1979 North Dakota State Bison football team

1979 North Dakota State Bison football
Conference	North Central Conference
Record	6–4 (4–2 NCC)
Head coach	Don Morton (1st season)
Defensive coordinator	Mike Daly (1st season)
Home stadium	Dacotah Field

1979 North Central Conference football standings

v t e	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]

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 8	Weber State*	Dacotah Field Fargo, ND	W 11–10	10,150	[2]
September 15	at Northern Iowa*	UNI-Dome Cedar Falls, IA	L 10–21	9,500	[3]
September 22	at South Dakota	Inman Field Vermillion, SD	L 28–29	7,300	[4]
September 29	Nebraska–Omaha	Dacotah Field Fargo, ND	W 35–28	8,100	[5]
October 6	at Northern Arizona*	NAU Skydome Flagstaff, AZ	L 10–21	16,481	[6]
October 13	No. 2 North Dakota	Dacotah Field Fargo, ND (Nickel Trophy)	L 7–14	12,800	[7]
October 20	at Morningside	Roberts Field Sioux City, IA	W 24–0	3,500	[8]
October 27	South Dakota State	Dacotah Field Fargo, ND (rivalry)	W 38–14	5,800	[9]
November 3	Augustana (SD)	Dacotah Field Fargo, ND	W 33–20	2,650	[10]
November 10	No. 6 (I-AA) Montana State*	Dacotah Field Fargo, ND	W 21–7	2,250	[11]
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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References

1. "1979 NDSU football schedule". North Dakota State Athletics. Retrieved October 5, 2021.
2. "N. Dakota St. 11, Weber St. 10". South Idaho Press. September 9, 1979. Retrieved October 5, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
3. "McNeail return starts UNI offense". The Courier. September 16, 1979. Retrieved October 5, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
4. "Coyotes hold on". Argus-Leader. September 23, 1979. Retrieved October 6, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
5. "No. Dak. St. stops UNO". Argus-Leader. September 30, 1979. Retrieved October 5, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
6. "NAU's ground game overwhelms Bison". The Arizona Republic. October 7, 1979. Retrieved October 5, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
7. "North Dakota defeats North Dakota St. 14–7". Star Tribune. October 14, 1979. Retrieved October 5, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
8. "Bison foil M'side bid, 24–0". Sioux City Journal. October 21, 1979. Retrieved October 5, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
9. "Jacks lose 38–14". Rapid City Journal. October 28, 1979. Retrieved October 5, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
10. "Bison rally for win over Augustana". Argus-Leader. November 4, 1979. Retrieved October 5, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
11. "Cats fall to Bison". The Billings Gazette. November 11, 1979. Retrieved October 5, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
12. "Final 1979 Cumulative Football Statistics Report". National Collegiate Athletic Association. Retrieved December 8, 2022.