1959 Wisconsin Badgers football team

1959 Wisconsin Badgers football
Big Ten champion
Rose Bowl, L 8–44 vs. Washington
Conference Big Ten Conference
Ranking
Coaches No. 6[1]
AP No. 6[2]
1959 record 7–3 (5–2 Big Ten)
Head coach Milt Bruhn (4th season)
Home stadium Camp Randall Stadium
1959 Big Ten football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 6 Wisconsin $ 5 –2 –0  7 –3 –0
Michigan State 4 –2 –0  5 –4 –0
Purdue 4 –2 –1  5 –2 –2
No. 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 American football team that represented the University of Wisconsin in the 1959 Big Ten Conference football season, and in the 1960 Rose Bowl as the champions of the Big Ten Conference.

Schedule

Date Opponent# Rank# Site Result Attendance
September 26 Stanford* No. 8 Camp Randall Stadium • Madison, WI W 16–14   41,892
October 3 Marquette* No. 12 Camp Randall Stadium • Madison, WI W 44–6   47,970
October 10 at No. 7 Purdue No. 9 Ross–Ade Stadium • West Lafayette, IN L 0–21   41,542
October 17 No. 9 Iowa Camp Randall Stadium • Madison, WI W 25–16   64,256
October 24 No. 20 Ohio State No. 12 Camp Randall Stadium • Madison, WI W 12–3   55,440
October 31 at Michigan No. 10 Michigan Stadium • Ann Arbor, MI W 19–10   68,063
November 7 at No. 2 Northwestern No. 9 Dyche Stadium • Evanston, IL W 24–19   55,282
November 14 Illinoisdagger No. 7 Camp Randall Stadium • Madison, WI L 6–9   56,028
November 21 at Minnesota No. 9 Memorial Stadium • Minneapolis, MN (Paul Bunyan's Axe) W 11–7   53,647
January 1 vs. No. 8 Washington* No. 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

PlayerPositionRoundPickNFL Club
Dale HackbartBack551Green Bay Packers
Jerry StalcupGuard662Los Angeles Rams
Dan LanphearTackle890Pittsburgh Steelers
Jim HeinkeTackle16190San Francisco 49ers
Bob NelsonCenter20235Cleveland Browns

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References

  1. ↑ "Year-by-year Final Coaches' Polls". American Football Coaches Association. Archived from the original on January 2, 2011. Retrieved January 14, 2010.
  2. ↑ "Poll Archive". Associated Press. Archived from the original on May 25, 2010. Retrieved January 14, 2010.
  3. ↑ https://www.pro-football-reference.com/draft/1960.htm
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