1979 Richmond Spiders football team

1979 Richmond Spiders football
Conference	Independent
1979 record	0–11
Head coach	Jim Tait (6th year)
Home stadium	City Stadium
Seasons

1979 Division I-A independents football records
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 6 Florida State		–		–				11	–	1	–	0
No. 7 Pittsburgh		–		–				11	–	1	–	0
UNLV		–		–				9	–	1	–	2
No. 17 Temple		–		–				10	–	2	–	0
Tulane		–		–				9	–	3	–	0
Rutgers		–		–				8	–	3	–	0
East Carolina		–		–				7	–	3	–	1
No. 20 Penn State		–		–				8	–	4	–	0
South Carolina		–		–				8	–	4	–	0
Navy		–		–				7	–	4	–	0
Notre Dame		–		–				7	–	4	–	0
Southern Miss		–		–				6	–	4	–	1
Syracuse		–		–				7	–	5	–	0
Colgate		–		–				5	–	4	–	1
Boston College		–		–				5	–	6	–	0
Holy Cross		–		–				5	–	6	–	0
Memphis		–		–				5	–	6	–	0
Miami		–		–				5	–	6	–	0
North Texas State		–		–				5	–	6	–	0
Villanova		–		–				5	–	6	–	0
Virginia Tech		–		–				5	–	6	–	0
West Virginia		–		–				5	–	6	–	0
Georgia Tech		–		–				4	–	6	–	1
Louisville		–		–				4	–	6	–	1
Connecticut		–		–				3	–	6	–	2
William & Mary		–		–				4	–	7	–	0
Illinois State		–		–				3	–	8	–	0
Northeast Louisiana		–		–				3	–	8	–	0
Army		–		–				2	–	8	–	1
Air Force		–		–				2	–	9	–	0
Cincinnati		–		–				2	–	9	–	0
Richmond		–		–				0	–	11	–	0
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1979 Richmond Spiders football team represented the University of Richmond in the 1979 NCAA Division I-A football season. The Spiders were led by sixth year head coach Jim Tait and played their home games at City Stadium. They were classified as an Independent. The 1979 campaign marked Tait's final year as head coach after Richmond finished with a winless 0–11 record.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result
September 8	at Virginia	Scott Stadium Charlottesville, Virginia	L 0–31
September 15	at VMI	Alumni Memorial Field Lexington, Virginia	L 7–17
September 22	at Wyoming	War Memorial Stadium Laramie, Wyoming	L 7–9
September 29	West Virginia	City Stadium Richmond, Virginia	L 18–20
October 6	Arkansas State	City Stadium Richmond, Virginia	L 3–24
October 13	Duke	City Stadium Richmond, Virginia	L 7–34
October 20	at Virginia Tech	Lane Stadium Blacksburg, Virginia	L 0–34
October 27	at Cincinnati	Nippert Stadium Cincinnati	L 14–17
November 3	Villanova	City Stadium Richmond, Virginia	L 3–9
November 10	at East Carolina	Dowdy–Ficklen Stadium Greenville, North Carolina	L 10–52
November 17	at William & Mary	Cary Field Williamsburg, Virginia (I-64 Bowl)	L 10–24

Roster

1979 Richmond Spiders football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class RB Evans, ReggieReggie Evans 3.0 !So QB Gregory, GregGreg Gregory 7.0 !Sr RB Redden, BarryBarry Redden 3.0 !So	Defense Pos. # Name Class DT Seale, MarkMark Seale 3.0 !So	Special teams Pos. # Name Class	Head coach Jim Tait Coordinators/assistant coaches Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt