American college football season
The 1968 Wisconsin Badgers football team represented the University of Wisconsin in the 1968 Big Ten Conference football season . The team was led by second-year head coach John Coatta, and they competed in the Big Ten Conference . The Badgers finished the season 0–10 (0–7 in Big Ten, last); to date, this is the first (and only) time the Badgers have finished winless.
This was the first season of artificial turf at Camp Randall Stadium ;[ 1] [ 2] the Tartan Turf home opener was against Washington of the Pac-8 ,[ 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 September 21 at Arizona State * L 7–5543,317 September 28 Washington * L 17–2142,965 [ 5] October 5 No. 19 Michigan State Camp Randall Stadium Madison, WI L 0–3949,067 October 12 Utah State * Camp Randall Stadium Madison, WI L 0–2037,469 October 19 at Iowa L 0–4145,651 October 26 at Northwestern L 10–1333,133 November 2 Indiana Camp Randall Stadium Madison, WI L 20–2151,666 November 9 No. 2 Ohio State Camp Randall Stadium Madison, WI L 8–4340,972 November 16 at No. 4 Michigan L 9–3451,117 November 23 Minnesota L 15–2339,214 *Non-conference game HomecomingRankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
1968 Wisconsin Badgers football team roster Players Coaches Offense Defense Special teams Head coach Coordinators/assistant coaches Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt
NFL/AFL draft selections[ edit ] Two Wisconsin Badgers were selected in the 1969 NFL/AFL draft , which lasted 17 rounds with 442 selections.
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^ "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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