McNeese Cowboys

The McNeese Cowboys were 11-0 in 1979. They fell to the Syracuse Orangemen, 31 to 7, in the Independence Bowl on December 15, 1979.

Scores & Schedules

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DATE		OPP	SCORE
Sat 12/15	@	SYR	L 7-31
Sat 11/17	@	ULL	W 10-6
Sat 11/10	vs	LT	W 41-7
Sat 11/3	vs	NWST	W 44-13
Sat 10/27	@	CHAT	W 24-17

Team Leaders

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PASS YDS

667

Millet

RUSH YDS

853

Shankle

REC YDS

321

Price

1979 Southland Standings

	TEAM	CONF	OVERALL
1	McNeese	5-0	11-1
	Texas-Arlington	4-1	9-2
	Lamar	3-2	6-3-2
	Arkansas State	1-4	4-7
	Louisiana	1-4	4-7

1979 Stats

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	GP	PTS	YDS	PLY	AVG	RUSH YDS	RUSH ATT	RUSH AVG	PASS YDS	PASS ATT	PASS AVG
Team	11	226	3,221	779	4.1	2,245	624	3.6	976	155	6.3
Team Rank		65th	98th	56th	108th	52nd	17th	84th	128th	124th	78th
Opponent	11	104	2,854		4.0	1,455	463	3.1	1,399	251	5.6
Opponent Rank		6th	20th		22nd	22nd	21st	27th	53rd	95th	25th
Net		+122	+367	+779	+0.1	+790	+161	+0.5	-423	-96	+0.7
Net Rank		22nd	51st	56th	64th	31st	11th	53rd	112th	127th	44th

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CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

1,222

Chambliss

1,213

Craig

1,206

Sayin

Rush Yards Leaders

644

Sheppard

600

Baugh

592

Riley

Rec Yards Leaders

617

Smith

550

Duff

516

Hernandez

Pass TD Leaders

13

Heintschel

12

Richter

12

Maiava

Rush TD Leaders

11

Baugh

9

Knight

6

Carter

Rec TD Leaders

7

Duff

7

Dixon

7

Smith

QB Rating Leaders

228.6

Mensah

209.1

Stockton

204.6

Hoover

Sack Leaders

7.0

Simmons

6.0

Lewis

6.0

Umanmielen

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

54.8

53.5

51.7

49.7

47.7

47.0

Opp PPG Rankings

8.0

8.3

8.5

9.0

9.7

9.8

Total Yards Rankings

594.3

544.7

537.0

532.8

528.0

526.0

Rush Yards Rankings

355.7

333.7

319.0

281.5

281.3

277.3

Pass Yards Rankings

386.3

368.7

365.3

358.0

347.3

340.7

Sack Leaders

18.0

17.0

15.0

14.0

CFB 2026 Standings

	Southeastern	W	L	PCT
1	Alabama	3	0	1.000
2	Florida	4	0	1.000
3	Georgia	4	0	1.000
4	Mississippi State	3	0	1.000
5	Ole Miss	3	1	.750
6	Kentucky	3	1	.750
7	Missouri	3	0	1.000
8	Tennessee	3	1	.750
9	Texas	4	0	1.000
10	Vanderbilt	3	1	.750
11	Oklahoma	2	2	.500
12	Auburn	3	1	.750
13	LSU	2	1	.667
14	South Carolina	2	1	.667
15	Texas A&M	2	1	.667
16	Arkansas	1	2	.333

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	Appalachian State	3	0	1.000
2	James Madison	3	0	1.000
3	Louisiana	2	1	.667
4	Georgia State	3	1	.750
5	South Alabama	2	2	.500
6	Marshall	3	1	.750
7	Troy	2	1	.667
8	Arkansas State	1	2	.333
9	Georgia Southern	1	3	.250
10	Louisiana Tech	1	2	.333
11	Old Dominion	1	2	.333
12	Southern Miss	1	2	.333
13	Coastal Carolina	1	3	.250
14	Louisiana-Monroe	0	3	.000

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Boise State	3	1	.750
2	Colorado State	2	2	.500
3	Fresno State	2	1	.667
4	Oregon State	1	2	.333
5	San Diego State	1	3	.250
6	Texas State	1	2	.333
7	Washington State	1	2	.333
8	Utah State	0	3	.000

	Big 12	W	L	PCT
1	BYU	3	0	1.000
2	Texas Tech	4	0	1.000
3	Arizona State	2	1	.667
4	Cincinnati	3	0	1.000
5	Kansas State	3	0	1.000
6	Utah	4	0	1.000
7	West Virginia	3	0	1.000
8	Baylor	3	1	.750
9	Colorado	2	2	.500
10	Iowa State	2	2	.500
11	Oklahoma State	2	1	.667
12	TCU	2	2	.500
13	UCF	3	1	.750
14	Arizona	2	1	.667
15	Houston	3	1	.750
16	Kansas	1	2	.333

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	Eastern Michigan	2	3	.400
2	UMass	3	0	1.000
3	Central Michigan	2	1	.667
4	Toledo	3	1	.750
5	Western Michigan	2	2	.500
6	Akron	1	3	.250
7	Ball State	1	3	.250
8	Buffalo	2	2	.500
9	Kent State	2	2	.500
10	Miami (OH)	2	2	.500
11	Ohio	2	2	.500
12	Bowling Green	0	4	.000
13	Sacramento State	1	3	.250

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	Indiana	4	0	1.000
2	USC	4	0	1.000
3	UCLA	4	0	1.000
4	Iowa	4	0	1.000
5	Michigan	3	1	.750
6	Nebraska	4	0	1.000
7	Penn State	3	1	.750
8	Washington	3	0	1.000
9	Illinois	2	2	.500
10	Maryland	2	2	.500
11	Michigan State	2	2	.500
12	Minnesota	2	1	.667
13	Ohio State	3	1	.750
14	Oregon	2	1	.667
15	Wisconsin	3	1	.750
16	Northwestern	2	1	.667
17	Purdue	1	3	.250
18	Rutgers	1	3	.250

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Liberty	3	1	.750
2	Delaware	2	1	.667
3	Middle Tennessee	2	1	.667
4	Jacksonville State	2	2	.500
5	Florida International	2	2	.500
6	Kennesaw State	1	2	.333
7	Missouri State	1	2	.333
8	New Mexico State	1	3	.250
9	Sam Houston	1	3	.250
10	Western Kentucky	0	3	.000

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Miami	3	0	1.000
2	Clemson	3	1	.750
3	Duke	4	0	1.000
4	Pittsburgh	4	0	1.000
5	Louisville	2	2	.500
6	Virginia	2	1	.667
7	SMU	2	1	.667
8	California	2	2	.500
9	Virginia Tech	4	0	1.000
10	Boston College	2	2	.500
11	Georgia Tech	1	2	.333
12	North Carolina	2	1	.667
13	Wake Forest	3	1	.750
14	Florida State	2	2	.500
15	NC State	1	2	.333
16	Stanford	1	2	.333
17	Syracuse	1	2	.333

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	4	0	1.000
2	UConn	2	2	.500

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	South Florida	4	0	1.000
2	Florida Atlantic	2	1	.667
3	UAB	2	2	.500
4	Army	2	1	.667
5	Tulsa	3	0	1.000
6	Memphis	3	1	.750
7	UTSA	3	1	.750
8	East Carolina	2	2	.500
9	North Texas	1	2	.333
10	Rice	1	2	.333
11	Temple	1	3	.250
12	Tulane	1	2	.333
13	Charlotte	0	3	.000
14	Navy	1	2	.333

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	North Dakota State	4	0	1.000
2	UNLV	2	2	.500
3	New Mexico	3	1	.750
4	San Jose State	2	2	.500
5	Nevada	1	2	.333
6	UTEP	1	2	.333
7	Wyoming	2	2	.500
8	Northern Illinois	0	4	.000
9	Air Force	1	1	.500
10	Hawai'i	1	3	.250