1979 Chicago Bears

1979 Duke Blue Devils football

1979 College Baseball All-America Team

1979 Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks season

Statistics of Empress's Cup in the 1979 season.

The 1979 DFB-Pokal Final decided the winner of the 1978–79 DFB-Pokal, the 36th season of Germany's knockout football cup competition. It was played on 23 June 1979 at the Niedersachsenstadion in Hanover. Fortuna Düsseldorf won the match 1–0 against Hertha BSC after extra time, to claim their 1st cup title.

The 1979 Eastern Kentucky Colonels football team represented Eastern Kentucky University in the 1979 NCAA Division I-AA football season. They competed as a member of the Ohio Valley Conference and played their home games at Hanger Field 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, where they defeated the Lehigh Engineers, 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.

The Campeonato Argentino de Rugby 1979 was won by the selection of Buenos Aires that beat in the final the selection of Unión de Rugby de Rosario

1979 Cincinnati Bengals football

The 1979 EuroHockey Club Champions Cup, taking place in The Hague, was the sixth edition of Europe's premier field hockey club competition. The format was changed - standings would be determined by a group stage in four triangular groups and subsequent play-offs. It was won by HC Klein Zwitserland in their second participation, becoming the first Dutch team to win the competition in a final match against the Real Club de Polo from Barcelona.

The 2nd Cricket World Cup was played in England on six different venues. A total of 15 matches were played in 1979 Cricket World Cup including 2 Semifinals and a Final match.

The Chicago blizzard of 1979 was a major blizzard that affected northern Illinois and northwest Indiana on January 13–14, 1979. It was one of the largest Chicago snowstorms in history at the time, with 21 inches of snowfall in the two-day period. Only two to four inches of snow was expected but by the end of Sunday, January 14, the depth of snow on the ground peaked at 29 inches. The blizzard lasted for a total of 38 hours. At its peak, wind gusts reached speeds of 39 miles per hour. Five people died during the blizzard, with approximately 15 others seriously injured due to conditions created by the storm. One of the five deaths came when a snowplow driver went berserk, hitting 34 cars and ramming a man.

1979 Copa del Rey Final

1979 Calder Cup Playoffs

The 1979 Connecticut Huskies baseball team represented the University of Connecticut in the 1979 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Huskies were led by Larry Panciera in his 18th and final year as head coach, and played as part of the Eastern College Athletic Conference, a collection of northeastern universities with no other conference affiliation. Connecticut posted a 31–13 record, won the ECAC, and reached the 1979 College World Series, their fifth appearance in the penultimate college baseball event. The Huskies lost both games in the College World Series, being eliminated by eventual champion Cal State Fullerton.

The 1979 Chicago Cubs season was the 108th season of the Chicago Cubs franchise, the 104th in the National League and the 64th at Wrigley Field, and the first to be beamed via satellite and cable television to viewers all over the United States on WGN Television, thanks to a postseason decision by the company management to uplink its broadcast signals via satellite with the help of Oklahoma-based United Video Satellite Group, making them the pioneer superstation in the country's midwest and the Cubs games of that season the third superstation baseball broadcasts live via satellite relay after the Braves and the Yankees.It was the first season of over 40 to be broadcast all over the county, slowly making the team a national brand. The Cubs finished fifth in the National League East with a r

1979 Challenge Cup (disambiguation)

The 1979 Copa del Rey Final was the 77th final of the Spanish cup competition, the Copa del Rey. The final was played at Vicente Calderón in Madrid on 30 June 1979. The match was won by Valencia CF, who beat Real Madrid 2 – 0. Valencia won the cup for the fifth time.

The 1979 E3 Harelbeke was the 22nd edition of the E3 Harelbeke cycle race and was held on 24 March 1979. The race started and finished in Harelbeke. The race was won by Jan Raas of the TI–Raleigh team.

The 1979 Danish 1st Division season was the 34th season of the Danish 1st Division league championship, governed by the Danish Football Association. It constituted the 66th edition of the Danish football championship, and saw Esbjerg fB win the championship title. The Danish champions qualified for the European Cup 1980-81, while the second placed teams qualified for the UEFA Cup 1980-81. The three lowest placed teams of the tournament were directly relegated to the Danish 2nd Division for the following season. Likewise, the Danish 2nd Division champions and two first runners-up were promoted to the 1st Division.

The 1979 Schweppes County Championship was the 80th officially organised running of the County Championship. Essex won their first ever Championship title. Ten matches were abandoned without a ball being bowled and are not included in the table. The number of points awarded for a tie was increased from 5 to 6 points and the number of points awarded to a side batting last in a drawn match with the scores level also increased from 5 to 6 points. The Championship was sponsored by Schweppes for the second time.

1979 Davis Cup Americas Zone

The 1979 Dallas Cowboys season was their 20th in the league. The team was unable to improve on their previous output of 12–4, winning only eleven games. They qualified for the playoffs, but lost in the Divisional round. The Cowboys still possessed a great offense, but suffered defensive losses as defensive tackle Jethro Pugh retired, safety Charlie Waters missed the season with injury, Ed "Too Tall" Jones left the team while he embarked on a professional boxing career (Jones would return in 1980), and Thomas "Hollywood" Henderson was cut in November for erratic play and behavior. The season began 8–2 before a three-game losing streak placed the season in jeopardy (one of the three being a 30–24 loss to Houston in which Oilers coach Bum Phillips declared the Oilers as "Texas's Team"). The team rallied to win their final three to finish at 11–5 and gain the number one seed in the NFC. In the season's final regular season game against the Redskins, with the NFC East Title at issue, Roger Staubach rallied the Cowboys from a 34–21 deficit in the last four minutes to win, 35–34. It turned out to be Staubach's last win. The Cowboys were upset at home in the divisional playoff by the Rams and Staubach retired after the season.

The 1979 Chicago Bears season was their 60th regular season and 14th postseason completed in the National Football League. The club posted a 10–6 record under second year coach Neill Armstrong but lost to the Philadelphia Eagles in the opening round of the playoffs.

1979 Chicago Cubs season

1979 Chattanooga Mocs football team

1979 Cleveland Browns football team

1979 Denver Broncos season

1979 Empress's Cup

1979 Stanley Cup playoffs

1979 European Athletics Indoor Championships - Men's high jump

1979 Equatorial Guinea coup d'état

1980 Fresno State Bulldogs football season

1979 Colorado Buffaloes football team

The 10th European Athletics Indoor Championships were held in Vienna, the capital city in Austria, on 24 and 25 February 1979. It was the second time the championships had been held in that city.

1979 Clemson Tigers football season

1979 Campeonato Brasileiro Serie A

1979 Danish parliamentary election

1979 European Athletics Indoor Championships - Women's 800 metres

1979 European Athletics Indoor Championships - Men's shot put

This is a list of cricketers who represented their country at the 1979 Cricket World Cup in England which took place from 9 June 1979 to 23 June 1979.

Roscoe Tanner was the defending champion and won in the final 6–4, 6–2 against Brian Gottfried.

The 1979 Colgate Series Championships was a women's tennis tournament played on indoor carpet courts at the Capital Centre in Landover, Maryland in the United States that was the season-ending tournament of the 1979 Virginia Slims World Championship Series. It was the third edition of the tournament and was held from January 2 through January 7, 1980. Second-seeded Martina Navratilova won the singles title and earned $75,000 first-prize money.

The 1979 Dutch Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held on 26 August 1979 at Zandvoort.

1979 England rugby union tour of Japan, Fiji and Tonga

1979 Chicago Blizzard

The twenty-second edition of the Caribbean Series (Serie del Caribe) was played in 1979. It was held from February 4 through February 9 with the champions teams from Dominican Republic (Aguilas Cibaeñas), Mexico (Mayos de Navojoa), Puerto Rico (Criollos de Caguas) and Venezuela (Navegantes del Magallanes). The format consisted of 12 games, each team facing the other teams twice. The games were played at Hiram Bithorn Stadium in San Juan, Puerto Rico, which boosted capacity to 18.000 seats.

1979 Dutch Grand Prix

1979 European/South American Cup

1979 Star World Championships

The 1979 Calgary Stampeders finished in 2nd place in the Western Conference with a 12–4–0 record. They appeared in the West Final where they lost to the Edmonton Eskimos. This would mark the last season in which the Stampeders won a playoff game until 1991; they were the only CFL team during the 1980s that did not win a single playoff game.

1979 European Athletics Indoor Championships - Men's long jump

1979 Commonwealth Final

Björn Borg won in the final 6–2, 6–2 against Vitas Gerulaitis.

1979 Chattanooga Moccasins football season

1979 Dwars door België

1979 European Athletics Indoor Championships - Women's 1500 metres

1979 Eastern Michigan Hurons football season

1979 Colgate-Palmolive Grand Prix

The 1979 Cincinnati Reds season consisted of the Reds winning the National League West under their first-year manager John McNamara, with a record of 90-71, 1½ games better than the Houston Astros. It was a year of great change for the Reds, who lost long-time star Pete Rose to the Philadelphia Phillies, who signed Rose as an unrestricted free agent. Also, long-time manager and future Hall of Famer Sparky Anderson was fired by new general manager Dick Wagner when Anderson refused to make changes in his coaching staff. McNamara guided the Reds to its first West Division title in three years. Wagner replaced long-time GM Bob Howsam, who retired after running the Reds for 12 years. Through some good drafts and several key trades, Howsam built a team that won six division titles, and played in

The 1979 Colorado Buffaloes football team represented the University of Colorado during the 1979 NCAA Division I-A football season.

The 1979 Can-Am season was the twelfth running of the Sports Car Club of America's prototype-based series and the third running of the revived series. Formula One legend Jacky Ickx was declared champion, winning five of the ten rounds and finishing second at Road Atlanta. Chevrolet again dominated the season. The top chassis builders were Lola, Prophet, and Spyder, with Vern Schuppan finishing third at Watkins Glen in an Elfin and Al Holbert finishing third at Road America in a Hogan.

1979 Detroit Lions football

The 1979 Chicago Cubs season was the 108th season of the Chicago Cubs franchise, the 104th in the National League and the 64th at Wrigley Field, and the first to be beamed via satellite and cable television to viewers all over the United States on WGN Television, thanks to a postseason decision by the company management to uplink its broadcast signals via satellite with the help of Oklahoma-based United Video Satellite Group, making them the pioneer superstation in the country's midwest and the Cubs games of that season the third superstation baseball broadcasts live via satellite relay after the Braves and the Yankees.It was the first season of over 40 to be broadcast all over the county, slowly making the team a national brand. The Cubs finished fifth in the National League East with a record of 80–82.

The 1979 Estonian SSR Football Championship was won by Norma.

1979 Cotton Bowl Classic

Commonwealth Final

1979 Eastern Michigan Hurons football team

1979 Central American and Caribbean Championships in Athletics

1979 Copa del Rey

1979 Canadian Grand Prix

1979 Emperor's Cup Final was the 59th final of the Emperor's Cup competition. The final was played at National Stadium in Tokyo on January 1, 1980. Fujita Industries won the championship.

1979 Duke Blue Devils football season

The 1979 Chico State Wildcats football team represented Chico State University during the 1979 NCAA Division II football season. Chico State competed in the Far Western Conference in 1979. The 1979 Wildcats were led by sixth-year head coach Dick Trimmer. They played home games at University Stadium in Chico, California. Chico State finished the season with a record of five wins and six losses (5–6, 2–3 FWC). The Wildcats were outscored by their opponents 150–234 for the season.

1979 Cincinnati Bengals football team

1979 Emperor's Cup Final

Raymond Moore and Roscoe Tanner were the defending champions but lost in the second round to David Graham and John Sadri. Gene Mayer and Sandy Mayer won in the final 6–4, 7–6 against Cliff Drysdale and Bruce Manson.

The 1979 Davison's Classic was a women's singles tennis tournament played on indoor carpet courts at the Alexander Memorial Coliseum in Atlanta, Georgia in the United States. The event was part of the AAA category of the 1979 Colgate Series. It was the fourth edition of the tournament and was held from September 23 through September 29, 1979. First-seeded Martina Navratilova won the singles title and earned $20,000 first-prize money.

1979 Colorado Buffaloes football

The 1979 Copa Perú season (Spanish: Copa Perú 1979), the promotion tournament of Peruvian football. In this tournament after many qualification rounds, each one of the 24 departments in which Peru is politically divided, qualify a team. Those teams plus de team relegated from First Division on the last year, enter in two more rounds and finally 6 of them qualify for the Final round, staged in Lima (the capital). The champion was promoted to 1980 Torneo Descentralizado.

1979 Central Michigan Chippewas football season

The 1979 Chicago White Sox season was the team's 80th season overall, and their 79th in Major League Baseball. They finished with a record 73-87, good enough for fifth place in the American League West, 15 games behind the first-place California Angels.

The 1979 Central American and Caribbean Championships in Athletics were held at the Estadio Revolución in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico between 15–17 June.

The 1979 Equatorial Guinea coup d'état happened on August 3, 1979, when President Francisco Macías Nguema's nephew, Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, overthrew him in a bloody coup. Fighting between loyalists and rebels continued until Macías Nguema was captured fleeing for Cameroon on August 18. He sentenced his uncle to death for the crime of genocide against the Bubi people and other crimes committed. Macías Nguema was executed by firing squad on September 29, 1979. Teodoro has remained President since then.

1979 Crossley Carpets Trophy

In 1979 an England rugby union touring team toured Japan, Fiji and Tonga. The tourists won all their seven matches, scoring 270 points and conceding only 93. Only the first international against Japan was close, with Japan leading 19–15 going into injury time – a converted try by Peter Squires allowed England to win the match. The visit to Tonga was the first time that a major rugby nation had visited the country.

The 1979 Cleveland Browns season was the team's 30th season with the National Football League.

1979 Cricket World Cup Final

1979 Custom Credit Australian Indoor Championships – Singles

1979 Canadian election

1979 Calder Cup

The 1979 Canada rugby union tour of England, Wales and France was a series of six matches played by the Canada national rugby union team in England, Wales and France in September 1979. The Canadian team won three of their tour matches, drew one and lost the other two. The team designated France 'A' was effectively the France national rugby union team.

1979 Cricket World Cup squads

Copa Fraternidad

The 1979 Davis Cup was the 68th edition of the most important tournament between national teams in men's tennis. 52 teams would enter the competition, 29 in the Europe Zone, 13 in the Americas Zone, and 10 in the Eastern Zone. The United States defeated Argentina in the Americas Zone final, Australia defeated New Zealand in the Eastern Zone final, and Italy and Czechoslovakia won the Europe Zones. In the Inter-Zonal Zone, the USA defeated Australia and Italy defeated Czechoslovakia. The USA defeated Italy in the final, which was held at the San Francisco Civic Auditorium in San Francisco, CA, United States, on 14–16 December. South Africa was expelled from the Davis Cup for the second time, for failing to abandon its apartheid policies. The organizers of the competition had been reluctant to let political issues affect the competition, but their hand was forced by the threat of a boycott of the competition by numerous other nations (Canada, Mexico, Venezuela, and the West Indies had already withdrawn from the 1978 competition, and in 1977 the United States, Britain, and France had withdrawn before re-entering). South Africa would not be allowed to participate again until 1992, after the fall of the apartheid system.

The 1979 Denver Broncos season was the team's 20th year in professional football and its 10th with the National Football League (NFL).

The 1979 ECAC Hockey Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the 18th tournament in league history. It was played between March 6 and March 10, 1979. Quarterfinal games were played at home team campus sites, while the 'final four' games were played at the Boston Garden in Boston, Massachusetts. By reaching the championship game both, New Hampshire and Dartmouth received invitations to participate in the 1979 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.

1979 Caribbean Series

1979 Cleveland Browns

1979 Empress's Cup Final

1979 Colgate-Palmolive Masters - Singles

1979 College World Series

1979 Champ Car World Series season

1979 Dniprodzerzhynsk mid-air collision

The 1979 Connecticut Huskies football team represented the University of Connecticut in the 1979 NCAA Division I-AA football season. The Huskies were led by third year head coach Walt Nadzak, and completed the season with a record of 3–6–2.

1979 Cincinnati Bengals

1979 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's 1500 metres

1979 European Athletics Indoor Championships - Men's 3000 metres

1979 Egypt Cup Final

1979 Eastern 8 Men's Basketball Tournament

1979 Chicago Bears football

The 1979 Dutch Open was a Grand Prix tennis tournament staged in Hilversum, Netherlands. The tournament was played on outdoor clay courts and was held from July 23 to July 29, 1979. It was the 23rd edition of the tournament. Balázs Taróczy won the singles title.

1979 Chico State Wildcats football team

1980 Ohio State Buckeyes football season

1979 Energy Crisis

1979 Erebus disaster

The 1979 English cricket season was the 80th in which the County Championship had been an official competition. The second Cricket World Cup was played and West Indies defeated England in the final. The County Championship was won by Essex for the first time.

1979 DFB-Pokal Final

1979 Cal State Northridge Matadors football season

1979 Canadian Open

The 1979 Coca-Cola 500 was a NASCAR Winston Cup Series racing event that took place on July 30, 1979, at Pocono International Raceway in Long Pond, Pennsylvania. By the following season, NASCAR had completely stopped tracking the year model of all the vehicles and most teams did not take stock cars to the track under their own power anymore. Only manual transmission vehicles were allowed to participate in this race; a policy that NASCAR has retained to the present day.

Dino Ferrari Grand Prix

In 1979 an England rugby union touring team toured Japan, Fiji and Tonga. The tourists won all their seven matches, scoring 270 points and conceding only 93. Only the first international against Japan was close, with Japan leading 19–15 going into injury time – a converted try by Peter Squires allowed England to win the match. England did not award full international caps for the matches against Japan, Fiji and Tonga and the tourists played under the name of England XV rather than England in those games. The Welsh referee Clive Norling travelled with the party and refereed five of the matches. The leading tour points scorer was Huw Davies, with 60 points, and the leading try-scorers were John Carleton (9 tries) and Mike Slemen (7 tries). The visit to Tonga was the first time that a major rugby nation had visited the country.

1979 Davis Cup

1979 Cricket World Cup statistics

1979 East Carolina Pirates football season

1979 Dakar Rally

1980 Arizona Wildcats football

1979 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A

John Newcombe and Tony Roche were the defending champions but only Newcombe competed that year with Vitas Gerulaitis. Gerulaitis and Newcombe lost in the first round to Rod Frawley and Francisco González. Frawley and González won the final by default after Vijay Amritraj and Pat Du Pré withdrew.

The 1979 Chattanooga Moccasins football team represented the University of Chattanooga during the 1979 NCAA Division I-A football season.

The 1979 Cincinnati Reds season consisted of the Reds winning the National League West under their first-year manager John McNamara, with a record of 90-71, 1½ games better than the Houston Astros. It was a year of great change for the Reds, who lost long-time star Pete Rose to the Philadelphia Phillies, who signed Rose as an unrestricted free agent. Also, long-time manager and future Hall of Famer Sparky Anderson was fired by new general manager Dick Wagner when Anderson refused to make changes in his coaching staff. McNamara guided the Reds to its first West Division title in three years. Wagner replaced long-time GM Bob Howsam, who retired after running the Reds for 12 years. Through some good drafts and several key trades, Howsam built a team that won six division titles, and played in four World Series, winning two, during the 1970s. However, the Reds lost the National League Championship Series to the eventual World Series champion Pittsburgh Pirates in three straight games. It was the first time in four tries the Pirates had upended the Reds in a divisional playoff series since Major League Baseball went to divisions in 1969. The Reds played their home games at Riverfront Stadium.

1979 Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens football season

1979 Champ Car season

The 1979 Dniprodzerzhynsk mid-air collision occurred on 11 August 1979 over the Ukrainian SSR, near the city formerly named Dniprodzerzhynsk. The aircraft involved were both Tupolev Tu-134As on scheduled domestic passenger flights, operated by Aeroflot. The Soviet aviation board investigating the accident concluded that the crash was caused by "mistakes and violations" made by air traffic controllers.

1979 Cameroonian Premier League

1979 Danish 1st Division

1979 European Athletics Indoor Championships - Men's 60 metres hurdles

1979 European Athletics Indoor Championships - Women's 60 metres

Jimmy Connors was the defending champion but did not compete that year. Vitas Gerulaitis won in the final 4–6, 6–3, 6–1, 7–6 against Guillermo Vilas.

Chatham Cup

1979 Division 2

1979 Copa America squads

The 1979 Crispa Redmanizers season was the fifth season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA). Known as Walk Tall Jeans in the Third Conference.

The 1979 Cincinnati Bengals season was the team's 12th year in professional football and its tenth with the National Football League (NFL). Fullback Pete Johnson powered his way to 15 touchdowns, but the Bengals struggled to their second straight 4-12 record. After the season, former Cleveland coach Forrest Gregg was named to replace Homer Rice as Bengals head coach.

1979 California Golden Bears football

The men's 400 metres event at the 1979 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held on 24 and 25 February in Vienna.

1979 Colgate-Palmolive Masters – Doubles

1979 Cleveland Indians season

The Men's 1979 European Amateur Boxing Championships were held in Cologne, West Germany from May 5 to May 12, 1979. The 23rd edition of the bi-annual competition was organised by the European governing body for amateur boxing, EABA. There were 146 fighters from across many European countries participated in the competition. The Heavyweight (– 91 kilograms) and Super Heavyweight (+ 91 kilograms) categories were contested for the first time.

The 1979 Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens football team represented the University of Delaware in the 1979 NCAA Division II football season. They were led by 14th year head coach Tubby Raymond and played their home games at Delaware Stadium in Newark, Delaware. The Fightin' Blue Hens had a record of 13–1 and became the NCAA Division II National Champions following a 38–21 win over Youngstown State in the Zia Bowl on December 8. The team was named the Lambert Cup Eastern Champions for being the best Division II college football team in the East, and the team also earned Eastern College Athletic Conference Team of the Year honors. Delaware led Division II football in attendance, with 19,644 attendees per regular season home game.

1979 Copa Polla Gol

1979 European Athletics Indoor Championships - Women's long jump

1979 Custom Credit Australian Indoor Championships – Doubles

Can-Amseason

1979 Dino Ferrari Grand Prix

The 1979 Masters (also known as the 1979 Colgate-Palmolive Masters for sponsorship reasons) was a men's tennis tournament held in Madison Square Garden, New York City, United States between 9 January and 13 January 1980. It was the year-end championship of the 1979 Colgate-Palmolive Grand Prix tour.

1979 Dallas Cowboys season

1980-81 2. Fussball-Bundesliga

The 1979 Currie Cup was the 41st edition of the Currie Cup, the premier annual domestic rugby union competition in South Africa. The tournament was jointly won by Northern Transvaal (for the 11th time) and Western Province (for the 22nd time) after the two teams drew 15–15 in the final in Cape Town.

The 1979 Cal State Northridge Matadors football team represented Cal State Northridge during the 1979 NCAA Division II football season. Cal State Northridge competed in the California Collegiate Athletic Association (CCAA). The 1979 Matadors were led by first-year head coach Tom Keele. They played home games at North Campus Stadium in Northridge, California. Cal State Northridge finished the season with a record of three wins and seven losses (3–7, 1–1 CCAA). The Matadors were outscored by their opponents 144–239 for the season.

1979 East Carolina Pirates football team

The men's 1500 metres event at the 1979 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held on 24 and 25 February in Vienna.

The 1979 Copa Polla Gol Final was played between Universidad de Chile and Colo-Colo at the Estadio Nacional in Santiago, Chile on April 14, 1979, to determine that year's competition winner. Universidad de Chile won the match 2-1, lifting the cup for the first time in its history.

1979 Chicago White Sox season

The 1979 Dino Ferrari Grand Prix was a non-championship Formula One motor race held at the Autodromo Dino Ferrari, Imola on 16 September 1979. The event was held in order for the Imola circuit to qualify for World Championship status from the 1980 season onwards, as part of plans to share the Italian Grand Prix with Monza in alternate years. The 1980 Italian Grand Prix was indeed held at Imola, but the race returned permanently to Monza in 1981, with Imola instead given its own race, the San Marino Grand Prix, which was held until 2006. Sixteen cars entered the race; the eventual winner was Niki Lauda, driving a Brabham-Alfa Romeo. Carlos Reutemann was second in a Lotus-Ford, while Jody Scheckter, who had won the Drivers' Championship at Monza the previous week, was third in his Ferrari. This was the last F1 race of all in which Brabham used Alfa Romeo engines, and Lauda's last race with the team before he quit the sport during practice for the Canadian Grand Prix two weeks later.

The 1979 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A, (officially the V Copa Brasil) was the 23rd edition of the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A.

1979 Custom Credit Australian Indoor Championships - Doubles

1979 Cincinnati Bengals season

1979 Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré

The 1979 Cotton Bowl Classic, popularly called the Chicken Soup Game, was a football game played between the University of Notre Dame and the University of Houston. The game took place on an unusually cold day in Dallas, Texas, played the day after the city's worst ice storm in thirty years. Quarterback Joe Montana, who had the flu, led Notre Dame to a come-from-behind victory in the second half after eating a bowl of chicken soup. The Irish outscored the Cougars 23–0 in the fourth quarter.

1979 California Golden Bears football season

1979 Connecticut Huskies football

1979 Colgate Series Championships

1979 Can-Am season

1979 Challenge Cup Final

1979 Cricket World Cup knockout stage

1979 Colgate-Palmolive Masters - Doubles

The 1979 College Football All-America team is composed of college football players who were selected as All-Americans by various organizations and writers that chose College Football All-America Teams in 1979. The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) recognizes four selectors as "official" for the 1979 season. They are: (1) the American Football Coaches Association (AFCA) based on the input of more than 2,000 voting members; (2) the Associated Press (AP) selected based on the votes of sports writers at AP newspapers; (3) the Football Writers Association of America (FWAA) selected by the nation's football writers; and (4) the United Press International (UPI) selected based on the votes of sports writers at UPI newspapers. Other selectors included Football News (FN), the Newspaper Enterprise Association (NEA), The Sporting News (TSN), and the Walter Camp Football Foundation (WC).

1979 Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens football team

1979 César Awards

The 1979 Calder Cup playoffs of the American Hockey League began on April 11, 1979. The top three teams from each division qualified for the playoffs. The two division winners earned byes for the Division Semifinals while the other two teams in each division played best-of-five series. The winners played best-of-seven series with the team that received the first round bye in their division. The winners of each Division Final played a best-of-seven series for the Calder Cup. The Calder Cup Final ended on May 11, 1979, with the Maine Mariners defeating the New Haven Nighthawks four games to zero to win the Calder Cup for the second consecutive year, and the third time in team history. Maine also beat new Haven in the 1978 Calder Cup Final. In game three of the Southern division final, New Haven scored 15 goals against Binghamton to set an AHL record for most goals scored by one team in one playoff game.

1980 Arizona Wildcats football season

The 1979 Commonwealth Final was the inaugural running of the Commonwealth Final as part of the qualification for the 1979 Speedway World Championship Final to be held at the Silesian Stadium in Chorzów, Poland. The 1979 Final was run on 1 July at the White City Stadium in London, England, and was part of the qualifying for riders from the Commonwealth nations.

1979 Detroit Lions football team

1979 DFB Cup Final

1979 Dutch Open (tennis)

1979 E3 Harelbeke

1979 Eastern Kentucky Colonels football team

1979 Calgary Stampeders season

1979 Masters Tournament

1979 Cal State Hayward Pioneers football team

The 1979 Canadian Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held on 30 September 1979 at the Circuit Île Notre-Dame, Montreal. During practice Niki Lauda announced his retirement from Formula One. The Brabham team, who had replaced their Alfa Romeo-engined BT48 with the Cosworth DFV-engined BT49, recruited Argentine newcomer Ricardo Zunino as Lauda's replacement. The organizers would not let the Alfa Romeo factory team compete unless they pre-qualified. They refused to do so but a compromise was reached where one of their drivers would be allowed to take part in practice. The other, Bruno Giacomelli, was not allowed to enter the race. The race turned into a close duel between Alan Jones and Gilles Villeneuve that continued the entire race.

Peter Fleming and John McEnroe won in the final 6–3, 7–6, 6–1 against Wojtek Fibak and Tom Okker.

An All-American team is an honorary sports team composed of the best amateur players of a specific season for each team position—who in turn are given the honorific "All-America" and typically referred to as "All-American athletes", or simply "All-Americans". Although the honorees generally do not compete together as a unit, the term is used in U.S. team sports to refer to players who are selected by members of the national media. Walter Camp selected the first All-America team in the early days of American football in 1889.

The 1979 Commonwealth Final was the inaugural running of the Commonwealth Final as part of the qualification for the 1979 Speedway World Championship Final to be held at the Silesian Stadium in Chorzów, Poland. The 1979 Final was run on 1 July at the White City Stadium in London, England, and was part of the qualifying for riders from the Commonwealth nations. Riders from Australia and New Zealand qualified for the new Final through the 1979 Australasian Final held at the Rowley Park Speedway in Adelaide, South Australia in February. Those from Great Britain (primarily from England), qualified through the British Championship Final held two weeks earlier at the Brandon Stadium in Coventry.

Statistics of MTN Elite one in season 1979.

The 1979 Central Michigan Chippewas football team was an American football team that represented Central Michigan University during the 1979 NCAA Division I-A football season. In their second season under head coach Herb Deromedi, the Chippewas compiled a 10–0–1 record, won the Mid-American Conference championship, and outscored all opponents by a combined total of 291 to 133. The team played its home games in Perry Shorts Stadium in Mount Pleasant, Michigan, with attendance of 101,705 in five home games.

The 1979 Dallas Cowboys season was their 20th in the league. The team was unable to improve on their previous output of 12–4, winning only eleven games. They qualified for the playoffs, but lost in the Divisional round. In the season's final regular season game against the Redskins, with the NFC East Title at issue, Roger Staubach rallied the Cowboys from a 34–21 deficit in the last four minutes to win, 35–34. It turned out to be Staubach's last win. The Cowboys were upset at home in the divisional playoff by the Rams and Staubach retired after the season.

1979 Edmonton Eskimos season

The 32nd Cannes Film Festival was held from 10 to 24 May 1979. The Palme d'Or went to Apocalypse Now by Francis Ford Coppola, which was screened as a work in progress, and Die Blechtrommel (The Tin Drum) by Volker Schlöndorff. The festival opened with Hair, directed by Miloš Forman and closed with À nous deux, directed by Claude Lelouch. Françoise Sagan, the President of the Jury raised a controversy as she complained that Robert Favre Le Bret, the President of the Festival, had stepped out of his role and had put pressure on the jury for the choice of Coppola's film, while she had defended The Tin Drum to the last minute of the competition. Finally the Palme d'Or was given to both films.

The 1979 Eastern 8 Men's Basketball Tournament was held in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, at the Civic Arena from February 27, 1979, to March 3, 1979. Rutgers defeated Pittsburgh 61-57 in the final.

The 1979 Edmonton Eskimos finished in 1st place in the Western Conference with a 12–2–2 record and repeated as Grey Cup champions after winning the 67th Grey Cup.

1979 Chatham Cup

1979 Emmy Awards may refer to:
* 31st Primetime Emmy Awards, the 1979 Emmy Awards ceremony honoring primetime programming
* 6th Daytime Emmy Awards, the 1979 Emmy Awards ceremony honoring daytime programming
* 7th International Emmy Awards, the 1979 Emmy Awards ceremony honoring international programming

The Copa Polla Gol 1979 was the 9th edition of the Chilean Cup tournament. The competition started on February 17, 1979 and concluded on April 14, 1979. Only first level teams took part in the tournament. Universidad de Chile won the competition for their first time, beating Colo-Colo 2–1 in the final. The points system in the first round awarded 2 points for a win, increased to 3 points if the team scored 4 or more goals.

The 1979 Eastern Michigan Hurons football team represented Eastern Michigan University in the 1979 NCAA Division I-A football season. In their second season under head coach Mike Stock, the Hurons compiled a 2–8–1 record (1–6–1 against conference opponents), finished in ninth place in the Mid-American Conference, and were outscored by their opponents, 236 to 113. The team's statistical leaders included Scott Davis with 1,744 passing yards, Doug Crisan with 412 rushing yards, and Tom Parm with 701 receiving yards.

1979 European Amateur Boxing Championships

1979 Egypt Cup Final, was the final match of the , was between Zamalek and Ghazl El Mahalla, Zamalek won the match 3–0.

The men's 3000 metres event at the 1979 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held on 25 February in Vienna.

The 1979 Custom Credit Australian Indoor Championships was a men's tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts at the Hordern Pavilion in Sydney, Australia and was part of the 1979 Colgate-Palmolive Grand Prix. It was the seventh edition of the tournament and was held from 15 October through 21 October 1979. First-seeded Vitas Gerulaitis won the singles title.

The 1979 Benson & Hedges Masters was a professional non-ranking snooker tournament that took place from Monday 22nd to Friday 26 January 1979 at the Wembley Conference Centre in London, England, which would host the tournament until the venue's demolition in 2006. 10 players were invited for the tournament. Perrie Mans of South Africa won the first Masters tournament held at the Wembley by defeating Alex Higgins 8–4 in the final.

1979 ECAC Hockey Men's Ice Hockey Tournament

*Francisco Macías Nguemais imprisoned and executed on September 29, 1979.

The final of the 1979 ICC Cricket World Cup was played in Lord's, London on 23 June. This was the second time that Lord's had hosted an ICC Cricket World Cup final. The match was won by the West Indies when they defeated England by 92 runs to lift the trophy.

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.

1979 Dallas Cowboys football

The 1979 Easter flood was among the most costly and devastating floods ever to occur in Mississippi, with $500-700 million in damages. This is equivalent to $1.73 billion in present-day terms. It was the result of the Pearl River being overwhelmed by severe rain upstream. Floodwaters sent the Pearl 15 feet above flood stage. More than 17,000 residents of Jackson, Flowood, Pearl, Richland and other communities were forced from their homes. The flooding of the Pearl River placed most of Jackson, the state's capital city, under water.

The 1979 Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré was the 31st edition of the cycle race and was held from 21 May to 28 May 1979. The race started in Mâcon and finished in Annecy. The race was won by Bernard Hinault of the Renault team.

1979 Detroit Lions

1979 California Angels season

The 1979 Calder Cup playoffs of the American Hockey League began on April 11, 1979. The top three teams from each division qualified for the playoffs. The two division winners earned byes for the Division Semifinals while the other two teams in each division played best-of-five series. The winners played best-of-seven series with the team that received the first round bye in their division. The winners of each Division Final played a best-of-seven series for the Calder Cup. The Calder Cup Final ended on May 11, 1979, with the Maine Mariners defeating the New Haven Nighthawks four games to zero to win the Calder Cup for the second consecutive year, and the third time in team history. Maine also beat new Haven in the 1978 Calder Cup Final.

The 1979 Crossley Carpets Trophy, also known as the Chichester International, was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor grass courts at Oaklands Park in Chichester in England. The event was part of the AA category of the 1979 Colgate Series. It was the ninth edition of the tournament and was held from 11 June through 17 June 1979. Fifth-seeded Evonne Goolagong Cawley won the singles title and earned $14,000 first-prize money.

The 1979 Central Fidelity Banks International was a women's singles tennis tournament played on indoor carpet courts at the Robins Center in Richmond, Virginia in the United States. The event was part of the AAA category of the 1979 Colgate Series. It was the inaugural edition of the tournament and was held from August 13 through August 19, 1979. First-seeded Martina Navratilova won the singles title and earned $20,000 first-prize money.

The 1979 Chilean telethon was the second version of the solidarity campaign held in Chile, which took place on November 30th and December 1st, 1979. The theme of this version was "Let's repeat the unbelievable." The symbolic girl was Valeria Arias. It was performed at the Teatro Casino Las Vegas (as was the First Telethon). This time, the goal was to surpass the total in the previous Telethon, and that money would serve to continue building the Teletón's rehabilitation institutes in Santiago, Antofagasta, Valparaiso and Concepcion.

The 1979 Centennial Cup is the ninth Tier II Junior "A" 1979 ice hockey National Championship for the Canadian Junior A Hockey League. The Centennial Cup was competed for by the winners of the Abbott Cup, Dudley Hewitt Cup, and the Callaghan Cup. The tournament was hosted by the Prince Albert Raiders in the city of Prince Albert, Saskatchewan.

This article summarizes the events, album releases, and album release dates in hip hop music for the year 1979.

1979 Cricket World Cup Officials

The 1979 Dino Ferrari Grand Prix was a non-championship Formula One motor race held at the Autodromo Dino Ferrari, Imola on 16 September 1979. The event was held in order for the Imola circuit to qualify for World Championship status from the 1980 season onwards, as part of plans to share the Italian Grand Prix with Monza in alternate years. The 1980 Italian Grand Prix was indeed held at Imola, but the race returned permanently to Monza in 1981, with Imola instead given its own race, the San Marino Grand Prix, which was held until 2006.

1979 Cannes Film Festival

The 1979 Spillers Greyhound Derby took place during June with the final being held on 23 June 1979 at White City Stadium. The winner was Sarahs Bunny and the winning owner Roy Hadley received £25,000. The competition was sponsored by the Spillers.

1979 Cricket World Cup Group B

1980 Arizona Wildcats football team

The 1979 Dissolution Honours List was issued in June 1979 following the general election of that year. The recipients of honours are displayed as they were styled before their new honour.

The Eastern Zone was one of three zones of competition in the 1979 Davis Cup. Australia won the zone and advanced to the Inter-Zonal Zone.
* Australia advanced to Inter-Zonal Zone.

1979 European Athletics Indoor Championships - Men's 1500 metres

1979 European Athletics Indoor Championships - Men's 60 metres

The Americas Zone was one of three zones of competition in the 1979 Davis Cup. It comprised two sub-zones: the North and Central American Zone, and the South American Zone.
* The United States advanced to the Interzonal Zone.

The 1979 East Carolina Pirates football team represented East Carolina University during the 1979 NCAA Division I-A football season.

1979 Crispa Redmanizers season

The 1979 Danish 1st Division season was the 34th season of the Danish 1st Division league championship, governed by the Danish Football Association. It constituted the 66th edition of the Danish football championship, and saw Esbjerg fB win the championship title.

The 1979 Canadian Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held on 30 September 1979 at the Circuit Île Notre-Dame, Montreal. During practice Niki Lauda announced his retirement from Formula One. The Brabham team, who had replaced their Alfa Romeo-engined BT48 with the Cosworth DFV-engined BT49, recruited Argentine newcomer Ricardo Zunino as Lauda's replacement. The race turned into a close duel between Alan Jones and Gilles Villeneuve that continued the entire race.

1979 Canadian Open (snooker)

1979 Dallas Cowboys

1979 Cook Islands Round Cup

1979 Eastern 8 Conference Baseball Tournament

1979 Copa Polla Gol Final

1979 Canada Subtropical Storm

The 1979 California Angels season involved the Angels finishing first in the American League West with a record of 88 wins and 74 losses. They went on to lose to the Baltimore Orioles in the 1979 American League Championship Series, three games to one.

The 1979 Chatham Cup was the 52nd annual nationwide knockout football competition in New Zealand. Early stages of the competition were run in three regions (northern, central, and southern), with the National League teams receiving a bye until the Fourth Roundof the competition. In all, 131 teams took part in the competition. Note: Different sources give different numberings for the rounds of the competition: some start round one with the beginning of the regional qualifications; others start numbering from the first national knock-out stage. The former numbering scheme is used in this article.

1979 Estonian SSR Football Championship

1979 Clemson Tigers football

1979 Dissolution Honours

1979 Canadian incumbents

1979 Currie Cup

1979 Chicago Bears season

1979 Davis Cup Europe Zone

1979 European Athletics Indoor Championships - Women's high jump

The 1979 Canadian Open was the sixth edition of the professional invitational snooker tournament, Canadian Open, which took place in September 1979. Cliff Thorburn won the title for the fourth time, beating Terry Griffiths 17–16 in the final.

1979 Connecticut Huskies baseball team

1979 Cincinnati Reds

1979 Copa Peru

1979 Davis Cup Eastern Zone

The 1979 Star World Championships were held in Marstrand, Sweden in 1979.

The 1979 Masters Tournament was the 43rd Masters Tournament, held April 12–15 at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia. Fuzzy Zoeller won his only Masters, the first of his two major titles, with a birdie on the second hole of a playoff with Ed Sneed and Tom Watson. Jack Nicklaus climbed up the leaderboard on Sunday with a 69 (−3), but bogeyed 17 to finish a stroke out of the playoff; Tom Kite had a double bogey at 16 for an even par 72 in the final round to finish fifth, three strokes back.

1979 Centennial Cup

An All-American team is an honorary sports team composed of the best amateur players of a specific season for each team position—who in turn are given the honorific "All-America" and typically referred to as "All-American athletes", or simply "All-Americans". Although the honorees generally do not compete together as a unit, the term is used in U.S. team sports to refer to players who are selected by members of the national media. Walter Camp selected the first All-America team in the early days of American football in 1889. From 1947 to 1980, the American Baseball Coaches Association was the only All-American selector recognized by the NCAA.

1979 East Carolina Pirates football

The 32nd Cannes Film Festival was held from 10 to 24 May 1979. The Palme d'Or went to Apocalypse Now by Francis Ford Coppola, which was screened as a work in progress, and Die Blechtrommel (The Tin Drum) by Volker Schlöndorff. The festival opened with Hair, directed by Miloš Forman and closed with À nous deux, directed by Claude Lelouch.

The Europe Zone was one of the three zones of competition in the 1979 Davis Cup. Two sub-zones were played, with the winner of each advancing to the Inter-Zonal Zone.

The 1979 Eastern 8 Conference Baseball Tournament was held in May 1979 to determine the champion of the NCAA Division I Eastern 8 Conference, renamed in 1982 as the Atlantic 10 Conference, for the 1979 NCAA Division I baseball season. This was the first iteration of the event, and was held at Hershey High School and Lower Dauphin High School in Hershey, Pennsylvania. George Washington earned the first championship and the conference's automatic bid to the 1979 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.

1979 Custom Credit Australian Indoor Championships - Singles

1979 Denver Broncos football team

1979 Calder Cup playoffs

1979 Denver Broncos

1979 European Athletics Indoor Championships - Men's triple jump

1979 European Athletics Indoor Championships - Women's 60 metres hurdles

1979 European Athletics Indoor Championships - Women's 400 metres

1979 Easter flood

1979 Cincinnati Open

1979 Dallas Cowboys football team

1979 in hip hop music

1979 European Athletics Indoor Championships - Men's 800 metres

1979 Cincinnati Reds season

The 1979 Eastern Kentucky Colonels football team represented Eastern Kentucky University in the 1979 NCAA Division I-AA football season. They competed as a member of the Ohio Valley Conference and played their home games at Hanger Field in Richmond, Kentucky. Head coach Roy Kidd was in his 16th season leading the Colonels.

1979 Cal State Northridge Matadors football team

1979 Challenge Cup (rugby league)

1979 Central Fidelity Banks International

1979 Campeonato Argentino de Rugby

1979 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's 400 metres

This is a list of statistics for the 1979 Cricket World Cup.

In a very close semifinal match, England prevailed. New Zealand won the toss and fielded. England began badly, falling to 38/2, before Mike Brearley (53 from 115 balls, 3 fours) and Graham Gooch (71 from 84 balls, 1 four, 3 sixes) resurrected the innings. Derek Randall (42 from 50 balls, 1 four, 1 six) played well in the second half of the innings, as England recovered from 98/4 to post 221 (8 wickets, 60 overs). In the response, John Wright (69 from 137 balls) attacked well in the beginning. However, the loss of wickets bogged New Zealand down, and despite several late flourishes in the batting order, New Zealand started to drop behind. When New Zealand could not achieve the remaining 14 runs from the last over of the match, England went into the final.

1979 Colgate-Palmolive Masters – Singles

1979 English cricket season

The 1979 Davis Cup was the 68th edition of the most important tournament between national teams in men's tennis. 52 teams would enter the competition, 29 in the Europe Zone, 13 in the Americas Zone, and 10 in the Eastern Zone.

1979 English Greyhound Derby

The Copa Fraternidad 1979 was played in two groups of six teams, the winners of each group decided the title in a double headed. It was the ninth edition of this tournament under this name.

1979 Eastern Michigan Hurons football

1979 Connecticut Huskies football season

1979 Chilean telethon

1979 Empress's Cup Final was the 1st final of the Empress's Cup competition. The final was played at Mitsubishi Yowa Sugamo Ground in Tokyo on March 23, 1980. FC Jinnan won the championship.

1979 Denver Broncos football

1979 Equatorial Guinea coup d'etat

1979 Central Michigan Chippewas football

1979 Colgate-Palmolive Masters

1979 Connecticut Huskies football team

1979 Congoleum Classic - Doubles

1979 College Football All-America Team

1979 Congoleum Classic – Singles

The 1979 Cincinnati Open (also known as the 1979 ATP Championships for sponsorship reasons) was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts at the Lindner Family Tennis Center in Mason, Ohio in the United States that was part of the 1979 Colgate-Palmolive Grand Prix. The tournament was held from August 20 through August 26, 1979.

1979 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's 3000 metres

1979 Davison's Tennis Classic

1979 European Athletics Indoor Championships - Men's 400 metres

The 1979 Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks season was the thirteenth in the club's history. They competed in the NSWRFL's 1979 Premiership and also won the 1979 Amco Cup.

The 1979 season of the Cook Islands Round Cup was the tenth recorded season of top flight association football competition in the Cook Islands, with any results between 1951 and 1969 currently unknown. Titikaveka won the championship, their tenth recorded championship in a row.

The 1979 Dwars door België was the 34th edition of the Dwars door Vlaanderen cycle race and was held on 25 March 1979. The race started and finished in Waregem. The race was won by Gustaaf Van Roosbroeck.

1979 Challenge Cup (Ice Hockey)

The 1979 Clemson Tigers football team represented Clemson University during the 1979 NCAA Division I-A football season. Clemson's 400th win came September 22 against Georgia.

1979 Central Michigan Chippewas football team

1979 in gay rights

1979 EuroBasket

1979 Custom Credit Australian Indoor Championships

1979 Canada rugby union tour of England, Wales and France

1979 Copa America

The 1979 Can-Am season was the twelfth running of the Sports Car Club of America's prototype-based series and the third running of the revived series. Formula One legend Jacky Ickx was declared champion, winning five of the ten rounds and finishing second at Road Atlanta. Chevrolet again dominated the season. The top chassis builders were Lola, Prophet, and Spyder, with Vern Schuppan finishing third at Watkins Glen in an Elfin and Al Holbert finishing third at Road America in a Hogan. 1979 would also mark the introduction of a second class for prototypes with engines under 2000cc. That class was won by Tim Evans in his Lola T290.

1979 Masters (snooker)

1979 Chicago Bears football team

1979 County Championship

The Chicago blizzard of 1979 was a major blizzard that affected northern Illinois and northwest Indiana on January 13–14, 1979. It was one of the largest Chicago snowstorms in history at the time, with 21 inches of snowfall in the two-day period. Only two to four inches of snow was expected but by the end of Sunday, January 14, the depth of snow on the ground peaked at 29 inches. The blizzard lasted for a total of 38 hours. At its peak, wind gusts reached speeds of 39 miles per hour. Five people died during the blizzard, with approximately 15 others seriously injured due to conditions created by the storm. One of the five deaths came when a snowplow driver went berserk, hitting 34 cars and ramming a man. O'Hare Airport was closed and all flights were grounded for 96 hours, from January 13 to 15. The cold weather and snowfall throughout the rest of January and February resulted in frozen tracks throughout the Chicago 'L' system. Consequently commuters overwhelmed the capacity of CTA buses, causing bus commutes that normally would have taken 30 to 45 minutes to take up to several hours. To avoid huge snowdrifts in the streets, the overcrowded buses were obliged to take numerous detours, adding additional time to the commute.

1979 Copa Fraternidad

The 1980 Arizona Wildcats football team represented the University of Arizona in the Pacific-10 Conference (Pac-10) during the 1980 NCAA Division I-A football season. In their first season under head coach Larry Smith, the Wildcats compiled a 5–6 record (3–4 against Pac-10 opponents), finished in a tie for sixth place in the Pac-10, and were outscored by their opponents, 275 to 215. The team played its home games in Arizona Stadium in Tucson, Arizona.

1979 Clemson Tigers football team

The 1979 Cal State Hayward Pioneers football team represented California State University, Hayward in the 1979 NCAA Division II football season. Cal State Hayward competed in the Far Western Conference (FWC). The Pioneers were led by fifth-year head coach Tim Tierney. They played home games at Pioneer Stadium in Hayward, California. On the field the Pioneers finished the season with a record of two wins and eight losses (2–8, 1–4 FWC). They were outscored by their opponents 90–203 for the 1979 season. After the season ended, it was discovered that the Pioneers had used an ineligible player for part of the season. They were forced to forfeit their conference victory against San Francisco state, bringing their adjusted record to one win and nine losses (1–9, 0–5 FWC).

The 1979 Masters Tournament was the 43rd Masters Tournament, held April 12–15 at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia. Fuzzy Zoeller won his only Masters, the first of his two major titles, with a birdie on the second hole of a playoff with Ed Sneed and Tom Watson. Jack Nicklaus climbed up the leaderboard on Sunday with a 69 (−3), but bogeyed 17 to finish a stroke out of the playoff; Tom Kite had a double bogey at 16 for an even par 72 in the final round to finish fifth, three strokes back. Second and third round leader Sneed seemed to have a commanding three-shot lead with only three holes to go, but bogeyed the final three holes to card a final round 76 (+4) and fell into the playoff. It was the debut of the sudden-death format at Augusta, adopted by the Masters in 1976. Its last playoff was nine years earlier in 1970, then a full 18-hole round on Monday. The sudden-death playoff began on the tenth hole, a downhill par-4, where all three players missed birdie putts and parred. On the second hole, the par-4 11th, Sneed failed to hole a bunker shot and Watson a birdie putt, and then Zoeller made his from 6 feet (2 m) to win. Zoeller, age 27, was the first to win the Masters in his initial attempt since Gene Sarazen in 1935, the second edition of the tournament. In his fifth season on tour, it was Zoeller's second win, the first came less than three months earlier at the Andy Williams-San Diego Open Invitational. He won his other major five years later at the 1984 U.S. Open, also in a playoff. The second round was suspended for two hours Friday afternoon due to heavy rain and tornado warnings. Due to the delay, not all golfers were able to complete their second rounds on Friday and the cut line was not determined until these rounds were completed on Saturday morning. Normally scheduled to conclude on the second Sunday of April, this Masters was held a week later, as was 1984.

The 1980 Arizona Wildcats football team represented the University of Arizona in the Pacific-10 Conference (Pac-10) during the 1980 NCAA Division I-A football season. In their first season under head coach Larry Smith, the Wildcats compiled a 5–6 record (3–4 against Pac-10 opponents), finished in a tie for sixth place in the Pac-10, and were outscored by their opponents, 275 to 215. The team played its home games in Arizona Stadium in Tucson, Arizona. The team's statistical leaders included with 1,204 passing yards, Hubert Oliver with 655 rushing yards, and Tim Holmes with 545 receiving yards. Linebacker Jack Housley led the team with 104 total tackles.

1979 Cleveland Browns football

The 1979 Cal State Hayward Pioneers football team represented California State University, Hayward in the 1979 NCAA Division II football season. Cal State Hayward competed in the Far Western Conference (FWC). The Pioneers were led by fifth-year head coach Tim Tierney. They played home games at Pioneer Stadium in Hayward, California. On the field the Pioneers finished the season with a record of two wins and eight losses (2–8, 1–4 FWC). They were outscored by their opponents 90–203 for the 1979 season.

1979 Challenge Cup (rugby)

The 1979 College Football All-America team is composed of college football players who were selected as All-Americans by various organizations and writers that chose College Football All-America Teams in 1979. The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) recognizes four selectors as "official" for the 1979 season. They are: (1) the American Football Coaches Association (AFCA) based on the input of more than 2,000 voting members; (2) the Associated Press (AP) selected based on the votes of sports writers at AP newspapers; (3) the Football Writers Association of America (FWAA) selected by the nation's football writers; and (4) the United Press International (UPI) selected based on the votes of sports writers at UPI newspapers. Other selectors included Football News (FN), the Newspaper

1979 Cleveland Browns season

1979 Coca-Cola 500

1979 Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens football

1979 Chattanooga Moccasins football team

1979 Congoleum Classic – Doubles

1979 Cotton Bowl

1979 Chicago blizzard

1979 Congoleum Classic - Singles

1979 European Athletics Indoor Championships - Women's shot put

1979 Challenge Cup

1979 Copa Perú

1980 Fresno State Bulldogs football

1979 Cricket World Cup Group A

1979 Masters Snooker

1979 EuroHockey Club Champions Cup

The 1979 Chilean telethon was the second version of the solidarity campaign held in Chile, which took place on November 30th and December 1st, 1979. The theme of this version was "Let's repeat the unbelievable." The symbolic girl was Valeria Arias. It was performed at the Teatro Casino Las Vegas (as was the First Telethon). This time, the goal was to surpass the total in the previous Telethon, and that money would serve to continue building the Teletón's rehabilitation institutes in Santiago, Antofagasta, Valparaiso and Concepcion. At 21:35 the target was passed with the total of: CL$ 85,427,324. Over the whole event a total of CL$138,728,450 was raised.

The 1979 Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens football team represented the University of Delaware in the 1979 NCAA Division II football season. They were led by 14th year head coach Tubby Raymond and played their home games at Delaware Stadium in Newark, Delaware.

1979 European Athletics Indoor Championships - Men's pole vault

The 1979 Central Michigan Chippewas football team was an American football team that represented Central Michigan University during the 1979 NCAA Division I-A football season. In their second season under head coach Herb Deromedi, the Chippewas compiled a 10–0–1 record, won the Mid-American Conference championship, and outscored all opponents by a combined total of 291 to 133. The team played its home games in Perry Shorts Stadium in Mount Pleasant, Michigan, with attendance of 101,705 in five home games. The team's statistical leaders were Gary Hogeboom with 1,404 passing yards, Willie Todd with 1,003 rushing yards, and Mike Ball with 457 receiving yards. Hogeboom was selected as the team's most valuable player and as the MAC Offensive Player of the Year. Seven Central Michigan players (OT Marty Smallbone, WR Mike Ball, RB Willie Todd, QB Gary Hogeboom, DT Bill White, DB Robert Jackson, and LB Tim Hollandsworth) received first-team All-MAC honors.

1979 Chattanooga Moccasins football

1979 Colorado Buffaloes football season

1979 Emmy Awards

1979 European Athletics Indoor Championships