1979 NCAA Division I-A football season












1979 NCAA Division I-A season
Number of teams140[1]

Preseason AP No. 1
USC Trojans
Post-season
Bowl games15
Heisman Trophy
Charles White, USC RB
WinnerAlabama Crimson Tide
Division I-A football seasons

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The 1979 NCAA Division I-A football season saw the Alabama Crimson Tide bring home a national title with a perfect 12-0 season. The title was Alabama's 11th claimed, and their 6th Associated Press awarded title.


This was an extremely dominant Alabama team, only giving up 67 points the entire season and shutting out five opponents. The team won a tight game against LSU 3-0 and beat Auburn by a touchdown before beating Arkansas 24-9 in the Sugar Bowl.


There was very little movement at the top of the rankings throughout the season, as only three different teams held the top spot in the AP poll and only two in the UPI poll. USC was the pre-season top-ranked team, and held the number one ranking until a 21–21 tie with Stanford, a game USC led at halftime 21–0. A fumbled hold on the snap from center cost the Trojans a chance at a last-second field goal. Stanford was led by quarterback Turk Schonert, while freshman John Elway served as his backup. USC ended up finishing second in the country, but running back Charles White brought home the Heisman Trophy.


Number 2 Alabama then took over the top spot and never relinquished that position in the UPI poll. In the AP poll, however, Ohio State took over the top spot in the last regular season poll of the season. Ohio State had defeated #13 Michigan in Ann Arbor by a score of 18–15 to earn the Big 10 title. Two weeks later, Alabama defeated #14 Auburn 25-18 in Birmingham, but the AP voters saw fit to jump Ohio State ahead of them.


Thus, Ohio State came within one point of a national title under first-year coach Earle Bruce, who replaced coach Woody Hayes, falling to USC 17–16 in the Rose Bowl after an undefeated season.




Contents





  • 1 Rule changes


  • 2 Conference and program changes


  • 3 Conference standings


  • 4 #1 and #2 progress


  • 5 Notable rivalry games


  • 6 Bowl games


  • 7 Final AP and UPI rankings


  • 8 Heisman Trophy


  • 9 Other major awards


  • 10 References




Rule changes


  • Blocking below the waist is prohibited on fumble recoveries (before they touch the ground), interceptions of forward and backward passes, on wide receivers beyond five yards past the line of scrimmage, on kickers until they are five yards past the line of scrimmage, and by backs beyond three yards past the line of scrimmage.

  • Adding an automatic first down to defensive penalties for spearing, blows to the head or helmet, or kicking an opponent.

  • Fouls committed by the receiving team during punts and kickoffs after the ball crosses the line of scrimmage result in enforcement from the spot of the foul, not from the previous spot and a re-kick as was previously the case.

  • Eliminating offsetting penalties when a dead-ball foul is involved.


Conference and program changes


  • This season the total number of Division 1-A teams grew by 2 to 140 with the addition of Connecticut as an independent and East Tennessee State as a member of the Southern Conference.









School1978 Conference1979 Conference

East Tennessee State Buccaneers

Ohio Valley (I-AA)
Southern (I-A)

Hawaiʻi Rainbow Warriors
Independent
WAC

While Georgia Tech joined the ACC in non-football sports, the Yellow Jackets would not join ACC football until 1983.



Conference standings































































































































1979 ACC football standings
  • v

  • t

  • e

Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L 
T

NC State $
5
–1
–0  7
–4
–0

Clemson
4
–2
–0  8
–4
–0

Maryland
4
–2
–0  7
–4
–0

Wake Forest
3
–2
–0  8
–4
–0
No. 15 North Carolina
3
–3
–0  8
–3
–1

Virginia
1
–4
–0  6
–5
–0

Duke
0
–6
–0  2
–8
–1


  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll




























































































































1979 Big 8 football standings
  • v

  • t

  • e

Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L 
T
No. 3 Oklahoma $
7
–0
–0  11
–1
–0
No. 9 Nebraska
6
–1
–0  10
–2
–0

Oklahoma State
5
–2
–0  7
–4
–0

Missouri
3
–4
–0  7
–5
–0

Colorado
2
–5
–0  3
–8
–0

Iowa State
2
–5
–0  3
–8
–0

Kansas
2
–5
–0  3
–8
–0

Kansas State
1
–6
–0  3
–8
–0


  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll






















































































































































1979 Big Ten football standings
  • v

  • t

  • e

Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L 
T
No. 4 Ohio State $
8
–0
–0  11
–1
–0
No. 10 Purdue
7
–1
–0  10
–2
–0
No. 18 Michigan
6
–2
–0  8
–4
–0
No. 19 Indiana
5
–3
–0  8
–4
–0

Iowa
4
–4
–0  5
–6
–0

Minnesota
3
–5
–1  4
–6
–1

Michigan State
3
–5
–0  5
–6
–0

Wisconsin
3
–5
–0  4
–7
–0

Illinois
1
–6
–1  2
–8
–1

Northwestern
0
–9
–0  1
–10
–0


  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll




























































































































1979 Ivy League football standings
  • v

  • t

  • e

Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L 
T

Yale $
6
–1
–0  8
–1
–0

Brown
5
–2
–0  6
–3
–0

Princeton
5
–2
–0  5
–4
–0

Cornell
4
–3
–0  5
–4
–0

Dartmouth
4
–3
–0  4
–4
–1

Harvard
3
–4
–0  3
–6
–0

Columbia
1
–6
–0  1
–8
–0

Penn
0
–7
–0  0
–9
–0


  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll






















































































































































1979 Mid-American Conference football standings
  • v

  • t

  • e

Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L 
T

Central Michigan $
8
–0
–1  10
–0
–1

Toledo
7
–1
–1  7
–3
–1

Western Michigan
5
–4
–0  6
–5
–0

Ball State
4
–4
–0  6
–5
–0

Ohio
4
–4
–0  6
–5
–0

Northern Illinois
3
–3
–1  5
–5
–1

Miami
3
–4
–0  6
–5
–0

Bowling Green
3
–5
–0  4
–7
–0

Eastern Michigan
1
–6
–1  2
–8
–1

Kent State
1
–8
–0  1
–10
–0


  • $ – Conference champion
















































































































1979 Missouri Valley Conference football standings
  • v

  • t

  • e

Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L 
T

West Texas State $
5
–0
–0  5
–5
–1

Southern Illinois
4
–1
–0  8
–3
–0

Indiana State
3
–2
–0  8
–3
–0

Drake
1
–4
–0  3
–8
–0

New Mexico State
1
–5
–0  2
–9
–0

Wichita State
1
–5
–0  1
–10
–0

Tulsa
 
–
   6
–5
–0


  • $ – Conference champion

  • Tulsa was ineligible for MVC title




































































































1979 Pacific Coast Athletic Association football standings
  • v

  • t

  • e

Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L 
T

Utah State $
5
–0
–0  8
–3
–0

Long Beach State
3
–2
–0  7
–4
–0

Fresno State
3
–2
–0  5
–6
–0

Cal State Fullerton
2
–3
–0  4
–7
–0

San Jose State
2
–3
–0  3
–8
–0

Pacific (CA)
0
–5
–0  3
–7
–0


  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll
Records adjusted for San Jose State forfeits






















































































































































1979 Pacific-10 football standings
  • v

  • t

  • e

Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L 
T
No. 2 USC $
6
–0
–1  11
–0
–1
No. 11 Washington
5
–2
–0  9
–3
–0

Arizona
4
–3
–0  6
–5
–1

Oregon
4
–3
–0  6
–5
–0

California
5
–4
–0  6
–6
–0

Stanford
3
–3
–1  5
–5
–1

Arizona State †
3
–4
–0  6
–6
–0

UCLA
3
–4
–0  5
–6
–0

Washington State
2
–6
–0  3
–8
–0

Oregon State
1
–7
–0  1
–10
–0


  • $ – Conference champion

  • † – Arizona State later forfeited 5 wins (3 in conference) due to NCAA sanctions[2]

Rankings from AP Poll






















































































































































1979 SEC football standings
  • v

  • t

  • e

Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L 
T
No. 1 Alabama $
6
–0
–0  12
–0
–0

Georgia
5
–1
–0  6
–5
–0
No. 16 Auburn
4
–2
–0  8
–3
–0

LSU
4
–2
–0  7
–5
–0

Tennessee
3
–3
–0  7
–5
–0

Kentucky
3
–3
–0  5
–6
–0

Ole Miss
3
–3
–0  4
–7
–0

Mississippi State
2
–4
–0  3
–8
–0

Vanderbilt
0
–6
–0  1
–10
–0

Florida
0
–6
–0  0
–10
–1


  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll




























































































































1979 Southern Conference football standings
  • v

  • t

  • e

Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L 
T

Chattanooga $
5
–1
–0  9
–2
–0

VMI
4
–1
–0  6
–4
–1

The Citadel
4
–2
–0  6
–5
–0

Furman
4
–3
–0  5
–6
–0

Appalachian State
3
–4
–0  3
–8
–0

East Tennessee State
2
–3
–0  7
–4
–0

Western Carolina
2
–4
–0  6
–5
–0

Marshall
0
–6
–0  1
–10
–0


  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll


































































































1979 Southland Conference football standings
  • v

  • t

  • e

Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L 
T

McNeese State $
5
–0
–0  11
–1
–0

Texas–Arlington
4
–1
–0  9
–2
–0

Lamar
3
–2
–0  6
–3
–2

Arkansas State
1
–4
–0  4
–7
–0

Southwestern Louisiana
1
–4
–0  4
–7
–0

Louisiana Tech
1
–4
–0  2
–9
–0


  • $ – Conference champion

  • Louisiana Tech record includes one win by forfeit.






















































































































































































































































































































































































































































1979 Division I-A independents football records
  • v

  • t

  • e

Conf  Overall
TeamW 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









































































































































1979 Southwest Conference football standings
  • v

  • t

  • e

Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L 
T
No. 5 Houston +
7
–1
–0  11
–1
–0
No. 8 Arkansas +
7
–1
–0  10
–2
–0
No. 12 Texas
6
–2
–0  9
–3
–0
No. 14 Baylor
5
–3
–0  8
–4
–0

Texas A&M
4
–4
–0  6
–5
–0

SMU
3
–5
–0  5
–6
–0

Texas Tech
2
–5
–1  3
–6
–2

TCU
1
–6
–1  2
–8
–1

Rice
0
–8
–0  1
–10
–0


  • + – Conference co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll




























































































































1979 WAC football standings
  • v

  • t

  • e

Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L 
T
No. 13 BYU $
7
–0
–0  11
–1
–0

Utah
5
–2
–0  6
–6
–0

San Diego State
4
–2
–0  8
–3
–0

Hawaii
3
–3
–0  6
–5
–0

New Mexico
3
–4
–0  6
–6
–0

Colorado State
3
–4
–0  4
–7
–1

Wyoming
2
–5
–0  4
–8
–0

UTEP
0
–7
–0  2
–9
–0


  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll


#1 and #2 progress






























WEEKS
#1
#2
Event
PRE-5
USC
Alabama
Stanford 21, USC 21 (Oct 13)
6
Alabama
Texas
Arkansas 17, Texas 14 (Oct 20)
7-9
Alabama
Nebraska
Ohio State 34, Iowa 7 (Nov 10)
10-11
Alabama
Ohio State
USC 49, UCLA 14 (Nov 24)
12
Alabama
USC

13
Ohio State
Alabama
USC 17, Ohio State 16


Notable rivalry games


  • Alabama 25, Auburn 18

  • Oklahoma 17, Nebraska 14

  • Ohio State 18, Michigan 14

  • Navy 31, Army 7

  • Texas 16, Oklahoma 7

  • Texas A&M 13, Texas 7

  • Tulane 24, LSU 13

  • USC 42, Notre Dame 23

  • USC 49, UCLA 14

  • California 21, Stanford 14


  • Pitt 29, Penn State 14


Bowl games























Rose Bowl
#3 USC
17
#1 Ohio State
16

Sugar Bowl
#2 Alabama
24
#6 Arkansas
9

Orange Bowl
#5 Oklahoma
24
#4 Florida State
7

Cotton Bowl
#8 Houston
17
#7 Nebraska
14

Other Bowls:


























































Bluebonnet Bowl
#12 Purdue
27
Tennessee
22

Peach Bowl
#19 Baylor
24
#18 Clemson
18

Hall of Fame Classic
Missouri
24
#16 South Carolina
14

Gator Bowl
North Carolina
17
#14 Michigan
15

Fiesta Bowl
#10 Pittsburgh
16
Arizona
10

Sun Bowl
#13 Washington
14
#11 Texas
7

Liberty Bowl
Penn State
9
#15 Tulane
6

Tangerine Bowl
LSU
34
Wake Forest
10

Holiday Bowl
Indiana
38
#9 Brigham Young
37

Garden State Bowl
#20 Temple
28
California
17

Independence Bowl
Syracuse
31
McNeese State
7


Final AP and UPI rankings


Main article: 1979 NCAA Division I-A football rankings
































































Rank
AP
UPI
1.
Alabama
Alabama
2.
USC
USC
3.
Oklahoma
Oklahoma
4.
Ohio State
Ohio State
5.
Houston
Houston
6.
Florida State
Pittsburgh
7.
Pittsburgh
Nebraska
8.
Arkansas
Florida State
9.
Nebraska
Arkansas
10.
Purdue
Purdue
11.
Washington
Washington
12.
Texas
BYU
13.
BYU
Texas
14.
Baylor
North Carolina
15.
North Carolina
Baylor
16.
Auburn
Indiana
17.
Temple
Temple
18.
Michigan
Penn State
19.
Indiana
Michigan
20.
Penn State
Missouri


Heisman Trophy



  1. Charles White, TB, USC, 1,695 points


  2. Billy Sims, HB, Oklahoma, 773


  3. Marc Wilson, QB, BYU, 589


  4. Art Schlichter, QB, Ohio State, 251


  5. Vagas Ferguson, TB, Notre Dame, 162


  6. Paul McDonald, QB, USC, 92


  7. George Rogers, TB, South Carolina, 81


  8. Mark Herrmann, QB, Purdue, 54


  9. Ron Simmons, MG, Florida State, 41


  10. Steadman Shealy, QB, Alabama, 32

  • Schlicter was a sophomore; Rogers and Herrmann were juniors

Source:[3][4]



Other major awards


  • Maxwell (outstanding player) – Charles White, TB, USC

  • Outland – Jim Ritcher, C, North Carolina State

  • Camp – Charles White, TB, USC

  • Lombardi – Brad Budde, G, USC


References




  1. ^ http://www.jhowell.net/cf/cf1979.htm


  2. ^ "2017 Media Guide" (PDF). thesundevils.com. ASU Athletics. p. 127. Retrieved June 15, 2018..mw-parser-output cite.citationfont-style:inherit.mw-parser-output .citation qquotes:"""""""'""'".mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-free abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-registration abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-subscription abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registrationcolor:#555.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration spanborder-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/12px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output code.cs1-codecolor:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-errordisplay:none;font-size:100%.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-errorfont-size:100%.mw-parser-output .cs1-maintdisplay:none;color:#33aa33;margin-left:0.3em.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-formatfont-size:95%.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-leftpadding-left:0.2em.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-rightpadding-right:0.2em


  3. ^ "White grabs Heisman". Spokane Daily Chronicle. (Washington). Associated Press. December 3, 1979. p. 25.


  4. ^ "Heisman goes to White". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). (New York Times). December 4, 1979. p. 21.










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How many registers does an x86_64 CPU actually have?

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Clash Royale CLAN TAG #URR8PPP up vote 2 down vote favorite I am currently learning reverse engineering and am studying the flags register. I had in my mind that rflags was just another name for one of the 16 general purpose registers, for example rax or rbx . But it looks like rflags is actually an additional register. So that makes 17 registers in total... how many more could there be? I have spent at least an hour on this and found numerous different answers. The best answer so far is this, which says that there are 40 registers in total. 16 General Purpose Registers 2 Status Registers 6 Code Segment Registers 16 SSE Registers 8 FPU/MMX Registers But if I add that up, I get 48. Could anybody provide an official answer on how many registers an x86_64 CPU has (e.g. an Intel i7). Additionally, I have seen references to 'hardware' and 'architectural' registers. What are those registers and how many are there? register x86-64 share | improve this...
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