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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  <-- 1960 <- 1961 -> 1962 --> 2024

1961 Season Highlights
 Milton Milt Bruhn enters his 6th season as Head Coach at Wisconsin.
 
1961 Season
 Date   Opponent  Score   
 Sat., Sep. 23  vs. Utah  7   0   W       
 Sat., Sep. 30  vs. Michigan State  0   20   L       
 Sat., Oct. 7  @ Indiana  6   3   W       
 Sat., Oct. 14  vs. Oregon State  23   20   W       
 Sat., Oct. 21  @ Iowa  15   47   L       
 Sat., Oct. 28  vs. Ohio State  21   30   L       
 Sat., Nov. 11  @ Northwestern  29   10   W       
 Sat., Nov. 18  vs. Illinois  55   7   W       
 Sat., Nov. 25  @ Minnesota  23   21   W       
 
1961 Season Totals
  Record6-3
  Points Scored179
  Scoring Average19.9
  Points Allowed158
  Defense Average17.6
  Opponents Record45-38
  Conference Record4-3
  Home Record3-2
  Away Record3-1
1961 NCAA Final Rankings
 Rank   Record   Source 
18 6-3-0 Coaches
18 6-3-0 UPI
  
1961 Big 10- Standings
  Season   Bowls   Conference 
 Team  W/L/T  PF  PA    W/L/T  PF  PA   Coach 
Minnesota 8-216178Won  21-36-112662  Murray Warmath
Indiana 2-796162 0-638132  Phil Dickens
Illinois 0-953289 0-736255  Peter R. Elliot
Ohio State 8-0-122183 6-017961  Wayne Woody Hayes
Michigan State 7-219250 5-214440  Hugh Duffy Daugherty
Purdue 6-314687 4-29453  Kenneth Jack Mollenkopf
Wisconsin 6-3179158 4-3149138  Milton Milt Bruhn
Michigan 6-3212163 3-3117135  Chalmers Bump Elliott
Iowa 5-4215162 2-4110100  Jerry Burns
Northwestern 4-5131105 2-46885  Ara R. Parseghian

1961 All American Awards
 Player   Position   Class   Ht.   Wt.   Award   Team   Source 
 Coming Someday 

1961 All Big 10 Conference Players
 Player   Position   Class   Ht.   Wt.   Team   Source 
 Coming Someday 


Some records may be incomplete.


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