1979 North Carolina Central Eagles football team

The 1979 North Carolina Central Eagles football team represented North Carolina Central University as a member of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) during the 1979 NCAA Division II football season. Led by first-year head coach Henry Lattimore, the Eagles compiled an overall record of 2–8–1, with a mark of 1–4 in conference play, and finished sixth in the MEAC.

1979 North Carolina Central Eagles football
Conference	Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference
Record	2–8–1 (1–4 MEAC)
Head coach	Henry Lattimore (1st season)
Home stadium	O'Kelly Stadium
Seasons ← 1978 1980 →

1979 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference football standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Morgan State $	5	–	0	–	0			9	–	2	–	0
South Carolina State	4	–	1	–	0			8	–	3	–	0
North Carolina A&T	2	–	2	–	1			4	–	6	–	1
Howard	2	–	3	–	0			5	–	6	–	0
Delaware State	1	–	4	–	1			4	–	5	–	1
North Carolina Central	1	–	4	–	0			2	–	8	–	1
Maryland Eastern Shore	0	–	0	–	0			3	–	7	–	1
$ – Conference champion Maryland Eastern Shore games did not count as conference games in 1979

Although the MEAC was classified as part of the NCAA Division I-AA, North Carolina Central (along with Morgan State and Maryland Eastern Shore) competed as part of Division II for the 1979 season.^[1]

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 8	Virginia Union*	O'Kelly Stadium Durham, NC	L 12–14	8,500	[2]
September 15	at Winston-Salem State*	Bowman Gray Stadium Winston-Salem, NC	L 6–21	15,338	[3]
September 22	at Elon*	Burlington Memorial Stadium Burlington, NC	L 0–5	4,500	[4]
September 29	No. 10 Morgan State	O'Kelly Stadium Durham, NC	L 6–20	2,000–12,000	[5][6]
October 6	at UMass*	Alumni Stadium Hadley, MA	L 7–48	7,400	[7]
October 13	Delaware State	O'Kelly Stadium Durham, NC	W 31–26	13,500	[8]
October 20	at Maryland Eastern Shore	Princess Anne, MD	T 7–7	4,000	[9]
October 27	vs. South Carolina State	Johnson Hagood Stadium Charleston, SC (Port City Classic)	L 6–26	13,000	[10]
November 3	at Johnson C. Smith*	American Legion Memorial Stadium Charlotte, NC	W 14–10	6,500–6,559	[11]
November 10	Howard	O'Kelly Stadium Durham, NC	L 20–31	6,500	[12]
November 17	at North Carolina A&T	World War Memorial Stadium Greensboro, NC (rivalry)	L 20–23	14,000	[13]
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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