| Nov 3, 1979 | Air Force 28, Army 7 | Box score |
| Nov 3, 1979 | 1Alabama 24, Mississippi State 7 | Box score |
| Nov 3, 1979 | 9Arkansas 34, Rice 7 | Box score |
| Nov 3, 1979 | 20Auburn 19, Florida 13 | Box score |
| Nov 3, 1979 | Ball State 28, Eastern Michigan 10 | Box score |
| Nov 3, 1979 | 11BYU 30, Colorado State 7 | Box score |
| Nov 3, 1979 | Brown 23, Harvard 14 | Box score |
| Nov 3, 1979 | Toledo 7, Central Michigan 7 | Box score |
| Nov 3, 1979 | Chattanooga 42, Western Carolina 35 | Box score |
| Nov 3, 1979 | The Citadel 17, Marshall 16 | Box score |
| Nov 3, 1979 | Clemson 31, 14Wake Forest 0upset | Box score |
| Nov 3, 1979 | Dartmouth 17, Columbia 0 | Box score |
| Nov 3, 1979 | East Carolina 38, App State 21 | Box score |
| Nov 3, 1979 | 6Florida State 26, Cincinnati 21 | Box score |
| Nov 3, 1979 | Georgia Tech 24, Duke 14 | Box score |
| Nov 3, 1979 | 4Houston 21, TCU 10 | Box score |
| Nov 3, 1979 | Indiana 42, Minnesota 24 | Box score |
| Nov 3, 1979 | Iowa State 24, Colorado 10 | Box score |
| Nov 3, 1979 | Kansas 36, Kansas State 28 | Box score |
| Nov 3, 1979 | Kentucky 20, Bowling Green 14 | Box score |
| Nov 3, 1979 | Lamar 21, UL Monroe 7 | Box score |
| Nov 3, 1979 | Long Beach State 17, Pacific 15 | Box score |
| Nov 3, 1979 | LSU 28, Ole Miss 24 | Box score |
| Nov 3, 1979 | Maryland 17, 18North Carolina 14upset | Box score |
| Nov 3, 1979 | Miami 26, 19Penn State 10upset | Box score |
| Nov 3, 1979 | 10Michigan 54, Wisconsin 0 | Box score |
| Nov 3, 1979 | Michigan State 42, Northwestern 7 | Box score |
| Nov 3, 1979 | 2Nebraska 23, Missouri 20 | Box score |
| Nov 3, 1979 | UNLV 31, Fresno State 28 | Box score |
| Nov 3, 1979 | North Texas 19, Louisiana Tech 17 | Box score |
| Nov 3, 1979 | Northern Illinois 25, Kent State 0 | Box score |
| Nov 3, 1979 | 13Notre Dame 14, Navy 0 | Box score |
| Nov 3, 1979 | 5Ohio State 44, Illinois 7 | Box score |
| Nov 3, 1979 | 7Oklahoma 38, Oklahoma State 7 | Box score |
| Nov 3, 1979 | 12Pittsburgh 28, Syracuse 21 | Box score |
| Nov 3, 1979 | Princeton 38, Pennsylvania 10 | Box score |
| Nov 3, 1979 | 15Purdue 20, Iowa 14 | Box score |
| Nov 3, 1979 | Rutgers 13, 17Tennessee 7upset | Box score |
| Nov 3, 1979 | San Diego State 31, Wyoming 21 | Box score |
| Nov 3, 1979 | South Carolina 30, NC State 28 | Box score |
| Nov 3, 1979 | 3USC 34, Arizona 7 | Box score |
| Nov 3, 1979 | Southern Illinois 41, Indiana State 38 | Box score |
| Nov 3, 1979 | Louisville 10, Southern Miss 10 | Box score |
| Nov 3, 1979 | Stanford 28, Arizona State 21 | Box score |
| Nov 3, 1979 | Temple 34, Hawai’i 31 | Box score |
| Nov 3, 1979 | 8Texas 14, Texas Tech 6 | Box score |
| Nov 3, 1979 | Texas A&M 47, SMU 14 | Box score |
| Nov 3, 1979 | Texas–Arlington 56, Arkansas State 18 | Box score |
| Nov 3, 1979 | Tulane 41, Boston College 8 | Box score |
| Nov 3, 1979 | Tulsa 28, Wichita State 26 | Box score |
| Nov 3, 1979 | Utah 26, New Mexico 7 | Box score |
| Nov 3, 1979 | Utah State 35, Cal State Fullerton 7 | Box score |
| Nov 3, 1979 | Vanderbilt 13, Memphis 3upset | Box score |
| Nov 3, 1979 | Villanova 9, Richmond 3 | Box score |
| Nov 3, 1979 | Virginia 31, Georgia 0upset | Box score |
| Nov 3, 1979 | 16Washington 28, California 24 | Box score |
| Nov 3, 1979 | Washington State 45, Oregon State 42 | Box score |
| Nov 3, 1979 | West Texas 54, New Mexico State 21 | Box score |
| Nov 3, 1979 | West Virginia 34, Virginia Tech 23 | Box score |
| Nov 3, 1979 | Western Michigan 24, Miami (OH) 3 | Box score |
| Nov 3, 1979 | Yale 23, Cornell 20 | Box score |