1979 South Dakota Coyotes football team

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.

1979 South Dakota Coyotes football
ConferenceNorth Central Conference
1979 record5–6 (3–3 NCC)
Head coach
Home stadiumInman Field/DakotaDome
1979 North Central Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 3 North Dakota $^ 5 –1 –010 –2 –0
No. 8 South Dakota State * ^ 4 –2 –09 –3 –0
North Dakota State 4 –2 –06 –4 –0
Nebraska–Omaha 3 –3 –08 –3 –0
South Dakota * 3 –3 –05 –6 –0
Augustana (SD) 2 –4 –04 –5 –0
Morningside 0 –6 –00 –10 –0
Northern Colorado † 0 –0 –02 –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

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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