1979 NCAA Division II football season

1979 NCAA Division II football season
Regular season	August – November 1979
Playoffs	December 1979
National Championship	Zia Bowl University Stadium Albuquerque, NM
Champion	Delaware
← 1978 Division II football season 1980 →

1979 California Collegiate Athletic Association football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Cal Poly $	2	–	0	–	0			7	–	3	–	0
Cal State Northridge	1	–	1	–	0			3	–	7	–	0
Cal Poly Pomona	0	–	2	–	0			0	–	11	–	0
$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

1979 Far Western Conference football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
UC Davis $	5	–	0	–	0			7	–	2	–	1
Humboldt State	4	–	1	–	0			8	–	2	–	0
Chico State	2	–	3	–	0			5	–	6	–	0
Sacramento State	2	–	3	–	0			4	–	6	–	0
San Francisco State	1	–	4	–	0			3	–	7	–	0
Cal State Hayward	1	–	4	–	0			2	–	8	–	0
$ – Conference champion

1979 Mid-Continent football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Youngstown State $^	5	–	0	–	0			11	–	2	–	0
Northern Iowa	4	–	1	–	0			6	–	5	–	0
Akron	3	–	2	–	0			6	–	5	–	0
Eastern Illinois	1	–	4	–	0			7	–	4	–	0
Northern Michigan	1	–	4	–	0			4	–	6	–	0
Western Illinois	1	–	4	–	0			3	–	8	–	0
$ – Conference champion ^ – Division II playoff participant

1979 Missouri Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
NW Missouri State $	5	–	1	–	0			6	–	5	–	0
SE Missouri State	5	–	1	–	0			6	–	4	–	1
Missouri-Rolla	3	–	3	–	0			7	–	3	–	1
SW Missouri State	3	–	3	–	0			7	–	4	–	0
NE Missouri State	3	–	3	–	0			4	–	7	–	0
Central Missouri State	1	–	5	–	0			2	–	8	–	0
Lincoln (MO)	1	–	5	–	0			4	–	7	–	0
$ – Conference champion ^ – Division II playoff participant

1979 NCAA Division II National Football Championship playoffs
Teams	8
Finals Site	University Stadium Albuquerque, NM
Champions	Delaware 1st title 3rd championship game 5 tournaments
Runner-Up	Youngstown State 1st championship game 3 tournaments
Semifinalists	Mississippi College 1 tournaments Alabama A&M 1 tournaments
Winning Coach	Tubby Raymond 1st championship

The 1979 NCAA Division II football season, part of college football in the United States organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association at the Division II level, began in August 1979, and concluded with the NCAA Division II Football Championship in December 1979 at University Stadium in Albuquerque, NM. During the game's two-year stretch in New Mexico, it was referred to as the Zia Bowl. The Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens defeated the Youngstown State Penguins, 38–21, to win their first Division II national title.

Association of Mid-Continent Universities – Youngstown State
Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association – Virginia Union
Far Western Football Conference – UC Davis
Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference – Saginaw Valley State
Gulf South Conference – Mississippi College
Lone Star Conference – Texas A&I
Missouri Intercollegiate Athletic Association – Northwest Missouri State
North Central Conference – North Dakota
Northern Intercollegiate Conference – Minnesota–Duluth and Minnesota State–Moorhead
Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference – Lock Haven
Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference – Western State
South Atlantic Conference – Presbyterian
Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference – Alabama A&M

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