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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  <-- 1959 <- 1960 -> 1961 --> 2024

1960 Season Highlights
 Milton Milt Bruhn enters his 5th season as Head Coach at Wisconsin.
 
1960 Season
 Date   Opponent  Score   
 Sat., Sep. 24  @ Stanford  24   7   W       
 Sat., Oct. 1  vs. Marquette  35   6   W       
 Sat., Oct. 8  vs. Purdue  24   13   W       
 Sat., Oct. 15  @ Iowa  21   28   L       
 Sat., Oct. 22  @ Ohio State  7   34   L       
 Sat., Oct. 29  vs. Michigan  16   13   W       
 Sat., Nov. 5  vs. Northwestern  0   21   L       
 Sat., Nov. 12  @ Illinois  14   35   L       
 Sat., Nov. 19  vs. Minnesota  7   26   L       
 
1960 Season Totals
  Record4-5
  Points Scored148
  Scoring Average16.4
  Points Allowed183
  Defense Average20.3
  Opponents Record42-31
  Conference Record2-5
  Home Record3-2
  Away Record1-3
1960 NCAA Final Rankings
 Rank   Record   Source 
5 4-5-0 Coaches
5 4-5-0 UPI
  
1960 Big 10- Standings
  Season   Bowls   Conference 
 Team  W/L/T  PF  PA    W/L/T  PF  PA   Coach 
Minnesota 8-222888Lost  7-176-114750  Murray Warmath
Illinois 5-4140117 3-497109  Peter R. Elliot
Indiana 1-869243 0-729215  Phil Dickens
Iowa 8-1234108 5-116389  Forest Evashevski
Ohio State 7-220990 5-216590  Wayne Woody Hayes
Michigan State 6-2-1193118 4-212296  Hugh Duffy Daugherty
Michigan 5-413384 3-48178  Chalmers Bump Elliott
Northwestern 5-4107103 3-48194  Ara R. Parseghian
Purdue 4-4-1212163 3-4134117  Kenneth Jack Mollenkopf
Wisconsin 4-5148183 2-589170  Milton Milt Bruhn

1960 All American Awards
 Player   Position   Class   Ht.   Wt.   Award   Team   Source 
 Coming Someday 

1960 All Big 10 Conference Players
 Player   Position   Class   Ht.   Wt.   Team   Source 
 Coming Someday 


Some records may be incomplete.


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