1979 Purdue Boilermakers football team


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

Schedule

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

Roster

Staff

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

Game summaries

Illinois

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

at Iowa

Michigan

at Indiana

vs. Tennessee (Bluebonnet Bowl)

Passing

Awards

All-Big Ten