1975 Wisconsin Badgers football team

1975 Wisconsin Badgers football
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Record	4–6–1 (3–4–1 Big Ten)
Head coach	John Jardine (6th season)
Home stadium	Camp Randall Stadium

1975 Big Ten Conference football standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 4 Ohio State $	8	–	0	–	0			11	–	1	–	0
No. 8 Michigan	7	–	1	–	0			8	–	2	–	2
Michigan State	4	–	4	–	0			7	–	4	–	0
Illinois	4	–	4	–	0			5	–	6	–	0
Purdue	4	–	4	–	0			4	–	7	–	0
Wisconsin	3	–	4	–	1			4	–	6	–	1
Minnesota	3	–	5	–	0			6	–	5	–	0
Iowa	3	–	5	–	0			3	–	8	–	0
Northwestern	2	–	6	–	0			3	–	8	–	0
Indiana	1	–	6	–	1			2	–	8	–	1
$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

The 1975 Wisconsin Badgers football team represented the University of Wisconsin–Madison in the 1975 Big Ten Conference football season.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance
September 13	No. 2 Michigan	Camp Randall Stadium Madison, WI	L 6–23	79,022
September 20	South Dakota*	Camp Randall Stadium Madison, WI	W 48–7	65,566
September 27	at No. 5 Missouri*	Faurot Field Columbia, MO	L 21–27	62,222
October 4	Kansas*	Camp Randall Stadium Madison, WI	L 7–41	76,097
October 11	at Purdue	Ross–Ade Stadium West Lafayette, IN	W 17–14	62,406
October 18	at No. 1 Ohio State	Ohio Stadium Columbus, OH	L 0–56	87,820
October 25	Northwestern	Camp Randall Stadium Madison, WI	W 17–14	78,902
November 1	Illinois	Camp Randall Stadium Madison, WI	W 18–9	78,868
November 8	at Iowa	Kinnick Stadium Iowa City, IA (rivalry)	L 28–45	54,650
November 15	Indiana	Camp Randall Stadium Madison, WI	T 9–9	65,317
November 22	at Minnesota	Memorial Stadium Minneapolis, MN (Paul Bunyan's Axe)	L 3–24	37,578
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Game summaries

Northwestern

1 2 3 4 Total Northwestern 7 7 0 0 14 • Wisconsin 3 7 7 0 17 Date: October 25 Location: Camp Randall Stadium, Madison, WI Game attendance: 78,902

Scoring summary 1 NW Boykin 1 yard run (Mirkopulos kick) NW 7-0 1 WIS La Bun 50 yard field goal NW 7-3 2 WIS Billy Marek 1 yard run (Lamla kick) WIS 10-7 2 NW Yelvington 5 yard pass from Dean (Mirkopulos kick) NW 14-10 3 WIS Billy Marek 54 yard run (Lamla kick) WIS 17-14

Billy Marek became the 30th player in NCAA history to rush for over 3,000 yards in a career.

Roster

1975 Wisconsin Badgers football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class WR 82 Tom Belter Sr RB 30 Larry Canada Jr TE 85 Ron Egloff Jr QB 9 Dan Kopina Sr OT 70 Dennis Lick Sr RB 26 Billy Marek Sr RB 33 Mike Morgan So OT 78 John Reimer Sr RB 32 Ken Starch Sr G 68 Terry Stieve Sr TE 89 Jeff Walsh So	Defense Pos. # Name Class DT 75 Dave Andreson Sr DT 79 Bill Brandt Sr DE 7 Pat Collins Jr DT 55 Dave Cotteau Jr S 22 Terry Cunningham Jr DB 4 Bill Drummond Sr CB 37 Lawrence Johnson Fr DT 76 John Rasmussen Jr CB 6 Steve Wagner Sr LB 50 John Zimmerman Sr	Special teams Pos. # Name Class K 1 Vladimir LaBun Sr	Head coach John Jardine Coordinators/assistant coaches Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt

1976 NFL Draft

Player	Position	Round	Pick	NFL Club
Dennis Lick	Offensive Tackle	1	8	Chicago Bears
Steve Wagner	Defensive Back	5	133	Minnesota Vikings
Terry Stieve	Guard	6	160	New Orleans Saints