1979 Morgan State Bears football team

1979 Morgan State Bears football
MEAC champion
ConferenceMid-Eastern Athletic Conference
Record9–2 (5–0 MEAC)
Head coach
Home stadiumHughes Stadium
Seasons
← 1978
1980 →
1979 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Morgan State $ 5 0 0 9 2 0
South Carolina State 4 1 0 8 3 0
North Carolina A&T 2 2 1 4 6 1
Howard 2 3 0 5 6 0
Delaware State 1 4 1 4 5 1
North Carolina Central 1 4 0 2 8 1
Maryland Eastern Shore 0 0 0 3 7 1
  • $ – Conference champion
  • Maryland Eastern Shore games did not count as conference games in 1979

The 1979 Morgan State Bears football team represented Morgan State University as a member of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) during the 1979 NCAA Division II football season. Led by second-year head coach Clarence Thomas, the Bears compiled an overall record of 9–2, and a mark of 5–0 in conference play, finished as MEAC champion, and were defeated by Alabama A&M in the NCAA Division II first round.

Although the MEAC was classified as part of the NCAA Division I-AA, Morgan State (along with North Carolina Central and Maryland Eastern Shore) competed as part of Division II for the 1979 season.[1]

  1. ^ "FAMU quits SIAC, ponders new conference". Tallahassee Democrat. August 18, 1979. Retrieved August 25, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.