1958 Wisconsin Badgers football team

1958 Wisconsin Badgers football
Conference Big Ten Conference
Ranking
Coaches No. 6
AP No. 7
1958 record 7–1–1 (5–1–1 Big Ten)
Head coach Milt Bruhn (3rd season)
MVP Jon Hobbs, Dick Teteak
Home stadium Camp Randall Stadium
1958 Big Ten football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 2 Iowa $ 5 –1 –0  8 –1 –1
No. 7 Wisconsin 5 –1 –1  7 –1 –1
No. 8 Ohio State 4 –1 –2  6 –1 –2
No. 13 Purdue 3 –1 –2  6 –1 –2
Indiana 3 –2 –1  5 –3 –1
Illinois 4 –3 –0  4 –5 –0
Northwestern 3 –4 –0  5 –4 –0
Michigan 1 –5 –1  2 –6 –1
Minnesota 1 –6 –0  1 –8 –0
Michigan State 0 –5 –1  3 –5 –1
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1958 Wisconsin Badgers football team represented the University of Wisconsin in the 1958 Big Ten Conference football season.

Schedule

Date Opponent# Rank# Site Result Attendance
September 26 at No. 15 Miami (FL)* No. 14 Miami Orange Bowl • Miami, FL W 20–0   62,084
October 4 Marquette* No. 9 Camp Randall Stadium • Madison, WI W 50–0   42,513
October 11 No. 13 Purdue No. 6 Camp Randall Stadium • Madison, WI W 31–6   51,028
October 18 No. 13 Iowa No. 4 Camp Randall Stadium • Madison, WI L 9–20   65,241
October 25 at No. 2 Ohio State No. 13 Ohio Stadium • Columbus, OH T 7–7   83,142
November 1 at Michigan State No. 8 Spartan Stadium • East Lansing, MI W 9–7   71,040
November 8 No. 4 Northwesterndagger No. 7 Camp Randall Stadium • Madison, WI W 17–13   62,964
November 15 at Illinois No. 5 Memorial Stadium • Champaign, IL W 31–12   45,937
November 22 Minnesota No. 5 Camp Randall Stadium • Madison, WI (Paul Bunyan's Axe) W 27–12   54,517
*Non-conference game. daggerHomecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll.

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Game summaries

Minnesota

1 234Total
Minnesota 0 066 12
• Wisconsin 7 767 27

Wisconsin completed their best Big Ten finish since 1952 in front of a Dad's Day crowd as their defense intercepted six passes, one short of their own conference record. [2]

Team players in the 1959 NFL Draft

PlayerPositionRoundPickNFL Club
Bob ZemanBack10119Cleveland Browns
Dick TeteakGuard15169Green Bay Packers
Dave KocourekWide Receiver19223Pittsburgh Steelers
Jim FraserGuard21250Cleveland Browns
Lowell JenkinsTackle27315Philadelphia Eagles

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References

  1. ↑ "Wisconsin Badgers Index". sports-reference.com. Retrieved 2011-07-28.
  2. ↑ "Wisconsin scores 27-12 victory over Minnesota." Ocala Star-Banner. 1958 Nov 23.
  3. ↑ https://www.pro-football-reference.com/draft/1959.htm

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