| Year: | 1979 |
| Team: | New Hampshire Wildcats |
| Sport: | football |
| Conference: | Yankee Conference |
| Short Conf: | Yankee |
| Record: | 5–4–2 |
| Conf Record: | 2–2–1 |
| Head Coach: | Bill Bowes |
| Hc Year: | 8th |
| Stadium: | Cowell Stadium |
The 1979 New Hampshire Wildcats football team was an American football team that represented the University of New Hampshire as a member of the Yankee Conference during the 1979 NCAA Division I-AA football season. In its eighth year under head coach Bill Bowes, the team compiled a 5–4–2 record (2–2–1 against conference opponents) and finished fourth out of six teams in the Yankee Conference.[1]