1979 Weber State Wildcats football team

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1979 Weber State Wildcats football
ConferenceBig Sky Conference
Record3–8 (3–4 Big Sky)
Head coach
Home stadiumWildcat Stadium
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 Weber State Wildcats football team represented Weber State College (now known as Weber State University) as a member of the Big Sky Conference during the 1979 NCAA Division I-AA football season. Led by third-year head coach Pete Riehlman, the Wildcats compiled an overall record of 3–8, with a mark of 3–4 in conference play, and finished tied for fourth in the Big Sky.

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 8at North Dakota State*
L 10–1110,150[1]
September 15at BYU*
L 3–4833,161[2]
September 22Portland State*
L 13–1610,037[3][4]
September 29at Montana
L 16–23[5]
October 6at Montana State
L 21–40[6]
October 13No. 4 Northern Arizona
  • Stewart Stadium
  • Ogden, UT
W 34–107,135[7]
October 20at Nevada
L 3–229,362[8]
October 271:30 pmBoise State
  • Stewart Stadium
  • Ogden, UT
L 7–236,110[9]
November 3at
ASISU Minidome
  • Pocatello, ID
    		• W 14–10[10]
    November 101:30 pmIdaho
    • Stewart Stadium
    • Ogden, UT
    		W 12–72,323[11][12]
    November 17Utah State*
    • Stewart Stadium
    • Ogden, UT
    		L 10–347,707[13]

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    9. ^ "BSU 23, Weber State 7". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). Associated Press. October 28, 1979. p. 7D.
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    11. ^ "Vandals". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). November 10, 1979. p. 3C.
    12. ^ "Cornered cats can kill". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). November 11, 1979. p. 4D.
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    14. ^ "1979 Football Schedule". Weber State University Athletics.
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