1979 Purdue Boilermakers football team

The 1979 Purdue Boilermakers football team represented Purdue University in the 1979 college football season.

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

Staff
Head Coach: Jim Young

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

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

Bluebonnet Bowl

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

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)