The 1979 Astro-Bluebonnet Bowl was a college football postseason game between the Purdue Boilermakers and the Tennessee Volunteers.
They finished the season with a loss to Ole Miss and victories over Kentucky and Vanderbilt to place fifth in the Southeastern Conference.
Purdue began the season ranked #6, and they won their opening game versus Wisconsin 41–20 at home.
A loss to UCLA dropped them to #17, but they rose back to #12 after wins over #5 Notre Dame and Oregon.
Purdue had 31 first downs to Tennessee's 19, while outrushing them 180 to 146, out passing them 303 to 234, and keeping the ball for 33 minutes.