1968 Wisconsin Badgers football team explained

Year:1968
Team:Wisconsin Badgers
Sport:football
Conference:Big Ten Conference
Short Conf:Big Ten
Record:0–10
Conf Record:0–7
Head Coach:John Coatta
Hc Year:2nd
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. Led by second-year head coach John Coatta, the Badgers compiled an overall record of 0–10 with a mark of 0–7 in conference play, placing last out of ten teams in the Big Ten. Wisconsin played home games at Camp Randall Stadium in Madison, Wisconsin.

This was the first season of artificial turf at Camp Randall Stadium;[1] [2] the Tartan Turf home opener was against Washington of the Pacific-8 Conference,[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).

NFL/AFL draft selections

Two Wisconsin Badgers were selected in the 1969 NFL/AFL draft, which lasted 17 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: 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.