1979 Wisconsin Badgers football team

1979 Big Ten Conference football standings
	$ – Conference champion; Rankings from AP Poll

1979 Wisconsin Badgers football
1979 Wisconsin Badgers football
Conference	Big Ten Conference
1979 record	4–7 (3–5 Big Ten)
Head coach	Dave McClain (2nd season);
Defensive coordinator	Jim Hilles (2nd season)
MVP	Tom Stauss
Captains	Dennis Christenson; Ray Snell; Tom Stauss;
Home stadium	Camp Randall Stadium
	Seasons ← 1978 1980 →

Schedule[]

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

1979 Wisconsin Badgers football team roster

Players

Coaches

Offense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
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.	#	Name	Class
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.	#	Name	Class
P	`31`	David Greenwood	Fr
K	`5`	Jon Kleinschmidt	Fr

^ "Wisconsin Badgers Index". sports-reference.com. Retrieved 2011-07-28.
^ "1980 NFL Draft - 1980 NFL Standings and Stats". pro-football-reference.com. Archived from the original on 2010-03-01.

v t Wisconsin Badgers football
Venues	Randall Field (1895–1916) Camp Randall Stadium (1917–present)
Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Iowa (Heartland Trophy) Minnesota (Slab of Bacon, 1930–1943; Paul Bunyan's Axe, 1948–present) Nebraska (Freedom Trophy)
Culture & lore	Bucky Badger "On, Wisconsin!" Marching band "Jump Around" Tall Grass Game Crazylegs
People	Head coaches NFL draftees Statistical leaders Retired numbers
Seasons	1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021

1979 Big Ten Conference football standings
v t	Conf					Overall
Team	W		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