1979 North Dakota Fighting Sioux football team

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1979 North Dakota Fighting Sioux football
NCC champion
NCAA Division II Quarterfinal, L 15–35 vs. [[{{{school}}}|Mississippi College]]
Conference	[[North Central Conference]]
1979 record	10–2 (5–1 NCC)
Head coach	Gene Murphy (2nd season)
Home stadium	Memorial Stadium

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 [[{{{school}}}|South Dakota State]] * ^	4	–	2	–	0			9	–	3	–	0
North Dakota State	4	–	2	–	0			6	–	4	–	0
[[{{{school}}}|Nebraska–Omaha]]	3	–	3	–	0			8	–	3	–	0
South Dakota *	3	–	3	–	0			5	–	6	–	0
[[{{{school}}}|Augustana (SD)]]	2	–	4	–	0			4	–	5	–	0
[[{{{school}}}|Morningside]]	0	–	6	–	0			0	–	10	–	0
[[{{{school}}}|Northern Colorado]] †	0	–	0	–	0			2	–	8	–	0
$ – Conference champion ^ – 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 in the North Central Conference (NCC) during the 1979 NCAA Division II football season.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 1	[[{{{school}}}|Moorhead State]]*	Memorial Stadium Grand Forks, ND	W 17–0
September 8	at Montana State*	Reno H. Sales Stadium Bozeman, MT	W 20–16
September 15	at Sacramento State*	Memorial Stadium Grand Forks, ND	W 31–0	13,200
September 22	at [[{{{school}}}|South Dakota State]]	Coughlin–Alumni Stadium Brookings, SD	W 13–0
September 29	Illinois State*	Memorial Stadium Grand Forks, ND	W 13–0	5,700
October 6	at [[{{{school}}}|Augustana (SD)]]	Sioux Falls, SD	W 30–24
October 13	at North Dakota State	Dacotah Field Fargo, ND (Nickel Trophy)	W 14–7
October 20	South Dakota	Memorial Stadium Grand Forks, ND	W 23–22
October 27	[[{{{school}}}|Morningside]]	Memorial Stadium Grand Forks, ND	W 32–7
November 3	at [[{{{school}}}|Nebraska–Omaha]]	Al F. Caniglia Field Omaha, Nebraska	L 13–24
November 10	at Western Illinois*	Hanson Field Macomb, Illinois	W 28–7
November 24	at [[{{{school}}}|Mississippi College]]*	Clinton, Mississippi (NCAA Division II Quarterfinal)	L 15–35
*Non-conference game

Roster

1979 North Dakota Fighting Sioux football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class RB 33 Kirk Anderson Jr QB 15 Chris Sorensen So T 74 Todd Thomas Jr	Defense Pos. # Name Class CB 13 Jim Abernathy So DT 80 Dale Markham Sr	Special teams Pos. # Name Class	Head coach Gene Murphy Coordinators/assistant coaches Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt

References

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