1979 Purdue Boilermakers football team

1979 Purdue Boilermakers football
Astro-Bluebonne Bowl champion
Conference Big Ten Conference
Ranking
Coaches No. 10
AP No. 10
1979 record 10–2 (7–1 Big Ten)
Head coach Jim Young (3rd season)
MVP Dave Young
Captain Steve McKenzie
Captain Pete Quinn
Captain Keena Turner
Home stadium Ross–Ade Stadium
1979 Big Ten football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 4 Ohio State $ 8 –0 –0  11 –1 –0
No. 10 Purdue 7 –1 –0  10 –2 –0
No. 18 Michigan 6 –2 –0  8 –4 –0
No. 19 Indiana 5 –3 –0  8 –4 –0
Iowa 4 –4 –0  5 –6 –0
Minnesota 3 –5 –1  4 –6 –1
Michigan State 3 –5 –0  5 –6 –0
Wisconsin 3 –5 –0  4 –7 –0
Illinois 1 –6 –1  2 –8 –1
Northwestern 0 –9 –0  1 –10 –0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1979 Purdue Boilermakers football team represented Purdue University in the 1979 Big Ten Conference football season.

Schedule

Date Time Opponent# Rank# Site TV Result Attendance
September 8 Wisconsin No. 6 Ross–Ade Stadium • West Lafayette, IN W 41–20   65,002
September 15 at UCLA* No. 5 Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA L 21–31   44,174
September 22 No. 5 Notre Dame* No. 17 Ross–Ade Stadium • West Lafayette, IN (Shillelagh Trophy) W 28–22   70,567
September 29 Oregon* No. 10 Ross–Ade Stadium • West Lafayette, IN W 13–7   69,327
October 6 at Minnesota No. 12 Memorial Stadium • Minneapolis, MN L 14–31   47,686
October 13 Illinois No. 20 Ross–Ade Stadium • West Lafayette, IN (Purdue Cannon) W 28–14   69,413
October 20 at Michigan State No. 16 Spartan Stadium • East Lansing, MI W 14–7   79,561
October 27 Northwesterndagger No. 16 Ross–Ade Stadium • West Lafayette, IN W 20-16   69,656
November 3 at Iowa No. 15 Kinnick Stadium • Iowa City, IA W 20–14   59,940
November 10 No. 10 Michigan No. 14 Ross–Ade Stadium • West Lafayette, IN W 24–21   69,829
November 17 at Indiana No. 12 Memorial Stadium • Bloomington, IN (Old Oaken Bucket) W 37–21   53,202
December 31 vs. Tennessee No. 12 Astrodome • Houston, TX (Astro-Bluebonnet Bowl) W 27–22   40,542
*Non-conference game. daggerHomecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll.

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Starters

Offense: se Burrell/Ray Smith, lt Feil, lg Schwan, c Quinn, rg Hall, rt McKenzie, te Young, qb Herrmann, fb Augustyniak, tb Jones/McCall, fl Harris, k Seibel

Defense: de Kingsbury, lt Clark, mg Loushin, rt Jackson, de Turner, lb Motts/Looney/Marks, cb W. smith/Kay, ss Seneff, fs Williams/McKinnie, p Hayes

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Roster

1979 Purdue Boilermakers football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
RB 23 Mike Augustyniak Jr
QB 9 Mark Herrmann Jr
 Defense
Pos.#NameClass
 Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured
  • Redshirt

Staff

Head Coach: Jim Young

Assistants: Bob Bockrath, Leon Burtnett, Mike Hankwitz, Randy Hart, Doug Redmann, Bob Spoo, Larry Thompson, Ed Zaunbrecher

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Game summaries

Michigan State

1 234Total
• Purdue 7 070 14
Michigan St 0 007 7

Mark Herrmann broke the Big Ten career completion record set by Michigan State's Ed Smith in the previous year. [2]

Iowa

1 234Total
• Purdue 7 760 20
Iowa 6 800 14

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Michigan


#10 Michigan at #14 Purdue
1 234Total
Michigan 0 0615 21
• Purdue 7 0710 24

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Bluebonnet Bowl

1 234Total
• Purdue 0 1476 27
Tennessee 0 0166 22
  • PUR: Mark Herrmann 21/39, 303 Yds, 3 TD
  • PUR: Bart Burell 8 Rec, 144 Yds, TD [5]

Statistics

Passing

PlayerCompAttYardsTDINT
Herrmann2033482,3771619

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Awards

All-Big Ten

  • Calvin Clark (1st)
  • Ken Loushin (1st)
  • Steve McKenzie (1st)
  • Dale Schwan (1st)
  • Keena Turner (1st)
  • Dave Young (1st)
  • Mark Herrmann (2nd)
  • Marcus Jackson (2nd)
  • Kevin Motts (2nd)
  • Pete Quinn (2nd)
  • Wayne Smith (2nd)

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 2010 Purdue information guide
  2. ↑ Palm Beach Post. 1979 Oct 21.
  3. ↑ Palm Beach Post. 1979 Nov 4.
  4. ↑ "Boilermakers nip Michigan but it only helps Buckeyes." Eugene Register-Guard. 1979 Nov 11.
  5. ↑ Eugene Register-Guard. 1980 Jan 1.
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