The 1979 Purdue Boilermakers football team represented

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in the

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. 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

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. The team played home games at

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Schedule

Game summaries

Oregon

* Wally Jones 30 rushes, 156 yards

Illinois

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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

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)

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

Personnel

Roster

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

* Calvin Clark (1st) * Ken Loushin (1st) * Steve McKenzie (1st) * Dale Schwan (1st) * Keena Turner (1st) * Dave Young (1st) *

(2nd) * Marcus Jackson (2nd) * Kevin Motts (2nd) * Pete Quinn (2nd) * Wayne Smith (2nd)

Statistics

Passing

References

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