1986 Wisconsin Badgers football team

1986 Big Ten Conference football standings
	+ – Conference co-champions; Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule[]

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance
September 6	at Hawaii*	Aloha Stadium Honolulu, HI	L 17–20	45,403
September 13	Northern Illinois*	Camp Randall Stadium Madison, WI	W 35–20	63,294
September 20	at UNLV*	Sam Boyd Silver Bowl Whitney, NV	L 7–17	62,207
September 27	Wyoming*	Camp Randall Stadium Madison, WI	L 12–21	64,954
October 4	No. 4 Michigan	Camp Randall Stadium Madison, WI	L 17–34	75,898
October 11	at No. 10 Iowa	Kinnick Stadium Iowa City, IA (rivalry)	L 6–17	67,700
October 18	at Northwestern	Dyche Stadium Evanston, IL	W 35–27	34,462
October 25	Illinois	Camp Randall Stadium Madison, WI	W 15–9	76,983
November 1	at Indiana	Memorial Stadium Bloomington, IN	L 7–21	35,311
November 8	Minnesota	Camp Randall Stadium Madison, WI (Paul Bunyan's Axe)	L 20–27	65,164
November 15	No. 9 Ohio State	Camp Randall Stadium Madison, WI	L 17–30	62,020
November 22	at Michigan State	Spartan Stadium East Lansing, MI	L 13–23	60,285
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

1986 Wisconsin Badgers football team roster

Players

Coaches

Offense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
TE		Brian Anderson
RB		Joe Armentrout
RB		Marvin Artley
OL		Solomon Ashby
WR		Scott Bestor
WR		Frederick Bobo
OL		Glenn Derby
RB		Larry Emery
OL		Paul Gruber
OL		John Hallberg
RB		Andy Hartlieb
QB		Mike Howard
RB		Leon Hunt
TE		Brant Kennedy
QB		Bud Keyes
OL		Rod Lossow
OL		Todd Nelson
OL		Keith Peterson
WR		James Ross
RB		Dave Tansor
WR		Reginald Tompkins
RB		Steve Vinci
WR		Bill Williams
WR/KR	`23`		So

Defense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
DL		Michael Boykins
SS		Paul Partington
DB		Keith Browning
DL		Charlie Fawley
LB		Rick Graf
DB		Bob Johnston
LB		Tim Jordan
DL		Jim Kmet
LB		Tim Knoeck
DB		Pete Nowka
LB		Craig Raddatz
LB		Michael Reid
DB		Nate Odomes
DB		Bobby Taylor
DL		Dick Teets
DL		Chad VandeZande

Special teams

Pos.	#	Name	Class
P		Scott Cepicky
K		Todd Gregoire

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

1986 Big Ten Conference football standings
v t	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 8 Michigan +	7	–	1	–	0	11	–	2	–	0
No. 7 Ohio State +	7	–	1	–	0	10	–	3	–	0
No. 16 Iowa	5	–	3	–	0	9	–	3	–	0
Minnesota	5	–	3	–	0	6	–	6	–	0
Michigan State	4	–	4	–	0	6	–	5	–	0
Indiana	3	–	5	–	0	6	–	6	–	0
Illinois	3	–	5	–	0	4	–	7	–	0
Northwestern	2	–	6	–	0	4	–	7	–	0
Purdue	2	–	6	–	0	3	–	8	–	0
Wisconsin	2	–	6	–	0	3	–	9	–	0

+ – Conference co-champions Rankings from AP Poll