1979 Tulsa Golden Hurricane football team

1979 Tulsa Golden Hurricane football
ConferenceMissouri Valley Conference
Record6–5 (0–0 MVC)
Head coach
Home stadiumSkelly Stadium
Seasons
← 1978
1980 →
1979 Missouri Valley Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
West Texas State $ 5 0 0 5 5 1
Southern Illinois 4 1 0 8 3 0
Indiana State 3 2 0 8 3 0
Drake 1 4 0 3 8 0
New Mexico State 1 4 0 2 9 0
Wichita State 1 4 0 1 10 0
Tulsa 0 0 0 6 5 0
  • $ – Conference champion
  • Tulsa was ineligible for MVC title

The 1979 Tulsa Golden Hurricane football team represented the University of Tulsa as a member of the Missouri Valley Conference (MVC) during the 1979 NCAA Division I-A football season. In their third year under head coach John Cooper, the Golden Hurricane compiled a 6–5 record. Tulsa played only two games against conference opponents, Wichita State and New Mexico State, but neither game counted in the conference standings.[1]

The team's statistical leaders included quarterback Bill Blankenship with 627 passing yards, Paul Roberson with 546 rushing yards, and Paul Johns with 408 receiving yards.[2] Head coach John Cooper was later inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame.

  1. ^ "Missouri Valley Conference". Hartford Courant. Hartford, Connecticut. November 19, 1979. p. 61. Retrieved January 20, 2023 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  2. ^ "1979 Tulsa Golden Hurricane Stats". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 27, 2016.