The 1979 Western Illinois Leathernecks football team represented Western Illinois University as a member of the

Association of Mid-Continent Universities The Summit League, or The Summit, is an NCAA Division I intercollegiate athletic conference with its membership mostly located in the Midwestern United States from Illinois on the East of the Mississippi River to the Dakotas and Nebraska on the W ...

during the

1979 NCAA Division II football season The 1979 NCAA Division II football season, part of college football in the United States organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association at the Division II level, began in August 1979, and concluded with the NCAA Division II Football ...

. They were led by first-year head coach Pete Rodriguez and played their home games at Hanson Field.

Schedule

Roster

References

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