1979 Indiana State Sycamores football team

The 1979 Indiana State Sycamores football team represented Indiana State University in the 1979 NCAA Division I-A football season. They were led by second-year head coach Dick Jamieson and played their home games at Memorial Stadium. They were a member of the Missouri Valley Conference. They finished the season 8–3, 3–2 in MVC play to finish in third place. The roster included such standout performers as: Quarterback Reggie Allen, the 1979 MVC Offensive MVP; Defensive End Gerry Glusic, the 1979 MVC Defensive MVP; Defensive Back Alvin Reynolds; Linebacker Craig Shaffer, the 1981 MVC Defensive MVP; and Offensive Lineman Tunch Ilkin.[1] Allen and Ilkin went on to long successful NFL careers, Reynolds as an assistant coach and Ilkin as a Pro Bowl-lineman for the Pittsburgh Steelers. Shaffer spent three seasons with the St. Louis Cardinals[2]

1979 Indiana State Sycamores football
ConferenceMissouri Valley Conference
1979 record8–3 (3–2 MVC)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorDick Jamieson
Defensive coordinatorDennis Raetz (2nd season)
Home stadiumMemorial Stadium
(Capacity: 20,500)
1979 Missouri Valley Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW 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 5 0  2 9 0
Wichita State 1 5 0  1 10 0
Tulsa      6 5 0
  • $ Conference champion
  • Tulsa was ineligible for MVC title

Glusic was named to the AP All-American Team.[3] Six Sycamores would be named to the All-MVC Team: Quarterback Reggie Allen, Wide Receivers Kirk Wilson & Eddie Ruffin, Lineman George DeTella, Defensive End Gerry Glusic and Defensive Back John Allman.

Allen, Glusic and Ilkin have been inducted into the Indiana State University Athletics Hall of Fame.[4]

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendance
September 17:30 pm (EST)DrakeW 19-125,500
September 87:30 pm (CDT)at Wichita StateW 28–920,876
September 157:30 pm (CDT)at Western Illinois*W 17–147,549
September 227:30 pm (MDT)at New Mexico StateW 40–2318,175
September 297:30 pm (EDT)at Akron*W 28–2711,684
October 67:30 pm (EST)Ball State*W 18–1311,278
October 137:30 pm (CDT)at West Texas State
  • Kimbrough Stadium
  • Canyon, tx
L 17–3315,766
October 201:30 pm (EST)Louisville*L 10–3416,279
October 271:30 pm (EST)Illinois State*W 23–2114,117
November 31:30 pm (CST)at Southern IllinoisL 38–419,100
November 101:30 pm (EST)NE Louisiana*W 38–215,500
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