1959 Wisconsin Badgers football team

The 1959 Wisconsin Badgers football team was an American football team that represented the University of Wisconsin in the 1959 Big Ten Conference football season. In its fourth season under head coach Milt Bruhn, Wisconsin compiled a 7–3 record (5–2 in Big Ten, first),[3][4] won the Big Ten championship,[5] but lost to underdog Washington in the Rose Bowl on New Year's Day.[6]

1959 Wisconsin Badgers football
Big Ten champion
Rose Bowl, L 8–44 vs. Washington
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 6[1]
APNo. 6[2]
1959 record7–3 (5–2 Big Ten)
Head coach
Home stadiumCamp Randall Stadium
1959 Big Ten Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 6 Wisconsin $ 5 –2 –0  7 –3 –0
Michigan State 4 –2 –0  5 –4 –0
Purdue 4 –2 –1  5 –2 –2
No. 13 Illinois 4 –2 –1  5 –3 –1
Northwestern 4 –3 –0  6 –3 –0
Iowa 3 –3 –0  5 –4 –0
Michigan 3 –4 –0  4 –5 –0
Indiana 2 –4 –1  4 –4 –1
Ohio State 2 –4 –1  3 –5 –1
Minnesota 1 –6 –0  2 –7 –0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule
DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 26Stanford*No. 8
W 16–1441,892
October 3Marquette*No. 12
  • Camp Randall Stadium
  • Madison, WI
W 44–647,970
October 10at No. 7 PurdueNo. 9
L 0–2141,542
October 17No. 9 Iowa
  • Camp Randall Stadium
  • Madison, WI (rivalry)
W 25–1664,256
October 24No. 20 Ohio StateNo. 12
  • Camp Randall Stadium
  • Madison, WI
W 12–355,440
October 31at MichiganNo. 10
W 19–1068,063[7]
November 7at No. 2 NorthwesternNo. 9
W 24–1955,282
November 14IllinoisNo. 7
  • Camp Randall Stadium
  • Madison, WI
L 6–956,028
November 21at MinnesotaNo. 9
W 11–753,647
January 1, 1960vs. No. 8 Washington*No. 6
L 8–44100,089
  • *Non-conference game
  • Homecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Roster
Source:[8][9]

NFL Draft

Five Badgers were selected in the 1960 NFL Draft

Player Position Round Overall Franchise
Dale HackbartBack551Green Bay Packers
Jerry StalcupGuard662Los Angeles Rams
Dan LanphearTackle890Pittsburgh Steelers
Jim HeinkeTackle16190San Francisco 49ers
Bob NelsonCenter20235Cleveland Browns
Source:[10]

References
  1. "Year-by-year Final Coaches' Polls". American Football Coaches Association. Archived from the original on January 2, 2011. Retrieved January 14, 2010.
  2. "Poll Archive". Associated Press. Archived from the original on May 25, 2010. Retrieved January 14, 2010.
  3. "Badgers jump to 5th in UPI poll". Milwaukee Sentinel. UPI. November 24, 1959. p. 4, part 2.
  4. "College grid standings". Milwaukee Sentinel. November 24, 1959. p. 5, part 2.
  5. Ingrassia, Tony (November 22, 1959). "Badgers clinch title". Milwaukee Sentinel. p. 1C.
  6. Larson, Lloyd (January 2, 1960). "Badgers buried, 44-8". Milwaukee Sentinel. p. 1, part 11.
  7. Hal Middlesworth (November 1, 1959). "Own Passes Foul Up Michigan: Wisconsin Intercepts 6 to Win". Detroit Free Press. p. 1E – via Newspapers.com.
  8. "1959 Wisconsin Badgers". Milwaukee Sentinel. (team photo). October 4, 1959. p. 3C.
  9. "Rose Bowl rosters". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. January 1, 1960. p. 49.
  10. https://www.pro-football-reference.com/draft/1960.htm
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