1964 Wisconsin
3–6 (2–5 Big Ten), coached by Milt Bruhn. Share
Schedule and results
- Biggest winBeat Kansas State 17–7Sep 19
By 10 points, its widest win.
| Date | Opponent | Result | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 19 | vs Kansas State | W 17–7 | 78% |
| Sep 26 | vs Notre Dame | L 7–31 | 70% |
| Oct 10 | at Purdue | L 7–28 | 39% |
| Oct 17 | vs Iowa | W 31–21 | 45% |
| Oct 24 | at 1Ohio State | L 3–28 | 23% |
| Oct 31 | vs Michigan State | L 6–22 | 47% |
| Nov 7 | at Northwestern | L 13–17 | 40% |
| Nov 14 | at Illinois | L 0–29 | 27% |
| Nov 21 | vs Minnesota | W 14–7 | 41% |
Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.
How it ended: Beat Minnesota 14–7; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 7th in the Big Ten.
In program history: The 104th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 135 on file).
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 1964.
- Record
- 3–6
- Conference
- 2–5 tied for 7th in Big Ten
- AP final
- Unranked
- Points
- 98–190
- Coach
- Milt Bruhn
- Elo
- 1465 −79 this season
- SP+ rating
- —
- SRS
- 1.3 No. 65 of 120 major-college teams
- Recruiting class
- —
- Captains
- Ron Frain and Ron Leafblad
- Most valuable player
- Carl Silvestri
Drafted in 1965
The 1965 draft| Rd 7 | Roger Jacobazzi OT | Green Bay Packers |
All-Big Ten
2 second teamSecond team
Ron SmithRBUPI-2- Jimmy JonesEUPI-2
From Wikipedia’s 1964 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).
1964 Big Ten standings
Conference page| Team | Conf. | Overall | AP final |
|---|---|---|---|
 Michigan | 6–1 | 9–1 | 4 |
| Ohio State | 5–1 | 7–2 | 9 |
| Purdue | 5–2 | 6–3 | |
| Illinois | 4–3 | 6–3 | |
| Minnesota | 4–3 | 5–4 | |
| Michigan State | 3–3 | 4–5 | |
| Wisconsin | 2–5 | 3–6 | |
| Northwestern | 2–5 | 3–6 | |
| Iowa | 1–5 | 3–6 | |
 Indiana | 1–5 | 2–7 |
Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.