1981 Wisconsin Badgers football team

1981 Wisconsin Badgers football
Conference Big Ten Conference
1981 record 7–5 (6–3 Big Ten)
Head coach Dave McClain (4th season)
Defensive coordinator Jim Hilles (4th season)
MVP Dave Levenick
Captain Dave Levenick
Captain Dave Mohapp
Captain Larry Spurlin
Home stadium Camp Randall Stadium
1981 Big Ten football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 15 Ohio State + 6 –2 –0  9 –3 –0
No. 18 Iowa + 6 –2 –0  8 –4 –0
No. 12 Michigan 6 –3 –0  9 –3 –0
Illinois 6 –3 –0  7 –4 –0
Wisconsin 6 –3 –0  7 –5 –0
Minnesota 4 –5 –0  6 –5 –0
Michigan State 4 –5 –0  5 –6 –0
Purdue 3 –6 –0  5 –6 –0
Indiana 3 –6 –0  3 –8 –0
Northwestern 0 –9 –0  0 –11 –0
  • + – Conference co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1981 Wisconsin Badgers football team represented the University of Wisconsin–Madison in the 1981 Big Ten Conference football season.

Several Wisconsin players ranked among the Big Ten leaders, including the following:

  • Quarterback Jess Cole ranked seventh in the conference with 12 passing touchdowns and ninth with 1,180 passing yards.[1]
  • Running back John Williams ranked second in the conference with 5.5 rushing yards per carry and seventh with 634 rushing yards.
  • David Greenwood led the conference with 156 interception return yards, and he and Matt Vanden Boom tied for second in the conference with six interceptions each.[1]

Schedule

Date Opponent# Rank# Site Result Attendance
September 12 No. 1 Michigan Camp Randall Stadium • Madison, WI W 21–14   68,733
September 19 No. 9 UCLA* No. 20 Camp Randall Stadium • Madison, WI L 13–31   71,496
September 26 Western Michigan*dagger Camp Randall Stadium • Madison, WI W 21–10   67,196
October 3 Purdue Camp Randall Stadium • Madison, WI W 20–14   68,603
October 10 No. 18 Ohio State Camp Randall Stadium • Madison, WI W 24–21   78,973
October 17 at Michigan State No. 14 Spartan Stadium • East Lansing, MI L 14–33   67,352
October 24 at Illinois Memorial Stadium • Champaign, IL L 21–23   67,413
October 31 Northwestern Camp Randall Stadium • Madison, WI W 52–0   70,035
November 7 at Indiana Memorial Stadium • Bloomington, IN W 28–7   44,218
November 14 Iowa Camp Randall Stadium • Madison, WI L 7–17   78,731
November 21 at Minnesota Memorial Stadium • Minneapolis, MN (Paul Bunyan's Axe) W 26–21   47,125
December 13 vs. Tennessee* Giants Stadium • East Rutherford, NJ (Garden State Bowl) L 21–28   53,220
*Non-conference game. daggerHomecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll.

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Game summaries

Michigan

#1 Michigan at Wisconsin
1 234Total
Michigan 0 770 14
• Wisconsin 0 1470 21

Wisconsin safety Matt Vanden Boom had three interceptions, including the game-clincher with two seconds left at his own 17. It was the Badgers first win against Michigan since 1962 and the first time they scored points against the Wolverines since 1976.

Roster

1981 Wisconsin Badgers football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
T 70 Jerry Doerger Sr
WR 20 Thad McFadden So
WR 42 Tim Stracka Sr
WR 87 Al Toon Fr
RB 1 John Williams Jr
QB 12 Randy Wright So
 Defense
Pos.#NameClass
LB 95 Guy Boliaux Sr
LB 32 Kyle Borland Jr
S/P 31 David Greenwood Jr
LB 64 Mike Herrington Jr
DT 50 Tim Krumrie Jr
LB 47 Dave Levenick Sr
CB 45 Von Mansfield Sr
DT 76 Mark Shumate Jr
 Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured
  • Redshirt

1982 NFL Draft

PlayerPositionRoundPickNFL Club
Von MansfieldLinebacker5122Atlanta Falcons
Jerry DoergerTackle8200Chicago Bears
Guy BoliauxLinebacker11283Chicago Bears
Dave LevenickLinebacker12315Atlanta Falcons

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References

  1. 1 2 "1981 Big Ten Conference Year Summary". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved November 19, 2016.
  2. ↑ "Wisconsin Badgers Index". sports-reference.com. Retrieved 2011-07-28.
  3. ↑ https://www.pro-football-reference.com/draft/1982.htm
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