1966 Wisconsin Badgers football team

1966 Big Ten Conference football standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 2 Michigan State $	7	–	0	–	0	9	–	0	–	1
No. 7 Purdue	6	–	1	–	0	9	–	2	–	0
Michigan	4	–	3	–	0	6	–	4	–	0
Illinois	4	–	3	–	0	4	–	6	–	0
Minnesota	3	–	3	–	1	4	–	5	–	1
Ohio State	3	–	4	–	0	4	–	5	–	0
Northwestern	2	–	4	–	1	3	–	6	–	1
Wisconsin	2	–	4	–	1	3	–	6	–	1
Indiana	1	–	5	–	1	1	–	8	–	1
Iowa	1	–	6	–	0	2	–	8	–	0

$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

The 1966 Wisconsin Badgers football team represented the University of Wisconsin in the 1966 Big Ten Conference football season. Led by Milt Bruhn in his 11th and final season as head coach, the Badgers compiled an overall record of 3–6–1 with a mark of 2–4–1 in conference play, tying for seventh place in the Big Ten. Wisconsin played home games at Camp Randall Stadium in Madison, Wisconsin.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 17	Iowa State*	Camp Randall Stadium Madison, WI	W 20–10	51,051
September 24	at No. 5 USC*	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA	L 3–38	52,235
October 1	at Iowa	Iowa Stadium Iowa City, IA (rivalry)	W 7–0	52,787
October 8	No. 7 Nebraska*	Camp Randall Stadium Madison, WI (rivalry)	L 3–31	52,428
October 15	Northwestern	Camp Randall Stadium Madison, WI	T 3–3	53,163
October 22	at Ohio State	Ohio Stadium Columbus, OH	L 13–24	84,256
October 29	Michigan	Camp Randall Stadium Madison, WI	L 17–28	51,816	^[1]
November 5	Purdue	Camp Randall Stadium Madison, WI	L 0–23	56,475
November 12	at Illinois	Memorial Stadium Champaign, IL	L 14–49	53,645
November 19	Minnesota	Camp Randall Stadium Madison, WI (rivalry)	W 7–6	45,373
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Player	Position	Round	Pick	NFL club
Bill Gardner	Tight end	17	444	Green Bay Packers

^ Jack Saylor (October 30, 1966). "U-M Masters Badgers, 28–17". Detroit Free Press. pp. 1C, 7C – via Newspapers.com.
^ "1967 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Archived from the original on May 13, 2010. Retrieved May 22, 2015.

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