1990 Wisconsin
1–10 (0–8 Big Ten), coached by Barry Alvarez. Share
Schedule and results
- Biggest winBeat Ball State 24–7Sep 15
By 17 points, its widest win.
| Date | Opponent | Result | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 8 | vs California | L 12–28 | 46% |
| Sep 15 | vs Ball State | W 24–7 | 32% |
| Sep 22 | vs Temple | L 18–24 | 60% |
| Oct 6 | vs 3Michigan | L 3–41 | 18% |
| Oct 13 | at 25Iowa | L 10–30 | 21% |
| Oct 20 | at Northwestern | L 34–44 | 45% |
| Oct 27 | vs 5Illinois | L 3–21 | 18% |
| Nov 3 | vs Minnesota | L 3–21 | 31% |
| Nov 10 | at Indiana | L 7–20 | 16% |
| Nov 17 | vs 21Ohio State | L 10–35 | 18% |
| Nov 24 | at 24Michigan State | L 9–14 | 8% |
Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.
How it ended: Lost to Michigan State 14–9; unranked in the final AP poll; 10th in the Big Ten.
In program history: The 134th-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 1990.
- Record
- 1–10
- Conference
- 0–8 10th in Big Ten
- AP final
- Unranked
- Points
- 133–285
- Coach
- Barry Alvarez
- Elo
- 1276 −100 this season
- SP+ rating
- -11.8 No. 85 of 104; offense No. 99, defense No. 46
- SRS
- −8.8 No. 80 of 107 in Division I-A
- Recruiting class
- —
- Offensive coordinator
- Russ Jacques
- Defensive coordinator
- Dan McCarney
- Captains
- Don Davey, Tony Lowery, Nick Polczinski and Greg Thomas
- Most valuable player
- Don Davey
- Offense
- Multiple
- Defense
- 3–4
Drafted in 1991
The 1991 draft| Rd 3 | Don Davey DE | Green Bay Packers |
All-Big Ten
1 first team, 1 second teamFirst team
Don DaveyDLAP-1; Coaches-1
Second team
Troy VincentDBAP-2
From Wikipedia’s 1990 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).
1990 Big Ten standings
Conference page| Team | Conf. | Overall | AP final |
|---|---|---|---|
| Michigan | 6–2 | 9–3 | 7 |
| Michigan State | 6–2 | 8–3–1 | 16 |
| Iowa | 6–2 | 8–4 | 18 |
| Illinois | 6–2 | 8–4 | 25 |
| Ohio State | 5–2–1 | 7–4–1 | |
| Minnesota | 5–3 | 6–5 | |
| Indiana | 3–4–1 | 6–5–1 | |
| Northwestern | 1–7 | 2–9 | |
 Purdue | 1–7 | 2–9 | |
 Wisconsin | 0–8 | 1–10 |
Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.