1979 Northern Arizona Lumberjacks football team

The 1979 Northern Arizona Lumberjacks football team represented Northern Arizona University as a member of the Big Sky Conference during the 1979 NCAA Division I-AA football season. Led by first-year head coach Bud Hake, the Lumberjacks compiled an overall record of 7–4, with a mark of 3–4 in conference play, and finished tied for fourth in the Big Sky.

1979 Northern Arizona Lumberjacks football
Conference	Big Sky Conference
Ranking
AP	No. T–10 (I-AA)
Record	7–4 (3–4 Big Sky)
Head coach	Dwain Painter (1st season)
Home stadium	NAU Skydome

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

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 8	at Portland State*		Civic Stadium Portland, OR	W 22–21	8,382
September 15	Idaho		NAU Skydome Flagstaff, AZ	W 29–18	13,056
September 22	Montana	No. 6	NAU Skydome Flagstaff, AZ	W 26–13	11,887
September 29	at Idaho State	No. 3	ASISU Minidome Pocatello, ID	W 6–3	5,563
October 6	North Dakota State*	No. T–3	NAU Skydome Flagstaff, AZ	W 21–10	16,481
October 13	at Weber State	No. 4	Stewart Stadium Ogden, UT	L 10–34	7,135
October 20	Montana State	No. 6	NAU Skydome Flagstaff, AZ	L 7–10	9,166
October 27	Northern Colorado*		NAU Skydome Flagstaff, AZ	W 16–7	11,857
November 3	at Boise State		Bronco Stadium Boise, ID	L 7–44	20,686
November 17	Cal Poly Pomona*		NAU Skydome Flagstaff, AZ	W 21–3	8,781
November 24	No. T–7 Nevada	No. T–7	NAU Skydome Flagstaff, AZ	L 7–31
*Non-conference game Rankings from Associated Press Poll released prior to the game