The 1979 NCAA Division I-AA football season, part of college football in the United States organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association at the Division I-AA level, began in August 1979, and concluded with the 1979 NCAA Division I-AA Football Championship Game on December 15, 1979, at Orlando Stadium in Orlando, Florida. The Eastern Kentucky Colonels won their first I-AA championship, defeating the Lehigh Engineers by a final score of 30−7.
Conference changes and new programs School 1978 Conference 1979 Conference East Tennessee State Ohio Valley (I-AA) Southern (I-A) Nevada I-AA Independent Big Sky
Conference standings
Conference champions
Conference championsBig Sky Conference – Montana State Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference – Morgan State Ohio Valley Conference – Murray State Southwestern Athletic Conference – Alcorn State and Grambling State Yankee Conference – Boston University and Massachusetts
Postseason NCAA Division I-AA playoff bracket The bracket consisted of three regional selections (West, East, and South) plus Eastern Kentucky as an at-large selection.
* Next to name denotes host institution
* Next to score denotes overtimes
See also 1979 NCAA Division I-A football season 1979 NCAA Division II football season 1979 NCAA Division III football season 1979 NAIA Division I football season 1979 NAIA Division II football season
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