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1979 Nevada Wolf Pack football team

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1979 Nevada Wolf Pack football
ConferenceBig Sky Conference
Record8–4 (5–2 BSC)
Head coach
Home stadiumMackay Stadium
(Capacity: 14,000)
Seasons
← 1978
1980 →
1979 Big Sky Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Boise State * 7 0 0 10 1 0
No. 9 Montana State $ 6 1 0 6 4 0
No. 5 Nevada ^ 5 2 0 8 4 0
No. T–10 Northern Arizona 3 4 0 7 4 0
Weber State 3 4 0 3 8 0
Idaho 2 5 0 4 7 0
Montana 2 5 0 3 7 0
Idaho State 0 7 0 0 11 0
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant
  • * – Boise State was on probation
Rankings from NCAA Division I-AA AP Poll

The 1979 Nevada Wolf Pack football team represented the University of Nevada, Reno during the 1979 NCAA Division I-AA football season. Nevada competed as a first–year member of the Big Sky Conference (BSC). The Wolf Pack were led by fourth–year head coach Chris Ault and played their home games at Mackay Stadium.[1][2]

Previous season

The Wolf Pack finished the 1978 season 11–1 and lost the Div. I-AA Semifinals against UMass by 21 to 44.

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteResultAttendance
September 8Idaho StateW 24–611,766
September 15UNLV*
L 21–269,000
September 22at UC Davis*No. T–10W 28–21
October 6Simon Fraser*No. 10
  • Mackay Stadium
  • Reno, NV
W 35–109,425
October 13Montana StateNo. T–8
  • Mackay Stadium
  • Reno, NV
L 10–129,215
October 20Weber StatedaggerW 22–39,362
October 27at MontanaW 27–20
November 31:30 p.m.at IdahoW 38–265,500
November 10Boise StateNo. T–10
L 27–2814,256
November 17Missouri Southern*No. 8
  • Mackay Stadium
  • Reno, NV
W 32–67,020
November 24at No. 8 Northern ArizonaNo. T–5W 31–7
December 8at No. 3 Eastern Kentucky*No. 5L 30–33 2OT

References

  1. ^ "Nevada Football 2018 Media Guide" (PDF). University of Nevada, Reno. 2018. p. 136. Retrieved April 13, 2020.
  2. ^ "Nevada Yearly Results". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on September 5, 2015. Retrieved May 25, 2020.