1962 Wisconsin Badgers football team
1962 Wisconsin Badgers football | |
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Conference | Big Ten Conference |
Ranking | |
Coaches | No. 2 [1] |
AP | No. 2 [2] |
Record | 8–2 (6–1 Big Ten) |
Head coach |
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MVP | Ron Vander Kelen |
Captain | Pat Richter Steve Underwood |
Home stadium | Camp Randall Stadium |
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No. 2 Wisconsin $ | 6 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 10 Minnesota | 5 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 2 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Northwestern | 4 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ohio State | 4 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Michigan State | 3 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Purdue | 3 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 4 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Iowa | 3 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Illinois | 2 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indiana | 1 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Michigan | 1 | – | 6 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
AP Poll
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The 1962 Wisconsin Badgers football team represented the
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Wisconsin opened the season by crushing New Mexico State and then subdued Indiana 30–6. On October 13, they defeated Notre Dame 17–8, which gave them a number 10 ranking. The Badgers then defeated the Iowa 42–15, which moved them up to fifth. A 14–7 loss to Ohio State the following week dropped Wisconsin out of the polls (top ten only).
On November 3, the Badgers defeated struggling
The Badgers faced #1 USC in the historic Rose Bowl; the first bowl game in college football history between the top two teams in the polls, and the final rankings were already set. At the time, the two major polls (AP, UPI) released their final editions prior to the bowl games, so Wisconsin's runner-up rank went unchanged after the bowl loss. However, the game was still a de facto national championship game as the winner would receive the Grantland Rice Trophy.[5][6]
Quarterback Ron Vander Kelen seemingly "come from nowhere" to lead the Badgers to a conference championship; he had missed the 1960 season due to an injury, and was declared academically ineligible for 1961. He was named the Big Ten Conference MVP for 1962 in his only season of play (except for late-game mop-up in 1959 versus Marquette).[7]
Senior
Schedule and results
Date | Opponent | Rank | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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September 29 | Madison, WI | W 69–13 | 40,495 | |||
October 6 | Indiana |
| W 30–6 | 41,354 | ||
October 13 | Notre Dame* |
| W 17–8 | 61,098 | ||
October 20 | Iowa | No. 10 |
| W 42–14 | 60,297 | |
October 27 | at Columbus, OH | L 7–14 | 82,540 | |||
November 3 | at Ann Arbor, MI | W 34–12 | 53,789 | [8] | ||
November 10 | No. 1 Northwestern | No. 8 |
| W 37–6 | 65,501 | |
November 17 | at Champaign, IL | W 35–6 | 36,762 | |||
November 24 | No. 5 Paul Bunyan's Axe ) | W 14–9 | 65,514 | |||
January 1, 1963 | vs. No. 1 Pasadena, CA (Rose Bowl ) | L 37–42 | 98,698 | |||
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Roster
- E Pat Richter
- QB Ron Vander Kelen
Game summaries
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No. 5 Minnesota
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Rankings
Team players in the 1963 NFL Draft
Player | Position | Round | Pick | NFL club |
Pat Richter | End | 1 | 7 | Washington Redskins |
Gary Kroner | Back | 7 | 93 | Green Bay Packers |
- No Wisconsin Badgers were selected in the 1963 AFL Draft.
References
- ^ "Year-by-year Final Coaches' Polls". American Football Coaches Association. Archived from the original on January 2, 2011. Retrieved January 14, 2010.
- ^ "Poll Archive". Associated Press. Archived from the original on May 25, 2010. Retrieved January 14, 2010.
- ^ Bochat, Rel (January 1, 1963). "This is it! Badgers, USC in big one". Milwaukee Sentinel. p. 9, part 2. Archived from the original on January 27, 2020. Retrieved August 3, 2018.
- ^ Zimmermann, Paul (January 1, 1963). "Badgers bent on bowl vengeance; Wisconsin winless in two classics". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). (Los Angeles Times). p. 12.
- ^ Los Angeles Times "The national championship was at stake – USC was ranked No. 1 and Wisconsin No. 2"
- ^ Jenkins, Dan (September 11, 1967). "THIS YEAR THE FIGHT WILL BE IN THE OPEN". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved January 23, 2024.
- ^ John Underwoord (September 9, 2010). "Vander Kelen". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved July 4, 2011.
- Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Wisconsin Halts Minnesota, 14-9". The New York Times. November 25, 1962. Retrieved September 4, 2023.
- ^ "Two Goofs Kill the Gophers". Sports Illustrated. December 3, 1962. Retrieved September 12, 2023.
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(help) - ^ "1963 NFL Draft Listing - Pro-Football-Reference.com". Archived from the original on December 23, 2007.