''' R Gehring

Invitational Conference

yes

Paul Child

'''C Dibley

PTA

Alabama Crimson Tide

John Rowlands

Pacific Coast Athletic Association

Bernard Mitton

National League

New York won series 2–0

M Mitchell

J Delaney

1979 Stanley Cup Final

Pounds

'''R Fagel

1979 Rothmans International Series

''' B Martin

Sportovní hala

Roland Steigler

R Fagel

Manuel Maurer

Ken Dryden 21 saves / 23 shots

J Marks

1979 Southeastern Conference Baseball Tournament

P Dent

Krisztina Regőczy / András Sallay

Quarterfinals

New York Islanders

'''G Whitecross

Speedway World Team Cup

R Gehring

The 1979 Stanley Cup Final NHL championship series was contested by the New York Rangers and the defending champion Montreal Canadiens, making their fourth straight appearance. It was New York's first appearance since 1972. The Canadiens would win the best-of-seven series four games to one, to win their fourth consecutive Stanley Cup.This was the last Stanley Cup Final until 2013 where both teams were from the Original Six, and the first of six consecutive Finals involving a team from the New York metropolitan area. The next five Finals would be contested by the Rangers' crosstown rivals the New York Islanders, who would win the first four of those series to forge a dynasty matching that of the Canadiens. By defeating the Rangers, the Canadiens completed the rare accomplishment of winning four consecutive titles in a North American league competition consisting of at least sixteen teams, a feat that had been achieved only twice before (both times by the New York Yankees) and has been achieved only once since (by the aforementioned Islanders).

U Pinner

Pittsburgh Penguins
Ken Dryden 27 saves / 28 shots

Kipiani

'''T Roche
'''C Delaney

The 1979–80 Scottish League Cup Final was played on 8 December 1979 and replayed on 12 December 1979. It was the final of the 34th Scottish League Cup competition, and it was a New Firm derby contested by Dundee United and Aberdeen. The first match ended in a goalless draw, but Dundee United won the replay 3–0 thanks to goals by Willie Pettigrew (2) and Paul Sturrock.United's victory earned them a place in the 1980–81 UEFA Cup competition.

Ian Foote

J Soares

1979 South African Open (tennis)

* Defensive Coordinator – Tom Bettis
* Defensive Line – Rudy Feldman
* Defensive Secondary – Fred Glick

T Okker

1979 Sakharov

USA

The 1979 Southeastern Conference Baseball Tournament was held at Dudy Noble Field in Starkville, MS from May 11th through May 13th. Mississippi State won the tournament and earned the Southeastern Conference's automatic bid to the 1979 NCAA Tournament.

Torrente

C Kachel

Tyler 15 yard pass from Schonert

Lesley Charles / Tanya Harford

URU

Neil Cohen

''' J James

Stade Francais, Santiago

'''B Mitton

1979 Speedway World Pairs Championship

'''M Orantes

Furman

Montreal, QC

1979 Soviet reform

I Molina

Paguntalan

Mississippi State

''' J Hřebec

'''G Masters

B Mitton

First Round

Mike Palmateer 15 saves / 18 shots
Michel Larocque 9 saves / 9 shots

* Head Coach – Bud Wilkinson

Location in the United States

1979 Sligo Senior Football Championship

Doc Lawson

Philadelphia

Florida

Ove Flindt

Andrew Pattison

Finals

D Carter

J-L Haillet

New York won series 4–0

1979 Soviet Cup Final

Montreal Canadiens

Vanderbilt Commodores

'''P Elter

Boston Bruins

P Složil

James Ferguson

C Letcher

Shamrock Gaels

C Gunning

Victor Eke

Detlef Webers

Replay

Ž Franulović

KING-TV 5
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Gerry Cheevers 19 saves / 21 shots

S Birner

1979 Sino-Vietnamese War

1979 San Diego Padres season

1979 South East Asian Games

Rothmans International Series

1979 Soviet invasion of Afghanistan

The 1979 South American Rugby Championship was the eleventh edition of the competition of the leading national Rugby Union teams in South America.The tournament was played in Chile and won by Argentina.

Dieter Versen

San Diego Chargers

* Quarterbacks – Sam Wyche
* Running Backs – Billie Matthews
* Receivers – Dennis Green
* Offensive Line – Bobb McKittrick
* Administrative Assistant/Offensive Line – Mike White

1979 South Australian Open – Doubles

* Special Teams – Dennis Green

'''J Hřebec
'''A Gómez

The 1979 South Australian National Football League season was the 99th season of the top-level Australian rules football competition in South Australia.The final five was Central Districts, Port Adelaide, South Adelaide, Norwood and Woodville. Woodville was competing in the finals for the first time, but lost the Elimination Final to Norwood. Central Districts won their first minor premiership, but lost both its finals, first to Port then to South.

V Pecci

Ian Wood

Auburn Tigers

Tom Armstrong

1979 Shahid Espandi Cup

Glenn Ezell and Rusty Gerhardt

Stanford Stadium

''' J Fassbender

Men's

Taiwan

KVI 570 AM

Overall: 23rd

J Alexander

1979 Sanremo Music Festival

Chargers seasons

J Smith

The 1979 Soviet Cup Final was a football match that took place at the Lenin's Central Stadium, Moscow on 11 August 1979. The match was the 38th soviet cup final and was contested between Dynamo Moscow and Dinamo Tbilisi. Previous cup holders Dynamo Kyiv were eliminated in Quarter-finals by CSKA Moscow. Dinamo Tbilisi defeated the opponent on penalties and won the cup for the second time.

'''Manuel Orantes

G Mayer

Statistics of Soviet Top League in season 1979.

Tennessee

D Collings

Pac-10

1979 Sao Paulo FC season

The 1979 Southern Conference Men's Basketball Tournament took place from February 24–March 4, 1979. The quarterfinal round was hosted at campus sites, while the semifinals and finals were hosted at the Roanoke Civic Center in Roanoke, Virginia. The Appalachian State Mountaineers, led by head coach Bobby Cremins, won their first Southern Conference title and received the automatic berth to the 1979 NCAA Tournament.

1979 South Carolina Gamecocks men's Soccer Team

G Masters

The 1979 South Australian Open was an Association of Tennis Professionals tournament held in Adelaide, Australia that started on 10 December 1979.

The 1979 South African Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held on 3 March 1979 at Kyalami.

Montreal won series 4–3

The 1979 Samoa National League, or also known as the Upolo First Division, was the 1st edition of the Samoa National League, the top league of the Football Federation Samoa. Vaivase-tai won their first title, eventually becoming the first in a three title streak.

R Case

STAN 14-10

Daraselia

The 1979 Royal Bank of Scotland World Women's Curling Championship also known as the Women's World Invitational Curling Championship was the first ever women's world championship. It was held at the Perth Ice Rink in Perth, Scotland from 17 March to 23 March 1979.Canada and the USA joined the nine teams that played in the 1978 European Curling Championships. The Championship was won by Switzerland, who beat Sweden 13-5 in the final.The event was billed as the women's world championship, but was not sanctioned by the International Curling Federation at the time.

The 1979 San Francisco 49ers season was the team's 30th year with the National Football League (NFL). The season is noted for being O. J. Simpson’s final year and Joe Montana’s first season in the NFL, as well as the first year head coaching the 49ers for Bill Walsh.The 1979 49ers are the only team in NFL history to lose 12 games in which they held a lead at one point in the game.

1979 Southeast Asian Games

''' C Dibley

K Johansson

1979 Scottish League Cup Final

The 6th South American Youth Championships in Athletics were held in Cochabamba, Bolivia from August 3–5, 1979.

main-beltVestian

Atlanta

P Dominguez

Canada

* Flexibility and Strength – Don Brown

No Scoring

* Owner – Bill Bidwill
* Vice President of Operations – Joe Sullivan
* Director of Pro Personnel – Larry Wilson

1979 Sligo Intermediate Football Championship

United States wins

A Gómez

ATL

J James

1979 Stanley Cup playoffs

'''W Fibak

Tony Roche

New York won series 4–1

Semi-Finals
Ole Miss

Trojans

W Maher
D Schneider

1979 SK

CART

G Whitecross

The 1979 San Jose Earthquakes season was the sixth for the franchise in the North American Soccer League. They finished fourth inthe Western Division of the American Conference.

1979 SMU Mustangs football team

New York Rangers

K Meiler

Willi Cryns

New York

NY Rangers

1979 Sino-Vietnamese border war

Jackson

The 1979 Speedway World Pairs Championship was the tenth FIM Speedway World Pairs Championship. The final took place in Vojens, Denmark. The championship was won by host Denmark (25 points) who beat England (24 points) and Poland (20 points).

(The Greenbrier)

Permanent racing facility

C Dibley

1979 SCCA/CART Indy Car Series

P Hutka

1979 Romika Cup – Doubles

S Krulevitz

STAN 7-0
Stanford, CA

Danilo

1979 South Australian Open - Doubles

Tampa, Florida

Hampden Park, Glasgow

The 1979 San Francisco Giants season was the Giants' 97th season in Major League Baseball, their 22nd season in San Francisco since their move from New York following the 1957 season, and their 20th at Candlestick Park. The team finished in fourth place in the National League West with an 71-91 record, 19½ games behind the Cincinnati Reds.

SEC

Otto

Final

Wayne Stephenson 20 saves / 25 shots

Soviet Union

1979 SEC Men's Basketball Tournament

Maine

1979 St. Louis Cardinals (NFL) season

Europe

The 1979 Seattle Mariners season was the franchise's third since its creation. The Mariners ended the season in sixth place in the American League West, finishing with a record of 67-95. The Mariners hosted the 1979 All-Star Game.

D Crealy

The 1979 Senior League World Series took place from August 14–19 in Gary, Indiana, United States. Taichung, Taiwan defeated Tampa, Florida twice in the championship game. It was Taiwan's eighth consecutive SLWS championship.

football

1979–80 Scottish League Cup Final

1979 Sakharov, provisionally designated 2006 P-L, is a stony Vestian asteroid from the inner regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 4.5 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered on 24 September 1960, by the Dutch astronomers Ingrid and Cornelis van Houten, on photographic plates taken by Dutch–American astronomer Tom Gehrels at the U.S.
1979 Sakharov, provisionally designated 2006 P-L, is a stony Vestian asteroid from the inner regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 4.5 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered on 24 September 1960, by the Dutch astronomers Ingrid and Cornelis van Houten, on photographic plates taken by Dutch–American astronomer Tom Gehrels at the U.S. Palomar Observatory in California.The S-type asteroid, also classified as a Q-V-type by PanSTARRS large-scale survey, is a member of the Vesta family, which is named after the main-belt's second-largest body, 4 Vesta. It orbits the Sun at a distance of 2.1–2.6 AU once every 3 years and 8 months (1,337 days). Its orbit has an eccentricity of 0.10 and an inclination of 6° with respect to the ecliptic. As no precoveries were taken, the asteroid's observation arc begins with its discovery observation in September 1960.In 2011 and 2013, a total of four well-defined rotational light-curves were obtained for this asteroid by astronomers Julian Oey at the Australian Kingsgrove and Leura/ Blue Mountains Observatory (E19 and E17/Q68) and by Petr Pravec at the Czech Ondřejov Observatory. The light-curve gave a rotation period of 7.520 to 7.589 hours with a brightness variation between 0.12 and 0.22 in magnitude (U=3/3-/3-/3).According to the original data from the NEOWISE mission of NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, the asteroid measures 4.8 kilometers in diameter and its surface has an albedo of 0.31, while the Collaborative Asteroid Lightcurve Link agrees with the revised NEOWISE data which gave an albedo of 0.26 and a diameter of 4.5 kilometers, based on an absolute magnitude of 13.8.The survey designation "P-L" stands for Palomar–Leiden, named after Palomar Observatory and Leiden Observatory, which collaborated on the fruitful Palomar–Leiden survey in the 1960s. Gehrels used Palomar's Samuel Oschin telescope (also known as the 48-inch Schmidt Telescope), and shipped the photographic plates to Ingrid and Cornelis van Houten at Leiden Observatory where astrometry was carried out. The trio are credited with the discovery of several thousand minor planets.This minor planet was named in honour of renowned Russian mathematician and physicist Andrei Sakharov (1921–1989), who received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1975. Naming citation was published on 1 August 1981 (M.P.C. 6207).

The 1979 Rose Bowl was a college football bowl game played on January 1, 1979. It was the 65th Rose Bowl Game. The USC Trojans, champions of the Pacific-10 Conference, defeated the Michigan Wolverines, champions of the Big Ten Conference, 17–10. USC running back Charles White and Michigan quarterback Rick Leach were named the Rose Bowl Players of the Game.

Charlie Kadupski

'''J Kodeš

* Owner and President – Edward J. DeBartolo, Jr.
* General Manager – Bill Walsh
* Director of Player Personnel – John McVay

R Moore

The 1978–79 Scottish League Cup Final was played on 31 March 1979 and was the final of the 33rd Scottish League Cup competition. It was contested by Rangers and Aberdeen. Rangers won the match 2–1 thanks to goals by Colin Jackson and Alex MacDonald.

The 1979 Stanley Cup playoffs, the championship of the National Hockey League (NHL) began on April 10, after the conclusion of the 1978–79 NHL season. The playoffs concluded on May 21 with the champion Montreal Canadiens defeating the New York Rangers 4–1 to win the Final series four games to one and win the Stanley Cup. Three Original Six teams made the semifinals which would not happen again until the 2014 Conference Finals.

Florida Gators

R Simpson

The 1979 Stanford Cardinals football team represented Stanford University during the 1979 NCAA Division I-A football season. Rod Dowhower, an assistant coach under previous coach Bill Walsh, was hired as Stanford's new head coach, but resigned after the season to take an assistant coaching position with the NFL's Denver Broncos.

Buffalo Sabres
Pittsburgh

Argentina

ARG

* Quarterbacks/Receivers – Harry Gilmer
* Offensive Backfield – Jim Sweeney
* Offensive Line – Duane Putnam
* Special Assistant – Leon McLaughlin

Derek Johnstone

1979 SBOP

The 1979 Scottish Cup Final was contested between Rangers and Hibernian. After goalless draws in the initial match and the replay, Rangers won the Cup by winning 3–2 after extra time in the second replay. The winning goal for Rangers was an o.g. scored with his head by Arthur Duncan.

J Andrew

'''M Mitchell

France

1979 South American Open (tennis)

McLeod

1979 Saskatchewan Roughriders season

did not qualify

Sligo

Semifinals

Appalachian State

Steve Vickers 5 – 6:28

N/A

Southeastern Conference

The 10th (X) Southeast Asian Games were held in Jakarta, Indonesia from 21–30 September 1979. It was the first time that Indonesia hosted the biennial sports carnival. The colourful opening and closing ceremonies were held at Senayan Sports Stadium in Jakarta and was officially opened by President Suharto.

Germany

Shahid Espandi Cup (Persian: جام شهید اسپندی‎‎) was a nationwide football tournament in Iran that was played in 1979 in a format of 5 Groups for the group stage followed by a second round and then semi-finals and final. The tournament was won by Persepolis F.C. of Tehran.

1979 Ryder Cup

This is a round-up of the 1979 Sligo Senior Football Championship. The Championship had been reduced to eight teams for this year, following the introduction of the Intermediate grade. St. Mary's regained the title after a comfortable defeat of Tubbercurry in the final, and their dominance of Sligo club football was firmly set in motion.

V Eke

The logo of the 1979 Southeast Asian Games on a stamp of Indonesia

1979 Speedway World Team Cup

The 1979 South African Open was a combined men's and women's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts in Johannesburg, South Africa. The men's tournament was part of the 1979 Colgate-Palmolive Grand Prix. It was the 76th edition of the tournament and was held from 27 November through 3 December 1979. Andrew Pattison and Brigitte Cuypers won the singles titles.

Rodolfo

J Fassbender

'''J Marks

LSU

Thomas Furst

SF 7–3

The C.D. Chesley Company

Northern Ireland

(DEF)

The 1979 San Jose State Spartans football team represented San Jose State University during the 1979 NCAA Division I-A football season as a member of the Pacific Coast Athletic Association. The team was led by first year head coach Jack Elway. They played their home games at Spartan Stadium in San Jose, California.The Spartans finished the 1979 season as co-champions of the PCAA, with a record of six wins, four losses and one tie (6–4–1, 4–0–1 PCAA).

Western Carolina

1979 SCCA/CART Indy Car Series season

Dudy Noble Field
Ole Miss Rebels

Estadio Sausalito, Vina del Mar

'''B Guan

San Diego Padres

Petrushin

Lost Divisional Playoffs

Marte

Tucson, AZ

Scott Hamilton

Michigan

Sturrock

Basel-Albeina CC

1979 Stagg Bowl

1979 Soccer Bowl

A Muñoz

Location in West Virginia

Los Angeles Kings

1979 South American Rugby Championship

American League

Venezuela

Curry

* Special Teams – Jerry Thompson

The South American Youth Championship 1979 was held in Montevideo and Paysandú, Uruguay. It also served as qualification for the 1979 FIFA World Youth Championship.

Mazzetti 23 yard field goal

Open Conference

Did not qualify

'''T Rocavert

ARIZ 10-7

Kurt Lechner

The 1979 Soviet economic reform, or "Improving planning and reinforcing the effects of the economic mechanism on raising the effectiveness in production and improving the quality of work", was an economic reform initiated by Alexei Kosygin, the Chairman of the Council of Ministers. During Leonid Brezhnev's rule of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) the Soviet economy began to stagnate; this period is referred to by historians as the Era of Stagnation. Even after several reform attempts by Kosygin and his protégés, the economic situation in the country continued to deteriorate. In contrast to his earlier reform initiative, the 26th Congress that his government would implement the reform during the (1981–1985). This never happened, and even Brezhnev complained that implementation of the reform had been slow. This unfinished reform is seen by some as the last major pre-perestroika reform initiative put forward by the Soviet government.

Los Angeles

1979 SCCA CART season

Rick Mears

The 23rd Ryder Cup Matches were held September 14–16, 1979, in the United States, at the Greenbrier Course of The Greenbrier in White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia.It was the beginning of a new era for the Ryder Cup. For the first time, players from continental Europe took part in the Ryder Cup (specifically, Seve Ballesteros and Antonio Garrido of Spain). The new Team Europe replaced Great Britain and Ireland as the official opposition to the United States. It was hoped that the change would help raise the profile of the competition and bring about the end of near total domination by the United States that had existed since the end of the Second World War. However the change made no real impact at the first attempt as the United States won the competition easily by a score of 17 to 11 points and led after every session. Ballesteros and Garrido played together in all four team sessions and were 1–3; both lost their singles matches on Sunday. All four of Ballesteros' losses came against Larry Nelson.Jack Nicklaus, age 39, failed to make the team for the first time since becoming eligible in 1969. Tom Watson left the day before the competition for the birth of his first child and was replaced on the team by first alternate Mark Hayes.

* indicates periods of overtime

The 1979 San Diego Chargers season was the team's 20th season, and 10th in the National Football League. Their 12–4 record was tied for the best in the league in 1979.The 1979 Chargers finished in first place in the AFC West after having finished 9–7 in 1978. The Chargers made the playoffs for the first time in 14 years. Chargers quarterback Dan Fouts threw for more than 4,000 yards, and wide receivers Charlie Joiner and John Jefferson both gained more than 1,000 yards receiving.

1979 Scottish League Cup Final (March)

1979 Soviet Top League

Brigitte Cuypers

Philadelphia won series 2–1

Sulakvelidze

Paul Harrison 18 saves / 20 shots

Stanford Cardinals

'''B Taróczy

The 7th Summer Spartakiad of the Peoples of the USSR (Russian: VII летняя Спартакиада народов СССР) was held in the Soviet Union in 1979, with the final stage in July and August 1979. Most events of the final stage were held in Moscow, although Leningrad, Kiev, Minsk, Vilnius, Kaunas, Tallinn and Riga also hosted events.

SF 14–9

Hard / Outdoor

'''W Maher

Larry Wilson interim

Mississippi State Bulldogs

Ramon

Dry
The 1979 Spanish Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held on 29 April 1979 at Jarama.

'''D Collings

Dan Kelly, Dick Irvin, and Gary Dornhoefer

Q-V S

South Africa

This is a round-up of the 1979 Sligo Intermediate Football Championship. This was the inaugural staging of the Championship, following the restructuring of the previous year, and it meant that a number of strong clubs were in contention. Shamrock Gaels were perceived as the strongest of all, and they confirmed this by winning the title after a comfortable win over neighbours Owenmore Gaels in the final.

Cosworth

1979 Spanish Grand Prix

Robbie Moore 22 saves / 24 shots

1979 Samoa National League

1979 Skate America

1979 Rude Pravo Cup

1979 South African Grand Prix

B Drewett

California

Bill Alsup

Gunter Etterich

1979 SCCA/CART season

Ryder Cup

Lars Jensen

*6 Pierre Mondou
*8 Doug Risebrough
*21 Doug Jarvis
*25 Jacques Lemaire
*28 Pierre Larouche

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Youth

''' K Eberhard

1979 St. Louis Cardinals season

10th Southeast Asian Games

1979 Soviet nuclear tests

Robbie Moore 11 saves / 15 shots
Ken Dryden 9 saves / 13 shots

Easy Perez

ARIZ

Myroslav Stupar
Gazzaev

Montreal

Maximino

Bubnov

*10 Guy Lafleur
*11 Yvon Lambert
*12 Yvan Cournoyer
*14 Mario Tremblay
*15 Rejean Houle
*20 Cam Connor
*22 Steve Shutt
*23 Bob Gainey
*30 Pat Hughes
*31 Mark Napier

1979 Rudé Právo Cup

Vancouver

'''G Mayer

Jesus

1979 South Australian Open

Hersey 5 yard run

T Rocavert

VI South American Youth Championships in Athletics

1979 Spartakiad

Philadelphia Flyers
Gerry Cheevers 24 saves / 27 shots

'''Kim Warwick

'''I Molina
B Taróczy

John Alexander

W Pascoe

Arizona

The 1979 Rothmans International Series was an Australian motor racing series open to Australian Formula 5000, World Formula 1 and Australian Formula Pacific cars. It was the fourth and final Rothmans International Series. The series was won by Larry Perkins driving an Elfin MR8 Chevrolet.

San Jose State Spartans

Cardinals seasons

'''J Delaney

1979 Stanford Cardinals football team

The Citadel

The 1979 SCCA/CART Indy Car Series was the inaugural season for the CART Indy car series. It was the first national championship season of American open wheel racing sanctioned by CART. The season consisted of 14 races. Rick Mears was the national champion, and the rookie of the year was Bill Alsup. The 1979 Indianapolis 500 was sanctioned by USAC, but counted towards the CART points championship.

Brian McGinlay

1979 Spirits Having Flown Tour

1979 Sao Paulo F.C. season

* Defensive Coordinator – Chuck Studley
* Linebackers – Bill McPherson
* Defensive Backs – Norb Hecker

The 1979 San Jose State Spartans football team represented San Jose State University during the 1979 NCAA Division I-A football season as a member of the Pacific Coast Athletic Association. The team was led by first year head coach Jack Elway. They played their home games at Spartan Stadium in San Jose, California.The Spartans finished the 1979 season as co-champions of the PCAA, with a record of six wins, four losses and one tie (6–4–1, 4–0–1 PCAA). However, in December 1979 the PCAA ruled that the Spartans had used an ineligible player in seven of their games. As a result, the team's co-championship of the conference was vacated, and the record was adjusted to 3–8 (2–3 PCAA).

Stanley Cup playoffs

Kentucky Wildcats

Conference: 11th

Tennessee Volunteers

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1979 Rose Bowl

Georgia Bulldogs

Bill Walsh

C Roger-Vasselin

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''' F McNair

New York Rangers won series 4–2

T Wilkison
''' D Collings

Montreal won series 4–0

Division: 4th

Machaidze

Atlanta Flames

The 1979 St. Louis Cardinals season was the team's 60th year with the National Football League and the 20th season in St. Louis. Bud Wilkinson would be fired in week 13 after starting 3-10, Larry Wilson would take over as interim head coach and lead the Cardinals to a 2-1 record to finish the season. Wilson however would not return for the 1980 season but would return 9 years later when the Cardinals had moved to Phoenix as Vice President and General Manager.

'''U Pinner

Semi-final

STAN 17-10

Paulino

''' W Fibak

The 1979 Rutgers Scarlet Knights football team represented Rutgers University in the 1979 NCAA Division I-A football season. In their seventh season under head coach Frank R. Burns, the Scarlet Knights compiled an 8-3 record while competing as an independent. The team outscored its opponents 243 to 174. Against ranked opponents, the team lost, 45-10, to #7 Penn State and defeated #17 Tennessee, 13-7.

The 23rd Ryder Cup Matches were held September 14–16, 1979, in the United States, at the Greenbrier Course of The Greenbrier in White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia.It was the beginning of a new era for the Ryder Cup. For the first time, players from continental Europe took part in the Ryder Cup (specifically, Seve Ballesteros and Antonio Garrido of Spain). The new Team Europe replaced Great Britain and Ireland as the official opposition to the United States.

The Gamecocks' 1979 season, the program's second ever, would be considered a success by most pundits. USC finished with their second consecutive winning record at 14-5, and made it to the NCAA Tournament for the first time in school history.

Grand Final

Sabine Baeß / Tassilo Thierbach

P Elter

Four-team double elimination tournament

from Cleveland

Mike Palmateer 28 saves / 33 shots

The 1979 Soviet economic reform, or "Improving planning and reinforcing the effects of the economic mechanism on raising the effectiveness in production and improving the quality of work", was an economic reform initiated by Alexei Kosygin, the Chairman of the Council of Ministers. During Leonid Brezhnev's rule of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) the Soviet economy began to stagnate; this period is referred to by historians as the Era of Stagnation.

Starkville, Mississippi

Spain

The 1979 ATP Buenos Aires was a men's Grand Prix tennis circuit tournament held in Buenos Aires, Argentina that was played on outdoor clay courts. It was the 13th edition of the tournament and was held from November 19 through November 25, 1979.

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G Moretton

Solomon 56 yard run
Jenkins 7 yard pass from Bartkowski

Zivic 27 yard field goal

Andrés Gómez

STH

St. Louis Cardinals

Larry

Vancouver Canucks

'''K Warwick
'''J Alexander

Georgia

Wayne Stephenson 18 saves / 21 shots

World Pairs Championship

1979 Soviet Spartakiad

Naber 30 yard field goal
STAN

Sarbaz F.C.

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Southeast Asian Games 1979 stamp of Indonesia.jpg

*Jacques Courtois , Sam Pollock
*Irving Grundman , Jean Beliveau
*William Scotty Bowman , Claude Ruel
*Al MacNeil , Morgan McCammon
*Ron Caron , Eddy Palchak
*Pierre Meilleur

''' B Mitton

Leonardo

M Edmondson

Jacutin

Chris Turner

'''Ž Franulović

1979 Scottish devolution referendum

Kentucky

Dave Maloney 3 – 12:32

South African

Boston won series 4–0

Chile

EST

Denis Herron 27 saves / 33 shots

Coach

'''Bernard Mitton

P Kronk

J Fitzgerald

The 1979 San Diego Chargers season was the team's 20th season, and 10th in the National Football League. Their 12–4 record was tied for the best in the league in 1979.The 1979 Chargers finished in first place in the AFC West after having finished 9–7 in 1978. The Chargers made the playoffs for the first time in 14 years. Chargers quarterback Dan Fouts threw for more than 4,000 yards, and wide receivers Charlie Joiner and John Jefferson both gained more than 1,000 yards receiving. The Chargers became the first AFC West champion to run more passing plays (541) then rushing (481).The season ended with a playoff loss to the Houston Oilers.As part of a marketing campaign, the Chargers created their fight song, "San Diego Super Chargers".The 2006 edition of Pro Football Prospectus, listed the 1979 Chargers as one of their "Heartbreak Seasons", in which teams "dominated the entire regular season only to falter in the playoffs, unable to close the deal." Said Pro Football Prospectus of the team, "the creative [head coach] Don Coryell always designed potent offenses, but the San Diego defense didn't catch up until 1979. ... In their first playoff game, the Chargers hosted a Houston Oilers team missing running back Earl Campbell and quarterback Dan Pastorini and fell on their faces. Fouts threw five interceptions and no touchdowns, and the Chargers blew a third quarter lead and lost 17–14. The Chargers would not have the best record in the NFL again until the 2006 season. They would not have another top ten defense in points allowed until 1989. They would not win 12 games in a season until 2004. Their best shot at glory went horribly awry, thanks to the worst game in the illustrious career of Dan Fouts."

Calry Gaels

Lalota
Samson

Dotterer 7 yard pass from Schonert

San Jose, CA

MacDonald

The 1979 SEC Men's Basketball Tournament took place in Birmingham, Alabama, at the Birmingham Jefferson Convention Complex. This tournament marks the first SEC Men’s Basketball Tournament held since the event’s hiatus that started after the 1952 tournament.The Tennessee Volunteers won the tournament championship game, and received the SEC's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament by beating the Kentucky Wildcats in a 75-69 overtime win on March 3, 1979. The tournament took place from February 28-March 3, 1979. After the SEC tournament ended, Tennessee was ranked number 20 in the Associated Press polls. Television coverage of the championship game was produced by The C.D. Chesley Company, who syndicated the coverage of the game regionally. C.D. Chesley was known as the pioneer in syndicated college basketball as he started production of Atlantic Coast Conference basketball in the 1950s.

Phil Esposito 7 – 9:30

1979 South Australian Open – Singles

'''R Gehring

The 1979 SCCA/CART Indy Car Series was the inaugural season for the CART Indy car series. It was the first national championship season of American open wheel racing sanctioned by CART. The season consisted of 14 races. Rick Mears was the national champion, and the rookie of the year was Bill Alsup. The 1979 Indianapolis 500 was sanctioned by USAC, but counted towards the CART points championship. Rick Mears won the Indy 500, his first of four victories in the event.The 1979 season was filled with controversy on and off the track. During the offseason, several Indy car owners broke off from USAC, and formed Championship Auto Racing Teams, a new sanctioning body to govern the sport of open wheel Indy car racing. USAC continued to sanction their Gold Crown Championship, resulting in two parallel national championships for 1979. The controversy over the first "split" in Indy car racing came to its first climax at the 1979 Indianapolis 500, when USAC rejected entries by certain CART owners. The owners won a court injunction to be allowed to race, and later, another controversy erupted, this time involving illegal wastegate exhaust pipes.The 1979 CART season was held through an arrangement such that it fell under the sanctioning umbrella of SCCA. This one-year, temporary arrangement was such that it would be formally recognized by ACCUS.With three wins, two poles, and 14 top tens (no finish worse than 7th), Rick Mears ran way with the inaugural CART championship title. Mears took a large points lead after winning the Indy 500, and never relinquished the top spot through the remainder of the season. Bobby Unser won six races, and finished second in points.

Antonio

Southern Conference

Gregorio

Toronto won series 2–0

Wayne Pascoe

rookie of year

K Eberhard

John Davidson 29 saves / 32 shots
Toronto

1979 State of the Union

1979 Speedway National League

Stanford

''' J Alexander

The 1979 St. Louis Cardinals season was the team's 98th season in St. Louis, Missouri and its 88th season in the National League. The Cardinals went 86-76 during the season and finished third in the National League East, 12 games behind the eventual NL pennant and World Series champion Pittsburgh Pirates.

Boston

South American Youth Championship

The Soviet Union's 1979 nuclear test series was a group of 31 nuclear tests conducted in 1979. These tests followed the 1978 Soviet nuclear tests series and preceded the 1980 Soviet nuclear tests series.

Pavlenko

1979 San Diego elementary school shooting

Hofer 3 yard run

Stanley Golub, Danny Kaye, Walter Schoenfeld, Lester Smith, James Stillwell, Jr. and James A. Walsh

none

Jacques Lemaire

Evalson

Chivadze

Henning Munk Jensen

Migalbin

Taichung, Taiwan

Tony Esposito 28 saves / 34 shots

Cochabamba, Bolivia

manufacturer champ

Denis Herron 21 saves / 25 shots

Maksimenkov
Gutsaev

Rose Bowl

Owner

Uruguay

1979 South American Youth Championship

pole positions

San Miguel Beermen

Scotland

P Campbell

J Kodeš

NY Islanders

T Roche

STAN 24-10

Bunninadden

Peter Stubbe

SF 7–0
1979 San Francisco 49ers season

Second Round

Independent

'''Wojciech Fibak

Carl Christensen

''' Ž Franulović

1979 South Australian Open - Singles

The 1979 Rutgers Scarlet Knights football team represented Rutgers University in the 1979 NCAA Division I-A football season. In their seventh season under head coach Frank R. Burns, the Scarlet Knights compiled an 8-3 record while competing as an independent. The team outscored its opponents 243 to 174. Against ranked opponents, the team lost, 45-10, to #7 Penn State and defeated #17 Tennessee, 13-7. The team's statistical leaders included Ed McMichael with 1,529 passing yards, Albert Ray with 567 rushing yards, and David Dorn with 468 receiving yards.

Ken Dryden 26 saves / 28 shots

'''W Zirngibl

First match

Bernie Gersdorff

(XXXth season)

LSU Tigers

Penske

Rutgers Scarlet Knights

Salvador
Marlowe

'''V Pecci

Ron Greschner 7 – 14:27

Teodulfo

Falcons

Spanish

1979 Sandown 400

Denmark

series logo

1979 San Jose State Spartans football team

Alabama

1979 Scottish League Cup Final (December)

SANFL

PCAA

1979 SANFL season

New York, NY

Yoyong

1979 Rutgers Scarlet Knights football team

Stanley Cup Finals

1979 Senior League World Series

Montreal won series 4–1

World Championship

All Filipino Conference

F McNair

Glenn Resch 22 saves / 24 shots

Pacific-10 Conference

1979 San Francisco Giants season

West Germany

Preliminary Round

Shengelia

Chicago Black Hawks

1979 Scottish Cup Final

1979 Southern Conference Men's Basketball Tournament

Hooper 3 yard pass from Schonert

Dens Park, Dundee

A Maurer

Christofer Delaney

Pittsburgh won series 2–1

Moore

San Francisco Giants

1979 SCCA CART Indy Car Series season

The 1979 SANFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football competition.Port Adelaide beat South Adelaide by 63 to 32.

Wolverines

England

''' R Case

J Hřebec

Seattle Mariners

SCCA/CART Indy Car Series

Hofer 2 yard run

Pettigrew

1979 Romika Cup – Singles

* †Yvan Cournoyer played only 18 regular season games. He missed the rest of the season due to a back injury. His name was still put on the cup, even though he did not qualify. Serge Savard served as captain while Cournoyer was injured.
* ††Richard Sevigny's name was engraved on the Stanley Cup, before he played his first NHL game. He was dressed in the finals when Michel Larocque was injured in pre-game warm-up for game two. Sevigny would join Montreal full-time, the next season after Ken Dryden retired.
* #26 Dan Newman played 16 regular season games, but did not qualify to be on the cup. He was dressed for one game in the quarter-finals, but did not play
* Floyd Curry changed roles from Assistant Manager to Director of Scouting. Name was left off the Stanley Cup.
* American Rod Langway was born in Taiwan. This makes Langway first and only player to win the Stanley Cup born in China.

PAR

Wojtek Fibak

''' J Andrew

Speedway World Pairs Championship

Ellis Park Tennis Stadium

W Zirngibl

1979 SEC Baseball Tournament

STAN 30-10

Makhovikov

Tied 7-7

1979 San Jose Earthquakes season

BRA

1979 San Diego Chargers season

John Davidson 31 saves / 32 shots

The 1979 SEC Men's Basketball Tournament took place in Birmingham, Alabama, at the Birmingham Jefferson Convention Complex. This tournament marks the first SEC Men’s Basketball Tournament held since the event’s hiatus that started after the 1952 tournament.The Tennessee Volunteers won the tournament championship game, and received the SEC's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament by beating the Kentucky Wildcats in a 75-69 overtime win on March 3, 1979.

The 1979 Royal Tru-Orange season was the 5th season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).

1979 Southwest Conference Baseball Tournament

B Martin

*Strength and Conditioning – Al Vermeil

USC

John Davidson 32 saves / 33 shots

Bobby Unser

The Greenbrier Course

D Stockton

ATL 9–7

Spartan Stadium

1979 South American Youth Championships in Athletics

1979 Soviet economic reform

'''R Simpson

Davidson

Velasco

1979 Stanley Cup Finals

1979 South American Championships in Athletics

Buffalo

*29 Ken Dryden
*1 Michel Bunny Larocque
*33 Richard Sevigny††

Atyrau, Kazakhstan; Balapan, Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan; Degelen, Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan; Donetsk, Ukraine; Khanty-Mansi, Russia; Krasnoyarsk, Russia; NZ Area B, Matochkin Shar, Novaya Zemlya, Russia; Sakha, Russia; Sary-Uzen/Murzhik, Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan

Tolstykh

Higgins

nations cup

Did not enter

underground shaft, underground tunnel

1979 South American U-20 Championship

K Warwick

B Guan

1979 Southwest Conference Men's Basketball Tournament

constructor champ

* Head Coach – Bill Walsh

1979 Rothmans Canadian Open

about 113

Bob Hewitt / Frew McMillan

1979 Royal Bank of Scotland World Women's Curling Championship

sanfl

Ken McDonald

G Gnettner

Arthur Duncan

Royal Tru-Orange

The 1979 Royal Bank of Scotland World Women's Curling Championship also known as the Women's World Invitational Curling Championship was the first ever women's world championship. It was held at the Perth Ice Rink in Perth, Scotland from 17 March to 23 March 1979.Canada and the USA joined the nine teams that played in the 1978 European Curling Championships.

*3 Brian Engblom
*5 Guy Lapointe
*17 Rod Langway
*18 Serge Savard †
*19 Larry Robinson
*24 Gilles Lupien
*27 Rick Chartraw

1979 Royal Tru-Orange season

1979 South Australian Open (tennis)

Trevor Reeves

Sligo Senior Football Championship 1979

No scoring
Tony Esposito 39 saves / 40 shots

Laurie Calloway

St. Mary's

Sam Bick

Chicago

United States

dela Peña

Vanderbilt

The Gamecocks' 1979 season, the program's second ever, would be considered a success by most pundits. USC finished with their second consecutive winning record at 14-5, and made it to the NCAA Tournament for the first time in school history. They would go on to lose to fierce rivals Clemson in the first round of the tournament.This season was also the last at Carolina for seniors such as Brian Winstead, who would leave the school as the leading goal-scorer in school history (a title he would hold for seven years); and Paul Turin, a star goalkeeper who would go on to play for the Tulsa Roughnecks in Pele's NASL.Despite losing in the first round of the NCAA tourney to Clemson, the 1979 season will be remembered as one that forever set the standard of excellence for Carolina soccer.

The 1979 South American Championships in Athletics were held in Bucaramanga, Colombia.

Auburn

Lawrence 41 yard blocked punt return

The 1979 Stanley Cup Final NHL championship series was contested by the New York Rangers and the defending champion Montreal Canadiens, making their fourth straight appearance. It was New York's first appearance since 1972.

R Probst

1979 SANFL Grand Final

Jiří Hřebec

1979 Stanford Cardinal football team

'''T Okker

Valencia
Ricardo

Mike Hewitt
Steve Ryan

Margerum 13 yard pass from Elway

C Delaney

Billy Smith 22 saves / 22 shots

Baguio

Gerry Cheevers 15 saves / 20 shots

Martirez

Lisa-Marie Allen

1979 SCCA CART Indy Car Series

Toronto Maple Leafs

ATL 15–14

1979 Seattle Mariners season

/ day

San Francisco 49ers

''' J Fitzgerald

Dizon

1979 Sandown 500

Wet