1979 Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles football team

1979 Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles football
Conference	Ohio Valley Conference
Record	1–8–2 (0–5–1 OVC)
Head coach	Don Wade (12th season)
Home stadium	Tucker Stadium

1979 Ohio Valley Conference football standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 2 Murray State $^	6	–	0	–	0			9	–	2	–	1
No. 3 Eastern Kentucky ^	5	–	1	–	0			11	–	2	–	0
Morehead State	3	–	2	–	1			5	–	4	–	1
Western Kentucky	3	–	3	–	0			5	–	5	–	0
Austin Peay	2	–	4	–	0			7	–	4	–	0
Middle Tennessee	1	–	5	–	0			1	–	9	–	0
Tennessee Tech	0	–	5	–	1			1	–	8	–	2
$ – Conference champion ^ – NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant Rankings from Associated Press poll

The 1979 Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles football team represented Tennessee Technological University (commonly referred to as Tennessee Tech) as a member of the Ohio Valley Conference (OVC) during the 1979 NCAA Division I-AA football season. Led by 12th-year head coach Don Wade, the Golden Eagles compiled an overall record of 1–8–2, with a mark of 0–5–1 in conference play, and finished last in the OVC.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 8	at Western Carolina*	E. J. Whitmire Stadium Cullowhee, NC	L 7–24	8,650
September 15	Cameron*	Tucker Stadium Cookeville, TN	W 21–6
September 22	at Murray State	Roy Stewart Stadium Murray, KY	L 3–24
September 29	Nicholls State*	Tucker Stadium Cookeville, TN	L 10–13	11,800
October 6	at Jacksonville State*	Paul Snow Stadium Jacksonville, AL	L 7–23	6,500
October 13	at Western Kentucky	L. T. Smith Stadium Bowling Green, KY	L 7–49	13,200
October 20	Morehead State	Tucker Stadium Cookeville, TN	T 3–3
October 27	Troy State*	Tucker Stadium Cookeville, TN	T 17–17	2,200
November 3	at No. 5 Eastern Kentucky	Hanger Field Richmond, KY	L 0–35
November 10	Austin Peay	Tucker Stadium Cookeville, TN	L 14–21
November 17	at Middle Tennessee	Horace Jones Field Murfreesboro, TN	L 14–17
*Non-conference game Rankings from Associated Press Poll released prior to the game