1979 Wisconsin Badgers football team

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1979 Big Ten Conference football standings

	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

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

Roster

1979 Wisconsin Badgers football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class WR 19 Tom Braker Sr OT 70 Jerry Doerger So QB 18 Mike Kalasmiki Sr RB 28 Dave Mohapp So OT 75 Ray Snell Sr WR 42 Tim Stracka So TE 87 Ray Sydnor Jr	Defense Pos. # Name Class LB 41 Dave Ahrens Jr LB 48 Dennis Christenson Sr S 31 David Greenwood Fr LB 15 Kurt Holm Sr DT 50 Tim Krumrie Fr LB 47 Dave Levenick So CB 45 Von Mansfield So S 11 Dan Messenger So DT 76 Tom Schremp Sr	Special teams Pos. # Name Class K 3 Pat Hady Fr	Head coach Dave McClain Coordinators/assistant coaches Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt

Schedule

September 8at No. 6 Purdue

• Ross–Ade Stadium
• West Lafayette, IN

L 20–4165,002 September 15Air Force*

• Camp Randall Stadium
• Madison, WI

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 State

• Ohio Stadium
• Columbus, OH

L 0–5987,585 October 27Iowa

• Camp Randall Stadium
• Madison, WI

L 13–2479,026 November 3at No. 10 Michigan

• Michigan Stadium
• Ann Arbor, MI

L 0–54104,952 November 10Northwestern

• Camp Randall Stadium
• Madison, WI

W 28–368,229 November 17at Minnesota

• Memorial Stadium
• Minneapolis, MN (Paul Bunyan's Axe)

W 42–3737,827

Team players in the 1980 NFL Draft

Player	Position	Round	Pick	NFL Club
Ray Snell	Guard	1	22	Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Ray Sydnor	Tight End	3	83	Pittsburgh Steelers
Tom Schremp	Defensive End	6	152	New York Jets