1961 Wisconsin Badgers football team

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1961 Wisconsin Badgers football
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 18
Record6–3 (4–3 Big Ten)
Head coach
MVPRon Miller
CaptainJim Bakken
Don Schade
Home stadiumCamp Randall Stadium
Seasons
← 1960
1962 →
1961 Big Ten Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   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

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

Schedule[edit]

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendance
September 23Utah*W 7–036,325
September 30No. 10 Michigan State
  • Camp Randall Stadium
  • Madison, WI
L 0–2050,584
October 7at IndianaW 6–323,270
October 14Oregon State*
  • Camp Randall Stadium
  • Madison, WI
W 23–2045,274
October 21at No. 4 IowaL 15–4760,150
October 28No. 6 Ohio Statedagger
  • Camp Randall Stadium
  • Madison, WI
L 21–3058,144
November 11at NorthwesternW 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
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

[1]

Roster[edit]

  • QB Ron Miller

Game summaries[edit]

Minnesota[edit]

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

Team players in the 1962 NFL Draft[edit]

Player Position Round Pick NFL club
Jim Bakken Kicker 7 88 Los Angeles Rams
Ron Staley End 17 226 Minnesota Vikings

[2]

Team players in the 1962 AFL Draft[edit]

Player Position Round AFL Club
None

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Wisconsin Badgers Index". sports-reference.com. Retrieved July 28, 2011.
  2. ^ "Reference at www.pro-football-reference.com".