1979 Purdue Boilermakers football team

Schedule

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Game summaries

Oregon

• Wally Jones 30 rushes, 156 yards

Illinois

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

At Michigan State

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

At Iowa

Michigan

At Indiana

• Ben McCall 20 rushes, 148 yards

Vs. Tennessee (Bluebonnet Bowl)

Main article: 1979 Astro-Bluebonnet Bowl

• PUR: Mark Herrmann 21/39, 303 Yds, 3 TD
• PUR: Bart Burell 8 Rec, 144 Yds, TD

Personnel

Roster

• Bob Bockrath (offensive coordinator)
• Leon Burtnett (defensive coordinator)
• Mike Hankwitz
• Randy Hart
• Doug Redmann
• Bob Spoo
• Larry Thompson
• Ed Zaunbrecher

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

Awards

All-Big Ten

Main article: 1979 All-Big Ten Conference football team

• 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)

Statistics

Passing

References

References

1. (September 9, 1979). "Purdue rocks Badgers in sloppy opener, 41–20". The La Crosse Tribune.
2. (September 16, 1979). "No. 5 Boilermakers surprised by UCLA". The Des Moines Register.
3. (September 23, 1979). "Purdue rallies to upset Notre Dame". The Gloucester County Times.
4. (September 30, 1979). "Purdue edges scrappy Oregon, 13–7". Lansing State Journal.
5. (October 7, 1979). "Minnesota shocks 12th-ranked Purdue, 31–14". Detroit Free Press.
6. (October 14, 1979). "Hermann lifts Purdue". Tulsa World.
7. (October 21, 1979). "Lackluster contest won by Purdue". The Des Moines Register.
8. (October 28, 1979). "Herrmann sets Big Ten record as Purdue nips Northwestern". The Courier-Journal.
9. (November 4, 1979). "Herrmann leads Boilermakers, 20–14". The Lima News.
10. Mick McCabe. (November 11, 1979). "Purdue jolts U-M, 24-21". Detroit Free Press.
11. (November 11, 1979). "Boilermakers bump blue, 24-21". The Michigan Daily.
12. (November 18, 1979). "Purdue, Herrmann survive IU challenge". Evansville Courier and Press.
13. (January 1, 1980). "Tennessee rally falls short, Purdue wins Bluebonnet Bowl". Johnson City Press-Chronicle.
14. "1979 Purdue Boilermakers Schedule and Results". Sports Reference LLC.
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. [https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=4pF9x-cDGsoC&dat=19800101&printsec=frontpage&hl=en Eugene Register-Guard. 1980 Jan 1.]
20. . ["1979 Purdue Boilermakers Roster"](https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/purdue/1979-roster.html).