American college football season
The 1968 Wisconsin Badgers football team represented the University of Wisconsin in the 1968 Big Ten Conference football season. Led by second-year head coach John Coatta, the Badgers compiled an overall record of 0–10 with a mark of 0–7 in conference play, placing last out of ten teams in the Big Ten. Wisconsin played home games at Camp Randall Stadium in Madison, Wisconsin.
This was the first season of artificial turf at Camp Randall Stadium;[1][2] the Tartan Turf home opener was against Washington of the Pacific-8 Conference,[3] who had just installed AstroTurf at their Husky Stadium in Seattle.[4] Outside of these two, the only other University Division venues with synthetic turf in 1968 were the Astrodome (Houston) and Neyland Stadium (Tennessee).
Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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September 21 | at Arizona State* | | L 7–55 | 43,317 | |
September 28 | Washington* | | L 17–21 | 42,965 | [5] |
October 5 | No. 19 Michigan State | - Camp Randall Stadium
- Madison, WI
| L 0–39 | 49,067 | |
October 12 | Utah State* | - Camp Randall Stadium
- Madison, WI
| L 0–20 | 37,469 | |
October 19 | at Iowa | | L 0–41 | 45,651 | |
October 26 | at Northwestern | | L 10–13 | 33,133 | |
November 2 | Indiana | - Camp Randall Stadium
- Madison, WI
| L 20–21 | 51,666 | |
November 9 | No. 2 Ohio State | - Camp Randall Stadium
- Madison, WI
| L 8–43 | 40,972 | |
November 16 | at No. 4 Michigan | | L 9–34 | 51,117 | |
November 23 | Minnesota | | L 15–23 | 39,214 | |
- *Non-conference game
- Homecoming
- Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
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1968 Wisconsin Badgers football team roster
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Coaches
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Offense
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Defense
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Special teams
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- Head coach
- Coordinators/assistant coaches
- Legend
- (C) Team captain
- (S) Suspended
- (I) Ineligible
- Injured
- Redshirt
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NFL/AFL draft selections
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Two Wisconsin Badgers were selected in the 1969 NFL/AFL draft, which lasted 17 rounds with 442 selections.
[6]
- ^ "Synthetic grass at UW passes 1st test". Milwaukee Sentinel. September 10, 1968. p. 1, part 2.
- ^ "Badgers try ersatz turf". Milwaukee Sentinel. September 10, 1968. p. 13, part 2.
- ^ Kuechele, Oliver (September 27, 1968). "UW plays Huskies; no relief is in sight". Milwaukee Journal. p. 19, part 2.
- ^ Bochat, Rel (September 28, 1968). "Huskies test UW, new rug today". Milwaukee Sentinel. p. 1, part 2.
- ^ "Washington turns back Wisconsin's rally 21–17". The La Crosse Tribune. September 29, 1968. Retrieved September 14, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "1969 NFL Draft Listing - Pro-Football-Reference.com". Archived from the original on December 21, 2007.
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