1973 Wisconsin Badgers football team

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1973 Wisconsin Badgers football
Conference Big Ten Conference
Record 4–7 (3–5 Big Ten)
Head coach
Offensive coordinator Ellis Rainsberger (1st season)
Offensive scheme I formation
Defensive coordinator Lew Stueck (4th season)
Base defense 5?2
MVP Mike Webster
Captain Chris Davis
Jim Schymanski
Mike Webster
Home stadium Camp Randall Stadium
Seasons
←  1972
1974  →
1973 Big Ten Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 2 Ohio State + 7 – 0 – 1 10 – 0 – 1
No. 6 Michigan + 7 – 0 – 1 10 – 0 – 1
Minnesota 6 – 2 – 0 7 – 4 – 0
Illinois 4 – 4 – 0 5 – 6 – 0
Michigan State 4 – 4 – 0 5 – 6 – 0
Purdue 4 – 4 – 0 5 – 6 – 0
Northwestern 4 – 4 – 0 4 – 7 – 0
Wisconsin 3 – 5 – 0 4 – 7 – 0
Indiana 0 – 8 – 0 2 – 9 – 0
Iowa 0 – 8 – 0 0 – 11 – 0
  • + – Conference co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1973 Wisconsin Badgers football team represented the University of Wisconsin?Madison in the 1973 Big Ten Conference football season .

Schedule [ edit ]

Date Opponent Site Result Attendance
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
  • 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
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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Personnel [ edit ]

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   Injured 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
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured Injured
  • Redshirt Redshirt

Season summary [ edit ]

Ohio State [ edit ]

#1 Ohio State Buckeyes (3?0) at Wisconsin Badgers (1?3)
Period 1 2 3 4 Total
Ohio State 7 0 7 10 24
Wisconsin 0 0 0 0 0

at Camp Randall Stadium , Madison, Wisconsin

  • Date : October 13
  • Game time : 1:00 p.m.
  • Game weather : Sunny, 68 °F (20 °C)
  • Game attendance : 77,413
  • Referee : Glenn Fortin
  • Box Score
Game information

1974 NFL Draft [ edit ]

Player Position Round Pick NFL club
Mike Webster Center 5 125 Pittsburgh Steelers
Mike Seifert Defensive End 13 327 Cleveland Browns

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References [ edit ]

  1. ^ "Wisconsin Badgers Index" . sports-reference.com . Retrieved July 28, 2011 .
  2. ^ "1974 NFL Draft Listing - Pro-Football-Reference.com" . Archived from the original on December 21, 2007.
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