1979 North Dakota Fighting Sioux football team

1979 North Dakota Fighting Sioux football
NCC champion
ConferenceNorth Central Conference
Record10–2 (5–1 NCC)
Head coach
Home stadiumMemorial Stadium
Seasons
← 1978
1980 →
1979 North Central Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 3 North Dakota $^ 5 – 1 – 0 10 – 2 – 0
No. 8 South Dakota State * ^ 4 – 2 – 0 9 – 3 – 0
North Dakota State 4 – 2 – 0 6 – 4 – 0
Nebraska–Omaha 3 – 3 – 0 8 – 3 – 0
South Dakota * 3 – 3 – 0 5 – 6 – 0
Augustana (SD) 2 – 4 – 0 4 – 5 – 0
Morningside 0 – 6 – 0 0 – 10 – 0
Northern Colorado † 0 – 0 – 0 2 – 8 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NCAA Division II playoff participant
  • * – South Dakota State won two head-to-head games over South Dakota, which counted as one game for each team in the conference standings.
    † – Northern Colorado was ineligible for the conference title.
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1979 North Dakota Fighting Sioux football team, also known as the Nodaks, was an American football team that represented the University of North Dakota as a member of the North Central Conference (NCC) during the 1979 NCAA Division II football season. Led by Gene Murphy in his second and final season as head coach, the Fighting Sioux compiled an overall record of 10–2 with a mark of 5–1 in conference play, winning the NCC title. North Dakota advanced to the NCAA Division II Football Championship playoffs, losing in the quarterfinals to Mississippi College. The team played home games at Memorial Stadium in Grand Forks, North Dakota.