American college football season
1997 Wisconsin Badgers football Conference Big Ten Conference 1997 record 8–5 (5–3 Big Ten) Head coach Barry Alvarez (8th season)Offensive coordinator Brad Childress (6th season)Defensive coordinator Kevin Cosgrove (3rd season) Home stadium Camp Randall Stadium (Capacity: 76,129)Seasons
The 1997 Wisconsin Badgers football team represented the University of Wisconsin during the 1997 Big Ten Conference football season . They were led by eight year head coach Barry Alvarez and participated as members of the Big Ten Conference . The Badgers played their home games at Camp Randall Stadium in Madison, Wisconsin .
After suffering a humiliating loss at the hands of Donovan McNabb and the Syracuse Orangemen in their season opener, the Wisconsin Badgers sprang back to win eight of their next nine games. After defeating Boise State, San Jose State, and San Diego State, the Badgers won consecutive games with field goals as time expired against Indiana and Northwestern. In the course of this streak, the Badgers snapped a long losing streak at the hands of the Iowa Hawkeyes with a 13–10 win, the first Wisconsin win over a Hayden Fry -coached team ever. After defeating Iowa, Barry Alvarez's team fell apart down the stretch, losing to eventual national champion Michigan, Penn State, and Georgia in the Outback Bowl.
While the Badgers suffered a 3-game losing streak to close out the year, the 1997 campaign set the stage for the incredibly successful 1998 season .
Schedule [ ]
Date Time Opponent Rank Site TV Result Attendance August 24 1:00 p.m. vs. No. 17 Syracuse * No. 24 ABC L 0–3451,185
September 6 2:00 p.m. Boise State * Camp Randall Stadium Madison, WI W 28–2473,209
September 13 5:30 p.m. at San Jose State * Spartan Stadium San Jose, CA W 56–1023,042
September 20 1:00 p.m. San Diego State * Camp Randall Stadium Madison, WI W 36–1076,864
September 27 11:20 a.m. Indiana Camp Randall Stadium Madison, WI ESPN+ W 27–2678,211
October 4 6:00 p.m. at Northwestern ESPN W 26–2547,129
October 11 11:20 a.m. Illinois Camp Randall Stadium Madison, WI ESPN+ W 31–779,327
October 18 1:00 p.m. at Purdue No. 24 L 20–4554,252
October 25 11:30 a.m. at Minnesota ESPN2 W 22–2157,563
November 8 11:30 a.m. No. 12 Iowa Camp Randall Stadium Madison, WI (rivalry ) ESPN W 13–1079,864
November 15 2:30 p.m. No. 1 Michigan No. 23 Camp Randall Stadium Madison, WI ABC L 16–2679,806
November 22 2:30 p.m. at No. 6 Penn State No. 24 Beaver Stadium University Park, PA ABC L 10–3596,934
January 1, 1998 10:00 a.m. vs. No. 11 Georgia * ESPN L 6–3356,186
*Non-conference game HomecomingRankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time
Season summary [ ]
Syracuse [ ]
1
2 3 4 Total
• Syracuse
10
14 7 3
34
Wisconsin
0
0 0 0
0
[1]
Boise State [ ]
1
2 3 4 Total
Boise St
10
7 0 7
24
• Wisconsin
7
7 7 7
28
Date: September 6Location: Camp Randall Stadium
[2]
San Jose State [ ]
1
2 3 4 Total
• Wisconsin
14
28 14 0
56
San Jose St
10
0 0 0
10
Date: September 13Location: Spartan Stadium Game attendance: 23,042
[3]
San Diego State [ ]
1
2 3 4 Total
San Diego St
0
0 3 7
10
• Wisconsin
17
5 7 7
36
Date: September 20Location: Camp Randall Stadium
[4]
Indiana [ ]
1
2 3 4 Total
Indiana
7
10 6 3
26
• Wisconsin
7
10 0 10
27
Date: September 27Location: Camp Randall Stadium
[5]
Northwestern [ ]
1
2 3 4 Total
• Wisconsin
13
3 7 3
26
Northwestern
6
8 11 0
25
Date: October 4Location: Ryan Field
[6]
Illinois [ ]
1
2 3 4 Total
Illinois
0
7 0 0
7
• Wisconsin
14
7 10 0
31
Date: October 11Location: Camp Randall Stadium
[7]
Purdue [ ]
1
2 3 4 Total
Wisconsin
0
10 7 3
20
• Purdue
21
7 7 10
45
[8]
Minnesota [ ]
1
2 3 4 Total
• Wisconsin
7
6 0 9
22
Minnesota
8
0 13 0
21
Scoring summary Q1 12:00 WIS Simmons 53 yard pass from Samuel (Davenport kick)WIS 7–0
Q1 3:50 MINN Bailey 30 yard field goal WIS 7–3
Q1 1:55 MINN Safety WIS 7–5
Q1 :10 MINN Bailey 42 yard field goal MINN 8–7
Q2 11:52 WIS Hayes 53 yard pass from Samuel (two-point conversion failed)WIS 13–8
Q3 7:57 MINN Nelson 11 yard pass from Sauter (two-point conversion failed) MINN 14–13
Q3 3:50 MINN Evans 4 yard run (Bailey kick) MINN 21–13
Q4 13:18 WIS Davenport 38 yard field goal MINN 21–16
Q4 7:10 WIS Dayne 1 yard run (two-point conversion failed)WIS 22–21
[9]
Iowa [ ]
1
2 3 4 Total
Iowa
0
0 7 3
10
• Wisconsin
0
13 0 0
13
Date: November 8Location: Camp Randall Stadium Game attendance: 79,864
[10]
Michigan [ ]
1
2 3 4 Total
• Michigan
7
9 0 10
26
Wisconsin
0
3 7 6
16
Date: November 15Location: Camp Randall Stadium
[11]
Penn State [ ]
1
2 3 4 Total
Wisconsin
3
0 0 7
10
• Penn St
7
14 14 0
35
Date: November 22Location: Beaver Stadium
[12]
Outback Bowl [ ]
1
2 3 4 Total
Wisconsin
0
0 0 6
6
• Georgia
12
7 7 7
33
[13]
Roster [ ]
1997 Wisconsin Badgers football team roster
Players
Coaches
Offense
Defense
Special teams
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
Legend
(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
Injured
Redshirt
Roster Last update: 1997-06-17
Source: [14]
Regular starters [ ]
Team players selected in the 1998 NFL Draft [ ]
[15]
References [ ]
Venues
Randall Field (1895–1916)
Camp Randall Stadium (1917–present)
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