1979 Maryland Eastern Shore Hawks football team

Last updated

1979 Maryland Eastern Shore Hawks football
Conference Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference
Record3–7–1 (0–0 MEAC)
Head coach
Seasons
←  1978
1979 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference football standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
Morgan State $ 5 –0 –09 –2 –0
South Carolina State 4 –1 –08 –3 –0
North Carolina A&T 2 –2 –14 –6 –1
Howard 2 –3 –05 –6 –0
Delaware State 1 –4 –14 –5 –1
North Carolina Central 1 –4 –02 –8 –1
Maryland Eastern Shore 0 –0 –03 –7 –1
  • $ – Conference champion
  • Maryland Eastern Shore games did not count as conference games in 1979

The 1979 Maryland Eastern Shore Hawks football team represented the University of Maryland Eastern Shore as a member of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) during the 1979 NCAA Division II football season. Led by first-year head coach Tyrone Caldwell, the Hawks compiled an overall record of 3–7–1, with a mark of 0–0 in conference play, and finished seventh in the MEAC.

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

In December the football program was officially suspended, and this made 1979 the final season for intercollegiate football at Maryland Eastern Shore. [2]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 1 Bowie State * Princess Anne, MD W 35–19 [3]
September 8at Virginia State *
L 0–294,500 [4]
September 15at Howard
L 20–386,000 [5]
September 22 Livingstone *Princess Anne, MDL 14–17 [6]
September 29 Delaware State Princess Anne, MDL 13–19 [7]
October 6at No. 8 Morgan State
L 8–414,000 [8] [9]
October 13at North Carolina A&T
W 16–6 [10]
October 20 North Carolina Central Princess Anne, MDT 7–7 [11]
October 27at District of Columbia * Washington, DC L 21–28 [12]
November 3at Tuskegee *
L 12–1711,000 [13]
November 10 Frostburg State *Princess Anne, MDW 19–13 [14]
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

References

  1. ↑ "FAMU quits SIAC, ponders new conference". Tallahassee Democrat. August 18, 1979. Retrieved August 25, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
  2. ↑ "Grid program is suspended". The Sunday Times. December 19, 1979. Retrieved August 25, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
  3. ↑ "Hawks prevail 35–19". The Sunday Times. September 2, 1979. Retrieved August 25, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
  4. ↑ "VSU defeats Eastern Shore". The Lynchburg News. September 9, 1979. Retrieved August 25, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
  5. ↑ "UMES falls to Howard 38–20". The Sunday Times. September 16, 1979. Retrieved August 25, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
  6. ↑ "Livingstone triumphs in thriller". The Salisbury Post. September 23, 1979. Retrieved August 25, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
  7. ↑ "DelState tops UMES for first win". Sunday News Journal. September 30, 1979. Retrieved August 25, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
  8. ↑ "Morgan State whips UMES 41–8". The Sunday Times. October 7, 1979. Retrieved August 25, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
  9. ↑ "Final 1979 Cumulative Football Statistics Report (Morgan State)". National Collegiate Athletic Association . Retrieved December 28, 2024.
  10. ↑ "A&T gets 'Hawk'-ed". Greensboro Daily News. October 14, 1979. Retrieved August 25, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
  11. ↑ "Central ties Hawks". Durham Morning Herald. October 21, 1979. Retrieved August 25, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
  12. ↑ "UMES beaten by UDC 28–21". The Sunday Times. October 28, 1979. Retrieved August 25, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
  13. ↑ "ES brings Tigers back to earth". The Montgomery Advertiser. November 4, 1979. Retrieved August 25, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
  14. ↑ "Hawks handle Bobcats 19–13 in season finale". The Sunday Times. November 11, 1979. Retrieved August 25, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.