The 1979 Northern Arizona Lumberjacks football team represented Northern Arizona University as a member of the Big Sky Conference during the 1979 NCAA Division I-AA football season. Led by first-year head coach Bud Hake, the Lumberjacks compiled an overall record of 7âÂÂ4, with a mark of 3âÂÂ4 in conference play, and finished tied for fourth in the Big Sky.