East_Tennessee_St (7-4)  ** - Non division 1A team
1979/09/08  East Tennessee St          31 - **James Madison             0 
1979/09/15  Northern Illinois          21 - East Tennessee St          14 
1979/09/22  East Tennessee St          27 - **Eastern Kentucky         20 
1979/09/29  East Tennessee St          28 - Furman                     24 
1979/10/06  VMI                        24 - East Tennessee St          14 
1979/10/13  East Tennessee St          35 - Tennessee Chattanooga       0 
1979/10/20  East Tennessee St          31 - **SE Louisiana              3 
1979/10/27  Appalachian St             24 - East Tennessee St          10 
1979/11/03  East Tennessee St          27 - **North Alabama             7 
1979/11/10  East Tennessee St          52 - **Middle Tennessee St      14 
1979/11/17  Western Carolina           13 - East Tennessee St           9 

This team's and opponent's rankings:
    TEAM                      SCORE   W  L  T     GWF      BLF    OW%   OOW%  ND1W  ND1L
 40 Tennessee Chattanooga     0.471   7  2  0   0.241   -0.588   37.5   48.8     2     0
 54 Northern Illinois         0.236   5  5  1   0.254   -0.607   51.5   46.6     0     0
 71 VMI                      -0.079   6  4  1   0.146   -0.891   35.0   48.1     0     0
109 Appalachian St           -1.211   3  8  0   0.049   -1.620   49.0   46.8     0     0
112 Western Carolina         -1.309   2  5  0   0.062   -1.643   45.4   45.6     4     0
118 East Tennessee St        -1.883   2  4  0   0.543   -2.706   49.1   44.1     5     0
131 Furman                   -4.321   4  4  0   0.190   -1.094   45.4   46.5     1     2