1979_North_Dakota_State_Bison_football_team

1979 North Dakota State Bison football
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
	Seasons ← 1978 1980 →

1979 North Dakota State Bison football team

American college football season

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]

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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

1979 North Dakota State Bison football team

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