1958 Wisconsin Badgers football team

1958 Wisconsin Badgers football
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 6
AP	No. 7
1958 record	7–1–1 (5–1–1 Big Ten)
Head coach	Milt Bruhn (3rd season)
Home stadium	Camp Randall Stadium
Seasons

1958 Big Ten football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
#2/2 Iowa †	5	–	1	–	0			8	–	1	–	1
#7/6 Wisconsin	5	–	1	–	1			7	–	1	–	1
#8/7 Ohio State	4	–	1	–	2			6	–	1	–	2
#13/11 Purdue	3	–	1	–	2			6	–	1	–	2
Indiana	3	–	2	–	1			5	–	3	–	1
Illinois	4	–	3	–	0			4	–	5	–	0
Northwestern	3	–	4	–	0			5	–	4	–	0
Michigan	1	–	5	–	1			2	–	6	–	1
Minnesota	1	–	6	–	0			1	–	8	–	0
Michigan State	0	–	5	–	1			3	–	5	–	1
† – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll / Coaches' Poll

The 1958 Wisconsin Badgers football team represented the University of Wisconsin–Madison in the 1958 college football season.

Schedule

Date	Opponent#	Rank#	Site	Result	Attendance
September 26*	at #15 Miami	#14	Miami Orange Bowl • Miami, FL	W 20–0	62,084
October 4*	Marquette	#9	Camp Randall Stadium • Madison, WI	W 50–0	42,513
October 11	#13 Purdue	#6	Camp Randall Stadium • Madison, WI	W 31–6	51,028
October 18	#13 Iowa	#4	Camp Randall Stadium • Madison, WI	L 9–20	65,241
October 25	at #2 Ohio State	#13	Ohio Stadium • Columbus, OH	T 7–7	83,142
November 1	at Michigan State	#8	Spartan Stadium • East Lansing, MI	W 9–7	71,040
November 8†	#4 Northwestern	#7	Camp Randall Stadium • Madison, WI	W 17–13	62,964
November 15	at Illinois	#5	Memorial Stadium • Champaign, IL	W 31–12	45,937
November 22	Minnesota	#5	Camp Randall Stadium • Madison, WI (Paul Bunyan's Axe)	W 27–12	54,517
*Non-Conference Game. †Homecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll.

Game notes

Minnesota

by Quarter 1 2 3 4 Total Minnesota 0 0 6 6 12 • Wisconsin 7 7 6 7 27 Date: November 22 Location: Camp Randall Stadium, Madison, WI Game attendance: 54,517 Scoring summary 1 WIS Sid Williams 20 yard run (kick good) WIS 7-0 2 WIS Dale Hackbart 7 yard run (kick good) WIS 14-0 3 WIS Bob Zeman 2 yard run WIS 20-0 3 MINN Dick Johnson 77 yard pass from Larry Johnson WIS 20-6 4 WIS Billy Hobbs 44 yard pass from Dale Hackbart (kick good) WIS 27-6 4 MINN Larry Johnson 2 yard run WIS 27-12

Wisconsin completed their best Big Ten finish since 1952 in front of a Dad's Day crowd as their defense intercepted six passes, one short of their own conference record.

Team players in the 1959 NFL Draft

Player	Position	Round	Pick	NFL Club
Bob Zeman	Back	10	119	Cleveland Browns
Dick Teteak	Guard	15	169	Green Bay Packers
Dave Kocourek	Wide Receiver	19	223	Pittsburgh Steelers
Jim Fraser	Guard	21	250	Cleveland Browns
Lowell Jenkins	Tackle	27	315	Philadelphia Eagles