1979 NCAA Division II football season

American college football season

1979 NCAA Division II football season

Regular season| August – November 1979
Playoffs| December 1979
National Championship| Zia Bowl
University Stadium
Albuquerque, NM
Champion| Delaware

* ← 1978
* NCAA Division II football seasons
* 1980 →

The 1979 NCAA Division II football season, part of college football in the United States organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association at the Division II level, began in August 1979, and concluded with the NCAA Division II Football Championship in December 1979 at University Stadium in Albuquerque, NM. During the game's two-year stretch in New Mexico, it was referred to as the Zia Bowl. The Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens defeated the Youngstown State Penguins, 38–21, to win their first Division II national title.[1]

## Conference changes and new programs

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School | 1978 Conference | 1979 Conference

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Bowie State | D-III Independent | CIAA
Eastern Washington | Evergreen (NAIA) | Independent
James Madison | D-III Independent | D-II Independent
Nicholls State | Gulf South | Independent
Northern Colorado | Independent | North Central
Shaw | CIAA | Dropped Program
Southeastern Louisiana | Gulf South | Independent
Towson State | D-III Independent | D-II Independent

## Conference standings

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1979 Association of Mid-Continent Universities football standings |

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No. 2 Youngstown State $^  | 5  | – | 0  | – | 0 |  |  | 11  | – | 2  | – | 0
Northern Iowa | 4  | – | 1  | – | 0 |  |  | 6  | – | 5  | – | 0
Akron | 3  | – | 2  | – | 0 |  |  | 6  | – | 5  | – | 0
Eastern Illinois | 1  | – | 4  | – | 0 |  |  | 7  | – | 4  | – | 0
Northern Michigan | 1  | – | 4  | – | 0 |  |  | 4  | – | 6  | – | 0
Western Illinois | 1  | – | 4  | – | 0 |  |  | 3  | – | 8  | – | 0

* $ – Conference champion
* ^ – NCAA Division II playoff participant

Rankings from NCAA Division II AP Poll
1979 California Collegiate Athletic Association football standings |

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No. 7 Cal Poly $  | 2  | – | 0  | – | 0 |  |  | 7  | – | 3  | – | 0
Cal State Northridge | 1  | – | 1  | – | 0 |  |  | 3  | – | 7  | – | 0
Cal Poly Pomona | 0  | – | 2  | – | 0 |  |  | 0  | – | 11  | – | 0

* $ – Conference champion

Rankings from NCAA Division II AP Poll
1979 Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings |

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No. 6 Virginia Union $^  | 8  | – | 0  | – | 0 |  |  | 10  | – | 2  | – | 0
Winston-Salem State | 6  | – | 1  | – | 1 |  |  | 8  | – | 2  | – | 1
Norfolk State | 6  | – | 1  | – | 1 |  |  | 8  | – | 3  | – | 1
Virginia State | 5  | – | 2  | – | 1 |  |  | 6  | – | 4  | – | 1
Fayetteville State | 4  | – | 3  | – | 1 |  |  | 4  | – | 4  | – | 1
Elizabeth City State | 2  | – | 6  | – | 0 |  |  | 3  | – | 7  | – | 0
Hampton | 2  | – | 6  | – | 0 |  |  | 3  | – | 8  | – | 0
Livingstone | 2  | – | 6  | – | 0 |  |  | 3  | – | 8  | – | 0
Johnson C. Smith | 1  | – | 6  | – | 1 |  |  | 1  | – | 9  | – | 1
Saint Paul's (VA) | 0  | – | 8  | – | 0 |  |  | 0  | – | 9  | – | 0
Bowie State *  | 0  | – | 0  | – | 0 |  |  | 2  | – | 8  | – | 0

* $ – Conference champion
* ^ – NCAA Division II playoff participant
* * – ineligible for conference title

Rankings from NCAA Division II AP Poll
1979 Far Western Conference football standings |

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UC Davis $  | 5  | – | 0  | – | 0 |  |  | 7  | – | 2  | – | 1
Humboldt State | 4  | – | 1  | – | 0 |  |  | 8  | – | 2  | – | 0
Chico State | 2  | – | 3  | – | 0 |  |  | 5  | – | 6  | – | 0
Sacramento State | 2  | – | 3  | – | 0 |  |  | 4  | – | 6  | – | 0
San Francisco State | 1  | – | 4  | – | 0 |  |  | 3  | – | 7  | – | 0
Cal State Hayward | 1  | – | 4  | – | 0 |  |  | 2  | – | 8  | – | 0

* $ – Conference champion
* Adjusted for Cal Poly Pomona forfeits to UC Davis and Sacramento State

1979 Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference football standings |

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No. 8 Saginaw Valley State $^  | 4  | – | 0  | – | 1 |  |  | 8  | – | 2  | – | 1
Wayne State (MI) | 3  | – | 1  | – | 1 |  |  | 3  | – | 5  | – | 1
Ferris State | 3  | – | 2  | – | 0 |  |  | 5  | – | 4  | – | 1
Grand Valley State | 2  | – | 3  | – | 0 |  |  | 4  | – | 5  | – | 0
Northwood | 1  | – | 4  | – | 0 |  |  | 5  | – | 4  | – | 0
Hillsdale | 1  | – | 4  | – | 0 |  |  | 3  | – | 8  | – | 0

* $ – Conference champion
* ^ – NAIA Division I playoff participant

Rankings from NAIA Division I poll
1979 Gulf South Conference football standings |

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No. 5 Mississippi College $^  | 5  | – | 1  | – | 0 |  |  | 10  | – | 3  | – | 0
Troy State | 4  | – | 1  | – | 0 |  |  | 6  | – | 3  | – | 1
Tennessee–Martin | 3  | – | 2  | – | 0 |  |  | 5  | – | 5  | – | 0
North Alabama | 3  | – | 3  | – | 0 |  |  | 6  | – | 5  | – | 0
Delta State | 2  | – | 4  | – | 0 |  |  | 4  | – | 6  | – | 0
Jacksonville State | 1  | – | 5  | – | 0 |  |  | 4  | – | 6  | – | 0
Livingston | 1  | – | 5  | – | 0 |  |  | 3  | – | 8  | – | 0

* $ – Conference champion
* ^ – NCAA Division II playoff participant

Rankings from AP Poll
1979 Heartland Collegiate Conference standings |

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Saint Joseph's (IN) $  | 4  | – | 1  | – | 0 |  |  | 8  | – | 2  | – | 0
Franklin (IN) | 5  | – | 2  | – | 0 |  |  | 6  | – | 4  | – | 0
Butler | 3  | – | 2  | – | 0 |  |  | 5  | – | 5  | – | 0
Valparaiso | 2  | – | 3  | – | 0 |  |  | 5  | – | 4  | – | 0
Indiana Central | 2  | – | 4  | – | 0 |  |  | 3  | – | 6  | – | 0
Evansville | 0  | – | 6  | – | 0 |  |  | 2  | – | 9  | – | 0
Georgetown (KY) *  | 3  | – | 0  | – | 0 |  |  | 4  | – | 6  | – | 0
Ashland *  | 0  | – | 1  | – | 0 |  |  | 3  | – | 6  | – | 0

* $ – Conference champion
* * – ineligible for conference title

1979 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference football standings |

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Morgan State $  | 5  | – | 0  | – | 0 |  |  | 9  | – | 2  | – | 0
South Carolina State | 4  | – | 1  | – | 0 |  |  | 8  | – | 3  | – | 0
North Carolina A&T | 2  | – | 2  | – | 1 |  |  | 4  | – | 6  | – | 1
Howard | 2  | – | 3  | – | 0 |  |  | 5  | – | 6  | – | 0
Delaware State | 1  | – | 4  | – | 1 |  |  | 4  | – | 5  | – | 1
North Carolina Central | 1  | – | 4  | – | 0 |  |  | 2  | – | 8  | – | 1
Maryland Eastern Shore | 0  | – | 0  | – | 0 |  |  | 3  | – | 7  | – | 1

* $ – Conference champion
* Maryland Eastern Shore games did not count as conference games in 1979

1979 Missouri Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings |

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NW Missouri State $  | 5  | – | 1  | – | 0 |  |  | 6  | – | 5  | – | 0
SE Missouri State | 5  | – | 1  | – | 0 |  |  | 6  | – | 4  | – | 1
Missouri-Rolla | 3  | – | 3  | – | 0 |  |  | 7  | – | 3  | – | 1
SW Missouri State | 3  | – | 3  | – | 0 |  |  | 7  | – | 4  | – | 0
NE Missouri State | 3  | – | 3  | – | 0 |  |  | 4  | – | 7  | – | 0
Central Missouri State | 1  | – | 5  | – | 0 |  |  | 2  | – | 8  | – | 0
Lincoln (MO) | 1  | – | 5  | – | 0 |  |  | 4  | – | 7  | – | 0

* $ – Conference champion
* ^ – NCAA Division II playoff participant

1979 North Central Conference football standings |

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No. 3 North Dakota $^  | 5  | – | 1  | – | 0 |  |  | 10  | – | 2  | – | 0
No. 8 South Dakota State * ^  | 4  | – | 2  | – | 0 |  |  | 9  | – | 3  | – | 0
North Dakota State | 4  | – | 2  | – | 0 |  |  | 6  | – | 4  | – | 0
Nebraska–Omaha | 3  | – | 3  | – | 0 |  |  | 8  | – | 3  | – | 0
South Dakota *  | 3  | – | 3  | – | 0 |  |  | 5  | – | 6  | – | 0
Augustana (SD) | 2  | – | 4  | – | 0 |  |  | 4  | – | 5  | – | 0
Morningside | 0  | – | 6  | – | 0 |  |  | 0  | – | 10  | – | 0
Northern Colorado †  | 0  | – | 0  | – | 0 |  |  | 2  | – | 8  | – | 0

* $ – Conference champion
* ^ – NCAA Division II playoff participant
* * – South Dakota State won two head-to-head games over South Dakota, which counted as one game for each team in the conference standings.
† – Northern Colorado was ineligible for the conference title.

Rankings from AP Poll
1979 Northern Intercollegiate Conference football standings |

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Minnesota Duluth \+  | 7  | – | 1  | – | 0 |  |  | 8  | – | 2  | – | 0
Moorhead State \+  | 7  | – | 1  | – | 0 |  |  | 8  | – | 3  | – | 0
Minnesota Morris ^  | 6  | – | 2  | – | 0 |  |  | 9  | – | 2  | – | 0
St. Cloud State | 5  | – | 3  | – | 0 |  |  | 5  | – | 6  | – | 0
Mankato State | 4  | – | 4  | – | 0 |  |  | 5  | – | 5  | – | 0
Michigan Tech | 4  | – | 4  | – | 0 |  |  | 4  | – | 6  | – | 0
Southwest State (MN) | 2  | – | 6  | – | 0 |  |  | 4  | – | 7  | – | 0
Bemidji State | 1  | – | 7  | – | 0 |  |  | 1  | – | 8  | – | 1
Winona State | 0  | – | 8  | – | 0 |  |  | 0  | – | 11  | – | 0

* \+ – Conference co-champions
* ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant

1979 Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference football standings |

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East Division
Cheyney xy  | 4  | – | 1  | – | 0 |  |  | 9  | – | 2  | – | 0
Millersville x^  | 4  | – | 1  | – | 0 |  |  | 8  | – | 2  | – | 0
East Stroudsburg | 3  | – | 2  | – | 0 |  |  | 7  | – | 3  | – | 0
Kutztown | 3  | – | 2  | – | 0 |  |  | 6  | – | 3  | – | 0
Bloomsburg | 1  | – | 4  | – | 0 |  |  | 2  | – | 8  | – | 0
Mansfield | 0  | – | 5  | – | 0 |  |  | 0  | – | 9  | – | 0
West Division
Lock Haven xy$  | 6  | – | 0  | – | 0 |  |  | 9  | – | 2  | – | 0
Clarion | 5  | – | 1  | – | 0 |  |  | 9  | – | 1  | – | 0
Indiana (PA) | 3  | – | 3  | – | 0 |  |  | 7  | – | 3  | – | 0
Slippery Rock | 2  | – | 4  | – | 0 |  |  | 3  | – | 6  | – | 0
Edinboro | 2  | – | 4  | – | 0 |  |  | 4  | – | 6  | – | 0
Shippensburg | 2  | – | 4  | – | 0 |  |  | 4  | – | 6  | – | 0
California (PA) | 1  | – | 5  | – | 0 |  |  | 3  | – | 7  | – | 0
Championship: Lock Haven 48, Cheyney 14

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* x – Division champion/co-champions
* y – Championship game participant
* ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant

1979 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference football standings |

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Division I
No. 9 Alabama A&M x^  | 5  | – | 0  | – | 0 |  |  | 8  | – | 3  | – | 0
Morris Brown | 6  | – | 2  | – | 0 |  |  | 6  | – | 5  | – | 0
Tuskegee | 3  | – | 2  | – | 0 |  |  | 5  | – | 6  | – | 0
Bethune-Cookman | 1  | – | 3  | – | 0 |  |  | 5  | – | 6  | – | 0
Albany State | 1  | – | 6  | – | 0 |  |  | 1  | – | 9  | – | 1
Division II
Morehouse x  | 6  | – | 2  | – | 0 |  |  | 6  | – | 3  | – | 0
Savannah State | 5  | – | 2  | – | 1 |  |  | 6  | – | 3  | – | 1
Knoxville | 2  | – | 4  | – | 0 |  |  | 6  | – | 4  | – | 0
Fort Valley State | 4  | – | 4  | – | 1 |  |  | 4  | – | 4  | – | 1
Fisk | 2  | – | 3  | – | 1 |  |  | 2  | – | 4  | – | 1
Clark | 2  | – | 5  | – | 1 |  |  | 2  | – | 5  | – | 1
Lane | 1  | – | 5  | – | 0 |  |  | 1  | – | 7  | – | 0

* x – Division champion/co-champions
* ^ – NCAA Division II playoff participant

Rankings from Associated Press poll
1979 West Virginia Intercollegiate Athletic Conference football standings |

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Northern Division
No. 10 Fairmont State xy$  | 7  | – | 1  | – | 1 |  |  | 9  | – | 1  | – | 1
No. T–15th West Liberty State x  | 7  | – | 1  | – | 1 |  |  | 7  | – | 2  | – | 1
Salem | 6  | – | 2  | – | 1 |  |  | 6  | – | 3  | – | 1
Shepherd | 5  | – | 4  | – | 0 |  |  | 5  | – | 5  | – | 0
West Virginia Wesleyan | 1  | – | 8  | – | 0 |  |  | 1  | – | 8  | – | 0
Southern Division
West Virginia State xy  | 6  | – | 3  | – | 0 |  |  | 6  | – | 5  | – | 0
Concord | 4  | – | 3  | – | 2 |  |  | 5  | – | 3  | – | 2
Glenville State | 3  | – | 6  | – | 0 |  |  | 4  | – | 6  | – | 0
West Virginia Tech | 1  | – | 6  | – | 2 |  |  | 1  | – | 6  | – | 2
Bluefield State | 1  | – | 7  | – | 1 |  |  | 1  | – | 8  | – | 1
Championship: Fairmont State 14, West Virginia State 13

* $ – Conference champion
* x – Division champion/co-champions
* y – Championship game participant

Rankings from NAIA Division I poll
1979 NCAA Division II independents football records |

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No. 1 Delaware ^  |   |  | – |  |   |  |  | 13  | – | 1  | – | 0
Towson State |   |  | – |  |   |  |  | 9  | – | 1  | – | 0
No. 4 Morgan State ^  |   |  | – |  |   |  |  | 9  | – | 2  | – | 0
Eastern Washington |   |  | – |  |   |  |  | 7  | – | 2  | – | 0
Nicholls State |   |  | – |  |   |  |  | 8  | – | 3  | – | 0
United States International |   |  | – |  |   |  |  | 8  | – | 3  | – | 0
American International |   |  | – |  |   |  |  | 6  | – | 3  | – | 0
No. 10 Santa Clara |   |  | – |  |   |  |  | 6  | – | 3  | – | 0
Kentucky State |   |  | – |  |   |  |  | 6  | – | 5  | – | 0
Alabama State |   |  | – |  |   |  |  | 6  | – | 5  | – | 0
Southeastern Louisiana |   |  | – |  |   |  |  | 6  | – | 5  | – | 0
Central State (OH) |   |  | – |  |   |  |  | 5  | – | 5  | – | 0
Central Connecticut |   |  | – |  |   |  |  | 4  | – | 5  | – | 0
James Madison |   |  | – |  |   |  |  | 4  | – | 5  | – | 0
West Chester |   |  | – |  |   |  |  | 4  | – | 7  | – | 0
Southern Connecticut State |   |  | – |  |   |  |  | 3  | – | 7  | – | 0
Arkansas–Pine Bluff |   |  | – |  |   |  |  | 2  | – | 8  | – | 0
Northern Colorado |   |  | – |  |   |  |  | 2  | – | 8  | – | 0

* ^ – NCAA Division II playoff participant

Rankings from Associated Press poll

## Conference summaries

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See also: List of NCAA Division II football seasons

Conference | Champions

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Association of Mid-Continent Universities | Youngstown State
California Collegiate Athletic Association | Cal Poly
Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association | Virginia Union
Far Western Football Conference | UC Davis
Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference | Saginaw Valley State
Gulf South Conference | Mississippi College
Heartland Collegiate Conference | Saint Joseph's
Missouri Intercollegiate Athletic Association | Northwest Missouri State
North Central Conference | North Dakota
Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference | Alabama A&M

## Postseason

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1979 NCAA Division II Football Championship

Teams| 8
Finals Site|

* University Stadium
* Albuquerque, NM

Champion|

* Delaware
* (1st title, 3rd title game)

Runner-up|

* Youngstown State
* (1st title game)

Semifinalists|

* Mississippi College
* Alabama A&M

Winning coach|

* Tubby Raymond
* 1st championship

The 1979 NCAA Division II Football Championship playoffs were the sixth single-elimination tournament to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division II college football. The championship game was held at University Stadium in Albuquerque, NM for the first time. With the game being played in New Mexico for the next two years, it was deemed the Zia Bowl.

### Playoff bracket

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| First round
Campus sites | | | Semifinals
Campus sites | | | Championship
University Stadium
Albuquerque, NM |

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| Delaware | 58 | | |
| Virginia Union | 28 |
| | Delaware | 60 |
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| | | Mississippi College | 10 |
| Mississippi College | 35 |

| North Dakota | 15 |
| | Delaware | 38 |
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| | | Youngstown State | 21 |
| Youngstown State | 51 | |

| South Dakota State | 7 |
| | Youngstown State | 52 |
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| | | Alabama A&M | 0 |
| Alabama A&M | 27 |

| Morgan State | 7 |

## See also

[edit]

* 1979 NCAA Division I-A football season
* 1979 NCAA Division I-AA football season
* 1979 NCAA Division III football season
* 1979 NAIA Division I football season
* 1979 NAIA Division II football season

## References

[edit]

1. ^ "1979 NCAA Division II National Football Championship Bracket" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. p. 13. Retrieved January 3, 2014.

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NCAA Division I|

* 1973
* 1974
* 1975
* 1976
* 1977

NCAA Division I-A/FBS|

* 1978
* 1979
* 1980
* 1981
* 1982
* 1983
* 1984
* 1985
* 1986
* 1987
* 1988
* 1989
* 1990
* 1991
* 1992
* 1993
* 1994
* 1995
* 1996
* 1997
* 1998
* 1999
* 2000
* 2001
* 2002
* 2003
* 2004
* 2005
* 2006
* 2007
* 2008
* 2009
* 2010
* 2011
* 2012
* 2013
* 2014
* 2015
* 2016
* 2017
* 2018
* 2019
* 2020
* 2021
* 2022
* 2023
* 2024
* 2025

NCAA Division I-AA/FCS|

* 1978
* 1979
* 1980
* 1981
* 1982
* 1983
* 1984
* 1985
* 1986
* 1987
* 1988
* 1989
* 1990
* 1991
* 1992
* 1993
* 1994
* 1995
* 1996
* 1997
* 1998
* 1999
* 2000
* 2001
* 2002
* 2003
* 2004
* 2005
* 2006
* 2007
* 2008
* 2009
* 2010
* 2011
* 2012
* 2013
* 2014
* 2015
* 2016
* 2017
* 2018
* 2019
* 2020
* 2021
* 2022
* 2023
* 2024
* 2025

NCAA College Division|

* 1962
* 1963
* 1964
* 1965
* 1966
* 1967
* 1968
* 1969
* 1970
* 1971
* 1972

NCAA Division II|

* 1973
* 1974
* 1975
* 1976
* 1977
* 1978
* 1979
* 1980
* 1981
* 1982
* 1983
* 1984
* 1985
* 1986
* 1987
* 1988
* 1989
* 1990
* 1991
* 1992
* 1993
* 1994
* 1995
* 1996
* 1997
* 1998
* 1999
* 2000
* 2001
* 2002
* 2003
* 2004
* 2005
* 2006
* 2007
* 2008
* 2009
* 2010
* 2011
* 2012
* 2013
* 2014
* 2015
* 2016
* 2017
* 2018
* 2019
* 2020
* 2021
* 2022
* 2023
* 2024
* 2025

NCAA Division III|

* 1973
* 1974
* 1975
* 1976
* 1977
* 1978
* 1979
* 1980
* 1981
* 1982
* 1983
* 1984
* 1985
* 1986
* 1987
* 1988
* 1989
* 1990
* 1991
* 1992
* 1993
* 1994
* 1995
* 1996
* 1997
* 1998
* 1999
* 2000
* 2001
* 2002
* 2003
* 2004
* 2005
* 2006
* 2007
* 2008
* 2009
* 2010
* 2011
* 2012
* 2013
* 2014
* 2015
* 2016
* 2017
* 2018
* 2019
* 2020
* 2021
* 2022
* 2023
* 2024
* 2025

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