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Since the team's first season in 1889, the Badgers have participated in more than 1,100 officially sanctioned games, including 34 bowl games, and have finished in the top 25 of the national polls 27 times. [1] Wisconsin is one of 26 college football programs to win 700 or more games. [citation needed] Since 1993, the Badgers have appeared in 27 ...
Andersen was previously the head coach for Utah State where he went 26–23 in his four years at Utah State with his last season being 11-2 and finishing first in the Western Athletic Conference. Andersen's first win as the Badgers coach was a 45–0 win against Massachusetts. His first Big Ten football victory was a 41–10 victory over Purdue.
The Wisconsin Badgers college football team competes as part of the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS), representing the University of Wisconsin–Madison in the West Division of the Big Ten Conference. Since the establishment of the team in 1889, Wisconsin has appeared in 35 bowl games. [1]
The Minnesota–Wisconsin football rivalry is an American college football rivalry between the Minnesota Golden Gophers and Wisconsin Badgers. It is the most-played rivalry in the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision, with 133 meetings between the two teams. The winner of the game receives Paul Bunyan's Axe, a tradition that started in ...
Since 1946, seasons have increased from 10 games to 11 and then 12 games in length. The NCAA didn't allow freshmen to play varsity football until 1972 (with the exception of the World War II years), allowing players to have four-year careers. Bowl games only began counting toward single-season and career statistics in 2002. [2]
No. 1. No. 1. W CFP Semifinal Rose Bowl 27–20 vs. Alabama. W CFP National Championship 34–13 vs. Washington. Jim Harbaugh. Note: an asterisk (*) denotes a national championship for that season recognized by the College Football Data Warehouse.
Wisconsin's football program has been among the most successful in the Big Ten since the early 1990s, when Barry Alvarez was hired as head coach. Under Alvarez, the Badgers won three Big Ten Championships and three Rose Bowls. In the 2005 season, Alvarez's last year as coach, the Badgers defeated the Auburn Tigers 24-10, in the Capital One Bowl.
Alvarez is the leader in seasons coached, with 16 years as head coach and games coached (195) and won (119). King has the highest winning percentage at 0.853. Alvin Kletsch has the lowest winning percentage of those who have coached more than one game, with 0.000. Of the 33 different head coaches who have led the Badgers, King, George Little ...