1979 Purdue Boilermakers football team

1979 Purdue Boilermakers football
Astro-Bluebonnet Bowl champion
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 10
APNo. 10
Record10–2 (7–1 Big Ten)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorBob Bockrath (1st season)
Defensive coordinatorLeon Burtnett (3rd season)
MVPDave Young
CaptainSteve McKenzie, Pete Quinn, Keena Turner
Home stadiumRoss–Ade Stadium
Seasons
← 1978
1980 →
1979 Big Ten Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   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. Led by third-year head coach Jim Young, the Boilermakers compiled an overall record of 10–2 with a mark of 7–1 in conference play, placing second in the Big Ten. Purdue was invited to the Astro-Bluebonnet Bowl, where the Boilermakers defeated Tennessee. The team played home games at Ross–Ade Stadium in West Lafayette, Indiana.

Schedule

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DateOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendanceSource
September 8WisconsinNo. 6W 41–2065,002[1]
September 15at UCLA*No. 5L 21–3144,174[2]
September 22No. 5 Notre Dame*No. 17
  • Ross–Ade Stadium
  • West Lafayette, IN (rivalry)
W 28–2270,567[3]
September 29Oregon*No. 10
  • Ross–Ade Stadium
  • West Lafayette, IN
W 13–769,327[4]
October 6at MinnesotaNo. 12L 14–3147,686[5]
October 13IllinoisNo. 20
  • Ross–Ade Stadium
  • West Lafayette, IN (rivalry)
W 28–1469,413[6]
October 20at Michigan StateNo. 16W 14–779,561[7]
October 27NorthwesterndaggerNo. 16
  • Ross–Ade Stadium
  • West Lafayette, IN
W 20–1669,656[8]
November 3at IowaNo. 15W 20–1459,940[9]
November 10No. 10 MichiganNo. 14
  • Ross–Ade Stadium
  • West Lafayette, IN
W 24–2169,829[10][11]
November 17at IndianaNo. 12W 37–2153,202[12]
December 31vs. TennesseeNo. 12MizlouW 27–2240,542[13]
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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Starters

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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

Roster

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1979 Purdue Boilermakers football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos. # Name Class
RB 23 Mike Augustyniak Sr
QB 9 Mark Herrmann Jr
TE 80 Dave Young Jr
Defense
Pos. # Name Class
DE 85 Keena Turner Sr
Special teams
Pos. # Name Class
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured Injured
  • Redshirt Redshirt

Staff

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Head coach: Jim Young

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

Game summaries

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Oregon

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  • Wally Jones 30 rushes, 156 yards

Illinois

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  • Mark Herrmann breaks Mike Phipps' school record for career passing yardage
  • Dave Young 114 Rec Yds, 2 TD[15]
  • Jimmy Smith 23 rushes, 125 yards

At Michigan State

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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. [16]

At Iowa

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Purdue at Iowa
1 234Total
Boilermakers 7 760 20
Hawkeyes 6 800 14

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Michigan

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

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At Indiana

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  • Ben McCall 20 rushes, 148 yards

Vs. Tennessee (Bluebonnet Bowl)

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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 [19]

Statistics

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Passing

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Player Comp Att Yards TD INT
Mark Herrmann 203 348 2,377 16 19

Awards

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All-Big Ten

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References

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  1. ^ "Purdue rocks Badgers in sloppy opener, 41–20". The La Crosse Tribune. September 9, 1979. Retrieved October 27, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ "No. 5 Boilermakers surprised by UCLA". The Des Moines Register. September 16, 1979. Retrieved October 27, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Purdue rallies to upset Notre Dame". The Gloucester County Times. September 23, 1979. Retrieved October 27, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Purdue edges scrappy Oregon, 13–7". Lansing State Journal. September 30, 1979. Retrieved October 27, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Minnesota shocks 12th-ranked Purdue, 31–14". Detroit Free Press. October 7, 1979. Retrieved October 27, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Hermann lifts Purdue". Tulsa World. October 14, 1979. Retrieved October 27, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Lackluster contest won by Purdue". The Des Moines Register. October 21, 1979. Retrieved October 27, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "Herrmann sets Big Ten record as Purdue nips Northwestern". The Courier-Journal. October 28, 1979. Retrieved October 27, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ "Herrmann leads Boilermakers, 20–14". The Lima News. November 4, 1979. Retrieved October 27, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ Mick McCabe (November 11, 1979). "Purdue jolts U-M, 24-21". Detroit Free Press. pp. 1F, 5F – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ^ "Boilermakers bump blue, 24-21". The Michigan Daily. November 11, 1979. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. ^ "Purdue, Herrmann survive IU challenge". Evansville Courier and Press. November 18, 1979. Retrieved October 27, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  13. ^ "Tennessee rally falls short, Purdue wins Bluebonnet Bowl". Johnson City Press-Chronicle. January 1, 1980. Retrieved May 8, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  14. ^ "1979 Purdue Boilermakers Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved October 27, 2024.
  15. ^ Ocala Star-Banner. 1979 Oct 14. Retrieved 2018-Oct-28.
  16. ^ Palm Beach Post. 1979 Oct 21.
  17. ^ Palm Beach Post. 1979 Nov 4.
  18. ^ "Boilermakers nip Michigan but it only helps Buckeyes." Eugene Register-Guard. 1979 Nov 11.
  19. ^ Eugene Register-Guard. 1980 Jan 1.