1979 Wisconsin Badgers football team

The 1979 Wisconsin Badgers football team represented the University of Wisconsin–Madison in the 1979 Big Ten Conference football season.

1979 Wisconsin Badgers football
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
1979 record47 (35 Big Ten)
Head coachDave McClain (2nd season)
Defensive coordinatorJim Hilles (2nd season)
MVPTom Stauss
Captains
Home stadiumCamp Randall Stadium
1979 Big Ten Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 4 Ohio State $ 8 0 0  11 1 0
No. 10 Purdue 7 1 0  10 2 0
No. 18 Michigan 6 2 0  8 4 0
No. 19 Indiana 5 3 0  8 4 0
Iowa 4 4 0  5 6 0
Minnesota 3 5 1  4 6 1
Michigan State 3 5 0  5 6 0
Wisconsin 3 5 0  4 7 0
Illinois 1 6 1  2 8 1
Northwestern 0 9 0  1 10 0
  • $ Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendance
September 8at No. 6 PurdueL 20–4165,002
September 15Air Force*W 38–066,466
September 22No. 20 UCLA*
  • Camp Randall Stadium
  • Madison, WI
L 12–3778,830
September 29at San Diego State*
  • San Diego Stadium
  • San Diego, CA
L 17–2438,633
October 6Indiana
  • Camp Randall Stadium
  • Madison, WI
L 0–374,188
October 13No. 19 Michigan State
  • Camp Randall Stadium
  • Madison, WI
W 38–2977,083
October 20at No. 6 Ohio StateL 0–5987,585
October 27Iowa
  • Camp Randall Stadium
  • Madison, WI (rivalry)
L 13–2479,026
November 3at No. 10 MichiganL 0–54104,952
November 10Northwestern
  • Camp Randall Stadium
  • Madison, WI
W 28–368,229
November 17at Minnesota
W 42–3737,827
  • *Non-conference game
  • Homecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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Roster

1979 Wisconsin Badgers football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
WR 19 Tom Braker Sr
T 70 Jerry Doerger So
QB 13 John Joston So
G 71 Leo Joyce Jr
QB 18 Mike Kalasmiki Sr
RB 35 Tory King Fr
TE 88 Keith Krepfle Jr
G 63 Jim Martine Sr
RB 28 Dave Mohapp So
C 59 Joe Rothbauer Sr
T 75 Ray Snell Sr
WR 42 Tim Stracka  Fr
TE 87 Ray Sydnor Jr
RB 1 John Williams Fr
Defense
Pos.#NameClass
LB 41 Dave Ahrens Jr
CB 29 Ross Anderson Jr
DE 85 Curt Blaskowski Jr
LB 95 Guy Boliaux So
LB 32 Kyle Borland Fr
DB 30 Mickey Casey Sr
LB 48 Dennis Christenson Sr
DT 50 Tim Krumrie Fr
LB 47 Dave Levenick So
CB 45 Von Mansfield So
S 11 Dan Messenger So
DT 46 Mark Shumate So
DT 76 Tom Schremp Sr
S 12 George Welch Sr
Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
P 31 David Greenwood Fr
K 5 Jon Kleinschmidt Fr
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured
  • Redshirt

1980 NFL Draft

PlayerPositionRoundPickNFL Club
Ray SnellGuard122Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Ray SydnorTight End383Pittsburgh Steelers
Tom SchrempDefensive End6152New York Jets

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