The 1979 Purdue Boilermakers football team represented Purdue University

Purdue University

Purdue University, located in West Lafayette, Indiana, U.S., is the flagship university of the six-campus Purdue University system. Purdue was founded on May 6, 1869, as a land-grant university when the Indiana General Assembly, taking advantage of the Morrill Act, accepted a donation of land and...

 in the 1979 college football season.

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

Staff

Head Coach: Jim Young

Assistants: Bob Bockrath, Leon Burtnett

Leon Burtnett

Leon Burtnett is an assistant football coach at the University of Houston and was the head football coach at Purdue University from 1982 to 1986....

, Mike Hankwitz

Mike Hankwitz

Mike Hankwitz is an American football coach and former player in the United States. He is currently the defensive coordinator at Northwestern University, a position he has held since 2008...

, Randy Hart, Doug Redmann, Bob Spoo

Bob Spoo

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, Larry Thompson, Ed Zaunbrecher

Ed Zaunbrecher

Ed Zaunbrecher is the former American football player and coach. He served as the head football coach at Northeast Louisiana University, now the University of Louisiana at Monroe, from 1994 to 1998, compiling a record of 20–36...

Passing

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

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)