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]