1979 Texas Southern Tigers football team

1979 Texas Southern Tigers football
ConferenceSouthwestern Athletic Conference
Record3–8 (1–5 SWAC)
Head coach
Home stadiumRobertson Stadium
Rice Stadium
Astrodome
Seasons
← 1978
1980 →
1979 Southwestern Athletic Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 6 Alcorn State + 5 1 0 8 2 0
No. 1 Grambling State + 5 1 0 8 3 0
No. 8 Jackson State 4 2 0 8 3 0
No. T–10 Southern 4 2 0 7 4 0
Mississippi Valley State 2 4 0 4 5 0
Texas Southern 1 5 0 3 8 0
Prairie View A&M 0 6 0 0 11 0
  • + – Conference co-champions
Rankings from Associated Press poll

The 1979 Texas Southern Tigers football team represented Texas Southern University as a member of the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) during the 1979 NCAA Division I-AA football season. Led by first-year head coach Jim Sorey, the Tigers compiled an overall record of 3–8, with a mark of 1–5 in conference play, and finished sixth in the SWAC.