1969 Wisconsin Badgers football team

1969 Wisconsin Badgers football
1969 Wisconsin Badgers football
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Record	3–7 (3–4 Big Ten)
Head coach	John Coatta (3rd season);
MVP	Stu Voigt
Captains	Bill Gregory; Don Murphy; Mel Reddick;
Home stadium	Camp Randall Stadium
	Seasons ← 1968 1970 →

The 1969 Wisconsin Badgers football team represented the University of Wisconsin in the 1969 Big Ten Conference football season. Led by John Coatta in his third and final season as head coach, the Badgers compiled an overall record of 3–7 with a mark of 3–4 in conference play, placing in a four-way tie for fifth in the Big Ten. Wisconsin played home games at Camp Randall Stadium in Madison, Wisconsin.

1969 Big Ten Conference football standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 4 Ohio State +	6	–	1	–	0	8	–	1	–	0
No. 9 Michigan +	6	–	1	–	0	8	–	3	–	0
No. 18 Purdue	5	–	2	–	0	8	–	2	–	0
Minnesota	4	–	3	–	0	4	–	5	–	1
Iowa	3	–	4	–	0	5	–	5	–	0
Indiana	3	–	4	–	0	4	–	6	–	0
Northwestern	3	–	4	–	0	3	–	7	–	0
Wisconsin	3	–	4	–	0	3	–	7	–	0
Michigan State	2	–	5	–	0	4	–	6	–	0
Illinois	0	–	7	–	0	0	–	10	–	0

+ – Conference co-champions Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 20	No. 6 Oklahoma*	Camp Randall Stadium Madison, WI	L 21–48	43,633
September 27	No. 14 UCLA*	Camp Randall Stadium Madison, WI	L 23–34	49,243
October 4	Syracuse*	Camp Randall Stadium Madison, WI	L 7–43	45,540
October 11	Iowa	Camp Randall Stadium Madison, WI (rivalry)	W 23–17	53,714
October 18	at Northwestern	Dyche Stadium Evanston, IL	L 7–27	34,374
October 25	Indiana	Camp Randall Stadium Madison, WI	W 36–34	58,636
November 1	at No. 20 Michigan	Michigan Stadium Ann Arbor, MI	L 7–35	60,438	^[1]
November 8	at No. 1 Ohio State	Ohio Stadium Columbus, OH	L 7–62	86,519
November 15	Illinois	Camp Randall Stadium Madison, WI	W 55–14	42,624
November 22	at Minnesota	Memorial Stadium Minneapolis, MN (rivalry)	L 10–35	40,458
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

1969 Wisconsin Badgers football team roster

Players

Coaches

Offense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
RB	`36`	Joe Dawkins	Sr
QB	`12`	Neil Graff	So
TE	`88`	Larry Mialik	So
FB	`37`	Alan Thompson	So
TE	`40`	Stu Voigt	Sr

Defense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
DB	`25`	Dan Cooks	Jr
DT	`73`	Jim DeLisle	Jr
DT	`76`	Bill Gregory	Jr
DB	`30`	George McGarrett	Jr

Special teams

Pos.	#	Name	Class

^ Curt Sylvester (November 2, 1969). "35-Pt. Half Keeps M in Bowl Picture". Detroit Free Press. pp. 1C, 5C – via Newspapers.com.
^ "1970 NFL Draft Listing - Pro-Football-Reference.com". Archived from the original on December 21, 2007.