1953 Wisconsin Badgers football team

The 1953 Wisconsin Badgers football team represented the University of Wisconsin in the 1953 Big Ten Conference football season.

1953 Wisconsin Badgers football
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 14
APNo. 15
1953 record621 (411 Big Ten)
Head coachIvy Williamson (5th season)
MVPAlan Ameche
Home stadiumCamp Randall Stadium
1953 Big Ten Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 3 Michigan State + 5 1 0  9 1 0
No. 7 Illinois + 5 1 0  7 1 1
No. 15 Wisconsin 4 1 1  6 2 1
Ohio State 4 3 0  6 3 0
Minnesota 3 3 1  4 4 1
No. 20 Michigan 3 3 0  6 3 0
No. 9 Iowa 3 3 0  5 3 1
Purdue 2 4 0  2 7 0
Indiana 1 5 0  2 7 0
Northwestern 0 6 0  3 6 0
  • + Conference co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendance
September 26Penn State*W 20–048,374
October 3Marquette*No. 16
  • Camp Randall Stadium
  • Madison, WI
W 13–1151,363
October 9at No. 6 UCLA*L 0–1352,887
October 17at PurdueW 28–1936,500
October 24Ohio State
  • Camp Randall Stadium
  • Madison, WI
L 19–2052,819
October 31Iowa
  • Camp Randall Stadium
  • Madison, WI (rivalry)
W 10–652,819
November 7at Northwestern
W 34–1340,000
November 14No. 3 Illinois
  • Camp Randall Stadium
  • Madison, WI
W 34–752,887
November 21at MinnesotaNo. 8
T 21–2161,154
  • *Non-conference game
  • Homecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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Team players in the 1954 NFL Draft

PlayerPositionRoundPickNFL Club
Wendell GulsethTackle12132New York Giants
Roger DornburgBack13152Washington Redskins
Jerry WittBack19224Washington Redskins
Jim HaluskaBack30354Chicago Bears

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References

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