The 1979 Eastern Kentucky Colonels football team represented

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in the

1979 NCAA Division I-AA football season The 1979 NCAA Division I-AA football season, part of college football in the United States organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association at the Division I-AA level, began in August 1979, and concluded with the 1979 NCAA Division I-A ...

. They competed as a member of the

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and played their home games at

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in Richmond, Kentucky. Head coach Roy Kidd was in his 16th season leading the Colonels. The team advanced to the

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 ...

, where they defeated Lehigh, 30–7. After the championship win, Governor John Y. Brown Jr. declared the week of January 20–26, 1980, as "EKU National Football Champions Week" in the state.

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Eastern Kentucky Colonels football seasons NCAA Division I Football Champions

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