1966 Wisconsin
3–6–1 (2–4–1 Big Ten), coached by Milt Bruhn. Share
Schedule and results
- Biggest winBeat Iowa State 20–10Sep 17
By 10 points, its widest win.
| Date | Opponent | Result | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 17 | vs Iowa State | W 20–10 | 51% |
| Sep 24 | at 5USC | L 3–38 | 19% |
| Oct 1 | at Iowa | W 7–0 | 45% |
| Oct 8 | vs 7Nebraska | L 3–31 | 28% |
| Oct 15 | vs Northwestern | T 3–3 | 57% |
| Oct 22 | at Ohio State | L 13–24 | 29% |
| Oct 29 | vs Michigan | L 17–28 | 37% |
| Nov 5 | vs Purdue | L 0–23 | 30% |
| Nov 12 | at Illinois | L 14–49 | 23% |
| Nov 19 | vs Minnesota | W 7–6 | 37% |
Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.
How it ended: Beat Minnesota 7–6; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 7th in the Big Ten.
In program history: The 123rd-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 135 on file).
- Record
- 3–6–1
- Conference
- 2–4–1 tied for 7th in Big Ten
- AP final
- Unranked
- Points
- 87–212
- Coach
- Milt Bruhn
- Elo
- 1382 −40 this season
- SP+ rating
- —
- SRS
- −8.4 No. 90 of 119 major-college teams
- Recruiting class
- —
- Captains
- Tony Loukas and Bob Richter
- Most valuable player
- Bob Richter
All-Big Ten
1 first team, 1 second teamFirst team
Bob RichterLBAP-1; UPI-2
Second team
- Tom SchinkeDBAP-2
From Wikipedia’s 1966 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).
1966 Big Ten standings
Conference page| Team | Conf. | Overall | AP final |
|---|---|---|---|
 Michigan State | 7–0 | 9–0–1 | 2 |
| Purdue | 6–1 | 9–2 | 7 |
| Michigan | 4–3 | 6–4 | |
| Illinois | 4–3 | 4–6 | |
| Minnesota | 3–3–1 | 4–5–1 | |
| Ohio State | 3–4 | 4–5 | |
| Wisconsin | 2–4–1 | 3–6–1 | |
| Northwestern | 2–4–1 | 3–6–1 | |
 Indiana | 1–5–1 | 1–8–1 | |
| Iowa | 1–6 | 2–8 |
Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.