1961 Wisconsin Badgers football
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 18
Record63 (43 Big Ten)
Head coach
MVPRon Miller
CaptainJim Bakken
Don Schade
Home stadiumCamp Randall Stadium
1961 Big Ten Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 2 Ohio State $ 6 0 08 0 1
No. 6 Minnesota 6 1 08 2 0
No. 8 Michigan State 5 2 07 2 0
No. 12 Purdue 4 2 06 3 0
Wisconsin 4 3 06 3 0
Michigan 3 3 06 3 0
Iowa 2 4 05 4 0
Northwestern 2 4 04 5 0
Indiana 0 6 02 7 0
Illinois 0 7 00 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

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

  • QB Ron Miller

Game summaries

Minnesota

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

Team players in the 1962 NFL Draft

PlayerPositionRoundPickNFL club
Jim BakkenKicker788Los Angeles Rams
Ron StaleyEnd17226Minnesota Vikings

[2]

Team players in the 1962 AFL Draft

PlayerPositionRoundAFL Club
None

References

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