1968 Wisconsin Badgers football team

American college football season

1968 Wisconsin Badgers football

Conference| Big Ten Conference
Record| 0–10 (0–7 Big Ten)
Head coach|

* John Coatta (2nd season)

MVP| Ken Criter
Captain| Wally Schoessow
Home stadium| Camp Randall Stadium

Seasons

<- 1967

1969 ->

1968 Big Ten Conference football standings

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| Conf |  |  | Overall

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Team | W |  | L |  | T |  |  | W |  | L |  | T
No. 1 Ohio State $  | 7  | - | 0  | - | 0 |  |  | 10  | - | 0  | - | 0
No. 12 Michigan | 6  | - | 1  | - | 0 |  |  | 8  | - | 2  | - | 0
No. 10 Purdue | 5  | - | 2  | - | 0 |  |  | 8  | - | 2  | - | 0
Minnesota | 5  | - | 2  | - | 0 |  |  | 6  | - | 4  | - | 0
Indiana | 4  | - | 3  | - | 0 |  |  | 6  | - | 4  | - | 0
Iowa | 4  | - | 3  | - | 0 |  |  | 5  | - | 5  | - | 0
Michigan State | 2  | - | 5  | - | 0 |  |  | 5  | - | 5  | - | 0
Illinois | 1  | - | 6  | - | 0 |  |  | 1  | - | 9  | - | 0
Northwestern | 1  | - | 6  | - | 0 |  |  | 1  | - | 9  | - | 0
Wisconsin | 0  | - | 7  | - | 0 |  |  | 0  | - | 10  | - | 0

* $ - Conference champion

Rankings from AP Poll

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).

## Schedule

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Date| Opponent| Site| Result| Attendance| Source

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September 21| at Arizona State*|

* Sun Devil Stadium
* Tempe, AZ

| L 7–55| 43,317|
September 28| Washington*|

* Camp Randall Stadium
* Madison, WI

| 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|

* Iowa Stadium
* Iowa City, IA (rivalry)

| L 0–41| 45,651|
October 26| at Northwestern|

* Dyche Stadium
* Evanston, IL

| 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|

* Michigan Stadium
* Ann Arbor, MI

| L 9–34| 51,117|
November 23| Minnesota|

* Camp Randall Stadium
* Madison, WI (Paul Bunyan's Axe)

| L 15–23| 39,214|

* *Non-conference game
* Homecoming
* Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

## Roster

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1968 Wisconsin Badgers football team roster

Players  | Coaches
Offense | Pos. | # | Name | Class

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RB | `36` | Joe Dawkins | Jr
OT | `70` | Mike McClish
WR | `18` | Tom McCauley | Sr
QB | `15` | John Ryan | Sr
TE | `40` | Stu Voigt | Jr
Defense | Pos. | # | Name | Class

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LB | `33` | Ken Criter | Sr
DT | `73` | Jim DeLisle | So
DT | `76` | Bill Gregory | So
DT | `57` | Jim Novak | Sr
LB | `35` | Chuck Winfrey | So
DB | `30` | George McGarrett |
Special teams | Pos. | # | Name | Class

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Head coach

* John Coatta (2nd year)

Coordinators/assistant coaches

* Harland Carl
* Gene Felker
* Roger French
* Fred Marsh
* Kirk Mee
* Les Ritcherson
* Deral Teteak
* LaVern Van Dyke

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Legend

* (C) Team captain
* (S) Suspended
* (I) Ineligible

* Injured
* Redshirt

## 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.

Player | Position | Round | Overall | Franchise

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Lynn Buss | Linebacker | 9th | 218 | Philadelphia Eagles
Tom McCauley | Wide receiver | 10th | 253 | Minnesota Vikings

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## References

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1. ^ "Synthetic grass at UW passes 1st test". Milwaukee Sentinel. September 10, 1968. p. 1, part 2.
2. ^ "Badgers try ersatz turf". Milwaukee Sentinel. September 10, 1968. p. 13, part 2.
3. ^ Kuechele, Oliver (September 27, 1968). "UW plays Huskies; no relief is in sight". Milwaukee Journal. p. 19, part 2.
4. ^ Bochat, Rel (September 28, 1968). "Huskies test UW, new rug today". Milwaukee Sentinel. p. 1, part 2.
5. ^ "Washington turns back Wisconsin's rally 21–17". The La Crosse Tribune. September 29, 1968. Retrieved September 14, 2024 - via Newspapers.com.
6. ^ "1969 NFL Draft Listing - Pro-Football-Reference.com". Archived from the original on December 21, 2007.

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Wisconsin Badgers football

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* Randall Field (1895–1916)
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