• Source: 1979 Purdue Boilermakers football team

      • 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




      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




      = 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
      Jimmy Smith 23 rushes, 125 yards


      = At Michigan State

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


      = At Iowa

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      = Michigan

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      = At Indiana

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      Ben McCall 20 rushes, 148 yards


      = Vs. Tennessee (Bluebonnet Bowl)

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


      Statistics




      = Passing

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      Awards




      = All-Big Ten

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      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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