1979 Louisiana Tech Bulldogs football team

1979 Louisiana Tech Bulldogs football
ConferenceSouthland Conference
Record3–8 (1–4 Southland)
Head coach
CaptainRodney Jones, Rick Reggio
Home stadiumJoe Aillet Stadium
Seasons
← 1978
1980 →
1979 Southland Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
McNeese State $ 5 0 0 11 1 0
UT 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]

  1. ^ "Larry Beightol fired as Tech head coach". The Shreveport Times. November 13, 1979. Retrieved July 1, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ "Patterson replaces Beightol". The Shreveport Journal. November 13, 1979. Retrieved July 1, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.