1960 Wisconsin
4–5 (2–5 Big Ten), coached by Milt Bruhn. Share
Schedule and results
- Biggest upsetBeat No. 7 Purdue 24–13Oct 8
Purdue was ranked No. 7, above it.
| Date | Opponent | Result | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 24 | at Stanford | W 24–7 | 62% |
| Oct 1 | vsMarquette | W 35–6 | 75% |
| Oct 8 | vs 7Purdue | W 24–13 | 57% |
| Oct 15 | at 2Iowa | L 21–28 | 36% |
| Oct 22 | at 9Ohio State | L 7–34 | 45% |
| Oct 29 | vs Michigan | W 16–13 | 67% |
| Nov 5 | vs Northwestern | L 0–21 | 66% |
| Nov 12 | at Illinois | L 14–35 | 44% |
| Nov 19 | vs 4Minnesota | L 7–26 | 50% |
Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.
How it ended: Lost to Minnesota 26–7; unranked in the final AP poll; 9th in the Big Ten.
In program history: The 91st-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 135 on file).
AP poll, week by week
- Wk 5: 12
- Wk 6: 11
Players on this team
Before 2004 our records hold honors and the draft; these are the players whose college years here, from their Wikipedia articles or their honors, include 1960.
- Record
- 4–5
- Conference
- 2–5 9th in Big Ten
- AP final
- Unranked peak No. 11
- Points
- 148–183
- Coach
- Milt Bruhn
- Elo
- 1499 −77 this season
- SP+ rating
- —
- SRS
- 8.6 No. 36 of 113 major-college teams
- Recruiting class
- —
- Captains
- Henry Derleth and Tom Wiesner
- Most valuable player
- Tom Wiesner
Drafted in 1961
The 1961 draft| Rd 3 | Ron Miller QB | Los Angeles Rams |
All-Big Ten
2 second teamSecond team
Ron MillerQBAP-2- Pat RichterEAP-2
From Wikipedia’s 1960 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).
1960 Big Ten standings
Conference page| Team | Conf. | Overall | AP final |
|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota | 6–1 | 8–2 | 1 |
| Iowa | 5–1 | 8–1 | 3 |
| Ohio State | 5–2 | 7–2 | 8 |
 Michigan State | 4–2 | 6–2–1 | 15 |
| Illinois | 3–4 | 5–4 | |
| Northwestern | 3–4 | 5–4 | |
| Michigan | 3–4 | 5–4 | |
| Purdue | 3–4 | 4–4–1 | 19 |
| Wisconsin | 2–5 | 4–5 | |
 Indiana | 0–7 | 1–8 |
Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.