1979 Maine Black Bears football team

1979 Maine Black Bears football
ConferenceYankee Conference
Record2–9 (0–5 Yankee)
Head coach
CaptainJoseph Lipinski, Thomas Sullivan, Jonathan Weed
Home stadiumAlumni Field
Seasons
← 1978
1980 →
1979 Yankee Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 7 Boston University + 4 1 0 8 1 1
UMass + 4 1 0 6 4 0
Connecticut 3 1 1 3 6 2
New Hampshire 2 2 1 5 4 2
Maine 1 4 0 1 9 1
Rhode Island 0 5 0 2 9 0
  • + – Conference co-champions
Rankings from Associated Press poll

The 1979 Maine Black Bears football team was an American football team that represented the University of Maine as a member of the Yankee Conference during the 1979 NCAA Division I-AA football season. In its fourth season under head coach Jack Bicknell, the team compiled a 2–9 record (0–5 against conference opponents) and finished fifth out of six teams in the Yankee Conference. Joseph Lipinski, Thomas Sullivan, and Jonathan Weed were the team captains.[1]

  1. ^ "2019 Maine Football Media Guide" (PDF). University of Maine. 2019. p. 87. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 23, 2021. Retrieved September 22, 2021.