| 1960 Wisconsin Badgers football | |
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| Conference | Big Ten Conference |
| Record | 4–5 (2–5 Big Ten) |
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| MVP | Tom Wiesner |
| Captain | Henry Derleth Tom Wiesner |
| Home stadium | Camp Randall Stadium |
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| No. 1 Minnesota + | 6 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 3 Iowa + | 5 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 1 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 8 Ohio State | 5 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 15 Michigan State | 4 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 2 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Illinois | 3 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Michigan | 3 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Northwestern | 3 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 19 Purdue | 3 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 4 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wisconsin | 2 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Indiana | 0 | – | 7 | – | 0 | 1 | – | 8 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1960 Wisconsin Badgers football team represented the University of Wisconsin in the 1960 Big Ten Conference football season.
| Date | Opponent | Rank | Site | Result | Attendance |
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| September 24 | at Stanford * | W 24–7 | 29,500 | ||
| October 1 | Marquette * | W 35–6 | 51,533 | ||
| October 8 | No. 7 Purdue |
| W 24–13 | 58,292 | |
| October 15 | at No. 2 Iowa | No. 12 | L 21–28 | 57,000 | |
| October 22 | at No. 9 Ohio State | No. 11 | L 7–34 | 83,244 | |
| October 29 | Michigan |
| W 16–13 | 57,629 | |
| November 5 | Northwestern  |
| L 0–21 | 61,730 | |
| November 12 | at Illinois | L 14–35 | 48,143 | ||
| November 19 | No. 4 Minnesota |
| L 7–26 | 55,576 | |
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| Player | Position | Round | Pick | NFL club |
| Ron Miller | Quarterback | 3 | 41 | Los Angeles Rams |
| Tom Wiesner | Back | 16 | 217 | Baltimore Colts |
| Player | Position | Round | AFL Club |
| Ron Miller | Quarterback | 21 | Houston Oilers |
| Terry Huxhold | Tackle | 27 | Boston Patriots |
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