1970 Wisconsin Badgers football team

1970 Wisconsin Badgers football
Conference	Big Ten Conference
1970 record	4–5–1 (3–4 Big Ten)
Head coach	John Jardine (1st season)
Home stadium	Camp Randall Stadium
Seasons

1970 Big Ten football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
#5/2 Ohio State †	7	–	0	–	0			9	–	1	–	0
#9/7 Michigan	6	–	1	–	0			9	–	1	–	0
Northwestern	6	–	1	–	0			6	–	4	–	0
Iowa	3	–	3	–	1			3	–	6	–	1
Wisconsin	3	–	4	–	0			4	–	5	–	1
Michigan State	3	–	4	–	0			4	–	6	–	0
Minnesota	2	–	4	–	1			3	–	6	–	1
Purdue	2	–	5	–	0			4	–	6	–	0
Illinois	1	–	6	–	0			3	–	7	–	0
Indiana	1	–	6	–	0			1	–	9	–	0
† – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll / Coaches' Poll

The 1970 Wisconsin Badgers football team represented the University of Wisconsin–Madison in the 1970 college football season.

Schedule

Date	Opponent#	Rank#	Site	Result	Attendance
September 19*	at #18 Oklahoma		Oklahoma Memorial Stadium • Norman, OK	L 7–21	58,100
September 26*	TCU		Camp Randall Stadium • Madison, WI	T 14–14	61,538
October 3*	#16 Penn State		Camp Randall Stadium • Madison, WI	W 29–16	55,204
October 10	at Iowa		Iowa Stadium • Iowa City, IA	L 14–24	53,622
October 17	Northwestern		Camp Randall Stadium • Madison, WI	L 14–24	65,278
October 24	at Indiana		Seventeenth Street Football Stadium • Bloomington, IN	W 30–12	48,643
October 31†	#5 Michigan		Camp Randall Stadium • Madison, WI	L 15–29	72,389
November 7	#3 Ohio State		Camp Randall Stadium • Madison, WI	L 7–24	72,758
November 14	at Illinois		Memorial Stadium • Champaign, IL	W 29–17	36,569
November 21	Minnesota		Camp Randall Stadium • Madison, WI (Paul Bunyan's Axe)	W 39–14	50,167
*Non-Conference Game. †Homecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll.

Game notes

Penn State

by Quarter 1 2 3 4 Total Penn State 3 7 6 0 16 • Wisconsin 0 7 9 13 29 Date: October 3 Location: Camp Randall Stadium, Madison, WI Scoring summary 1 PSU Reitz 35 yard field goal PSU 3-0 2 WIS Ferguson 3 yard run (Jaeger kick) WIS 7-3 2 PSU Edmonds 15 yard pass from Parson (Reitz kick) PSU 10-7 3 WIS Larry Mialik 68 yard pass from Graff (kick failed) Tied WIS 13-10 3 WIS Jaeger 42 yard field WIS 16-10 3 PSU Edmonds 11 yard pass from Parson (kick failed) Tied 16-16 4 8:21 WIS Terry Whittaker 27 yard pass from Neil Graff (Jaeger kick) WIS 23-16 4 WIS Larry Mialik 52 yard pass from Neil Graff (run failed) WIS 29-16

Team players in the 1971 NFL Draft

Player	Position	Round	Pick	NFL Club
Bill Gregory	Defensive Tackle	3	77	Dallas Cowboys
Dan Crooks	Defensive Back	13	319	Atlanta Falcons