| 1963 Wisconsin Badgers football | |
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| Conference | Big Ten Conference |
| Record | 5–4 (3–4 Big Ten) |
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| MVP | Jim Purnell |
| Captain | Ken Bowman Andy Wojdula |
| Home stadium | Camp Randall Stadium |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 3 Illinois $ | 5 | – | 1 | – | 1 | 8 | – | 1 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 9 Michigan State | 4 | – | 1 | – | 1 | 6 | – | 2 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ohio State | 4 | – | 1 | – | 1 | 5 | – | 3 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Purdue | 4 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Northwestern | 3 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wisconsin | 3 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Michigan | 2 | – | 3 | – | 2 | 3 | – | 4 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Iowa | 2 | – | 3 | – | 1 | 3 | – | 3 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Minnesota | 2 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Indiana | 1 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1963 Wisconsin Badgers football team represented the University of Wisconsin in the 1963 Big Ten Conference football season.
| Date | Opponent | Rank | Site | Result | Attendance |
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| September 21 | Western Michigan * | No. 7 | W 41–0 | 48,574 | |
| September 28 | at Notre Dame * | No. 6 | W 14–9 | 56,806 | |
| October 12 | Purdue | No. 5 |
| W 38–20 | 61,415 |
| October 19 | at Iowa | No. 2 | W 10–7 | 59,700 | |
| October 26 | Ohio State | No. 2 |
| L 10–13 | 65,913 |
| November 2 | at Michigan State | No. 8 | L 13–30 | 71,033 | |
| November 9 | Northwestern  |
| W 17–14 | 65,388 | |
| November 16 | No. 8 Illinois |
| L 7–17 | 65,418 | |
| November 28 | at Minnesota | L 0–14 | 55,271 | ||
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| Player | Position | Round | Pick | NFL club |
| Roger Pillath | Tackle | 3 | 39 | Los Angeles Rams |
| Jimmy Jones | End | 6 | 84 | Chicago Bears |
| Bob Johnson | End | 8 | 108 | St. Louis Cardinals |
| Ken Bowman | Center | 8 | 111 | Green Bay Packers |
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