1979 Eastern Kentucky Colonels football team

1979 Eastern Kentucky Colonels football
NCAA Division I-AA champion
ConferenceOhio Valley Conference
Ranking
APNo. 1
Record11–2 (5–1 OVC)
Head coach
Home stadiumHanger Field
Seasons
← 1978
1980 →
1979 Ohio Valley Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 2 Murray State $^ 6 0 0 9 2 1
No. 3 Eastern Kentucky ^ 5 1 0 11 2 0
Morehead State 3 2 1 5 4 1
Western Kentucky 3 3 0 5 5 0
Austin Peay 2 4 0 7 4 0
Middle Tennessee 1 5 0 1 9 0
Tennessee Tech 0 5 1 1 8 2
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant
Rankings from Associated Press poll

The 1979 Eastern Kentucky Colonels football team represented Eastern Kentucky University in the 1979 NCAA Division I-AA football season. They competed as a member of the Ohio Valley Conference and played their home games at Hanger Field in Richmond, Kentucky. Head coach Roy Kidd was in his 16th season leading the Colonels.

The team advanced to the 1979 NCAA Division I-AA Football Championship Game, where they defeated Lehigh, 30–7.[1] After the championship win, Governor John Y. Brown Jr. declared the week of January 20–26, 1980, as "EKU National Football Champions Week" in the state.[2]

  1. ^ "Lehigh Routed By 30‐7". The New York Times. Associated Press. December 16, 1979. Retrieved May 12, 2019.
  2. ^ "1979 Football Team Team of Distinction". ekusports.com.