1983 Wisconsin Badgers football team explained

Year:1983
Team:Wisconsin Badgers
Sport:football
Conference:Big Ten Conference
Short Conf:Big Ten
Record:7–4
Conf Record:5–4
Head Coach:Dave McClain
Hc Year:6th
Off Coach:Bill Dudley
Oc Year:4th
Off Scheme:Pro-style
Def Coach:Jim Hilles
Dc Year:6th
Def Scheme:3–4
Mvp:Al Toon
Captain:Mike Herrington
Captain2:Brian Marrow
Captain3:Randy Wright
Stadium:Camp Randall Stadium

The 1983 Wisconsin Badgers football team represented the University of Wisconsin–Madison in the 1983 Big Ten Conference football season. Led by sixth-year head coach Dave McClain, the Badgers compiled an overall record of 7–4 with a mark of 5–4 in conference play, placing fifth in the Big Ten. Wisconsin played home games at Camp Randall Stadium in Madison, Wisconsin.

Game summaries

Michigan

On September 24, 1983, Wisconsin lost to Michigan, 38–21, before a crowd of 77,708 at Camp Randall Stadium in Madison, Wisconsin.[1]

At Northwestern

At Ohio State

[2]

At Purdue

1984 NFL draft

Player Position Round Pick NFL club
Quarterback 6 153 Green Bay Packers
[3]

Notes and References

  1. News: U-M outlasts Badger rally. Detroit Free Press. Joe Lapointe. September 25, 1983. 1H, 9H. Newspapers.com.
  2. Gainesville Sun. 1983 Oct 30.
  3. Web site: 1984 NFL Draft Listing - Pro-Football-Reference.com. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20071221193408/http://www.pro-football-reference.com/draft/1984.htm. 2007-12-21. Pro-Football-Reference.com.