2020 Wisconsin Badgers football team

The 2020 Wisconsin Badgers football team was to represent the University of Wisconsin–Madison in the 2020 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Badgers were to be led by sixth-year head coach Paul Chryst and compete as members of the West Division of the Big Ten Conference. They were to play their home games at Camp Randall Stadium in Madison, Wisconsin.

2020 Wisconsin Badgers football
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
DivisionWest Division
Ranking
CoachesNo. 12
2020 record0–0 (0–0 Big Ten)
Head coachPaul Chryst (6th season)
Offensive coordinatorJoe Rudolph (6th season)
Defensive coordinatorJim Leonhard (4th season)
Home stadiumCamp Randall Stadium
(Capacity: 80,321)
Uniform
2020 Big Ten Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
East Division
Indiana   –      –  
Maryland   –      –  
Michigan   –      –  
Michigan State   –      –  
Ohio State   –      –  
Penn State   –      –  
Rutgers   –      –  
West Division
Illinois   –      –  
Iowa   –      –  
Minnesota   –      –  
Nebraska   –      –  
Northwestern   –      –  
Purdue   –      –  
Wisconsin   –      –  
Championship: TBA
  • $ – Conference champion
  • x – Division champion/co-champions
  • y – Championship game participant
  • Note: Due to COVID-19, the Big Ten suspended the 2020 football season.
As of August 14, 2020; Rankings from AP Poll.

On August 11, 2020, the Big Ten Conference cancelled all fall sports competitions due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The conference expressed the possibility that a season could be played in the spring of 2021.[1]

Previous season

The 2019 team started the year nineteenth in the pre-season AP Poll.[2] The team finished with two regular season losses, and were invited to the Rose Bowl for the first time since 2012 to play Oregon. The Badgers lost the game and finished the year at 10–4.

Offseason

2020 NFL Draft
See also: 2020 NFL Draft
Round Pick Player Team
2 41 Jonathan Taylor Indianapolis Colts
3 74 Zack Baun New Orleans Saints
4 146 Tyler Biadasz Dallas Cowboys
5 166 Quintez Cephus Detroit Lions
Undrafted Chris Orr Carolina Panthers

Transfers
NameNumberPos.HeightWeightYearHometownTransfer to
Bradrick Shaw#7RB6'1205Senior Hoover, ALCalifornia
Aron Cruickshank#1WR5'9155SophmoreBrooklyn, NYRutgers
Seth Currens#10ILB6'3230Junior Pickerington, OHMiami (OH)
Christian Bell#49OLB6'4246Senior Hoover, ALSouth Alabama
Griffin Grady#47OLB6'2205Sophmore Dublin, OH-

Preseason

Spring game

The Badgers spring scrimmage and practice on April 18, 2020 was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Award watch lists

Listed in the order that they were released

Award Player Position Year
Davey O'Brien Award Jack Coan QB SR
Chuck Bednarik Award Jack Sanborn LB JR
Doak Walker Award Nakia Watson RB SO
John Mackey Award Jake Ferguson TE JR
Butkus Award Jack Sanborn LB JR
Jim Thorpe Award Eric Burrell S SR
Outland Trophy Cole Van Lanen OL SR

Preseason Big ten Poll

Schedule

Games cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic

The Badgers 2020 schedule originally consisted of six home games, four away games, and two neutral site games. The Badgers would have hosted two of its three non-conference games at Camp Randall; the first on September 12 against Southern Illinois from the Missouri Valley, then the next week on September 19, playing Appalachian State, a member of the Sun Belt Conference. The last non-conference matchup on October 3 was a primetime game guaranteed to air on NBC against Notre Dame as part of the Fighting Irish's neutral-site Shamrock Series at Lambeau Field in Green Bay, with Notre Dame as the designated home team.

The Big Ten Conference cancelled all non-conference games on July 9 due to the COVID-19 pandemic[3]; the day before, the November 7 away game at Northwestern was moved from the neutral site Wrigley Field in Chicago back to Ryan Field in Evanston.[4] Both Notre Dame and Wisconsin plan to fulfill their contract and play the Lambeau Field game in a subsequent season.[5]

Current schedule

In Big Ten Conference play, Wisconsin will play all members of the West Division, and draws Indiana, Michigan, Rutgers, and Maryland from the East Division.

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
September 4Indiana
September 12at Northwestern
September 19at Nebraska
September 26Minnesota
October 3at Maryland
October 10Purdue
  • Camp Randall Stadium
  • Madison, WI
October 24Illinois
  • Camp Randall Stadium
  • Madison, WI
October 31at Michigan
November 14at Iowa
November 21Rutgers
  • Camp Randall Stadium
  • Madison, WI

Source:[6]

Roster
2020 Wisconsin Badgers football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
QB 2 Chase Wolf  So
WR 3 Kendric Pryor  Sr
QB 5 Graham Mertz  Fr
WR 6 Danny Davis III Sr
RB 8 Jalen Berger Fr
RB 10 Isaac Guerendo  So
WR 11 Stephan Bracey  Fr
QB 12 Daniel Wright Fr
WR 13 Chimere Dike Fr
WR 13 Mike Gregoire  So
WR 14 Jordan DiBenedetto  Fr
QB 15 Danny Vanden Boom  Jr
WR 16 Jack Dunn  Sr
QB 17 Jack Coan Sr
WR 18 Cam Phillips  Fr
WR 21 Cooper Nelson  Fr
WR 22 Cade Green  Jr
WR 24 Haakon Anderson Fr
WR 24 Adam Krumholz  Sr
WR 25 Isaac Smith Fr
RB 25 Nakia Watson  So
FB 28 Quan Easterling  Fr
RB 29 Brady Schipper  So
TE 30 Coy Wanner  Jr
RB 32 Julius Davis  Fr
FB 34 Mason Stokke  Sr
RB 36 Hunter Johnson  Jr
RB 37 Garrett Groshek  Sr
TE 41 Jack Eschenbach  So
TE 43 Hayden Rucci  Fr
FB 44 John Chenal Jr
TE 46 Gabe Lloyd  Sr
TE 47 Clay Cundiff  Fr
TE 49 Cam Large Fr
OL 50 Logan Brown  Fr
OL 59 Andrew Lyons  So
OL 60 Logan Bruss  Jr
OL 61 Dylan Barrett Fr
OL 62 Logan O'Brien  Fr
OL 64 Sean Timmis Fr
OL 65 Tyler Beach  Jr
OL 66 Tanor Bortolini Fr
OL 67 Cormac Sampson  So
OL 68 Ben Barten Fr
OL 69 Aaron Vopal  Jr
OL 70 Josh Seltzner  Jr
OL 71 Cole Van Lanen  Sr
OL 73 Kerry Kodanko Fr
OL 73 Alex Fenton  Jr
OL 74 Michael Furtney  So
OL 75 Joe Tippmann  Fr
OL 76 Kayden Lyles  Jr
OL 77 Blake Smithback  Jr
OL 78 Trey Wedig Fr
OL 79 Jack Nelson Fr
WR 81 Taj Mustapha  So
WR 82 Emmet Perry  Jr
TE 84 Jake Ferguson  Jr
WR 86 Devin Chandler Fr
TE 86 Luke Benzschawel  Sr
WR 89 A.J. Abbott  So
 Defense
Pos.#NameClass
CB 1 Faion Hicks  Jr
S 2 Reggie Pearson  So
CB 4 Donte Burton  So
CB 5 Rachad Wildgoose Jr
CB 6 Dean Engram  Fr
OLB 7 Spencer Lytle  Fr
CB 8 Deron Harrell  Jr
S 9 Scott Nelson  Jr
CB 11 Alexander Smith  So
S 12 Titus Toler  Fr
CB 16 Amaun Williams Fr
CB 17 Max Lofy Fr
S 18 Collin Wilder  Sr
OLB 19 Nick Herbig Fr
S 19 John Torchio  So
CB 20 Semar Melvin  Fr
CB 21 Caesar Williams  Sr
ILB 22 Jacob Heyroth  So
CB 24 James Williams  Fr
S 25 Eric Burrell  Sr
CB 26 Travian Blaylock  So
CB 27 Cristian Volpentesta  Sr
ILB 29 Jackson Kollath  Fr
S 30 Tyler Mais  Jr
S 31 Madison Cone Sr
ILB 32 Marty Strey  So
ILB 34 Ross Gengler Fr
CB 36 Kobe Knaak  Sr
OLB 37 Riley Nowakowski Fr
S 38 Dante Caputo  Fr
ILB 39 Tatum Grass  Fr
OLB 41 Noah Burks  Sr
OLB 42 Jaylan Franklin  So
OLB 43 Preston Zachman Fr
ILB 45 Leo Chenal So
OLB 46 Hegeman Tiedt  Sr
OLB 48 Cole Dakovich Fr
OLB 50 Izayah Green-May  Jr
DE 51 Giovanni Paez  Fr
OLB 52 Kaden Johnson Fr
OLB 53 Malik Reed Fr
ILB 54 Jordan Turner Fr
ILB 55 Maema Njongmeta  Fr
DE 56 Rodas Johnson  Fr
DE 57 Michael Balistreri  Jr
ILB 57 Jack Sanborn Jr
ILB 58 Mike Maskalunas  Sr
DE 59 Aaron Witt Fr
DE 90 Isaiah Mullens  So
OL 90 James Thompson Jr. Fr
NT 91 Bryson Williams Jr
DE 92 Matt Henningsen  Jr
DE 93 Garrett Rand  Sr
DE 94 Boyd Dietzen  So
NT 95 Keeanu Benton So
DE 96 Cade McDonald Fr
DE 97 Isaiahh Loudermilk  Sr
DE 98 C.J. Goetz  So
 Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
K 19 Collin Larsh  Jr
P 26 Jack Van Dyke Fr
P 28 Gavin Meyers Fr
K 28 Blake Wilcox  Fr
LS 51 Adam Bay Sr
LS 52 Josh Bernhagen  Sr
LS 63 Peter Bowden  Fr
LS 64 Duncan McKinley Fr
P 96 Conor Schlichting  Jr
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured
  • Redshirt

Roster
Last update: November 19, 2019

Rankings
Further information: 2020 NCAA Division I FBS football rankings
Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. т = Tied with team above or below. ( ) = First place votes.
Week
Poll Pre 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Final 
AP  
Coaches 12  
CFP Not released Not released

Game summaries

Indiana
1 2 3 4 Total
Hoosiers 0 0 0 0 0
Badgers 0 0 0 0 0
See also: 2020 Indiana Hoosiers football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
41–18–2 2017 W, 45–17

at Michigan
1 2 3 4 Total
Badgers 0 0 0 0 0
Wolverines 0 0 0 0 0
See also: 2020 Michigan Wolverines football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
16–51–1 2019 W, 35–14

Minnesota
1 2 3 4 Total
Golden Gophers 0 0 0 0 0
Badgers 0 0 0 0 0
See also: 2020 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
61–60–8 2019 W, 38–17

at Maryland
1 2 3 4 Total
Badgers 0 0 0 0 0
Terrapins 0 0 0 0 0
See also: 2020 Maryland Terrapins football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
3–0 2017 W, 38–13

Illinois
1 2 3 4 Total
Fighting Illini 0 0 0 0 0
Badgers 0 0 0 0 0
See also: 2020 Illinois Fighting Illini football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
42–38–7 2019 L, 23–24

vs Northwestern
1 2 3 4 Total
Wildcats 0 0 0 0 0
Badgers 0 0 0 0 0
See also: 2020 Northwestern Wildcats football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
60–36–5 2019 W, 24–15

at Purdue
1 2 3 4 Total
Badgers 0 0 0 0 0
Boilermakers 0 0 0 0 0
See also: 2020 Purdue Boilermakers football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
50–29–8 2019 W, 45–24

Nebraska
1 2 3 4 Total
Cornhuskers 0 0 0 0 0
Badgers 0 0 0 0 0
See also: 2020 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
10–4 2019 W, 37–21

at Iowa
1 2 3 4 Total
Badgers 0 0 0 0 0
Hawkeyes 0 0 0 0 0
See also: 2020 Iowa Hawkeyes football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
48–43–2 2019 W, 24–22

Awards and honors
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References
  1. "Big Ten Statement on 2020-21 Fall Season". bigten.org. August 11, 2020. Retrieved August 11, 2020.
  2. "Preseason AP Poll". Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved January 31, 2019.
  3. Myerberg, Paul. "Big Ten football reduces season schedule to only conference games, maybe setting stage for others to follow". USA TODAY. Retrieved 10 July 2020.
  4. "Badgers' Wrigley Field game moved back to Northwestern's Ryan Field". Associated Press. WKOW. 8 July 2020. Retrieved 11 July 2020.
  5. Vitovitch, Frank (10 July 2020). "A Notre Dame – Wisconsin at Lambeau Reschedule Not Likely Until At least 2026". UHND.com. Retrieved 11 July 2020.
  6. "2020 Wisconsin Football Schedule". FBSchedules.com. Retrieved January 20, 2020.
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