1979 Football Schedule
Overall7-3-10.682
Conference7-1-10.833
StreakW1
Home4-0-1
Away3-3
Neutral0-0
| Date | Time | At | Opponent | Location | Tournament | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 8 (Sat) | TBA | Away | Marshall | Huntington, WV | L 14-31 | |
| Sep 15 (Sat) | TBA | Home | Ball State | Glass Bowl | W 31-14 | |
| Sep 22 (Sat) | TBA | Away | Arizona State | Tempe, AZ | L 0-49 | |
| Sep 29 (Sat) | TBA | Away | Eastern Michigan | Ypsilanti, MI | W 37-7 | |
| Oct 6 (Sat) | TBA | Away | Bowling Green | Bowling Green | W 23-17 | |
| Oct 13 (Sat) | TBA | Home | Western Michigan | Glass Bowl | W 17-0 | |
| Oct 20 (Sat) | TBA | Home | Ohio | Glass Bowl | W 21-13 | |
| Oct 27 (Sat) | TBA | Away | Miami | Oxford, OH | W 24-21 | |
| Nov 3 (Sat) | TBA | Home | Central Michigan | Glass Bowl | T 7-7 | |
| Nov 10 (Sat) | TBA | Away | Northern Illinois | DeKalb, IL | L 10-28 | |
| Nov 17 (Sat) | TBA | Home | Kent State | Glass Bowl | W 29-3 |