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Wisconsin Football Team History


Wisconsin Badgers
University of Wisconsin
 Madison, WI
Founded: 1849
Stadium: Camp Randall Stadium
Capacity: 80,321
Colors: Cardinal & White
Coach: Milton Milt Bruhn
Conference: Big 10-

Team Home Summary  Coaches Games by Year Opponents Rankings Bowls Conference


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1889  <-- 1958 <- 1959 -> 1960 --> 2024
1959 Season Highlights
 Milton Milt Bruhn enters his 4th season as Head Coach at Wisconsin.
 The Badgers won the Big 10 Conference Championship.
 
1959 Season
 Date   Opponent  Score   
 Sat., Sep. 26  vs. Stanford  16   14   W       
 Sat., Oct. 3  vs. Marquette  44   6   W       
 Sat., Oct. 10  @ Purdue  0   21   L       
 Sat., Oct. 17  vs. Iowa  25   16   W       
 Sat., Oct. 24  vs. Ohio State  12   3   W       
 Sat., Oct. 31  @ Michigan  19   10   W       
 Sat., Nov. 7  @ Northwestern  24   19   W       
 Sat., Nov. 14  vs. Illinois  6   9   L       
 Sat., Nov. 21  @ Minnesota  11   7   W       
 Fri., Jan. 1   Washington  8   44   L    @ Pasadena, CA   Rose Bowl
 
1959 Season Totals
  Record7-3
  Points Scored165
  Scoring Average16.5
  Points Allowed149
  Defense Average14.9
  Opponents Record43-37
  Conference Record5-2
  Home Record4-1
  Away Record3-1
1959 NCAA Final Rankings
 Rank   Record   Source 
6 7-2-0 AP
6 7-2-0 Coaches
6 7-2-0 UPI
  
1959 Big 10- Standings
  Season   Bowls   Conference 
 Team  W/L/T  PF  PA    W/L/T  PF  PA   Coach 
Illinois 5-3-111193 4-2-18259  Ray Eliot
Indiana 4-4-1142105 2-4-18685  Phil Dickens
Minnesota 2-798159 1-666121  Murray Warmath
Wisconsin 7-3165149Lost  8-445-29785  Milton Milt Bruhn
Northwestern 6-3174134 4-39997  Ara R. Parseghian
Michigan State 5-4149118 4-211091  Hugh Duffy Daugherty
Purdue 5-2-210981 4-2-18174  Kenneth Jack Mollenkopf
Iowa 5-4233100 3-311968  Forest Evashevski
Michigan 4-5122161 3-489134  Chalmers Bump Elliott
Ohio State 3-5-183114 2-4-16984  Wayne Woody Hayes

1959 All American Awards
 Player   Position   Class   Ht.   Wt.   Award   Team   Source 
 Coming Someday 

1959 All Big 10 Conference Players
 Player   Position   Class   Ht.   Wt.   Team   Source 
 Coming Someday 


Some records may be incomplete.


Great Moments in College Football History

The biggest crowd for a college football game was 114,000 for the 1926 Army-Navy Game. The game ended in a tie when it became too dark to play.