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1979 Maine Black Bears football team

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
ConferenceYankee Conference
Record2–9 (0–5 Yankee)
Head coach
CaptainJoseph Lipinski, Thomas Sullivan, Jonathan Weed
Home stadiumAlumni Field
Seasons
← 1978
1980 →
1979 Yankee Conference football standings
Conf Overall
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
  • + – Conference co-champions
Rankings from Associated Press poll

Schedule

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DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 8Towson State*
L 7–136,400[2]
September 15Boston University*
  • Alumni Field
  • Orono, ME
L 13–24[3]
September 22at UMass
L 14–383,990[4]
September 29Central Connecticut
  • Alumni Field
  • Orono, ME
W 40–36,700[5]
October 6at Rhode Island
L 0–108,158[6]
October 13New Hampshire
L 0–237,000[7]
October 20Connecticut
  • Alumni Field
  • Orono, ME
L 7–19[8]
October 27at No. 7 Lafayette
W 34–216,000[9]
November 3at No. 1 (D-II) Delaware
L 14–3118,679[10]
November 10at Lehigh
L 6–125,000[11]
November 17Northeastern
  • Alumni Field
  • Orono, ME
L 16–27[12]
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

After the season

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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
21 316 Roger Lapham Tight end Buffalo Bills

References

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  1. ^ "2019 Maine Football Media Guide" (PDF). University of Maine. 2019. p. 87. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 23, 2021. Retrieved September 22, 2021.
  2. ^ "Towson tops Maine by 13 to 7". The Baltimore Sun. September 9, 1979. Retrieved September 13, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "BU gridders overcome stubbord Maine, 24–13". The Bangor Daily News. September 17, 1979. Retrieved September 13, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "UMass rips Maine; Pearson scores". The Hartford Courant. September 23, 1979. Retrieved September 13, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Maine bombs Central, 40–3". The Hartford Courant. September 30, 1979. Retrieved September 13, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Rhode Island 10, Maine 0". Sunday News Journal. October 7, 1979. Retrieved September 13, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "New Hampshire 11 blanks disappointing Bears, 23–0". The Bangor Daily News. October 15, 1979. Retrieved September 13, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "UConn tips Maine". Boston Sunday Globe. October 21, 1979. Retrieved September 13, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ "Bouier, Maine Rip Lafayette". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. Associated Press. October 28, 1979. p. 85 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ "Delaware too much for UM". The Bangor Daily News. November 5, 1979. Retrieved November 30, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ^ "Maine Gridders Nudged by Touted Lehigh, 12–6". Bangor Daily News. Bangor, Maine. November 12, 1979. p. 26 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. ^ "Maine suffers bad grid season". Morning Sentinel. November 18, 1979. Retrieved September 13, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  13. ^ "1980 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved January 1, 2024.
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