1968 Wisconsin Badgers football team explained

Sport:football
Year:1968
Team:Wisconsin Badgers
Conference:Big Ten Conference
Short Conf:Big Ten
Record:0 - 10
Conf Record:0 - 7
Head Coach:John Coatta
Hc Year:2nd
Def Scheme:Harry Gonso
Mvp:Ken Criter
Captain:Wally Schoessow
Stadium:Camp Randall Stadium

The 1968 Wisconsin Badgers football team represented the University of Wisconsin in the 1968 Big Ten Conference football season. The team was led by second-year head coach John Coatta, and they competed in the Big Ten Conference. The Badgers finished the season 0–10 (0–7 in Big Ten, last); to date, this is the first (and only) time the Badgers have finished winless.

This was the first season of artificial turf at Camp Randall Stadium;[1] [2] the Tartan Turf home opener was against Washington of the Pac-8,[3] who had just installed AstroTurf at their Husky Stadium in Seattle.[4] Outside of these two, the only other University Division venues with synthetic turf in 1968 were the Astrodome (Houston) and Neyland Stadium (Tennessee).

Schedule

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NFL/AFL Draft selections

Two University of Wisconsin Badgers were selected in the 1969 NFL/AFL draft, which lasted seventeen rounds with 442 selections.

Player Position Round Overall Franchise
Lynn Buss Linebacker 218 Philadelphia Eagles
Wide receiver 253 Minnesota Vikings

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Notes and References

  1. News: Synthetic grass at UW passes 1st test . Milwaukee Sentinel . September 10, 1968 . 1, part 2.
  2. News: Badgers try ersatz turf . Milwaukee Sentinel . September 10, 1968 . 13, part 2.
  3. News: UW plays Huskies; no relief is in sight . Milwaukee Journal . Kuechele . Oliver . September 27, 1968 . 19, part 2.
  4. News: Huskies test UW, new rug today . Milwaukee Sentinel . Bochat . Rel . September 28, 1968 . 1, part 2.
  5. Web site: Wisconsin Badgers Index . sports-reference.com . 2011-07-28.
  6. Web site: 1969 NFL Draft Listing - Pro-Football-Reference.com. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20071221231827/http://www.pro-football-reference.com/draft/1969.htm. 2007-12-21.