1972 Wisconsin Badgers football team

UW Band forms an elephant at halftime of the Northwestern game

The 1972 Wisconsin Badgers football team was an American football team that represented the University of Wisconsin–Madison in the 1972 Big Ten Conference football season. In their third year under head coach John Jardine, the Badgers compiled a 4–7 record (2–6 against conference opponents) and finished in ninth place in the Big Ten Conference.^[1]

Rufus Ferguson led the team with 1,004 rushing yards, was selected as the team's most valuable player, and was chosen by the Associated Press (AP) as a first-team running back, and by the United Press International (UPI) as a second-team running back, on the 1972 All-Big Ten Conference football team.^[2] Three other Wisconsin players received All-Big Ten honors: center Mike Webster (UPI-2); offensive guard Keith Nosbusch (AP-2, UPI-2); linebacker Dave Lokanc (AP-1, UPI-2).^[2][3]

Schedule[]

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance
September 16	Northern Illinois*	Camp Randall Stadium Madison, WI	W 31–7	62,710
September 23	Syracuse*	Camp Randall Stadium Madison, WI	W 31–7	67,234
September 30	at LSU*	Tiger Stadium Baton Rouge, LA	L 7–27	69,142
October 7	Northwestern	Camp Randal Stadium Madison, WI	W 21–14	74,595
October 14	at Indiana	Memorial Stadium Bloomington, IN	L 7–33	50,122
October 21	at Michigan State	Spartan Stadium East Lansing, MI	L 0–31	62,638
October 28	No. 4 Ohio State	Camp Randall Stadium Madison, WI	L 20–28	78,713
November 4	Iowa	Camp Randall Stadium Madison, WI (rivalry)	W 16–14	78,723
November 11	at Purdue	Ross–Ade Stadium West Lafayette, IN	L 6–27	53,507
November 18	at Illinois	Memorial Stadium Champaign, IL	L 7–27	45,703
November 25	Minnesota	Camp Randall Stadium Madison, WI (Paul Bunyan's Axe)	L 6–14	60,746
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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Roster[]

Players in the 1973 NFL Draft[]

The following Wisconsin players were selected in the 1973 NFL Draft.^[5]

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