1979 South Dakota Coyotes football team

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1979 South Dakota Coyotes football
ConferenceNorth Central Conference
1979 record5–6 (3–3 NCC)
Head coach
Home stadiumInman Field/DakotaDome
Seasons
← 1978
1980 →
1979 North Central Conference football standings
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 Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 3 North Dakota $^ 5 – 1 – 0 10 – 2 – 0
No. 8 South Dakota State * ^ 4 – 2 – 0 9 – 3 – 0
North Dakota State 4 – 2 – 0 6 – 4 – 0
Nebraska–Omaha 3 – 3 – 0 8 – 3 – 0
South Dakota * 3 – 3 – 0 5 – 6 – 0
Augustana (SD) 2 – 4 – 0 4 – 5 – 0
Morningside 0 – 6 – 0 0 – 10 – 0
Northern Colorado † 0 – 0 – 0 2 – 8 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NCAA Division II playoff participant
  • * – South Dakota State won two head-to-head games over South Dakota, which counted as one game for each team in the conference standings.
    † – Northern Colorado was ineligible for the conference title.
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1979 South Dakota Coyotes football team represented the University of South Dakota in the 1979 NCAA Division II football season as a member of the North Central Conference.

Schedule[]

DateOpponentRankSiteResultSource
September 1at Eastern Illinois*
L 15–24
September 8St. Thomas (MN)*
W 22–6
September 15Northeast Missouri State*
  • Inman Field
  • Vermillion, SD
W 35–10
September 22North Dakota State
  • Inman Field
  • Vermillion, SD
W 29–28[1]
September 29at Morningside
W 24–8
October 6at South Dakota StateNo. 5
L 21–26
October 13at Augustana (SD)Sioux Falls, SDL 6–7
October 20at No. 3 North Dakota
L 22–23
October 27Nebraska–Omaha
  • Inman Field
  • Vermillion, SD
W 23–17
November 3Northern Iowa*
  • Inman Field
  • Vermillion, SD
L 9–23
November 10No. 8 South Dakota State
L 28–33
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

References[]

  1. ^ "Coyotes hold on". Argus-Leader. September 23, 1979. Retrieved October 6, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
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