American college football season
The 1973 Wisconsin Badgers football team represented the University of Wisconsin–Madison in the 1973 Big Ten Conference football season.
Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance |
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September 15 | Purdue | | L 13–14 | 58,256 |
September 22 | No. 19 Colorado* | - Camp Randall Stadium
- Madison, WI
| L 25–28 | 58,237 |
September 29 | at No. 2 Nebraska* | | L 16–20 | 76,297 |
October 6 | Wyoming* | - Camp Randal Stadium
- Madison, WI
| W 37–28 | 60,715 |
October 13 | No. 1 Ohio State | - Camp Randall Stadium
- Madison, WI
| L 0–24 | 77,413 |
October 20 | at No. 4 Michigan | | L 6–35 | 87,273 |
October 27 | Indiana![dagger](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/37/Dagger-14-plain.png) | - Camp Randall Stadium
- Madison, WI
| W 31–7 | 66,365 |
November 4 | at Michigan State | | L 0–21 | 54,010 |
November 10 | Iowa | - Camp Randall Stadium
- Madison, WI (rivalry)
| W 35–7 | 55,560 |
November 17 | Northwestern | - Camp Randall Stadium
- Madison, WI
| W 36–34 | 46,248 |
November 24 | at Minnesota | | L 17–19 | 34,412 |
- *Non-conference game
Homecoming- Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
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1973 Wisconsin Badgers football team roster |
Players | Coaches |
Offense Pos. | # | Name | Class | OT | 76 | Greg Apkarian | Sr | FB | 33 | Jim Bachuber | Sr | G | 66 | Mike Becker | Sr | QB | 14 | Gregg Bohlig | Jr | G | 63 | Bob Braun | Sr | FB | 30 | Larry Canada | Fr | QB | 17 | Larry Clawson | Sr | OT | 72 | Chuck Deerwester | Sr | WR | 18 | Mike Harrington | Sr | OT | 75 | Bob Johnson | Jr | RB | 22 | Duane Johnson | So | G | 64 | Rick Koeck | Jr | QB | 9 | Dan Kopina | So | OT | 70 | Dennis Lick | So | WR | 39 | Jeff Mack | Jr | G | 61 | Dennis Manic | Sr | RB | 26 | Billy Marek | So | TE | 88 | Jack Novak | Jr | RB | 27 | Ron Pollard | Fr | WR | 87 | Rod Rhodes | Jr | WR | 42 | Greg Salen | Sr | WR | 45 | Art Sanger | Jr | WR | 42 | Greg Salen | Sr | G | 67 | Dan Schroeder | Sr | FB | 32 | Ken Starch | So | TE | 91 | Jon Stewart | Sr | G | 68 | Terry Stieve | So | RB | 29 | Selvie Washington | Jr | C | 51 | Mike Webster (C) | Sr | TE, P | 41 | Stan Williams | Jr | | Defense Pos. | # | Name | Class | LB | 92 | Mike Benninger | Jr | DE | 58 | Ed Bosold | Sr | S | 10 | Terry Buss | So | CB | 28 | Pat Collins | Fr | S | 11 | Mark Cullen | Jr | DE | 93 | Carl Davis | Fr | S | 19 | Chris Davis (C) | Sr | DT | 90 | Gary Dickert | Jr | LB | 49 | Jim Franz | So | DT | 99 | Kevin Froelich | Sr | LB | 35 | Bob Hanssen | Sr | MG | 54 | Brian Harney | Sr | LB | 34 | Rick Jakious | Jr | MG | 36 | Mike Jenkins | Jr | DT | 57 | Tom Jones | Fr | DE | 38 | Mike Levenhagen | Sr | CB | 12 | Greg Lewis | So | CB | 24 | Alvin Peabody | Jr | DT | 76 | John Rasmussen | Fr | DT | 97 | Steve Riese | Sr | DT | 74 | Jim Schymanski (C) | Sr | DT | 81 | Mike Seifert | Sr | CB, P | 8 | Ken Simmons | So | DB | 20 | John Smith | Sr | DE | 65 | Mike Vesperman | Jr | S | 6 | Steve Wagner | So | DE | 47 | Mark Zakula | Jr | LB | 50 | John Zimmerman | So | | Special teams Pos. | # | Name | Class | K | 7 | Rich Barrios | Sr | K | 2 | Vince Lamia | Fr | CB, P | 8 | Ken Simmons | So | TE, P | 41 | Stan Williams | Jr | | - Head coach
- Coordinators/assistant coaches
- Ellis Rainsberger – Offensive Coordinator
- Lew Stueck – Defensive Coordinator/Linebackers
- George Chryst – Offensive Line
- Jim Martin – Wide Receivers
- Charlie McBride – Offensive Line
- Dick Selcer – Defensive Backs
- Bob Spoo – Quarterbacks
- Dick Teteak – Defensive Line
- LaVern Van Dyke – Administrative Assistant
- Legend
- (C) Team captain
- (S) Suspended
- (I) Ineligible
Injured Redshirt |
Game information |
First quarter - OSU – Bruce Elia 1-yard run (Blair Conway kick), 0:18. Ohio State 7–0. Drive:
Second quarter Third quarter - OSU – Cornelius Greene 2-yard run (Blair Conway kick), 11:29. Ohio State 14–0. Drive:
Fourth quarter - OSU – Blair Conway 36-yard field goal, 11:12. Ohio State 17–0. Drive:
- OSU – Bruce Elia 1-yard run (Blair Conway kick), 5:09. Ohio State 24–0. Drive:
| - Top passers
- OSU – Cornelius Greene – 1/6, 22 yard, INT
- WIS – Gregg Bohlig – 9/18, 98 yards, INT
- Top rushers
- Top receivers
- OSU – Fred Pagac – 1 reception, 22 yards
- WIS – Art Sanger – 2 receptions, 35 yards
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