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1956 Wisconsin

1–⁠5–⁠3 (0–⁠4–⁠3 Big Ten), coached by Milt Bruhn.

Schedule and results

Wisconsin in 1956, game by game: won vs. Marquette 41–0; lost vs. No. 10 USC 6–13; lost at Iowa 7–13; tied vs. No. 17 Purdue 6–6; lost at No. 9 Ohio State 0–21; lost at No. 4 Michigan State 0–33; lost vs. Northwestern 7–17; tied at Illinois 13–13; tied vs. No. 7 Minnesota 13–13+41−33Won 41–0 vs. Marquette+41MarquetteLost 6–13 vs. No. 10 USC-7No. 10 USCLost 7–13 at Iowa-6IowaTied 6–6 vs. No. 17 Purdue0No. 17 PurdueLost 0–21 at No. 9 Ohio State-21No. 9 Ohio StateLost 0–33 at No. 4 Michigan State-33No. 4 Michigan StateLost 7–17 vs. Northwestern-10NorthwesternTied 13–13 at Illinois0IllinoisTied 13–13 vs. No. 7 Minnesota0No. 7 Minnesota
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 29vsMarquetteW 41–⁠072%
Oct 6vs10USCL 6–⁠1347%
Oct 13atIowaL 7–⁠1337%
Oct 20vs17PurdueT 6–⁠651%
Oct 27at9Ohio StateL 0–⁠2122%
Nov 3at4Michigan StateL 0–⁠3319%
Nov 10vsNorthwesternL 7–⁠1776%
Nov 17atIllinoisT 13–⁠1335%
Nov 24vs7MinnesotaT 13–⁠1338%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Tied Minnesota 13–⁠13; unranked in the final AP poll; 9th in the Big Ten.

In program history: The 106th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 135 on file).

Record
1–⁠5–⁠3
Conference
0–⁠4–⁠3 9th in Big Ten
AP final
Unranked
Points
93–⁠129
Coach
Milt Bruhn
Elo
1459 −73 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
6.9 No. 43 of 111 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Captain
Pat Levenhagen
Most valuable player
Dave Howard

1956 Big Ten standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Iowa5–⁠19–⁠13
Michigan5–⁠27–⁠27
Minnesota4–⁠1–⁠26–⁠1–⁠212
Michigan State4–⁠27–⁠29
Ohio State4–⁠26–⁠315
Northwestern3–⁠3–⁠14–⁠4–⁠1
Purdue1–⁠4–⁠23–⁠4–⁠2
Illinois1–⁠4–⁠22–⁠5–⁠2
Wisconsin0–⁠4–⁠31–⁠5–⁠3
Indiana1–⁠53–⁠6

Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.