1979 Purdue Boilermakers football team

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

1979 Purdue Boilermakers football
Astro-Bluebonne Bowl champion
Astro-Bluebonnet Bowl, W 27–22 vs. Tennessee
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
Captains	Steve McKenzie Pete Quinn Keena Turner
Home stadium	Ross–Ade Stadium

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

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	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	Northwestern	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 Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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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. # 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 Jim Young 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

Oregon

• Wally Jones 30 rushes, 156 yards [2]

Illinois

• Mark Herrmann breaks Mike Phipps' school record for career passing yardage
• David Young 114 Rec Yds, 2 TD[3]
• Jimmy Smith 23 rushes, 125 yards [4]

at Michigan State

1 2 3 4 Total • Purdue 7 0 7 0 14 Michigan St 0 0 0 7 7 Date: Saturday, October 20 Location: Spartan Stadium, East Lansing, Michigan

Scoring summary 1 Purdue Wayne Smith 42-yard interception return (Seibel kick) Purdue 7-0 3 Purdue Jimmy Smith 1-yard run (Seibel kick) Purdue 14-0 4 Michigan St Steve Smith 1-yard run (Andersen kick) Purdue 14-7

Mark Herrmann broke the Big Ten career completion record set by Michigan State's Ed Smith in the previous year. [5]

at Iowa

Purdue at Iowa

1 2 3 4 Total • Boilermakers 7 7 6 0 20 Hawkeyes 6 8 0 0 14 Date: November 3 Location: Kinnick Stadium, Iowa City, Iowa

Scoring summary 1 Purdue D. Young 3-yard pass from Herrmann (Seibel kick) Purdue 7-0 1 Iowa Mosley 1-yard run (kick failed) Purdue 7-6 2 Iowa McKillip 16-yard run (Reid pass from Mosley) Iowa 14-7 2 Purdue McCall 17-yard pass from Herrmann (Seibel kick) Tie 14-14 3 Purdue McCall 6-yard run (kick failed) Purdue 20-14

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Michigan

#10 Michigan at #14 Purdue

1 2 3 4 Total Michigan 0 0 6 15 21 • Purdue 7 0 7 10 24 Date: November 10 Location: Ross–Ade Stadium, West Lafayette, IN Game attendance: 69,829

Scoring summary 1 PUR Ben McCall 2-yard run (Seibel kick) Purdue 7-0 3 PUR Mark Herrmann 1-yard run (Seibel kick) Purdue 14-0 3 MICH Curt Marsh 6-yard pass from John Wangler (kick failed) Purdue 14-6 4 PUR Seibel 29-yard field goal Purdue 17-6 4 PUR Ben McCall 9-yard run Purdue 24-6 4 MICH Roosevelt Smith 1-yard run (run failed) Purdue 24-12 4 MICH Butch Woolfolk 2-yard run (Virgil kick) Purdue 24-19 4 MICH Safety, Mark Herrmann tackled in end zone Purdue 24-21

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at Indiana

• Ben McCall 20 rushes, 148 yards[8]

vs. Tennessee (Bluebonnet Bowl)

1 2 3 4 Total • Purdue 0 14 7 6 27 Tennessee 0 0 16 6 22 Date: December 31 Location: Astrodome, Houston, Texas Game attendance: 40,542

Scoring summary 2 Purdue Ben McCall 6-yard run (John Seibel kick) Purdue 7-0 2 Purdue Bart Burrell 12-yard pass from Mark Herrmann (John Seibel kick) Purdue 14-0 3 Purdue Dave Young 12-yard pass from Mark Herrmann (John Seibel kick) Purdue 21-0 3 Tennessee Glenn Ford 8-yard pass from Jimmy Streater (pass failed) Purdue 21-6 4 Tennessee James Berry 15-yard pass from Phil Ingram (Hubert Simpson run) Purdue 21-14 4 Tennessee Hubert Simpson 1-yard run (Hubert Simpson pass from Jimmy Streater) Tennessee 22-21 4 Purdue Dave Young 17-yard pass from Mark Herrmann (pass failed) Purdue 27-22

• PUR: Mark Herrmann 21/39, 303 Yds, 3 TD
• PUR: Bart Burell 8 Rec, 144 Yds, TD [9]

Statistics

Passing

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

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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. 2010 Purdue information guide
2. 2020 Purdue Record Book. Retrieved 2020-Dec-27.
3. Ocala Star-Banner. 1979 Oct 14. Retrieved 2018-Oct-28.
4. 2020 Purdue Record Book. Retrieved 2021-Jan-01.
5. Palm Beach Post. 1979 Oct 21.
6. Palm Beach Post. 1979 Nov 4.
7. "Boilermakers nip Michigan but it only helps Buckeyes." Eugene Register-Guard. 1979 Nov 11.
8. 2020 Purdue Record Book. Retrieved 2020-Dec-27.
9. Eugene Register-Guard. 1980 Jan 1.