1979 NCAA Division I-AA football season

American college football season August 2023 December 2025 1979 NCAA 70s logo.svg 39http://cfbscores.infinityfreeapp.com/standings.php?season=1979&class=FCS Standings for the 1979 FCS Season 2025-02-25 August–November December 8–December 15 December 15, 1979 Orlando StadiumOrlando, Florida Eastern Kentucky 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 30−7.1979 NCAA Division I Football Championship http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/football_champs_records/2012/d1/2012FCSfbchamp.pdf NCAA.org December 29, 2013 14 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 List of NCAA Division I-AA/FCS football seasons 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.https://www.newspapers.com/clip/28226357/eastern_kentucky_gains_football_playoff/ Eastern Kentucky Gains Football Playoff Berth The Tennessean Nashville, Tennessee 36 December 3, 1979 February 9, 2019 newspapers.com SemifinalsDecember 8Campus sites National Championship GameDecember 15Orlando StadiumOrlando, Florida East Lehigh 28 South Murray State* 9 West Nevada 30 AtLg Eastern Kentucky* 33** East Lehigh 7 AtLg Eastern Kentucky 30 * 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 References