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Wisconsin Badgers football

The Wisconsin Badgers football team is the intercollegiate football team of University of Wisconsin Madison. The Badgers have competed in the Big Ten Conference since its formation in 1896. They play their home games at Camp Randall Stadium, the fourth oldest stadium in college football. Wisconsin has had two Heisman Trophy winners, Alan Ameche and Ron Dayne, and have had eight www.officialhockeyauthentic.com/womens-youth-al-macinnis-authentic-jersey-c-1_429_443.html former players inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame. As of December 1, 2013, the Badgers have an all time record of 653 479 51.[2]

The early years (1899 1912)[edit]

The first Badger football team took the field in 1889, losing the only two games it played that season. In 1890, Wisconsin earned its first victory with a 106 0 drubbing of Whitewater Normal School (now the University of Wisconsin Whitewater), still the most lopsided win in school history. However, the very next week the Badgers suffered what remains their most lopsided defeat, a humiliating 63 0 loss at the hands of the University of Minnesota. Since then, the Badgers and Gophers have met 122 times, making Wisconsin vs Minnesota the most played rivalry in the Football Bowl Subdivision.[4]

Upon the formation of the Big Ten conference in 1896, Wisconsin became the first ever conference champion with a 7 1 1 record. Over the next ten years, the Badgers Patrik Berglund Kids Jersey won or shared the conference title three more times (1897, 1901, and 1906), and recorded their first undefeated season, going 9 0 0 (1901). With the exception of their second undefeated season in 1912, in which they won their fifth Big Ten title.

The climb www.officialhockeyauthentic.com/womens-youth-patrik-berglund-authentic-jersey-c-1_429_438.html back to dominance (1942 1962)[edit]

1942 was an important year for Wisconsin football. On October 24, the 6 ranked Badgers defeated the 1 ranked Ohio State Buckeyes at Camp Randall, catapulting Wisconsin to the 2 spot in the AP poll. Unfortunately for the Badgers, their national championship hopes were dashed in a 6 0 defeat by the Iowa Hawkeyes the following week. Nevertheless, Wisconsin won the remainder of its games, finishing the season 8 1 1 and 3 in the AP, while garnering the Helms Athletic Foundation vote for National Champion.

The Badgers experienced great success during the 1950s, finishing in the AP Top 25 eight times that decade. In 1952, the team received its first 1 ranking by the Associated Press. That season, the Badgers again claimed the Big Ten title and earned their first trip to the Rose Bowl. There they were defeated 7 0 by the Southern California, and would finish the season ranked 11 in the AP. In 1954 after a 7 2 season Wisconsin's Alan Ameche became the first badger to win the Heisman Trophy. Wisconsin returned to the Rose Bowl as Big Ten Champions in 1959, but fell to the Washington Huskies, 44 8.

In 1962, the Badgers earned their eighth Big Ten title and faced the top ranked USC Trojans in the Rose Bowl. Despite a narrow 42 37 defeat, the Badgers still ended the season ranked 2 in both the AP and Coaches polls (post bowl rankings were not introduced until later in the decade).

Wisconsin football experienced little success for the remainder of the 1960s, reaching a low point with back to back winless seasons in 1967 and 1968. After languishing through the 1970s, the team had a string of seven win seasons from 1981 84 under Dave McClain. During that time the Badgers played in the Garden State Bowl (1981), Independence Bowl (1982), and Hall of Fame Classic Bowl (1984). McClain's death during spring practice in 1986 sent the Badgers into free fall. From 1986 to 1990, the Badgers won a total of nine games.

Return to relevance with Alvarez era (1990 2005)[edit]

In 1990, Barry Alvarez became the head coach of the Badgers and, following three losing seasons (including a 1 10 campaign in his first year), Alvarez led the Badgers to their first Big Ten championship and first Rose Bowl appearance in over 30 years. On January 1, 1994 Wisconsin defeated UCLA 21 16 to claim its first Rose Bowl victory. Over his 16 year tenure as head coach, Alvarez led the Badgers to two more conference championships (one outright, one shared), eleven bowl games (going 8 3), two more Rose Bowl victories (1999 and 2000), and a 4 ranking in the final AP Poll of the '99 season.

Bret Bielema era (2006 2012)[edit]

Following the 2005 season, Alvarez resigned as headcoach in order to focus on his duties as athletic director, a position he had assumed in 2004. He named his defensive coordinator, Bret Bielema, as his successor. From 2006 to 2011, Bielema led the Badgers to six consecutive bowl appearances (going 2 4). In 2010, the Badgers won a share of the Big Ten Championship and returned to the Rose Bowl for the first time since 2000. There they were defeated 21 19 by the 3 ranked TCU. In 2011, the Badgers were once again crowned Big Ten Champs when they defeated Michigan State in the first ever conference championship game. The victory sent Wisconsin back to the Rose Bowl for a second consecutive year, where they were defeated by the Pac 12 champion Oregon Ducks, 38 45.

The 2012 season ended with the Badgers winning a third consecutive Big Ten title. Despite finishing with a 7 5 record and third in the Leaders Division, the Badgers advanced to the Big Ten Championship game by virtue of the fact that Penn State and Ohio State were ineligible for postseason play. A dominating rushing performance led Wisconsin to a 70 31 victory over 12 ranked Nebraska in the Big Ten Championship game. Only days later, Brett Bielema resigned to become the head coach of the Arkansas Razorbacks. Gary Andersen, formerly coach of Utah State University, was named head coach on December 19, 2012. Barry Alvarez named himself interim coach for the 2013 Rose Bowl, where the Badgers lost, 20 14 to Stanford.

See also: List of Wisconsin Badgers bowl games

The Badgers have appeared in 24 bowl games and have a record of 11 wins and 13 losses (11 Al Macinnis Kids Jersey 13). Their most recent bowl game was in the 2013 Rose Bowl.

All time Big Ten records[edit]

This chart includes both the overall record the University of Wisconsin Badgers have with the all time Big Ten members, as well as the matchups that counted in the Big Ten standings. Wisconsin has been a member of the Big Ten since its creation in 1896. Michigan rejoined the league in 1917 after leaving in 1906. Chicago withdrew after 1939, and then Michigan State (1953), Penn State (1993), and Nebraska (2011) joined afterwards. (As of December 1, 2013)