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1963 Wisconsin

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

Schedule and results

Wisconsin in 1963, game by game: won vs. Western Michigan 41–0; won at Notre Dame 14–9; won vs. Purdue 38–20; won at Iowa 10–7; lost vs. Ohio State 10–13; lost at Michigan State 13–30; won vs. Northwestern 17–14; lost vs. No. 8 Illinois 7–17; lost at Minnesota 0–14+41−17Won 41–0 vs. Western Michigan+41Western MichiganWon 14–9 at Notre Dame+5Notre DameWon 38–20 vs. Purdue+18PurdueWon 10–7 at Iowa+3IowaLost 10–13 vs. Ohio State-3Ohio StateLost 13–30 at Michigan State-17Michigan StateWon 17–14 vs. Northwestern+3NorthwesternLost 7–17 vs. No. 8 Illinois-10No. 8 IllinoisLost 0–14 at Minnesota-14Minnesota
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 21vsWestern MichiganW 41–⁠080%
Sep 28atNotre DameW 14–⁠957%
Oct 12vsPurdueW 38–⁠2069%
Oct 19atIowaW 10–⁠756%
Oct 26vsOhio StateL 10–⁠1367%
Nov 2atMichigan StateL 13–⁠3045%
Nov 9vsNorthwesternW 17–⁠1466%
Nov 16vs8IllinoisL 7–⁠1775%
Nov 28atMinnesotaL 0–⁠1457%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Minnesota 14–⁠0; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 5th in the Big Ten.

In program history: The 59th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 135 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 1: 7
  2. Wk 2: 6
  3. Wk 3: 4
  4. Wk 4: 5
  5. Wk 5: 2
  6. Wk 6: 2
  7. Wk 7: 8

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 1963.

Record
5–⁠4
Conference
3–⁠4 tied for 5th in Big Ten
AP final
Unranked peak No. 2
Points
150–⁠124
Coach
Milt Bruhn
Elo
1567 −50 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
11.9 No. 27 of 120 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Captains
Ken Bowman and Andy Wojdula
Most valuable player
Jim Purnell

Drafted in 1964

The 1964 draft
Rd 3Roger Pillath OTLos Angeles Rams
Rd 6Jimmy Jones EChicago Bears
Rd 7Roger Pillath OTBuffalo Bills (AFL)

All-Big Ten

1 first team, 3 second team

First team

  • Lou HollandRBAP-1; UPI-2

Second team

From Wikipedia’s 1963 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1963 Big Ten standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Illinois5–⁠1–⁠18–⁠1–⁠13
Michigan State4–⁠1–⁠16–⁠2–⁠19
Ohio State4–⁠1–⁠15–⁠3–⁠1
Purdue4–⁠35–⁠4
Wisconsin3–⁠45–⁠4
Northwestern3–⁠45–⁠4
Michigan2–⁠3–⁠23–⁠4–⁠2
Iowa2–⁠3–⁠13–⁠3–⁠2
Minnesota2–⁠53–⁠6
Indiana1–⁠53–⁠6

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