1961 Wisconsin Badgers football team

1961 Wisconsin Badgers football
Conference Big Ten Conference
Ranking
Coaches #18
1961 record 6–3 (4–3 Big Ten)
Head coach Milt Bruhn (6th year)
Home stadium Camp Randall Stadium
1961 Big Ten football standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T     W   L   T
#2 Ohio State † 6 – 0 – 0     8 – 0 – 1
#6 Minnesota 6 – 1 – 0     8 – 2 – 0
#8 Michigan State 5 – 2 – 0     7 – 2 – 0
#12 Purdue 4 – 2 – 0     6 – 3 – 0
Wisconsin 4 – 3 – 0     6 – 3 – 0
Michigan 3 – 3 – 0     6 – 3 – 0
Iowa 2 – 4 – 0     5 – 4 – 0
Northwestern 2 – 4 – 0     4 – 5 – 0
Indiana 0 – 6 – 0     2 – 7 – 0
Illinois 0 – 7 – 0     0 – 9 – 0
† – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1961 Wisconsin Badgers football team represented the University of Wisconsin–Madison in the 1961 college football season.

Schedule

Date Opponent# Rank# Site Result Attendance
September 23 Utah* Camp Randall Stadium • Madison, WI W 7–0   36,325
September 30 #10 Michigan State Camp Randall Stadium • Madison, WI L 0–20   50,584
October 7 at Indiana Seventeenth Street Football Stadium • Bloomington, IN W 6–3   23,270
October 14 Oregon State* Camp Randall Stadium • Madison, WI W 23–20   45,274
October 21 at #4 Iowa Kinnick Stadium • Iowa City, IA L 15–47   60,150
October 28 #6 Ohio Statedagger Camp Randall Stadium • Madison, WI L 21–30   58,144
November 11 at Northwestern Dyche Stadium • Evanston, IL W 29–10   46,203
November 18 Illinois Camp Randall Stadium • Madison, WI W 55–7   45,122
November 25 at #3 Minnesota Memorial Stadium • Minneapolis, MN (Paul Bunyan's Axe) W 23–21   66,232
*Non-conference game. daggerHomecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll.

[1]

Team players in the 1962 NFL Draft

Player Position Round Pick NFL Club
Jim Bakken Kicker 7 88 Los Angeles Rams
Ron Staley End 17 226 Minnesota Vikings

[2]

Team players in the 1962 AFL Draft

Player Position Round AFL Club
None

References

  1. ↑ "Wisconsin Badgers Index". sports-reference.com. Retrieved 2011-07-28.
  2. ↑ http://www.pro-football-reference.com/draft/1962.htm