1979 team profile

Team Ledger

Penn State

FBS · FBS Independents
#16
8–4Record
219.80Overall rating
231.90Raw points
193.30Opponent strength

Rating history

19 weeks
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19

Conference rankings

FBS Independents · 32 teams
RankTeamRating
1Pittsburgh284.24
2Florida State274.77
3Temple257.55
4Penn State219.80
5South Carolina195.51
6Notre Dame192.02
7UNLV178.32
8Tulane172.29
9Syracuse172.19
10East Carolina170.13
11Rutgers140.75
12Boston College132.94
13Miami129.41
14Southern Miss127.16
15West Virginia123.33
16Navy119.58
17Virginia Tech108.91
18Georgia Tech108.63
19Villanova104.92
20Tennessee State100.61
21Colgate92.17
22Holy Cross85.20
23Memphis78.45
24Louisville69.07
25William & Mary59.79
26Illinois State52.04
27Cincinnati51.48
28North Texas45.73
29Army42.86
30Air Force42.77
31UL Monroe17.78
32Richmond3.74

Season schedule

12 games
  • W3vs Rutgers
    Final    45–10
  • W4vs Texas A&M
    Final    14–27
  • W5at Nebraska
    Final    17–42
  • W6at Maryland
    Final    27–7
  • W7vs Army
    Final    24–3
  • W8vs Syracuse
    Final    35–7
  • W9vs West Virginia
    Final    31–6
  • W10vs Miami
    Final    10–26
  • W11at NC State
    Final    9–7
  • W12vs Temple
    Final    22–7
  • W14vs Pittsburgh
    Final    14–29
  • W17vs Tulane
    Final    9–6