1954 Wisconsin Badgers football team

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Ranking
CoachesNo. 10
APNo. 9
1954 Big Ten Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 1 Ohio State $ 7 0 0 10 0 0
No. 9 Wisconsin 5 2 0 7 2 0
No. 15 Michigan 5 2 0 6 3 0
Minnesota 4 2 0 7 2 0
Iowa 4 3 0 5 4 0
Purdue 3 3 0 5 3 1
Indiana 2 4 0 3 6 0
Michigan State 1 5 0 3 6 0
Northwestern 1 5 0 2 7 0
Illinois 0 6 0 1 8 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1954 Wisconsin Badgers football team represented the University of Wisconsin–Madison in the 1954 college football season.

Season

Senior Alan Ameche earned All-America honors, was named the Big 10 Player of the Year, and was the recipient of the 1954 Heisman Trophy, becoming the first Badger to win the award. He played linebacker on defense along with fullback on offense, since American football was single platoon during his college career. In four years as a Badger, he gained 3,212 yards, then the NCAA record, scored 25 touchdowns, and averaged 4.8 yards per carry.

Schedule

September 25Marquette*No. 10

W 52–1452,819 October 2at Michigan StateNo. 5

W 6–051,194 October 9No. 11 Rice*No. 3

  • Camp Randall Stadium
  • Madison, WI

W 13–752,819 October 16No. 5 PurdueNo. 2

  • Camp Randall Stadium
  • Madison, WI

W 20–652,819 October 23at No. 4 Ohio StateNo. 2

L 14–3182,636 October 30at IowaNo. 8

L 7–1352,185 November 6NorthwesterndaggerNo. 16

  • Camp Randall Stadium
  • Madison, WI

W 34–1353,131 November 13at IllinoisNo. 14

W 27–1471,119 November 20No. 10 MinnesotaNo. 17

W 27–053,131

Template:CFB Schedule End[1]

Awards and honors

Team players in the 1955 NFL Draft

Player Position Round Pick NFL Club
Alan Ameche Back 1 3 Baltimore Colts
Jim Temp End 2 17 Green Bay Packers
Norm Amundsen Guard 6 65 Green Bay Packers
Ron Locklin End 6 68 New York Giants
Clarence Bratt Back 12 143 Chicago Bears
Jerry Cvengros Tackle 21 247 Los Angeles Rams
Bob Gringrass Back 27 321 Philadelphia Eagles

[3]

References

  1. ^ "Wisconsin Badgers Index". sports-reference.com. Retrieved 2011-07-28.
  2. ^ http://www.heisman.com/winners/hsmn-winners.html
  3. ^ http://www.pro-football-reference.com/draft/1955.htm