1979 Purdue Boilermakers football team

{{CFB schedule

| rankyear = 1979

| poll = AP

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = September 8

| time =

| w/l = w

| rank = 6

| opponent = Wisconsin

| site_stadium = Ross–Ade Stadium

| site_cityst = West Lafayette, IN

| score = 41–20

| attend = 65,002

| source = {{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-la-crosse-tribune-purdue-rocks-badge/157928060/|work=The La Crosse Tribune|title=Purdue rocks Badgers in sloppy opener, 41–20|date=September 9, 1979|accessdate=October 27, 2024|via=Newspapers.com}}

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|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = September 15

| w/l = l

| nonconf = y

| away = y

| rank = 5

| opponent = UCLA

| site_stadium = Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum

| site_cityst = Los Angeles, CA

| score = 21–31

| attend = 44,174

| source = {{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-des-moines-register-no-5-boilermake/157805042/|work=The Des Moines Register|title=No. 5 Boilermakers surprised by UCLA|date=September 16, 1979|accessdate=October 27, 2024|via=Newspapers.com}}

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|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = September 22

| w/l = w

| nonconf = y

| rank = 17

| opponent = Notre Dame

| opprank = 5

| site_stadium = Ross–Ade Stadium

| site_cityst = West Lafayette, IN

| gamename = rivalry

| score = 28–22

| attend = 70,567

| source = {{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/gloucester-county-times-purdue-rallies-t/157857664/|work=The Gloucester County Times|title=Purdue rallies to upset Notre Dame|date=September 23, 1979|accessdate=October 27, 2024|via=Newspapers.com}}

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|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = September 29

| w/l = w

| nonconf = y

| rank = 10

| opponent = Oregon

| site_stadium = Ross–Ade Stadium

| site_cityst = West Lafayette, IN

| score = 13–7

| attend = 69,327

| source = {{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/lansing-state-journal-purdue-edges-scrap/157815630/|work=Lansing State Journal|title=Purdue edges scrappy Oregon, 13–7|date=September 30, 1979|accessdate=October 27, 2024|via=Newspapers.com}}

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|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = October 6

| w/l = l

| away = y

| rank = 12

| opponent = Minnesota

| site_stadium = Memorial Stadium

| site_cityst = Minneapolis, MN

| score = 14–31

| attend = 47,686

| source = {{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/detroit-free-press-minnesota-shocks-12th/157929329/|work=Detroit Free Press|title=Minnesota shocks 12th-ranked Purdue, 31–14|date=October 7, 1979|accessdate=October 27, 2024|via=Newspapers.com}}

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|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = October 13

| w/l = w

| rank = 20

| opponent = Illinois

| site_stadium = Ross–Ade Stadium

| site_cityst = West Lafayette, IN

| gamename = rivalry

| score = 28–14

| attend = 69,413

| source = {{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/tulsa-world-hermann-lifts-purdue/157927373/|work=Tulsa World|title=Hermann lifts Purdue|date=October 14, 1979|accessdate=October 27, 2024|via=Newspapers.com}}

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|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = October 20

| w/l = w

| away = y

| rank = 16

| opponent = Michigan State

| site_stadium = Spartan Stadium

| site_cityst = East Lansing, MI

| score = 14–7

| attend = 79,561

| source = {{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-des-moines-register-lackluster-conte/157928852/|work=The Des Moines Register|title=Lackluster contest won by Purdue|date=October 21, 1979|accessdate=October 27, 2024|via=Newspapers.com}}

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|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = October 27

| w/l = w

| homecoming = y

| rank = 16

| opponent = Northwestern

| site_stadium = Ross–Ade Stadium

| site_cityst = West Lafayette, IN

| score = 20–16

| attend = 69,656

| source = {{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-courier-journal-herrmann-sets-big-te/157926709/|work=The Courier-Journal|title=Herrmann sets Big Ten record as Purdue nips Northwestern|date=October 28, 1979|accessdate=October 27, 2024|via=Newspapers.com}}

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|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = November 3

| w/l = w

| away = y

| rank = 15

| opponent = Iowa

| site_stadium = Kinnick Stadium

| site_cityst = Iowa City, IA

| score = 20–14

| attend = 59,940

| source = {{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-lima-news-herrmann-leads-boilermaker/157930272/|work=The Lima News|title=Herrmann leads Boilermakers, 20–14|date=November 4, 1979|accessdate=October 27, 2024|via=Newspapers.com}}

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|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = November 10

| w/l = w

| rank = 14

| opponent = Michigan

| opprank = 10

| site_stadium = Ross–Ade Stadium

| site_cityst = West Lafayette, IN

| score = 24–21

| attend = 69,829

| source = {{cite news|title=Purdue jolts U-M, 24-21|newspaper=Detroit Free Press|author=Mick McCabe|date=November 11, 1979|pages=1F, 5F|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/43119250/purdue_jolts_um_2421/|via=Newspapers.com}}{{cite news|title=Boilermakers bump blue, 24-21|newspaper=The Michigan Daily|date=November 11, 1979|pages=1 |url=https://digital.bentley.umich.edu/midaily/mdp.39015071754373/771|via=Newspapers.com}}

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|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = November 17

| w/l = w

| away = y

| rank = 12

| opponent = Indiana

| site_stadium = Memorial Stadium

| site_cityst = Bloomington, IN

| gamename = Old Oaken Bucket

| score = 37–21

| attend = 53,202

| source = {{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/evansville-courier-and-press-purdue-her/157930754/|work=Evansville Courier and Press|title=Purdue, Herrmann survive IU challenge|date=November 18, 1979|accessdate=October 27, 2024|via=Newspapers.com}}

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|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = December 31

| w/l = w

| neutral = y

| rank = 12

| opponent = Tennessee

| site_stadium = Houston Astrodome

| site_cityst = Houston, TX

| gamename = Astro-Bluebonnet Bowl

| tv = Mizlou

| score = 27–22

| attend = 40,542

| source = {{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/101455829/tennessee-rally-falls-short-purdue-wins/|work=Johnson City Press-Chronicle|title=Tennessee rally falls short, Purdue wins Bluebonnet Bowl|date=January 1, 1980|accessdate=May 8, 2022|via=Newspapers.com}}

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}}{{cite web|title=1979 Purdue Boilermakers Schedule and Results|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|work=SR/College Football|accessdate=October 27, 2024|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/purdue/1979-schedule.html}}

• Wally Jones 30 rushes, 156 yards

• Mark Herrmann breaks Mike Phipps' school record for career passing yardage
• Dave Young 114 Rec Yds, 2 TDOcala Star-Banner. 1979 Oct 14. Retrieved 2018-Oct-28.
• Jimmy Smith 23 rushes, 125 yards

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{{AFB Game Box Scoring Entry |Quarter=3 |Time= |Team=Purdue |Event= Jimmy Smith 1-yard run (Seibel kick)|Score= Purdue 14-0}}

{{AFB Game Box Scoring Entry |Quarter= 4|Time= |Team=Michigan St |Event=Steve Smith 1-yard run (Andersen kick) |Score=Purdue 14-7|LastEntry=yes}}

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

Palm Beach Post. 1979 Oct 21.

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|Title=Purdue at Iowa

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|V1=7 |V2=7 |V3=6 |V4=0

|Host=Hawkeyes

|H1=6 |H2= 8|H3=0 |H4=0

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{{AFB Game Box Scoring Entry |Quarter= 1|Time= |Team=Iowa |Event= Mosley 1-yard run (kick failed) |Score=Purdue 7-6}}

{{AFB Game Box Scoring Entry |Quarter= 2|Time= |Team=Iowa |Event= McKillip 16-yard run (Reid pass from Mosley) |Score= Iowa 14-7}}

{{AFB Game Box Scoring Entry |Quarter= 2|Time= |Team=Purdue |Event=McCall 17-yard pass from Herrmann (Seibel kick) |Score= Tie 14-14}}

{{AFB Game Box Scoring Entry |Quarter= 3|Time= |Team=Purdue |Event= McCall 6-yard run (kick failed) |Score=Purdue 20-14 |LastEntry=yes}}

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{{see also|1979 Iowa Hawkeyes football team}}

Palm Beach Post. 1979 Nov 4.

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|V1=0 |V2=0 |V3=6 |V4=15

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{{AFB Game Box Scoring Entry |Quarter=3 |Time= |Team=PUR |Event=Mark Herrmann 1-yard run (Seibel kick) |Score= Purdue 14-0}}

{{AFB Game Box Scoring Entry |Quarter=3 |Time= |Team=MICH |Event=Curt Marsh 6-yard pass from John Wangler (kick failed) |Score= Purdue 14-6}}

{{AFB Game Box Scoring Entry |Quarter=4 |Time= |Team=PUR |Event=Seibel 29-yard field goal |Score= Purdue 17-6}}

{{AFB Game Box Scoring Entry |Quarter=4 |Time= |Team=PUR |Event=Ben McCall 9-yard run |Score=Purdue 24-6 }}

{{AFB Game Box Scoring Entry |Quarter=4 |Time= |Team=MICH |Event=Roosevelt Smith 1-yard run (run failed) |Score=Purdue 24-12 }}

{{AFB Game Box Scoring Entry |Quarter=4 |Time= |Team=MICH |Event=Butch Woolfolk 2-yard run (Virgil kick) |Score= Purdue 24-19}}

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"Boilermakers nip Michigan but it only helps Buckeyes." Eugene Register-Guard. 1979 Nov 11.

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{{see also|1979 Indiana Hoosiers football team|Old Oaken Bucket}}

• Ben McCall 20 rushes, 148 yards

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{{AFB Game Box Scoring Entry |Quarter= 2|Time= |Team=Purdue |Event= Bart Burrell 12-yard pass from Mark Herrmann (John Seibel kick) |Score= Purdue 14-0}}

{{AFB Game Box Scoring Entry |Quarter= 3|Time= |Team=Purdue |Event=Dave Young 12-yard pass from Mark Herrmann (John Seibel kick) |Score= Purdue 21-0}}

{{AFB Game Box Scoring Entry |Quarter= 3|Time= |Team=Tennessee |Event=Glenn Ford 8-yard pass from Jimmy Streater (pass failed) |Score= Purdue 21-6}}

{{AFB Game Box Scoring Entry |Quarter= 4|Time= |Team=Tennessee |Event= James Berry 15-yard pass from Phil Ingram (Hubert Simpson run) |Score= Purdue 21-14}}

{{AFB Game Box Scoring Entry |Quarter=4 |Time= |Team=Tennessee |Event= Hubert Simpson 1-yard run (Hubert Simpson pass from Jimmy Streater) |Score= Tennessee 22-21}}

{{AFB Game Box Scoring Entry |Quarter=4 |Time= |Team=Purdue |Event= Dave Young 17-yard pass from Mark Herrmann (pass failed) |Score=Purdue 27-22 |LastEntry=yes}}

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{{main|1979 Astro-Bluebonnet Bowl}}

{{see also|1979 Tennessee Volunteers football team}}

• PUR: Mark Herrmann 21/39, 303 Yds, 3 TD
• PUR: Bart Burell 8 Rec, 144 Yds, TD [https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=4pF9x-cDGsoC&dat=19800101&printsec=frontpage&hl=en Eugene Register-Guard. 1980 Jan 1.]

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| year = 1979

| team = Purdue Boilermakers

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{{American football roster/Footer

| head_coach = *Jim Young

| asst_coach =

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

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{{cite web |author= |title=1979 Purdue Boilermakers Roster |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/purdue/1979-roster.html |access-date=January 22, 2025 }}

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

{{main|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)

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