1970 Wisconsin Badgers football team

1970 Big Ten Conference football standings
	$ – 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.

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 (Paul Bunyan's Axe)	W 39–14	50,167
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

1970 Wisconsin Badgers football team roster

Players

Coaches

Offense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
RB	`21`	Rufus Ferguson	So
QB	`12`	Neil Graff	Jr
WR	`84`	Albert Hannah	Jr
TE	`88`	Larry Mialik	Jr
G	`60`	Dennis Stephenson	Sr
FB	`37`	Alan Thompson	Jr
T	`71`	Elbert Walker	Jr
WR	`82`	Terry Whittaker	Jr

Defense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
LB	`58`	Charles Ballweg	Jr
LB	`59`	Dennis Ballweg	Jr
LB, K	`54`	Gary Buss	Sr
DB	`25`	Dan Cooks	Sr
DT	`73`	Jim DeLisle	Sr
DT	`76`	Bill Gregory	Sr
DE	`81`	James Johnson	Sr
DB	`26`	George McGarrett	Sr
LB	`35`	Chuck Winfrey	Sr

Special teams

Pos.	#	Name	Class

^ "Wisconsin Badgers Index". sports-reference.com. Retrieved 2011-07-28.
^ "Penn State Dumped, 29-16." Palm Beach Post. 1970 Oct 4.
^ "1971 NFL Draft Listing - Pro-Football-Reference.com". Archived from the original on 2007-12-22.

v t Wisconsin Badgers football
Venues	Randall Field (1895–1916) Camp Randall Stadium (1917–present)
Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Iowa (Heartland Trophy) Minnesota (Slab of Bacon, 1930–1943; Paul Bunyan's Axe, 1948–present) Nebraska (Freedom Trophy)
Culture & lore	Bucky Badger "On, Wisconsin!" Marching band "Jump Around" Tall Grass Game Crazylegs
People	Head coaches NFL draftees Statistical leaders Retired numbers
Seasons	1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021

1970 Big Ten Conference football standings
v t	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