The Purdue Boilermakers were 9-2 in 1979. They emerged victorious over the Tennessee Volunteers, 27 to 22, in the Bluebonnet Bowl.
Scores & Schedules
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TENN 
NW 
1979 Big 10 Standings
| TEAM | CONF | OVERALL | |
|---|---|---|---|
1 |  Ohio State | 8-0 | 11-1 |
 Purdue | 7-1 | 10-2 | |
 Indiana | 5-3 | 8-4 | |
 Michigan | 6-2 | 8-4 | |
 Iowa | 4-4 | 5-6 |
1979 Stats
See stats| GP | PTS | YDS | PLY | AVG | RUSH YDS | RUSH ATT | RUSH AVG | PASS YDS | PASS ATT | PASS AVG | SCK | SCKY | 1DWN | RUSH 1DWN | PASS 1DWN | PEN 1DWN | PEN | PEN YDS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Team | 11 | 260 | 4,006 | 872 | 4.6 | 1,877 | 546 | 3.4 | 2,129 | 326 | 6.5 | ||||||||
Team Rank | 39th | 37th | 8th | 75th | 83rd | 64th | 96th | 19th | 16th | 64th | |||||||||
Opponent | 11 | 204 | 3,016 | 4.1 | 1,303 | 441 | 3.0 | 1,713 | 294 | 5.8 | |||||||||
Opponent Rank | 62nd | 29th | 31st | 14th | 9th | 19th | 106th | 125th | 40th | ||||||||||
Net | +56 | +990 | +872 | +0.5 | +574 | +105 | +0.5 | +416 | +32 | +0.7 | |||||||||
Net Rank | 49th | 22nd | 8th | 49th | 39th | 26th | 49th | 27th | 44th | 45th |
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| Big 12 | W | L | PCT | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Arizona State | 11 | 3 | .786 |
| 2 |  BYU | 11 | 2 | .846 |
| Mountain West | W | L | PCT | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Boise State | 12 | 2 | .857 |
| 2 |  UNLV | 11 | 3 | .786 |
Marshall 
Louisiana | Independent | W | L | PCT | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Notre Dame | 14 | 1 | .933 |
| 2 |  UConn | 9 | 4 | .692 |
| Mid-American | W | L | PCT | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Ohio | 11 | 3 | .786 |
| 2 |  Miami (OH) | 9 | 5 | .643 |
| Big 10 | W | L | PCT | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Ohio State | 13 | 2 | .867 |
| 2 |  Oregon | 13 | 1 | .929 |
| Pac-12 | W | L | PCT | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Oregon State | 5 | 7 | .417 |
| 2 |  Washington State | 8 | 5 | .615 |
SMU 
Clemson 
Texas 
Georgia 
Army 
Tulane | Conference USA | W | L | PCT | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Jacksonville State | 9 | 5 | .643 |
| 2 |  Western Kentucky | 8 | 6 | .571 |
