1979 NAIA Division II football season

The 1979 NAIA Division II football season, as part of the 1979 college football season in the United States and the 24th season of college football sponsored by the NAIA, was the 10th season of play of the NAIA's lower division for football.

1979 NAIA Division II football season
Regular seasonAugust–November 1979
PostseasonNovember–December 1979
National ChampionshipDonnell Stadium
Findlay, OH
ChampionsFindlay

The season was played from August to November 1979 and culminated in the 1979 NAIA Division II Football National Championship, played at Donnell Stadium in Findlay, Ohio.[1]

Findlay defeated Northwestern (IA) in the championship game, 51–6, to win their first NAIA national title.

Conference standings
1979 Frontier Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Montana Tech $ 4 –0 –0  6 –2 –1
Carroll (MT) 4 –1 –0  6 –2 –0
Rocky Mountain 1 –4 –0  3 –6 –0
Western Montana 1 –5 –0  3 –6 –0
  • $ – Conference champion
1979 Heart of America Athletic Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
William Jewell + 5 –1 –0  9 –2 –0
Baker + 5 –1 –0  7 –3 –0
Missouri Valley 4 –2 –0  7 –2 –1
Graceland 3 –3 –0  6 –4 –0
Ottawa 3 –3 –0  5 –5 –0
Central Methodist 1 –5 –0  2 –7 –0
Tarkio 0 –6 –0  0 –9 –0
  • + – Conference co-champions
1979 Hoosier–Buckeye Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Findlay +^ 7 –1 –0  10 –1 –1
Hanover + 7 –1 –0  7 –2 –0
Anderson (IN) 6 –2 –0  7 –2 –0
Wilmington (OH) 5 –3 –0  5 –4 –0
Manchester (IN) 4 –4 –0  4 –5 –0
Bluffton 3 –5 –0  3 –6 –0
Defiance 3 –5 –0  3 –6 –0
Taylor 1 –7 –0  1 –8 –0
Earlham 0 –8 –0  0 –9 –0
  • ^ – NAIA Division II playoff participant
1979 Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Bethany (KS) $^ 8 –0 –0  11 –1 –0
Tabor 7 –1 –0  7 –3 –0
Friends 6 –2 –0  7 –2 –0
Southwestern (KS) 5 –3 –0  5 –4 –0
McPherson 3 –5 –0  3 –6 –0
Bethel (KS) 3 –5 –0  3 –6 –0
Sterling 2 –6 –0  2 –7 –0
Kansas Wesleyan 2 –6 –0  2 –7 –0
St. Mary of the Plains 1 –7 –0  1 –9 –0
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NAIA Division II playoff participant
1979 Nebraska Intercollegiate Athletic Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Midland $^ 5 –0 –0  9 –1 –0
Concordia (NE) 3 –2 –0  7 –3 –0
Hastings 2½ –2½ –0  6 –4 –0
Doane 1½ –2½ –1  5 –4 –1
Nebraska Wesleyan 1 –3 –1  3 –5 –1
Dana 1 –4 –0  3 –6 –0
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NAIA Division II playoff participant
    Hastings and Doane played twice; each game counted as ½ of a game in the conference standings.
1979 South Dakota Intercollegiate Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Black Hills State $ 5 –0 –1  6 –3 –1
Dakota State 5 –1 –0  7 –3 –0
South Dakota Tech 4 –1 –1  5 –4 –1
Sioux Falls 3 –3 –0  3 –7 –0
South Dakota–Springfield 2 –4 –0  2 –7 –0
Huron 1 –5 –0  2 –7 –0
Dakota Wesleyan 0 –6 –0  0 –10 –0
  • $ – Conference champion
1979 Texas Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Austin $^ 7 –1 –0  9 –2 –0
McMurry 6 –2 –0  8 –3 –0
Tarleton State 4 –4 –0  6 –4 –0
Sul Ross 2 –6 –0  4 –6 –0
Trinity (TX) 1 –7 –0  4 –7 –0
Lubbock Christian 0 –0 –0  1 –8 –0
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NAIA Division II playoff participant

Conference champions
Conference Champion Record
Frontier Montana Tech 4–0
Heart of America William Jewell
Baker (KS)		 5–1
Hoosier-Buckeye Findlay
Hanover		 7–1
Kansas Bethany 8–0
Minnesota Concordia–Moorhead
Saint John's (MN)
St. Olaf
St. Thomas (MN)		 6–2
Nebraska Midland Lutheran 5–0
North Dakota Jamestown 4–0
South Dakota Black Hills State 5–0–1
Texas Austin College 7–1

Postseason
Quarterfinals
Campus sites 		Semifinals
Campus sites 		Championship
Findlay, OH
         
  Midland Lutheran 27
  Northwestern (IA)‡ 40
  Northwestern (IA)* 49
  Bethany (KS) 21
  Austin 24
  Bethany (KS)* 35
  Northwestern (IA) 6
  Findlay* 51
  Pacific Lutheran 34
  Cal Lutheran* 14
  Pacific Lutheran 0
  Findlay* 9
  Jamestown 15
  Findlay* 41

See also

References
  1. "NAIA Championship History" (PDF). NAIA. pp. 4–11. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 15, 2015. Retrieved December 2, 2015.
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