1962 Wisconsin Badgers football team

1962 Wisconsin Badgers football
Rose Bowl, L 37–42 vs. USC
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 2
APNo. 2
Record8–2 (6–1 Big Ten)
Head coach
MVPRon Vander Kelen
Captains
Home stadiumCamp Randall Stadium
Seasons
← 1961
1963 →
1962 Big Ten Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
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
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1962 Wisconsin Badgers football team represented the University of Wisconsin as member of the Big Ten Conference during the 1962 NCAA University Division football season. Led by seventh-year head coach Milt Bruhn, the Badgers compiled an overall record of 8–2 with a mark of 6–1 in conference play, winning the Big Ten title. Wisconsin was ranked second in both final major polls, released in early December. This remains the highest season-ending ranking in program history.[1][2] Wisconsin met the No. 1 USC Trojans in the Rose Bowl, the first bowl game in college football history to pair the top two ranked teams in the nation.[3][4]

  1. ^ "Year-by-year Final Coaches' Polls". American Football Coaches Association. Archived from the original on January 2, 2011. Retrieved January 14, 2010.
  2. ^ "Poll Archive". Associated Press. Archived from the original on May 25, 2010. Retrieved January 14, 2010.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ Zimmermann, Paul (January 1, 1963). "Badgers bent on bowl vengeance; Wisconsin winless in two classics". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). (Los Angeles Times). p. 12.