1979 Weber State Wildcats football team

1979 Weber State Wildcats football
1979 Weber State Wildcats football
Conference	Big Sky Conference
Record	3–8 (3–4 Big Sky)
Head coach	Pete Riehlman (3rd season);
Home stadium	Wildcat Stadium
	Seasons ← 1978 1980 →

The 1979 Weber State Wildcats football team represented Weber State University as a member of the Big Sky Conference during the 1979 NCAA Division I-AA football season.

1979 Big Sky Conference football standings
v t e	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	Time	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 8		at North Dakota State*	Dacotah Field Fargo, ND	L 10–11	10,150	^[1]
September 15		at BYU*	Cougar Stadium Provo, UT	L 3–48	33,161
September 22		Portland State*	Stewart Stadium Ogden, UT	L 13–16	10,037	^[2]^[3]
September 29		at Montana	Dornblaser Field Missoula, MT	L 16–23
October 6		at Montana State	Reno H. Sales Stadium Bozeman, MT	L 21–40
October 13		No. 4 Northern Arizona	Stewart Stadium Ogden, UT	W 34–10
October 20		at Nevada	Wildcat Stadium Reno, NV	L 3–22	9,362
October 27	1:30 pm	Boise State	Stewart Stadium Ogden, UT	L 7–23	6,110	^[4]
November 3		at Idaho State	ASISU Minidome Pocatello, ID	W 14–10
November 10	1:30 pm	Idaho	Stewart Stadium Ogden, UT	W 12–7	2,323	^[5]^[6]
November 17		Utah State*	Stewart Stadium Ogden, UT	L 10–34	7,707
*Non-conference game Rankings from NCAA Division I-AA Football Committee Poll released prior to the game All times are in Mountain time

^ "N. Dakota St. 11, Weber St. 10". South Idaho Press. September 9, 1979. Retrieved October 5, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Portland St. 16, Weber St. 13". South Idaho Press. September 23, 1979 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Portland St. 16, Weber St. 13 (continued)". South Idaho Press. September 23, 1979 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "BSU 23, Weber State 7". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). Associated Press. October 28, 1979. p. 7D.
^ "Vandals". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). November 10, 1979. p. 3C.
^ "Cornered cats can kill". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). November 11, 1979. p. 4D.
^ "1979 Football Schedule". Weber State University Athletics.