| Wk | Date | Opponent | Conf | Opp. Record | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | Week 3 · Sep 11 |  Stanford (STANFORD)H2H |  PAC | 5–5–1 | W 33–10 |
| 4 | Week 4 · Sep 18 |  Rice (RICE)H2H | IND SWC | 1–10 | L 17–21 |
| 5 | Week 5 · Sep 25 |  TCUH2H | IND SWC | 2–8–1 | W 33–19 |
| 6 | Week 6 · Oct 2 |  SMUH2H | IND SWC | 5–6 | W 24–17 |
| 7 | Week 7 · Oct 9 |  Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)H2H |  SEC | 1–10 | W 42–14 |
| 8 | Week 8 · Oct 16 |  Southern Miss (SOUTHERN MISS)H2H | IND FBSI | 6–4–1 | W 20–19 |
| 9 | Week 9 · Oct 23 |  West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)H2H | IND FBSI | 5–6 | L 17–27 |
| 10 | Week 10 · Oct 30 |  Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)H2H | IND FBSI | 4–6–1 | W 12–7 |
| 11 | Week 11 · Nov 6 |  Boston College (BOSTON COLLEGE)H2H | IND FBSI | 5–6 | W 43–8 |
| 12 | Week 12 · Nov 13 |  Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)H2H | SEC | 4–7 | W 49–15 |
| 14 | Week 14 · Nov 27 |  LSUH2H | SEC | 7–5 | W 24–13 |
| 3 | Post-Season Week 3 · Dec 25 |  Penn State (PENN STATE)H2H | IND FBSI | 8–4 | L 6–9 |
Past season results come from the published weekly rankings; home/away is not recorded. Unranked = opponent outside the ranked field. Kickoff times in Eastern Time. TBD = not yet announced. vs* = neutral site. Opp. Record is the current season record; — = unavailable.
Where the rating sits on the 12-tier scale (lower is better).
- LSU +7
- Southern Miss +6
- Stanford +5
- SMU +5
- Boston College +5
- Georgia Tech +4
- Ole Miss +4
- TCU +2
- Vanderbilt +1
- Penn State -4
- West Virginia -6
- Rice -10
Each win stacks that opponent's win total to the right; each loss stacks that opponent's loss total to the left.
0.750 Win % · No change
Percent of all FBS teams this team is ahead of.
Higher on the chart = better rank.
Bars above the line are wins, below are losses; height = point margin.
Higher = better finish. Ranks as published.