1958 Wisconsin Badgers football team

1958 Wisconsin Badgers football
1958 Wisconsin Badgers football
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 6
AP	No. 7
Record	7–1–1 (5–1–1 Big Ten)
Head coach	Milt Bruhn (3rd season);
MVP	Jon Hobbs; Dick Teteak
Captain	Jon Hobbs; Dave Kocourek
Home stadium	Camp Randall Stadium
	Seasons ← 1957 1959 →

1958 Big Ten Conference football standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 2 Iowa $	5	–	1	–	0	8	–	1	–	1
No. 7 Wisconsin	5	–	1	–	1	7	–	1	–	1
No. 8 Ohio State	4	–	1	–	2	6	–	1	–	2
No. 13 Purdue	3	–	1	–	2	6	–	1	–	2
Indiana	3	–	2	–	1	5	–	3	–	1
Illinois	4	–	3	–	0	4	–	5	–	0
Northwestern	3	–	4	–	0	5	–	4	–	0
Michigan	1	–	5	–	1	2	–	6	–	1
Minnesota	1	–	6	–	0	1	–	8	–	0
Michigan State	0	–	5	–	1	3	–	5	–	1

$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

The 1958 Wisconsin Badgers football team represented the University of Wisconsin in the 1958 Big Ten Conference football season.

Schedule[edit]

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result	Attendance
September 26	at No. 15 Miami (FL)*	No. 14	Burdine Stadium Miami, FL	W 20–0	62,084
October 4	Marquette*	No. 9	Camp Randall Stadium Madison, WI	W 50–0	42,513
October 11	No. 13 Purdue	No. 6	Camp Randall Stadium Madison, WI	W 31–6	51,028
October 18	No. 13 Iowa	No. 4	Camp Randall Stadium Madison, WI (rivalry)	L 9–20	65,241
October 25	at No. 2 Ohio State	No. 13	Ohio Stadium Columbus, OH	T 7–7	83,142
November 1	at Michigan State	No. 8	Spartan Stadium East Lansing, MI	W 9–7	71,040
November 8	No. 4 Northwestern	No. 7	Camp Randall Stadium Madison, WI	W 17–13	62,964
November 15	at Illinois	No. 5	Memorial Stadium Champaign, IL	W 31–12	45,937
November 22	Minnesota	No. 5	Camp Randall Stadium Madison, WI (Paul Bunyan's Axe)	W 27–12	54,517
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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Game summaries[edit]

Minnesota[edit]

	1	2	3	4	Total
Minnesota	0	0	6	6	12
• Wisconsin	7	7	6	7	27

Date: November 22
Location: Camp Randall Stadium, Madison, WI
Game attendance: 54,517

Wisconsin completed their best Big Ten finish since 1952 in front of a Dad's Day crowd as their defense intercepted six passes, one short of their own conference record.^[2]

Team players in the 1959 NFL Draft[edit]

Player	Position	Round	Pick	NFL club
Bob Zeman	Back	10	119	Cleveland Browns
Dick Teteak	Guard	15	169	Green Bay Packers
Dave Kocourek	Wide Receiver	19	223	Pittsburgh Steelers
Jim Fraser	Guard	21	250	Cleveland Browns
Lowell Jenkins	Tackle	27	315	Philadelphia Eagles

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References[edit]

^ "Wisconsin Badgers Index". sports-reference.com. Retrieved July 28, 2011.
^ "Wisconsin scores 27-12 victory over Minnesota." Ocala Star-Banner. 1958 Nov 23.
^ "Reference at www.pro-football-reference.com". Archived from the original on May 27, 2009. Retrieved March 29, 2018.

v t e Wisconsin Badgers football
Venues	Randall Field (1895–1916) Camp Randall Stadium (1917–present)
Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Iowa Minnesota Nebraska
Culture & lore	Bucky Badger "On, Wisconsin!" Marching band "Jump Around" Tall Grass Game Crazylegs
People	Head coaches NFL draftees Statistical leaders Retired numbers
Seasons	1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024

Schedule[edit]

Game summaries[edit]

Minnesota[edit]

Team players in the 1959 NFL Draft[edit]

References[edit]

Further reading[edit]