| Sport: | football |
| Year: | 1879 |
| Prev Year: | none |
| Team: | Racine College |
| Conference: | Independent |
| Record: | 0–1 |
| Head Coach: | no coach |
| Stadium: | none |
The 1879 Racine College football team represented Racine College during the 1879 college football season. Racine and the University of Michigan inaugurated college football in the Midwest with a match played on May 30, 1879. Michigan won, 1–0.[1]