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The 1979 Maine Black Bears football team was an American football team that represented the University of Maine as a member of the Yankee Conference during the 1979 NCAA Division I-AA football season. In its fourth season under head coach Jack Bicknell, the team compiled a 2–9 record (0–5 against conference opponents) and finished fifth out of six teams in the Yankee Conference. Joseph Lipinski, Thomas Sullivan, and Jonathan Weed were the team captains.[1]
1979 Maine Black Bears football | |
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Conference | Yankee Conference |
Record | 2–9 (0–5 Yankee) |
Head coach |
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Captain | Joseph Lipinski, Thomas Sullivan, Jonathan Weed |
Home stadium | Alumni Field |
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Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 7 Boston University + | 4 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 1 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
UMass + | 4 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Connecticut | 3 | – | 1 | – | 1 | 3 | – | 6 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
New Hampshire | 2 | – | 2 | – | 1 | 5 | – | 4 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Maine | 1 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 1 | – | 9 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rhode Island | 0 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 9 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source | ||
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September 8 | Towson State* | L 7–13 | 6,400 | [2] | |||
September 15 | Boston University* |
| L 13–24 | [3] | |||
September 22 | at UMass | L 14–38 | 3,990 | [4] | |||
September 29 | Central Connecticut |
| W 40–3 | 6,700 | [5] | ||
October 6 | at Rhode Island | L 0–10 | 8,158 | [6] | |||
October 13 | New Hampshire |
| L 0–23 | 7,000 | [7] | ||
October 20 | Connecticut |
| L 7–19 | [8] | |||
October 27 | at No. 7 Lafayette | W 34–21 | 6,000 | [9] | |||
November 3 | at No. 1 (D-II) Delaware | L 14–31 | 18,679 | [10] | |||
November 10 | at Lehigh | L 6–12 | 5,000 | [11] | |||
November 17 | Northeastern |
| L 16–27 | [12] | |||
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The following Black Bear was selected in the 1980 NFL draft after the season.[13]
Round | Pick | Player | Position | NFL club |
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21 | 316 | Roger Lapham | Tight end | Buffalo Bills |
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