1970 Wisconsin Badgers football team

American college football season

1970 Big Ten Conference football standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 5 Ohio State $	7	–	0	–	0	9	–	1	–	0
No. 9 Michigan	6	–	1	–	0	9	–	1	–	0
Northwestern	6	–	1	–	0	6	–	4	–	0
Iowa	3	–	3	–	1	3	–	6	–	1
Wisconsin	3	–	4	–	0	4	–	5	–	1
Michigan State	3	–	4	–	0	4	–	6	–	0
Minnesota	2	–	4	–	1	3	–	6	–	1
Purdue	2	–	5	–	0	4	–	6	–	0
Illinois	1	–	6	–	0	3	–	7	–	0
Indiana	1	–	6	–	0	1	–	9	–	0

$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

The 1970 Wisconsin Badgers football team represented the University of Wisconsin in the 1970 Big Ten Conference football season. Led by first-year head coach John Jardine, the Badgers compiled an overall record of 4–5–1 with a mark of 3–4 in conference play, tying for fifth place in the Big Ten. Wisconsin played home games at Camp Randall Stadium in Madison, Wisconsin.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance
September 19	at No. 18 Oklahoma*	Oklahoma Memorial Stadium Norman, OK	L 7–21	58,100
September 26	TCU*	Camp Randall Stadium Madison, WI	T 14–14	61,538
October 3	No. 16 Penn State*	Camp Randall Stadium Madison, WI	W 29–16	55,204
October 10	at Iowa	Iowa Stadium Iowa City, IA (rivalry)	L 14–24	53,622
October 17	Northwestern	Camp Randall Stadium Madison, WI	L 14–24	65,278
October 24	at Indiana	Seventeenth Street Football Stadium Bloomington, IN	W 30–12	48,643
October 31	No. 5 Michigan	Camp Randall Stadium Madison, WI	L 15–29	72,389
November 7	No. 3 Ohio State	Camp Randall Stadium Madison, WI	L 7–24	72,758
November 14	at Illinois	Memorial Stadium Champaign, IL	W 29–17	36,569
November 21	Minnesota	Camp Randall Stadium Madison, WI (rivalry)	W 39–14	50,167
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

	1	2	3	4	Total
Penn State	3	7	6	0	16
• Wisconsin	0	7	9	13	29

Scoring summary

1		PSU	Reitz 35 yard field goal	PSU 3-0

2		WIS	Ferguson 3 yard run (Jaeger kick)	WIS 7-3

2		PSU	Edmonds 15 yard pass from Parson (Reitz kick)	PSU 10-7

3		WIS	Larry Mialik 68 yard pass from Graff (kick failed)	Tied WIS 13-10

3		WIS	Jaeger 42 yard field	WIS 16-10

3		PSU	Edmonds 11 yard pass from Parson (kick failed)	Tied 16-16

4	8:21	WIS	Terry Whittaker 27 yard pass from Neil Graff (Jaeger kick)	WIS 23-16

4		WIS	Larry Mialik 52 yard pass from Neil Graff (run failed)	WIS 29-16

1970 Wisconsin Badgers football team roster

Players

Coaches

Offense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
C	`51`	Jim Fedenia	Sr
RB	`21`	Rufus Ferguson	So
FB	`33`	John Fowee	Sr
QB	`12`	Neil Graff	Jr
WR	`89`	Albert Hannah	Jr
G, K	`64`	Roger Jaeger	Jr
FB, P	`34`	John Krugman	Jr
QB	`17`	Gary Losse	Jr
FB	`30`	Gary Lund	So
WR	`23`	Randy Marks	Sr
TE	`88`	Larry Mialik	Jr
RB	`44`	Lance Moon	Jr
OT	`66`	Terry Scheid	Sr
OT	`75`	Mike Smolcich	Jr
G	`60`	Dennis Stephenson	Sr
FB	`37`	Alan Thompson	Jr
OT	`71`	Elbert Walker	Jr
WR	`82`	Terry Whittaker	Jr

Defense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
LB	`55`	Ed Albright	Sr
LB	`58`	Charles Ballweg	Jr
LB	`59`	Dennis Ballweg	Jr
LB	`54`	Gary Buss	Sr
S	`46`	Ron Buss	So
CB	`19`	Nate Butler	Sr
CB	`25`	Dan Crooks	Sr
DT	`73`	Jim DeLisle	Sr
DT	`76`	Bill Gregory (C)	Sr
CB	`24`	Neovia Greyer	Jr
LB	`42`	Dick Hyland	Sr
DE	`77`	Ted Jefferson	Sr
CB	`32`	Greg Johnson (I)	Jr
DE	`81`	James Johnson	Sr
LB	`57`	Dave Lokanc	So
DT	`62`	Keith Nosbusch	Sr
DE	`87`	Bill Poindexter	Jr
LB	`48`	Dave Schrader	So
RC	`25`	Tom Shinnick	Sr
DT	`78`	Bob Storck	So
CB	`20`	Lee Wilder	Sr
LB	`35`	Chuck Winfrey	Sr
LB	`47`	Bill Yarborough	Sr

Special teams

Pos.	#	Name	Class
G, K	`64`	Roger Jaeger	Jr
FB, P	`34`	John Krugman	Jr

Curt Sylvester (November 1, 1970). "U-M, Buckeyes March On: Badgers Worry Michigan, 29-15". Detroit Free Press. pp. 1F, 6F – via Newspapers.com.
"Penn State Dumped, 29-16." Palm Beach Post. 1970 Oct 4.
"1971 NFL Draft Listing - Pro-Football-Reference.com". Archived from the original on December 22, 2007.

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