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    1997 Wisconsin Badgers football team

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    1997 Wisconsin Badgers football
    Outback Bowl, L 6–33 vs. Georgia
    ConferenceBig Ten Conference
    Record8–5 (5–3 Big Ten)
    Head coach
    • Barry Alvarez (8th season)
    Offensive coordinatorBrad Childress (6th season)
    Offensive schemeSmashmouth
    Defensive coordinatorKevin Cosgrove (3rd season)
    Base defense4–3
    MVPTom Burke
    CaptainKevin Huntley
    David Lysek
    Carl McCullough
    Home stadiumCamp Randall Stadium
    Seasons
    ← 1996
    1998 →
    1997 Big Ten Conference football standings
    • v
    • t
    • e
    		 Conf. Overall
    Team   W   L     W   L  
    No. 1 Michigan $   8 – 0     12 – 0  
    No. 12 Ohio State   6 – 2     10 – 3  
    No. 16 Penn State   6 – 2     9 – 3  
    No. 15 Purdue   6 – 2     9 – 3  
    Wisconsin   5 – 3     8 – 5  
    Iowa   4 – 4     7 – 5  
    Michigan State   4 – 4     7 – 5  
    Northwestern   3 – 5     5 – 7  
    Minnesota   1 – 7     3 – 9  
    Indiana   1 – 7     2 – 9  
    Illinois   0 – 8     0 – 11  
    • $ – Conference champion
    Rankings from AP Poll

    The 1997 Wisconsin Badgers football team represented the University of Wisconsin during the 1997 Big Ten Conference football season. They were led by eight 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.

    After suffering a humiliating loss at the hands of Donovan McNabb and the Syracuse Orangemen in their season opener, the Wisconsin Badgers sprang back to win eight of their next nine games. After defeating Boise State, San Jose State, and San Diego State, the Badgers won consecutive games with field goals as time expired against Indiana and Northwestern. In the course of this streak, the Badgers snapped a long losing streak at the hands of the Iowa Hawkeyes with a 13–10 win, the first Wisconsin win over a Hayden Fry-coached team ever. After defeating Iowa, Barry Alvarez's team fell apart down the stretch, losing to eventual national champion Michigan, Penn State, and Georgia in the Outback Bowl.

    While the Badgers suffered a 3-game losing streak to close out the year, the 1997 campaign set the stage for the incredibly successful 1998 season.

    Schedule

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    DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendanceSource
    August 241:00 p.m.vs. No. 17 Syracuse*No. 24
    • Giants Stadium
    • East Rutherford, NJ (Kickoff Classic)
    		ABCL 0–3451,185
    September 62:00 p.m.Boise State*
    • Camp Randall Stadium
    • Madison, WI
    		W 28–2473,209
    September 135:30 p.m.at San Jose State*
    • Spartan Stadium
    • San Jose, CA
    		W 56–1023,042
    September 201:00 p.m.San Diego State*
    • Camp Randall Stadium
    • Madison, WI
    		W 36–1076,864
    September 2711:20 a.m.Indiana
    • Camp Randall Stadium
    • Madison, WI
    		ESPN PlusW 27–2678,211
    October 46:00 p.m.at Northwestern
    • Ryan Field
    • Evanston, IL
    		ESPNW 26–2547,129
    October 1111:20 a.m.Illinoisdagger
    • Camp Randall Stadium
    • Madison, WI
    		ESPN PlusW 31–779,327
    October 181:00 p.m.at PurdueNo. 24
    • Ross–Ade Stadium
    • West Lafayette, IN
    		L 20–4554,252
    October 2511:30 a.m.at Minnesota
    • Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome
    • Minneapolis, MN (rivalry)
    		ESPN2W 22–2157,563
    November 811:30 a.m.No. 12 Iowadagger
    • Camp Randall Stadium
    • Madison, WI (rivalry)
    		ESPNW 13–1079,864
    November 152:30 p.m.No. 1 MichiganNo. 23
    • Camp Randall Stadium
    • Madison, WI
    		ABCL 16–2679,806
    November 222:30 p.m.at No. 6 Penn StateNo. 24
    • Beaver Stadium
    • University Park, PA
    		ABCL 10–3596,934
    January 1, 199810:00 a.m.vs. No. 11 Georgia*
    • Houlihan's Stadium
    • Tampa, FL (Outback Bowl)
    		ESPNL 6–3356,186[1]
    • *Non-conference game
    • daggerHomecoming
    • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
    • All times are in Central time

    Rankings

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    See also: 1997 NCAA Division I-A football rankings
    Ranking movements
    Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
    — = Not ranked
    Week
    PollPre12345678910111213141516Final
    AP24———————24———2324————
    Coaches24——————24———2424————

    Game summaries

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    Syracuse

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    1 234Total
    • Syracuse 10 1473 34
    Wisconsin 0 000 0
    • Date: August 24
    • Location: Giants Stadium
    • Game attendance: 51,185

    [2]

    Boise State

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    1 234Total
    Boise St 10 707 24
    • Wisconsin 7 777 28
    • Date: September 6
    • Location: Camp Randall Stadium

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    San Jose State

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    1 234Total
    • Wisconsin 14 28140 56
    San Jose St 10 000 10
    • Date: September 13
    • Location: Spartan Stadium
    • Game attendance: 23,042

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    San Diego State

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    1 234Total
    San Diego St 0 037 10
    • Wisconsin 17 577 36
    • Date: September 20
    • Location: Camp Randall Stadium

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    Indiana

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    1 234Total
    Indiana 7 1063 26
    • Wisconsin 7 10010 27
    • Date: September 27
    • Location: Camp Randall Stadium

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    Northwestern

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    1 234Total
    • Wisconsin 13 373 26
    Northwestern 6 8110 25
    • Date: October 4
    • Location: Ryan Field

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    Illinois

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    1 234Total
    Illinois 0 700 7
    • Wisconsin 14 7100 31
    • Date: October 11
    • Location: Camp Randall Stadium

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    Purdue

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    1 234Total
    Wisconsin 0 1073 20
    • Purdue 21 7710 45
    • Date: October 18
    • Location: Ross–Ade Stadium

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    Minnesota

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    1 234Total
    • Wisconsin 7 609 22
    Minnesota 8 0130 21
    • Date: October 25
    • Location: Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome
    • Game attendance: 57,563
    • Game weather: Indoors (dome)
    Scoring summary
    Q112:00WISSimmons 53 yard pass from Samuel (Davenport kick)WIS 7–0
    Q13:50MINNBailey 30 yard field goalWIS 7–3
    Q11:55MINNSafetyWIS 7–5
    Q1:10MINNBailey 42 yard field goalMINN 8–7
    Q211:52WISHayes 53 yard pass from Samuel (two-point conversion failed)WIS 13–8
    Q37:57MINNNelson 11 yard pass from Sauter (two-point conversion failed)MINN 14–13
    Q33:50MINNEvans 4 yard run (Bailey kick)MINN 21–13
    Q413:18WISDavenport 38 yard field goalMINN 21–16
    Q47:10WISDayne 1 yard run (two-point conversion failed)WIS 22–21

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    Iowa

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    1 234Total
    Iowa 0 073 10
    • Wisconsin 0 1300 13
    • Date: November 8
    • Location: Camp Randall Stadium
    • Game attendance: 79,864
    See also: 1997 Iowa Hawkeyes football team and Iowa–Wisconsin football rivalry

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    Michigan

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    1 234Total
    • Michigan 7 9010 26
    Wisconsin 0 376 16
    • Date: November 15
    • Location: Camp Randall Stadium

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    Penn State

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    1 234Total
    Wisconsin 3 007 10
    • Penn St 7 14140 35
    • Date: November 22
    • Location: Beaver Stadium

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    Outback Bowl

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    1 234Total
    Wisconsin 0 006 6
    • Georgia 12 777 33
    • Date: January 1
    • Location: Tampa Stadium
    • Game attendance: 56,186
    Main article: 1998 Outback Bowl

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    Roster

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    1997 Wisconsin Badgers football team roster
    Players Coaches
    Offense
    Pos. # Name Class
    WR 7 Willie Austin So
    FB 32 Branden Cantrell Sr
    WR 88 Chris Chambers Fr
    FB 48 Rob Christen  Fr
    G 54 Dave Costa  Fr
    OT 66 Pat Daley  So
    RB 33 Ron Dayne So
    RB 4 Eddie Faulkner  Fr
    G 60 Bill Ferrario  Fr
    OT 79 Aaron Gibson Jr
    WR 23 Rasheed Golden Fr
    TE 89 Eric Grams  Jr
    G 73 Joe Gribowski  Fr
    WR 84 Donald Hayes Sr
    WR 6 Kevin Huntley (C) Sr
    OL 76 Josh Jakubowski Fr
    OL 52 Coleman Johnson  Jr
    QB 12 Scott Kavanagh So
    FB 37 Cecil Martin  Jr
    QB 19 Ben McCormick  Sr
    RB 13 Carl McCullough (C)  Sr
    OT 75 Chris McIntosh  So
    WR 1 Ahmad Merritt  So
    C 70 Casey Rabach  Fr
    TE 87 Dague Retzlaff  Fr
    C 53 Rob Roell  So
    QB 10 Mike Samuel  Jr
    TE 85 John Sigmund Fr
    WR 82 Tony Simmons  Sr
    TE, LS 86 Mike Solwold  Fr
    TE 49 Ryan Sondrup  Jr
    OT 74 Mark Tauscher  So
    WR 29 Delta Triplett  Sr
    RB 22 Charles Williams  So
    RB 21 Tony Williams  So
    		Defense
    Pos. # Name Class
    LB 29 Bob Adamov  Jr
    S 17 Demetrius Brown  So
    CB 3 Onjai Bryant So
    DE 74 Tom Burke Jr
    CB 38 Lamar Campbell Sr
    DE 25 Marcus Carpenter  So
    DE 99 Dave Cruickshank  Jr
    LB 51 Mark Davis  Jr
    S 8 Jason Doering  Fr
    LB 50 Donny Eicher  So
    DE 96 John Favret Fr
    LB 16 Chris Ghidorzi So
    LB 5 Edgerton Hartwell  Fr
    NT 59 Joe Innis  Sr
    NT 58 Chris Janek So
    S 24 Donte King Fr
    LB 19 Roger Knight Fr
    DT 78 Ross Kolodziej  Fr
    LB 45 Dan Lisowski Fr
    DE 91 Rob Lurtsema  Sr
    LB 57 David Lysek (C)  Sr
    NT 71 Eric Mahlik  Fr
    LB 32 Ryan Marks  Fr
    DE 9 Sam Mueller  Fr
    S 26 Bobby Myers  So
    S 15 Tim Rosga  So
    CB 28 Jason Suttle  Sr
    S 34 Leonard Taylor  Jr
    LB 44 Donnel Thompson So
    S 33 Scott Wagner  Sr
    S 18 Shadrick Washington  Fr
    LB 2 Marcus White  So
    DT 92 Brandon Williams  Jr
    		Special teams
    Pos. # Name Class
    K 28 Matt Davenport Jr
    K 20 Vitaly Pisetsky So
    LS 46 Mike Schneck  So
    P 23 Eric Skrzypchak  So
    TE, LS 86 Mike Solwold  Fr
    P 14 Kevin Stemke Fr
    Head coach
    • Barry Alvarez
    Coordinators/assistant coaches
    • Brad Childress – Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks
    • Kevin Cosgrove – Defensive Coordinator/Inside Linebackers
    • Tim Davis – Offensive Tackles/Tight Ends
    • Phil Elmassian – Defensive Backs
    • Jay Hayes – Outside Linebackers/Strong Safeties/Special Teams
    • Jim Hueber – Guards and Centers
    • Henry Mason – Wide Receivers
    • John Palermo – Assistant Head Coach/Defensive Line
    • Brian White – Running Backs
    • Bernie Wyatt – Director of Football Operations
    Legend
    • (C) Team captain
    • (S) Suspended
    • (I) Ineligible
    • Injured Injured
    • Redshirt Redshirt

    Roster
    Last update: 1997-06-17

    Source:[15]

    Regular starters

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    Team players selected in the 1998 NFL Draft

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    Player Position Round Overall Selection NFL Team
    Tony Simmons Wide Receiver 2 52 New England Patriots
    Donald Hayes Wide Receiver 4 106 Carolina Panthers

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