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1991 Wisconsin

5–⁠6 (2–⁠6 Big Ten), coached by Barry Alvarez.

Schedule and results

Wisconsin in 1991, game by game: won vs. Western Illinois 31–13; won vs. Iowa State 7–6; won vs. Eastern Michigan 21–6; lost at No. 14 Ohio State 16–31; lost vs. No. 17 Iowa 6–10; lost at Purdue 7–28; lost vs. Indiana 20–28; lost at Illinois 6–22; lost vs. Michigan State 7–20; won at Minnesota 19–16; won vs. Northwestern 32–14+18−21Won 31–13 vs. Western Illinois+18Western IllinoisWon 7–6 vs. Iowa State+1Iowa StateWon 21–6 vs. Eastern Michigan+15Eastern MichiganLost 16–31 at No. 14 Ohio State-15No. 14 Ohio StateLost 6–10 vs. No. 17 Iowa-4No. 17 IowaLost 7–28 at Purdue-21PurdueLost 20–28 vs. Indiana-8IndianaLost 6–22 at Illinois-16IllinoisLost 7–20 vs. Michigan State-13Michigan StateWon 19–16 at Minnesota+3MinnesotaWon 32–14 vs. Northwestern+18Northwestern
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 14vsWestern IllinoisW 31–⁠1368%
Sep 21vsIowa StateW 7–⁠647%
Sep 28vsEastern MichiganW 21–⁠664%
Oct 5at14Ohio StateL 16–⁠3118%
Oct 12vs17IowaL 6–⁠1029%
Oct 19atPurdueL 7–⁠2839%
Oct 26vsIndianaL 20–⁠2832%
Nov 2atIllinoisL 6–⁠2216%
Nov 9vsMichigan StateL 7–⁠2040%
Nov 16atMinnesotaW 19–⁠1628%
Nov 23vsNorthwesternW 32–⁠1454%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Northwestern 32–⁠14; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 8th in the Big Ten.

In program history: The 129th-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 1991.

Record
5–⁠6
Conference
2–⁠6 tied for 8th in Big Ten
AP final
Unranked
Points
172–⁠194
Coach
Barry Alvarez
Elo
1360 +9 this season
SP+ rating
-11.8 No. 86 of 104; offense No. 103, defense No. 43
SRS
−5.8 No. 71 of 107 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
Russ Jacques
Defensive coordinator
Dan McCarney
Captains
Chuck Belin, Tony Lowery, Brendan Lynch and Troy Vincent
Most valuable player
Troy Vincent
Offense
Multiple
Defense
3–⁠4

Drafted in 1992

The 1992 draft
Rd 1Troy Vincent DBMiami Dolphins

All-Big Ten

1 first team, 1 second team

First team

Second team

From Wikipedia’s 1991 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1991 Big Ten standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Michigan8–⁠010–⁠26
Iowa7–⁠110–⁠1–⁠110
Ohio State5–⁠38–⁠4
Indiana5–⁠37–⁠4–⁠1
Illinois4–⁠46–⁠6
Purdue3–⁠54–⁠7
Michigan State3–⁠53–⁠8
Wisconsin2–⁠65–⁠6
Northwestern2–⁠63–⁠8
Minnesota1–⁠72–⁠9

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