1984 Wisconsin Badgers football team

1984 Big Ten Conference football standings
	$ – Conference champion; Rankings from AP Poll

1984 Wisconsin Badgers football
1984 Wisconsin Badgers football
Hall of Fame Classic, L 20–19 vs. Kentucky
Conference	Big Ten Conference
1984 record	7–4–1 (5–3–1 Big Ten)
Head coach	Dave McClain (7th season);
Defensive coordinator	Jim Hilles (7th season)
Home stadium	Camp Randall Stadium
	Seasons ← 1983 1985 →

Schedule[]

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result	Attendance
September 8	Northern Illinois*		Camp Randall Stadium Madison, WI	W 27–14	65,288
September 15	at Missouri*		Faurot Field Columbia, MO	W 35–34	45,033
September 22	at No. 16 Michigan		Michigan Stadium Ann Arbor, MI	L 14–20	104,239
September 29	Northwestern		Camp Randall Stadium Madison, WI	W 31–16	78,509
October 6	at Illinois		Memorial Stadium Champaign, IL	L 6–22	76,428
October 13	Minnesota		Camp Randall Stadium Madison, WI (Paul Bunyan's Axe)	L 14–17	78,770
October 20	at Indiana		Memorial Stadium Bloomington, IN	W 20–16	38,754
October 27	No. 6 Ohio State		Camp Randall Stadium Madison, WI	W 16–14	78,606
November 3	at No. 17 Iowa		Kinnick Stadium Iowa City, IA (rivalry)	T 10–10	66,255
November 10	Purdue		Camp Randall Stadium Madison, WI	W 30–13	72,292
November 17	at Michigan State		Spartan Stadium East Lansing, MI	W 20–10	61,702
December 29	vs. Kentucky*	No. 20	Legion Field Birmingham, AL (Hall of Fame Classic)	L 19–20	47,300
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

1984 Wisconsin Badgers football team roster

Players

Coaches

Offense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
T	`72`	Jeff Dellenbach	Sr
RB	`41`	Gary Ellerson	Sr
RB	`24`	Larry Emery	So
G	`66`	Bob Landsee	Jr
WR	`87`	Al Toon	Sr
C	`51`	Dan Turk	Sr

Defense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
DT	`92`	Scott Bergold	Sr
LB	`99`	Rick Graf	So
CB	`29`	Richard Johnson	Sr
LB	`95`	Tim Jordan	So
LB	`33`	James Melka	Sr
DB	`38`	Nate Odomes	So
S	`28`	Art Price	Sr
LB	`52`	Michael Reid	So
DE	`60`	Darryl Sims	Sr
S	`3`	Ken Stills	Sr

Special teams

Pos.	#	Name	Class

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

1984 Big Ten Conference football standings
v t	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 13 Ohio State $	7	–	2	–	0	9	–	3	–	0
Illinois	6	–	3	–	0	7	–	4	–	0
Purdue	6	–	3	–	0	7	–	5	–	0
No. 16 Iowa	5	–	3	–	1	8	–	4	–	1
Wisconsin	5	–	3	–	1	7	–	4	–	1
Michigan State	5	–	4	–	0	6	–	6	–	0
Michigan	5	–	4	–	0	6	–	6	–	0
Minnesota	3	–	6	–	0	4	–	7	–	0
Northwestern	2	–	7	–	0	2	–	9	–	0
Indiana	0	–	9	–	0	0	–	11	–	0

$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll