1979 Big Ten Conference Schedule and Results

Record: 58-54-2, .518 W-L% (4th of 14) (Schedule and Results)

SRS: 7.09 (4th of 14), SOS: 6.90 (3rd of 14)

Conference Champion: Ohio State

Ranked in Preseason AP Poll: 3 (Michigan, Michigan State and Purdue)
Ranked in Final AP Poll: 4 (Indiana, Michigan, Ohio State and Purdue)

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41 Games

Conference games only

41 Games Table
Rk	Date	Day	Winner	Pts		Loser	Pts	Notes
1	Sep 8, 1979	Sat	Indiana	30	@	Iowa	26
2	Sep 8, 1979	Sat	(7) Michigan	49		Northwestern	7
3	Sep 8, 1979	Sat	(10) Michigan State	33		Illinois	16
4	Sep 8, 1979	Sat	(6) Purdue	41		Wisconsin	20
Rk	Date	Day	Winner	Pts		Loser	Pts	Notes
5	Sep 15, 1979	Sat	(15) Ohio State	21	@	Minnesota	17
Rk	Date	Day	Winner	Pts		Loser	Pts	Notes
6	Sep 29, 1979	Sat	Minnesota	38		Northwestern	8
Rk	Date	Day	Winner	Pts		Loser	Pts	Notes
7	Oct 6, 1979	Sat	Indiana	3	@	Wisconsin	0
8	Oct 6, 1979	Sat	Iowa	13	@	Illinois	7
9	Oct 6, 1979	Sat	(11) Michigan	21	@	(16) Michigan State	7
10	Oct 6, 1979	Sat	Minnesota	31		(12) Purdue	14
11	Oct 6, 1979	Sat	(8) Ohio State	16		Northwestern	7
Rk	Date	Day	Winner	Pts		Loser	Pts	Notes
12	Oct 13, 1979	Sat	Iowa	58	@	Northwestern	6
13	Oct 13, 1979	Sat	(11) Michigan	31		Minnesota	21
14	Oct 13, 1979	Sat	(8) Ohio State	47		Indiana	6
15	Oct 13, 1979	Sat	(20) Purdue	28		Illinois	14
16	Oct 13, 1979	Sat	Wisconsin	38		(19) Michigan State	29
Rk	Date	Day	Winner	Pts		Loser	Pts	Notes
17	Oct 20, 1979	Sat	Indiana	30		Northwestern	0
18	Oct 20, 1979	Sat	(11) Michigan	27	@	Illinois	7
19	Oct 20, 1979	Sat	Minnesota	24	@	Iowa	7
20	Oct 20, 1979	Sat	(6) Ohio State	59		Wisconsin	0
21	Oct 20, 1979	Sat	(16) Purdue	14	@	Michigan State	7
Rk	Date	Day	Winner	Pts		Loser	Pts	Notes
22	Oct 27, 1979	Sat	Illinois	17	@	Minnesota	17
23	Oct 27, 1979	Sat	Iowa	24	@	Wisconsin	13
24	Oct 27, 1979	Sat	(10) Michigan	27		Indiana	21
25	Oct 27, 1979	Sat	(4) Ohio State	42		Michigan State	0
26	Oct 27, 1979	Sat	(16) Purdue	20		Northwestern	16
Rk	Date	Day	Winner	Pts		Loser	Pts	Notes
27	Nov 3, 1979	Sat	Indiana	42		Minnesota	24
28	Nov 3, 1979	Sat	(10) Michigan	54		Wisconsin	0
29	Nov 3, 1979	Sat	Michigan State	42	@	Northwestern	7
30	Nov 3, 1979	Sat	(5) Ohio State	44	@	Illinois	7
31	Nov 3, 1979	Sat	(15) Purdue	20	@	Iowa	14
Rk	Date	Day	Winner	Pts		Loser	Pts	Notes
32	Nov 10, 1979	Sat	Indiana	45	@	Illinois	14
33	Nov 10, 1979	Sat	Michigan State	31		Minnesota	17
34	Nov 10, 1979	Sat	(3) Ohio State	34		Iowa	7
35	Nov 10, 1979	Sat	(14) Purdue	24		(10) Michigan	21
36	Nov 10, 1979	Sat	Wisconsin	28		Northwestern	3
Rk	Date	Day	Winner	Pts		Loser	Pts	Notes
37	Nov 17, 1979	Sat	Illinois	29	@	Northwestern	13
38	Nov 17, 1979	Sat	Iowa	33		Michigan State	23
39	Nov 17, 1979	Sat	(2) Ohio State	18	@	(13) Michigan	15
40	Nov 17, 1979	Sat	(12) Purdue	37	@	Indiana	21
41	Nov 17, 1979	Sat	Wisconsin	42	@	Minnesota	37

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