1979 Northern Iowa Panthers football team

1979 Northern Iowa Panthers football
Conference	Association of Mid-Continent Universities
Record	6–5 (4–1 Mid-Cont)
Head coach	Stan Sheriff (20th season)
Defensive coordinator	Dennis Remmert (9th season)
Home stadium	UNI-Dome

1979 Association of Mid-Continent Universities football standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 2 Youngstown State $^	5	–	0	–	0			11	–	2	–	0
Northern Iowa	4	–	1	–	0			6	–	5	–	0
Akron	3	–	2	–	0			6	–	5	–	0
Eastern Illinois	1	–	4	–	0			7	–	4	–	0
Northern Michigan	1	–	4	–	0			4	–	6	–	0
Western Illinois	1	–	4	–	0			3	–	8	–	0
$ – Conference champion ^ – NCAA Division II playoff participant Rankings from NCAA Division II AP Poll

The 1979 Northern Iowa Panthers football team represented the University of Northern Iowa in the 1979 NCAA Division II football season.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 3	Minnesota Morris*	UNI-Dome Cedar Falls, IA	L 0–13	11,000
September 8	at Northern Michigan	Marquette, MI	W 11–7	6,658
September 15	North Dakota State*	UNI-Dome Cedar Falls, IA	W 21–10	9,500
September 22	Nebraska–Omaha*	UNI-Dome Cedar Falls, IA	L 15–39	10,000
September 29	at No. T–4 Youngstown State	Youngstown, OH	L 0–29	7,000
October 6	Akron	UNI-Dome Cedar Falls, IA	W 20–17	9,500
October 13	at Western Illinois	Hanson Field Macomb, IL	W 38–25	11,596–11,597
October 20	at No. 9 South Dakota State*	Coughlin–Alumni Stadium Brookings, SD	L 7–14	2,415
October 27	No. 4 Eastern Illinois	UNI-Dome Cedar Falls, IA	W 10–7	10,700–10,780
November 3	at South Dakota*	DakotaDome Vermillion, SD	W 23–9	6,200
November 10	Western Kentucky*	UNI-Dome Cedar Falls, IA	L 17–24	12,500
*Non-conference game Rankings from Associated Press Poll released prior to the game