The 1979 season was the Hawthorn Football Club's 55th season in the Victorian Football League and 78th overall. Hawthorn entered the season as the defending VFL Premiers. This was the first time since 1973 Hawthorn didn't qualify for finals.
Fixture
Premiership season Rd Date and local time Opponent Scores (Hawthorn's scores indicated in bold) Venue Attendance Record Home Away Result 1 Saturday, 7 April (2:10 pm) 19.14 (128) 14.19 (103) Lost by 25 points Moorabbin Oval (A) 22,060 0–1 2 Saturday, 14 April (2:10 pm) 13.24 (102) 19.18 (132) Lost by 30 points Princes Park (H) 29,391 0–2 3 Saturday, 21 April (2:10 pm) 18.15 (123) 11.17 (83) Won by 40 points Princes Park (H) 14,876 1–2 4 Wednesday, 25 April (2:10 pm) 29.15 (189) 15.5 (95) Won by 94 points VFL Park (H) 37,276 2–2 5 Saturday, 5 May (2:10 pm) 11.16 (82) 24.17 (161) Won by 79 points Melbourne Cricket Ground (A) 31,479 3–2 6 Saturday, 12 May (2:10 pm) 16.12 (108) 25.18 (168) Lost by 60 points Princes Park (H) 29,935 3–3 7 Saturday, 19 May (2:10 pm) 14.18 (102) 11.24 (90) Lost by 12 points Junction Oval (A) 15,872 3–4 8 Saturday, 26 May (2:10 pm) 17.18 (120) 10.17 (77) Won by 43 points Princes Park (H) 10,977 4–4 9 Saturday, 2 June (2:10 pm) 16.12 (108) 17.14 (116) Lost by 8 points Princes Park (H) 24,875 4–5 10 Sunday, 10 June (2:10 pm) 16.9 (105) 23.18 (156) Won by 51 points Sydney Cricket Ground (A) 31,395 5–5 11 Saturday, 16 June (2:10 pm) 15.10 (100) 15.11 (101) Lost by 1 point Princes Park (H) 12,516 5–6 12 Saturday, 23 June (2:10 pm) 19.18 (132) 13.15 (93) Won by 39 points Princes Park (H) 13,176 5–7 13 Saturday, 30 June (2:10 pm) 25.19 (169) 8.16 (64) Lost by 105 points Victoria Park (A) 22,903 5–8 14 Saturday, 7 July (2:10 pm) 13.11 (89) 10.14 (74) Lost by 15 points Lake Oval (A) 10,626 5–9 15 Saturday, 14 July (2:10 pm) 11.12 (78) 11.13 (79) Won by 1 point VFL Park (A) 20,777 6–9 16 Saturday, 21 July (2:10 pm) 14.20 (104) 18.11 (119) Lost by 15 points Princes Park (H) 13,557 6–10 17 Saturday, 28 July (2:10 pm) 15.21 (111) 12.11 (83) Lost by 28 points Princes Park (A) 22,159 6–11 18 Saturday, 4 August (2:10 pm) 15.14 (104) 15.25 (115) Lost by 11 points Princes Park (H) 15,104 6–12 19 Saturday, 11 August (2:10 pm) 8.25 (73) 14.11 (95) Won by 22 points VFL Park (A) 12,827 7–12 20 Saturday, 18 August (2:10 pm) 9.16 (70) 10.14 (74) Won by 4 points Windy Hill (A) 18,671 8–12 21 Saturday, 25 August (2:10 pm) 7.18 (60) 24.21 (165) Lost by 105 points Princes Park (H) 18,492 8–13 22 Saturday, 1 September (2:10 pm) 9.11 (65) 14.19 (103) Won by 38 points Western Oval (A) 12,839 9–13
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