• Source: 1979 NCAA Division I-AA Football Championship Game

The 1979 NCAA Division I-AA Football Championship Game was a postseason college football game between the Eastern Kentucky Colonels and the Lehigh Engineers (now the Lehigh Mountain Hawks). The game was played on December 15, 1979, at Orlando Stadium (now Camping World Stadium) in Orlando, Florida. The culminating game of the 1979 NCAA Division I-AA football season, it was won by Eastern Kentucky, 30–7.




Teams


The participants of the Championship Game were the finalists of the 1979 I-AA Playoffs, which began with a four-team bracket.




= Eastern Kentucky Colonels

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Eastern Kentucky finished their regular season with a 9–2 record (5–1 in conference); their losses were to East Tennessee State of Division I-A and conference rival Murray State. Tied for third with Lehigh in the final AP Poll for I-AA, the Colonels were the at-large selection to the four-team playoff; they defeated Nevada, the West selection, by a score of 33–30 in double overtime to reach the final. This was the first appearance for Eastern Kentucky in a Division I-AA championship game.




= Lehigh Engineers

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Lehigh also finished their regular season with a 9–2 record; they had lost to Colgate of Division I-A and Delaware of Division II. Tied with Eastern Kentucky for third in the final AP Poll for I-AA, the Engineers were the East selection to the playoff; they defeated Murray State, the South selection, by a 28–9 score to reach the final. This was also the first appearance for Lehigh in a Division I-AA championship game.




Game summary






= Scoring summary

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= Game statistics

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See also


1979 NCAA Division I-AA football rankings




References






Further reading


"1979 Football Team Team of Distinction". ekusports.com. Retrieved May 12, 2019.




External links


EKU vs Lehigh - 1979 1st Quarter via YouTube

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• 1979 NCAA Division I-AA Football Championship Game
• NCAA Division I Football Championship
• NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision
• 1979 NCAA Division I-AA football season
• List of NCAA Division I FCS football programs
• 1980 NCAA Division I-AA Football Championship Game
• 1981 NCAA Division I-AA Football Championship Game
• 1990 NCAA Division I-AA football season
• 1983 NCAA Division I-AA football season
• College football national championships in NCAA Division I FBS