1961 Wisconsin Badgers football team

The 1961 Wisconsin Badgers football team represented the University of Wisconsin in the 1961 Big Ten Conference football season.

1961 Wisconsin Badgers football
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 18
1961 record63 (43 Big Ten)
Head coachMilt Bruhn (6th season)
Home stadiumCamp Randall Stadium
1961 Big Ten Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 2 Ohio State $ 6 0 0  8 0 1
No. 6 Minnesota 6 1 0  8 2 0
No. 8 Michigan State 5 2 0  7 2 0
No. 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

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendance
September 23Utah*W 7–036,325
September 30No. 10 Michigan State
  • Camp Randall Stadium
  • Madison, WI
L 0–2050,584
October 7at Indiana
W 6–323,270
October 14Oregon State*
  • Camp Randall Stadium
  • Madison, WI
W 23–2045,274
October 21at No. 4 Iowa
L 15–4760,150
October 28No. 6 Ohio State
  • Camp Randall Stadium
  • Madison, WI
L 21–3058,144
November 11at Northwestern
W 29–1046,203
November 18Illinois
  • Camp Randall Stadium
  • Madison, WI
W 55–745,122
November 25at No. 3 MinnesotaW 23–2166,232
  • *Non-conference game
  • Homecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

[1]

Roster

  • QB Ron Miller

Game summaries

Minnesota

  • Ron Miller 19/37, 297 Yds, 2 TD
  • Pat Richter 6 Rec, 142 Yds[2]

Team players in the 1962 NFL Draft

PlayerPositionRoundPickNFL club
Jim BakkenKicker788Los Angeles Rams
Ron StaleyEnd17226Minnesota Vikings

[3]

Team players in the 1962 AFL Draft

PlayerPositionRoundAFL Club
None

References

  1. "Wisconsin Badgers Index". sports-reference.com. Retrieved 2011-07-28.
  2. . Retrieved 2019-Jan-06.
  3. https://www.pro-football-reference.com/draft/1962.htm
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