| Year: | 1979 |
| Team: | Louisiana Tech Bulldogs |
| Sport: | football |
| Conference: | Southland Conference |
| Short Conf: | Southland |
| Record: | 3–8 |
| Conf Record: | 1–4 |
| Head Coach: | Larry Beightol |
| Hc Year: | 1st |
| Hc Games: | first ten games |
| Head Coach2: | Pat Patterson |
| Hc Games2: | final game |
| Captain: | Rodney Jones, Rick Reggio |
| Stadium: | Joe Aillet Stadium |
The 1979 Louisiana Tech Bulldogs football team was an American football team that represented Louisiana Tech University as a member of the Southland Conference during the 1979 NCAA Division I-A football season. In their only year under head coach Larry Beightol, the team compiled a 3–8 record. After going 1–9 through the first ten games of the season, head coach Larry Beightol was fired on November 12.[1] Pat Patterson then served as interim head coach for the final game of the season and led the Bulldogs to a victory over Northeast Louisiana.[2]