1979 North Dakota State Bison football team

1979 North Dakota State Bison football
ConferenceNorth Central Conference
Record6–4 (4–2 NCC)
Head coach
Defensive coordinatorMike Daly (1st season)
Home stadiumDacotah Field
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 State Bison football team was an American football team that represented North Dakota State University during the 1979 NCAA Division II football season as a member of the North Central Conference. In first second year under head coach Don Morton, the team compiled a 6–4 record.[1]

  1. ^ "1979 NDSU football schedule". North Dakota State Athletics. Retrieved October 5, 2021.