1959 Wisconsin Badgers football team

1959 Wisconsin Badgers football
Big Ten Champions
Rose Bowl, L 44-8 vs. Washington
Conference Big Ten Conference
Ranking
Coaches #6[1]
AP #6[2]
1959 record 7-3 (5-2 Big Ten)
Head coach Milt Bruhn (4th year)
Home stadium Camp Randall Stadium
1959 Big Ten football standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T     W   L   T
#6 Wisconsin † 5 – 2 – 0     7 – 3 – 0
Michigan State 4 – 2 – 0     5 – 4 – 0
Purdue 4 – 2 – 1     5 – 2 – 2
#13 Illinois 4 – 2 – 1     5 – 3 – 1
Northwestern 4 – 3 – 0     6 – 3 – 0
Iowa 3 – 3 – 0     5 – 4 – 0
Michigan 3 – 4 – 0     4 – 5 – 0
Indiana 2 – 4 – 1     4 – 4 – 1
Ohio State 2 – 4 – 1     3 – 5 – 1
Minnesota 1 – 6 – 0     2 – 7 – 0
† – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1959 Wisconsin Badgers football team was an America collegiate football team that represented the University of Wisconsin in the 1959 college football season, and in the 1960 Rose Bowl as the champions of the Big Ten Conference.

Season

Schedule and results

Date Opponent# Rank# Site Result Attendance
September 26 Stanford* #8 Camp Randall Stadium • Madison, WI W 16-14   41,892
October 3 Marquette* #12 Camp Randall Stadium • Madison, WI W 44-6   47,970
October 10 at #7 Purdue #9 Ross-Ade Stadium • West Lafayette, IN L 0-21   41,542
October 17 #9 Iowa Camp Randall Stadium • Madison, WI W 25-16   64,256
October 24 #20 Ohio State #12 Camp Randall Stadium • Madison, WI W 12-3   55,440
October 31 at Michigan #10 Michigan Stadium • Ann Arbor, MI W 19-10   68,063
November 7 at #2 Northwestern #9 Dyche Stadium • Evanston, IL W 24-19   55,282
November 14 Illinoisdagger #7 Camp Randall Stadium • Madison, WI L 6-9   56,028
November 21 at Minnesota #9 Memorial Stadium • Minneapolis, MN (Paul Bunyan's Axe) W 11-7   53,647
January 1 vs. #8 Washington* #6 Rose Bowl Stadium • Pasadena, CA (1960 Rose Bowl) L 8-44   100,089
*Non-conference game. daggerHomecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll.

Team players in the 1960 NFL Draft

Player Position Round Pick NFL Club
Dale Hackbart Back 5 51 Green Bay Packers
Jerry Stalcup Guard 6 62 Los Angeles Rams
Dan Lanphear Tackle 8 90 Pittsburgh Steelers
Jim Heinke Tackle 16 190 San Francisco 49ers
Bob Nelson Center 20 235 Cleveland Browns

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References

  1. ↑ "Year-by-year Final Coaches' Polls". American Football Coaches Association. Retrieved January 14, 2010.
  2. ↑ "Poll Archive". Associated Press. Retrieved January 14, 2010.
  3. ↑ http://www.pro-football-reference.com/draft/1960.htm