1968 Wisconsin Badgers football team
The 1968 Wisconsin Badgers football team represented the University of Wisconsin in the 1968 Big Ten Conference football season. The team was led by second-year head coach John Coatta, and they competed in the Big Ten Conference. The Badgers finished the season 0–10 (0–7 in Big Ten, last); to date, this is the first (and only) time the Badgers have finished winless.
| 1968 Wisconsin Badgers football | |
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| Conference | Big Ten Conference |
| 1968 record | 0–10 (0–7 Big Ten) |
| Head coach | John Coatta (2nd season) |
| Base defense | Harry Gonso |
| MVP | Ken Criter |
| Home stadium | Camp Randall Stadium |
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| No. 1 Ohio State $ | 7 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 10 | – | 0 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 12 Michigan | 6 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 10 Purdue | 5 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Minnesota | 5 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Indiana | 4 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Iowa | 4 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Michigan State | 2 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Illinois | 1 | – | 6 | – | 0 | 1 | – | 9 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Northwestern | 1 | – | 6 | – | 0 | 1 | – | 9 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wisconsin | 0 | – | 7 | – | 0 | 0 | – | 10 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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This was the first season of artificial turf at Camp Randall Stadium;[1][2] the Tartan Turf home opener was against Washington of the Pac-8,[3] who had just installed AstroTurf at their Husky Stadium in Seattle.[4] Outside of these two, the only other University Division venues with synthetic turf in 1968 were the Astrodome (Houston) and Neyland Stadium (Tennessee).
Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance |
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| September 21 | at Arizona State* | L 7–55 | 43,317 | |
| September 28 | Washington* | L 17–21 | 42,965 | |
| October 5 | No. 19 Michigan State |
| L 0–39 | 49,067 |
| October 12 | Utah State* |
| L 0–20 | 37,469 |
| October 19 | at Iowa |
| L 0–41 | 45,651 |
| October 26 | at Northwestern |
| L 10–13 | 33,133 |
| November 2 | Indiana |
| L 20–21 | 51,666 |
| November 9 | No. 2 Ohio State |
| L 8–43 | 40,972 |
| November 16 | at No. 4 Michigan | L 9–34 | 51,117 | |
| November 23 | Minnesota |
| L 15–23 | 39,214 |
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- Source:[5]
Roster
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Special teams
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NFL/AFL Draft selections
Two University of Wisconsin Badgers were selected in the 1969 NFL/AFL draft, which lasted seventeen rounds with 442 selections.
| Player | Position | Round | Overall | Franchise |
| Lynn Buss | Linebacker | 9th | 218 | Philadelphia Eagles |
| Tom McCauley | Wide receiver | 10th | 253 | Minnesota Vikings |
- Source:[6]
References
- "Synthetic grass at UW passes 1st test". Milwaukee Sentinel. September 10, 1968. p. 1, part 2.
- "Badgers try ersatz turf". Milwaukee Sentinel. September 10, 1968. p. 13, part 2.
- Kuechele, Oliver (September 27, 1968). "UW plays Huskies; no relief is in sight". Milwaukee Journal. p. 19, part 2.
- Bochat, Rel (September 28, 1968). "Huskies test UW, new rug today". Milwaukee Sentinel. p. 1, part 2.
- "Wisconsin Badgers Index". sports-reference.com. Retrieved 2011-07-28.
- https://www.pro-football-reference.com/draft/1969.htm