1983 Wisconsin Badgers football team

1983 Wisconsin Badgers football
Conference	Big Ten Conference
1983 record	7–4 (5–4 Big Ten)
Head coach	Dave McClain (6th season)
Home stadium	Camp Randall Stadium
Seasons

1983 Big Ten football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
#10/10 Illinois †	9	–	0	–	0			10	–	2	–	0
#8/9 Michigan	8	–	1	–	0			9	–	3	–	0
#14/14 Iowa	7	–	2	–	0			9	–	3	–	0
#9/8 Ohio State	6	–	3	–	0			9	–	3	–	0
Wisconsin	5	–	4	–	0			7	–	4	–	0
Purdue	3	–	5	–	1			3	–	7	–	1
Michigan State	2	–	6	–	1			4	–	6	–	1
Indiana	2	–	7	–	0			3	–	8	–	0
Northwestern	2	–	7	–	0			2	–	9	–	0
Minnesota	0	–	9	–	0			1	–	10	–	0
† – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll / Coaches' Poll

The 1983 Wisconsin Badgers football team represented the University of Wisconsin–Madison in the 1983 college football season.

Schedule

Date	Opponent#	Rank#	Site	Result	Attendance
September 10*	Northern Illinois		Camp Randall Stadium • Madison, WI	W 37–9	56,941
September 17*	Missouri		Camp Randall Stadium • Madison, WI	W 21–20	65,044
September 24	#17 Michigan		Camp Randall Stadium • Madison, WI	L 21–38	77,708
October 1	at Northwestern		Dyche Stadium • Evanston, IL	W 49–0	32,180
October 8	#19 Illinois		Camp Randall Stadium • Madison, WI	L 15–27	78,307
October 15	at Minnesota		Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome • Minneapolis, MN (Paul Bunyan's Axe)	W 56–17	62,689
October 22†	Indiana		Camp Randall Stadium • Madison, WI	W 45–14	78,199
October 29	at #16 Ohio State		Ohio Stadium • Columbus, OH	L 27–45	89,203
November 5	#15 Iowa		Camp Randall Stadium • Madison, WI	L 14–34	78,105
November 12	at Purdue		Ross-Ade Stadium • West Lafayette, IN	W 42–38	58,342
November 19	Michigan State		Camp Randall Stadium • Madison, WI	W 32–0	54,204
*Non-Conference Game. †Homecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll.

Game notes

Northwestern

by Quarter 1 2 3 4 Total • Wisconsin 7 14 14 14 49 Northwestern 0 0 0 0 0 Date: October 1 Location: Dyche Stadium, Evanston, IL Source: [1] Scoring summary 1 WIS Harrison 1 yard run (Rohde kick) WIS 7-0 2 WIS Ellerson 8 yard run (Rohde kick) WIS 14-0 2 WIS McFadden 22 yard pass from Wright (Rohde kick) WIS 21-0 3 WIS Armentrout 58 yard run (Rohde kick) WIS 28-0 3 WIS Toon 7 yard pass from Wright (Rohde kick) WIS 35-0 4 WIS Armentrout 7 yard run (Rohde kick) WIS 42-0 4 WIS Emery 15 yard run (Rohde kick) WIS 49-0

Team players in the 1984 NFL Draft

Player	Position	Round	Pick	NFL Club
Randy Wright	Quarterback	6	153	Green Bay Packers