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. Led by second-year head coach Dave McClain, the Badgers compiled an overall record of 4–7 with a mark of 3–5 in conference play, tying for seventh place in the Big Ten. Wisconsin played home games at Camp Randall Stadium in Madison, Wisconsin.

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 8	at No. 6 Purdue	Ross–Ade Stadium West Lafayette, IN	L 20–41	65,002	[1]
September 15	Air Force*	Camp Randall Stadium Madison, WI	W 38–0	66,466	[2]
September 22	No. 20 UCLA*	Camp Randall Stadium Madison, WI	L 12–37	78,830	[3]
September 29	at San Diego State*	San Diego Stadium San Diego, CA	L 17–24	38,633	[4]
October 6	Indiana	Camp Randall Stadium Madison, WI	L 0–3	74,188	[5]
October 13	No. 19 Michigan State	Camp Randall Stadium Madison, WI	W 38–29	77,083	[6]
October 20	at No. 6 Ohio State	Ohio Stadium Columbus, OH	L 0–59	87,585	[7]
October 27	Iowa	Camp Randall Stadium Madison, WI (rivalry)	L 13–24	79,026	[8]
November 3	at No. 10 Michigan	Michigan Stadium Ann Arbor, MI	L 0–54	104,952	[9]
November 10	Northwestern	Camp Randall Stadium Madison, WI	W 28–3	68,229	[10]
November 17	at Minnesota	Memorial Stadium Minneapolis, MN (rivalry)	W 42–37	37,827	[11]
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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1979 Wisconsin Badgers football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class WR 19 Tom Braker Sr RB 23 Chucky Davis Fr OT 70 Jerry Doerger So FB 36 Gerald Green Fr QB 13 John Josten  So G 71 Leo Joyce Jr QB 18 Mike Kalasmiki Sr RB 35 Tory King Fr TE 88 Keith Krepfle Jr OL 94 Jeff Luko So G 63 Jim Martine Sr RB 28 Dave Mohapp So QB 16 Kevin Motl Jr G 75 Steve Namnick So WR 22 Marvin Neal Fr OT 68 Mark Orszula Jr QB 10 Steve Parish Jr C 59 Joe Rothbauer Jr TE 87 Joe Ruetz Jr DT 76 Mark Shumate So OT 75 Ray Snell (C) Sr FB 26 Tom Stauss (C) Sr WR 42 Tim Stracka So TE 87 Ray Sydnor Jr TE 58 Ron Versnik So RB 1 John Williams Fr G 79 Bob Winckler Fr	Defense Pos. # Name Class LB 41 Dave Ahrens Jr CB 29 Ross Anderson Jr DE 85 Curt Blaskowski Jr LB 95 Guy Boliaux So DT 77 Tom Booker Fr LB 32 Kyle Borland Fr LB 65 Richard Burney So CB 30 Mickey Casey Sr LB 48 Dennis Christenson (C) Sr S, P 31 David Greenwood Fr S 22 Ben Hable Jr DT 72 Mike Herrington Fr DT 90 Thomas Houston  Jr DT 91 Joel Krein Sr NT 50 Tim Krumrie Fr LB 47 Dave Levenick  Jr LB 43 Don Lorenz Sr CB 45 Von Mansfield So S 11 Dan Messenger So LB 44 Jody O'Donnell Fr DT 76 Mark Shumate So CB 9 Clint Sims Fr LB 49 Larry Spurlin So S 5 Terry Stroede Sr S 27 Vaughn Thomas So S 12 George Welch Sr NT 61 Dan Yourg Jr	Special teams Pos. # Name Class S, P 31 David Greenwood Fr K 3 Pat Hady Fr K 5 Jon Kleinschmidt Fr K 7 Steve Veith Sr	Head coach Dave McClain Coordinators/assistant coaches Jim Hilles – Defensive Coordinator/Linebackers Bill Dudley – Quarterbacks and Receivers Doug Graber – Defensive Backs Arnold Jeter – Defensive Line Cliff Knox – Running Backs Mike Nelson – Defensive Ends Bob Palcic – Tackles and Tight Ends Mario Russo – Centers and Guards Terry Murawski – Administrative Assistant Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt

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