1995 Wisconsin Badgers football team

The 1995 Wisconsin Badgers football team represented the University of Wisconsin during the 1995 NCAA Division I-A football season. They were led by sixth year head coach Barry Alvarez and participated as members of the Big Ten Conference. The Badgers played their home games at Camp Randall Stadium in Madison, Wisconsin. Wisconsin did not make a postseason bowl game for the first time since the 1992 season.

1995 Wisconsin Badgers football
Conference	Big Ten Conference
1995 record	4–5–2 (3–4–1 Big Ten)
Head coach	Barry Alvarez (6th season)
Offensive coordinator	Brad Childress (4th season)
Defensive coordinator	Kevin Cosgrove (1st season)
Home stadium	Camp Randall Stadium (Capacity: 76,129)

1995 Big Ten Conference football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 8 Northwestern $	8	–	0	–	0			10	–	2	–	0
No. 6 Ohio State	7	–	1	–	0			11	–	2	–	0
No. 13 Penn State	5	–	3	–	0			9	–	3	–	0
No. 17 Michigan	5	–	3	–	0			9	–	4	–	0
Michigan State	4	–	3	–	1			6	–	5	–	1
No. 25 Iowa	4	–	4	–	0			8	–	4	–	0
Illinois	3	–	4	–	1			5	–	5	–	1
Wisconsin	3	–	4	–	1			4	–	5	–	2
Purdue	2	–	5	–	1			4	–	6	–	1
Minnesota	1	–	7	–	0			3	–	8	–	0
Indiana	0	–	8	–	0			2	–	9	–	0
$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

As a result of college football's adoption of an overtime beginning with the 1995 bowl season and the 1996 regular season, Wisconsin's 3–3 tie against Illinois is the last tied game in school history, as well as the last tied game in NCAA Division I-A history.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 2	7:00 p.m.	No. 13 Colorado*	No. 21	Camp Randall Stadium Madison, WI	ABC	L 7–43	79,015
September 16	5:30 p.m.	at Stanford*		Stanford Stadium Stanford, CA		T 24–24	42,510
September 23	1:00 p.m.	SMU*		Camp Randall Stadium Madison, WI		W 42–0	77,108
September 30	5:00 p.m.	at No. 6 Penn State		Beaver Stadium University Park, PA	ESPN	W 17–9	96,540
October 14	2:30 p.m.	No. 4 Ohio State	No. 21	Camp Randall Stadium Madison, WI	ABC	L 16–27	79,507
October 21	11:30 a.m.	at No. 11 Northwestern	No. 24	Dyche Stadium Evanston, IL	ESPN2	L 0–35	49,256
October 28	11:00 a.m.	Michigan State		Camp Randall Stadium Madison, WI	Creative	W 45–14	78,043
November 4	11:00 a.m.	at Purdue		Ross–Ade Stadium West Lafayette, IN	Creative	L 27–38	39,125
November 11	6:00 p.m.	at Minnesota		Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome Minneapolis, MN (Paul Bunyan's Axe)	ESPN2	W 34–27	64,016
November 18	11:30 a.m.	Iowa		Camp Randall Stadium Madison, WI (rivalry)	ESPN2	L 20–33	78,907
November 25	2:30 p.m.	Illinois		Camp Randall Stadium Madison, WI	Creative	T 3–3	76,750
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time

Roster

1995 Wisconsin Badgers football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class QB 11 Darrell Bevell Sr C 69 Derek Engler Sr T 79 Aaron Gibson Fr WR 84 Donald Hayes So RB 37 Cecil Martin Fr RB 13 Carl McCullough So T 75 Chris McIntosh Fr WR 1 Ahmad Merritt Fr QB 10 Mike Samuel So WR 82 Tony Simmons So T 71 Jerry Wunsch Jr	Defense Pos. # Name Class SS 13 Bob Adamov So DE 74 Tom Burke Fr CB 38 Lamar Campbell So LB 19 Daryl Carter Jr OLB 85 Bryan Jurewicz Jr LB 55 Brian Flanigan Jr DT 70 Jason Maniecki Sr LB 48 Pete Monty Jr DE 42 Tarek Saleh Jr S 28 Jason Suttle So LB 47 Eric Unverzagt Sr	Special teams Pos. # Name Class K 14 John Hall Jr	Head coach Barry Alvarez Coordinators/assistant coaches Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt

Regular starters

Position Player Quarterback Darrell Bevell Running back Carl McCullough Fullback Cecil Martin Wide receiver Tony Simmons Wide receiver Michael London Tight end Matt Nyquist Left Tackle Cayetano Castro Left Guard Jamie Vanderveldt Center Mike Rader Right Guard James Darby Right Tackle Jerry Wunsch

Position Player Defensive end Chad Yocum Defensive tackle Bryan Jurewicz Defensive tackle Jason Maniecki Defensive end Tarek Saleh Outside Linebacker Daryl Carter Inside Linebacker Eric Unverzagt Outside Linebacker Pete Monty Cornerback Cyrill Weems Free Safety Kevin Huntley Strong Safety Bob Adamov Cornerback Jason Suttle

Game summaries

Colorado

Northwestern

Iowa

Iowa at Wisconsin

1 2 3 4 Total • Hawkeyes 7 17 0 9 33 Badgers 0 7 7 6 20 Date: November 18 Location: Camp Randall Stadium, Madison, Wisconsin Game attendance: 78,907 Television network: ESPN2

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Illinois

Team players selected in the 1996 NFL Draft

Player	Position	Round	Overall Selection	NFL team
Eric Unverzagt	Linebacker	4	131	Seattle Seahawks
Jason Maniecki	Defensive tackle	5	140	Tampa Bay Buccaneers

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References

1. "Iowa vs. Wisconsin". USA Today. November 18, 1995. Retrieved June 22, 2019.
2. https://www.pro-football-reference.com/draft/1996.htm