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1957 Wisconsin

6–⁠3 (4–⁠3 Big Ten), coached by Milt Bruhn, finished No. 19 in the AP poll.

Schedule and results

Wisconsin in 1957, game by game: won vs. Marquette 60–6; won vs. West Virginia 45–13; won at Purdue 23–14; lost at No. 6 Iowa 7–21; lost vs. No. 12 Ohio State 13–16; lost vs. No. 6 Michigan State 7–21; won at Northwestern 41–12; won vs. No. 15 Illinois 24–13; won at Minnesota 14–6+54−14Won 60–6 vs. Marquette+54MarquetteWon 45–13 vs. West Virginia+32West VirginiaWon 23–14 at Purdue+9PurdueLost 7–21 at No. 6 Iowa-14No. 6 IowaLost 13–16 vs. No. 12 Ohio State-3No. 12 Ohio StateLost 7–21 vs. No. 6 Michigan State-14No. 6 Michigan StateWon 41–12 at Northwestern+29NorthwesternWon 24–13 vs. No. 15 Illinois+11No. 15 IllinoisWon 14–6 at Minnesota+8Minnesota
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 28vsMarquetteW 60–⁠677%
Oct 5vsWest VirginiaW 45–⁠1344%
Oct 12atPurdueW 23–⁠1449%
Oct 19at6IowaL 7–⁠2128%
Oct 26vs12Ohio StateL 13–⁠1644%
Nov 2vs6Michigan StateL 7–⁠2136%
Nov 9atNorthwesternW 41–⁠1261%
Nov 16vs15IllinoisW 24–⁠1361%
Nov 23atMinnesotaW 14–⁠644%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Minnesota 14–⁠6; No. 19 in the final AP poll; tied for 4th in the Big Ten.

In program history: The 54th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 135 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 4: 16
  2. Wk 5: 13
  3. Wk 10: 18
  4. Wk 11: 14
  5. Final: 19
Record
6–⁠3
Conference
4–⁠3 tied for 4th in Big Ten
AP final
No. 19 peak No. 13
Points
234–⁠122
Coach
Milt Bruhn
Elo
1576 +104 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
20.8 No. 7 of 112 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Captain
William Gehler
Most valuable player
Dan Lewis

Drafted in 1958

The 1958 draft
Rd 6Danny Lewis BDetroit Lions

All-Big Ten

1 second team

Second team

  • Dan LewisBAP-2; UP-2

From Wikipedia’s 1957 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1957 Big Ten standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Ohio State7–⁠09–⁠12
Michigan State5–⁠18–⁠13
Iowa4–⁠1–⁠17–⁠1–⁠16
Wisconsin4–⁠36–⁠319
Purdue4–⁠35–⁠4
Michigan3–⁠3–⁠15–⁠3–⁠1
Illinois3–⁠44–⁠5
Minnesota3–⁠54–⁠5
Indiana0–⁠61–⁠8
Northwestern0–⁠70–⁠9

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