1979 Northern Arizona Lumberjacks football team

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1979 Northern Arizona Lumberjacks football
Conference Big Sky Conference
Ranking
APNo. T–10 (I-AA)
Record7–4 (3–4 Big Sky)
Head coach
Home stadium NAU Skydome
Seasons
  1978
1980 
1979 Big Sky Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Boise State * 7 0 010 1 0
No. 9 Montana State $ 6 1 06 4 0
No. 5 Nevada ^ 5 2 08 4 0
No. T–10 Northern Arizona 3 4 07 4 0
Weber State 3 4 03 8 0
Idaho 2 5 04 7 0
Montana 2 5 03 7 0
Idaho State 0 7 00 11 0
  • $ Conference champion
  • ^ NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant
  • * – Boise State was on probation
Rankings from NCAA Division I-AA AP Poll

The 1979 Northern Arizona Lumberjacks football team represented Northern Arizona University as a member of the Big Sky Conference during the 1979 NCAA Division I-AA football season. Led by first-year head coach Bud Hake, the Lumberjacks compiled an overall record of 7–4, with a mark of 3–4 in conference play, and finished tied for fourth in the Big Sky.

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 8at Portland State *W 22–218,382 [1]
September 15 Idaho W 29–1813,056 [2]
September 22 Montana No. 6
  • NAU Skydome
  • Flagstaff, AZ
W 26–1311,887 [3]
September 29at Idaho State No. 3W 6–35,563 [4]
October 6 North Dakota State *No. T–3
  • NAU Skydome
  • Flagstaff, AZ
W 21–1016,481 [5]
October 13at Weber State No. 4L 10–347,135 [6]
October 20 Montana State No. 6
  • NAU Skydome
  • Flagstaff, AZ
L 7–109,166 [7]
October 27 Northern Colorado *
  • NAU Skydome
  • Flagstaff, AZ
W 16–711,857 [8]
November 3at Boise State L 7–4420,686 [9]
November 17 Cal Poly Pomona *
  • NAU Skydome
  • Flagstaff, AZ
W 21–38,781 [10]
November 24No. T–7 Nevada No. T–7
  • NAU Skydome
  • Flagstaff, AZ
L 7–31 [11]

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References

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