1968 Wisconsin Badgers football team

The 1968 Wisconsin Badgers football team represented the University of Wisconsin in the 1968 Big Ten Conference football season. The team was led by second-year head coach John Coatta, and they competed in the Big Ten Conference. The Badgers finished the season 0–10 (0–7 in Big Ten, last); to date, this is the first (and only) time the Badgers have finished winless.

1968 Wisconsin Badgers football
Conference	Big Ten Conference
1968 record	0–10 (0–7 Big Ten)
Head coach	John Coatta (2nd season)
Base defense	Harry Gonso
MVP	Ken Criter
Home stadium	Camp Randall Stadium

1968 Big Ten Conference football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 1 Ohio State $	7	–	0	–	0			10	–	0	–	0
No. 12 Michigan	6	–	1	–	0			8	–	2	–	0
No. 10 Purdue	5	–	2	–	0			8	–	2	–	0
Minnesota	5	–	2	–	0			6	–	4	–	0
Indiana	4	–	3	–	0			6	–	4	–	0
Iowa	4	–	3	–	0			5	–	5	–	0
Michigan State	2	–	5	–	0			5	–	5	–	0
Illinois	1	–	6	–	0			1	–	9	–	0
Northwestern	1	–	6	–	0			1	–	9	–	0
Wisconsin	0	–	7	–	0			0	–	10	–	0
$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

This was the first season of artificial turf at Camp Randall Stadium;[1][2] the Tartan Turf home opener was against Washington of the Pac-8,[3] who had just installed AstroTurf at their Husky Stadium in Seattle.[4] Outside of these two, the only other University Division venues with synthetic turf in 1968 were the Astrodome (Houston) and Neyland Stadium (Tennessee).

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance
September 21	at Arizona State*	Sun Devil Stadium Tempe, AZ	L 7–55	43,317
September 28	Washington*	Camp Randall Stadium Madison, WI	L 17–21	42,965
October 5	No. 19 Michigan State	Camp Randall Stadium Madison, WI	L 0–39	49,067
October 12	Utah State*	Camp Randall Stadium Madison, WI	L 0–20	37,469
October 19	at Iowa	Iowa Stadium Iowa City, IA (rivalry)	L 0–41	45,651
October 26	at Northwestern	Dyche Stadium Evanston, IL	L 10–13	33,133
November 2	Indiana	Camp Randall Stadium Madison, WI	L 20–21	51,666
November 9	No. 2 Ohio State	Camp Randall Stadium Madison, WI	L 8–43	40,972
November 16	at No. 4 Michigan	Michigan Stadium Ann Arbor, MI	L 9–34	51,117
November 23	Minnesota	Camp Randall Stadium Madison, WI (Paul Bunyan's Axe)	L 15–23	39,214
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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Roster

1968 Wisconsin Badgers football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class RB 36 Joe Dawkins Jr T 70 Mike McClish WR 18 Tom McCauley Sr QB 15 John Ryan Sr TE 40 Stu Voigt Jr	Defense Pos. # Name Class LB 33 Ken Criter Sr DT 73 Jim DeLisle So DT 76 Bill Gregory So DT 57 Jim Novak Sr LB 35 Chuck Winfrey So	Special teams Pos. # Name Class	Head coach John Coatta (2nd year) Coordinators/assistant coaches Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt

NFL/AFL Draft selections

Two University of Wisconsin Badgers were selected in the 1969 NFL/AFL draft, which lasted seventeen rounds with 442 selections.

Player	Position	Round	Overall	Franchise
Lynn Buss	Linebacker	9th	218	Philadelphia Eagles
Tom McCauley	Wide receiver	10th	253	Minnesota Vikings

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References

1. "Synthetic grass at UW passes 1st test". Milwaukee Sentinel. September 10, 1968. p. 1, part 2.
2. "Badgers try ersatz turf". Milwaukee Sentinel. September 10, 1968. p. 13, part 2.
3. Kuechele, Oliver (September 27, 1968). "UW plays Huskies; no relief is in sight". Milwaukee Journal. p. 19, part 2.
4. Bochat, Rel (September 28, 1968). "Huskies test UW, new rug today". Milwaukee Sentinel. p. 1, part 2.
5. "Wisconsin Badgers Index". sports-reference.com. Retrieved 2011-07-28.
6. https://www.pro-football-reference.com/draft/1969.htm