1966 Wisconsin Badgers football team

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1966 Wisconsin Badgers football
Conference Big Ten Conference
Record361 (241 Big Ten)
Head coach
MVPBob Richter
CaptainTony Loukas
Bob Richter
Home stadium Camp Randall Stadium
Seasons
  1965
1967  
1966 Big Ten Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 2 Michigan State $ 7 0 09 0 1
No. 7 Purdue 6 1 09 2 0
Michigan 4 3 06 4 0
Illinois 4 3 04 6 0
Minnesota 3 3 14 5 1
Ohio State 3 4 04 5 0
Northwestern 2 4 13 6 1
Wisconsin 2 4 13 6 1
Indiana 1 5 11 8 1
Iowa 1 6 02 8 0
  • $ Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1966 Wisconsin Badgers football team represented the University of Wisconsin in the 1966 Big Ten Conference football season.

Contents

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendance
September 17 Iowa State *W 20–1051,051
September 24at No. 5 USC *L 3–3852,235
October 1at Iowa W 7–052,787
October 8No. 7 Nebraska *
  • Camp Randall Stadium
  • Madison, WI (rivalry)
L 3–3152,428
October 15 Northwestern
  • Camp Randall Stadium
  • Madison, WI
T 3–353,163
October 22at Ohio State L 13–2484,256
October 29 Michigan
  • Camp Randall Stadium
  • Madison, WI
L 17–2851,816
November 5 Purdue Dagger-14-plain.png
  • Camp Randall Stadium
  • Madison, WI
L 0–2356,475
November 12at Illinois L 14–4953,645
November 19 Minnesota
W 7–645,373
  • *Non-conference game
  • Dagger-14-plain.pngHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

[1]

Team players in the 1967 NFL/AFL draft

PlayerPositionRoundPickNFL club
Bill GardnerTight end17444 Green Bay Packers

[2]

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References

  1. "Wisconsin Badgers Index". Sports-reference.com. Retrieved July 28, 2011.
  2. "1967 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Archived from the original on May 13, 2010. Retrieved May 22, 2015.