1979 Maine Black Bears football team

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

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.

Schedule

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

After the season

The following Black Bear was selected in the 1980 NFL draft after the season.

Round Pick Player Position NFL club
21 316 Roger Lapham Tight end Buffalo Bills

References

  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.