1975 Wisconsin Badgers football team

American college football season

1975 Big Ten Conference football standings
v t e	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. Led by sixth-year head coach John Jardine, the Badgers compiled an overall record of 4–6–1 with a mark of 3–4–1 in conference play, placing sixth in the Big Ten. Wisconsin played home games at Camp Randall Stadium in Madison, Wisconsin.

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 (rivalry)	L 3–24	37,578
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

	1	2	3	4	Total
Northwestern	7	7	0	0	14
• Wisconsin	3	7	7	0	17

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.

1975 Wisconsin Badgers football team roster

Players

Coaches

Offense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
WR	`81`	Ray Bailey	Jr
WR	`82`	Tom Belter	Sr
FB	`30`	Larry Canada	Jr
QB	`15`	Mike Carroll	Jr
QB	`17`	Anthony Dudley	Fr
TE	`85`	Ron Egloff	Jr
RB	`38`	Rufus Floyd	Sr
G	`56`	Kevin Gassner	Sr
QB	`11`	Charles Green	Fr
RB	`22`	Duane Johnson	Sr
OT	`74`	Tom Kaltenberg	So
QB	`9`	Dan Kopina	Sr
WR	`40`	Bob Leppla	Sr
OT	`70`	Dennis Lick	Sr
G	`60`	Steve Lick	So
G	`63`	Terry Lyons	Jr
RB	`26`	Billy Marek	Sr
RB	`25`	Ira Matthews	Fr
C	`58`	Al Minter	So
RB	`33`	Mike Morgan	So
C	`53`	Joe Norwick	Sr
OT	`78`	John Reimer	Sr
WR	`44`	Randy Rose	Jr
OT	`71`	Karel Schliksbier	Jr
FB	`32`	Ken Starch	Sr
G	`68`	Terry Stieve (C)	Sr
TE	`89`	Jeff Walsh	So

Defense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
DT	`75`	Dave Anderson	Sr
DT	`79`	Bill Brandt	Sr
DE	`82`	Mike Burt	Fr
S	`41`	Rick Christian	Jr
DE	`7`	Pat Collins	Jr
DT	`55`	Dave Cotteau	Jr
LB	`14`	Dave Crossen	Fr
S	`22`	Terry Cunningham	Jr
DT	`57`	Bob Czechowicz	So
MG	`94`	Tom Czechowicz	Jr
DB	`23`	Ken Dixon	Fr
DB	`4`	Bill Drummond	Sr
S	`21`	Scott Erdmann	Fr
LB	`49`	Jim Franz	Sr
CB	`8`	Greg Gordon	Fr
MG	`54`	Mike Grice	So
CB	`37`	Lawrence Johnson	Fr
DB	`28`	Rex Jones	Sr
LB	`43`	Mike Kelly	Jr
LB	`37`	Gary Little	So
S	`25`	Rich Lucas	Sr
CB	`12`	Greg Lewis	Sr
CB	`5`	Tim McConnell	Jr
DT	`62`	Andy Michuda	Jr
DT	`76`	John Rasmussen	Jr
CB	`8`	Ken Simmons	Sr
LB	`47`	Scott Sklare	Jr
DE	`35`	Dennis Stejskal	So
CB	`6`	Steve Wagner (C)	Sr
LB	`50`	John Zimmerman	Sr

Special teams

Pos.	#	Name	Class
K	`1`	Vladimir LaBun	Sr
K	`2`	Vince Lamia	Jr
P	`3`	Dick Milaeger	So

Curt Sylvester (September 15, 1975). "U-M Chills Badgers, 23-6". Detroit Free Press. pp. 1E, 4E – via Newspapers.com.
Butler, Tom (September 21, 1975). "UW pours it on Coyotes". Wisconsin State Journal. Madison, Wisconsin. p. 25. Retrieved January 11, 2022 – via Newspapers.com .
Butler, Tom (September 21, 1975). "Marek gets three in UW spree (continued)". Wisconsin State Journal. Madison, Wisconsin. p. 27. Retrieved January 11, 2022 – via Newspapers.com .
Eugene Register-Guard. 1975 Oct 26.
"1976 NFL Draft Listing - Pro-Football-Reference.com". Archived from the original on December 21, 2007.

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