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1997 Wisconsin Badgers football team

The 1997 Wisconsin Badgers football team represented the University of Wisconsin during the 1997 Big Ten Conference football season. They were led by eight year head coach Barry Alvarez and participated as members of the Big Ten Conference. The Badgers played their home games at Camp Randall Stadium in Madison, Wisconsin.

1997 Wisconsin Badgers football
Outback Bowl, L 6–33 vs. Georgia
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
Record8–5 (5–3 Big Ten)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorBrad Childress (6th as OC; 7th overall season)
Offensive schemeSmashmouth
Defensive coordinatorKevin Cosgrove (3rd as OC; 8th overall season)
Base defense4–3
MVPTom Burke
CaptainKevin Huntley
David Lysek
Carl McCullough
Home stadiumCamp Randall Stadium
(Capacity: 76,129)
Seasons
← 1996
1998 →
1997 Big Ten Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
No. 1 Michigan $   8 – 0     12 – 0  
No. 12 Ohio State   6 – 2     10 – 3  
No. 16 Penn State   6 – 2     9 – 3  
No. 15 Purdue   6 – 2     9 – 3  
Wisconsin   5 – 3     8 – 5  
Iowa   4 – 4     7 – 5  
Michigan State   4 – 4     7 – 5  
Northwestern   3 – 5     5 – 7  
Minnesota   1 – 7     3 – 9  
Indiana   1 – 7     2 – 9  
Illinois   0 – 8     0 – 11  
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

After suffering a humiliating loss at the hands of Donovan McNabb and the Syracuse Orangemen in their season opener, the Wisconsin Badgers sprang back to win eight of their next nine games. After defeating Boise State, San Jose State, and San Diego State, the Badgers won consecutive games with field goals as time expired against Indiana and Northwestern. In the course of this streak, the Badgers snapped a long losing streak at the hands of the Iowa Hawkeyes with a 13–10 win, the first Wisconsin win over a Hayden Fry-coached team ever. After defeating Iowa, Barry Alvarez's team fell apart down the stretch, losing to eventual national champion Michigan, Penn State, and Georgia in the Outback Bowl.

While the Badgers suffered a 3-game losing streak to close out the year, the 1997 campaign set the stage for the incredibly successful 1998 season.

Schedule edit

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
August 241:00 p.m.vs. No. 17 Syracuse*No. 24
ABCL 0–3451,185
September 62:00 p.m.Boise State*
W 28–2473,209
September 135:30 p.m.at San Jose State*
W 56–1023,042
September 201:00 p.m.San Diego State*
  • Camp Randall Stadium
  • Madison, WI
W 36–1076,864
September 2711:20 a.m.Indiana
  • Camp Randall Stadium
  • Madison, WI
ESPN+W 27–2678,211
October 46:00 p.m.at Northwestern
ESPNW 26–2547,129
October 1111:20 a.m.Illinois 
  • Camp Randall Stadium
  • Madison, WI
ESPN+W 31–779,327
October 181:00 p.m.at PurdueNo. 24
L 20–4554,252
October 2511:30 a.m.at Minnesota
ESPN2W 22–2157,563
November 811:30 a.m.No. 12 Iowa 
  • Camp Randall Stadium
  • Madison, WI (rivalry)
ESPNW 13–1079,864
November 152:30 p.m.No. 1 MichiganNo. 23
  • Camp Randall Stadium
  • Madison, WI
ABCL 16–2679,806
November 222:30 p.m.at No. 6 Penn StateNo. 24
ABCL 10–3596,934
January 1, 199810:00 a.m.vs. No. 11 Georgia*
ESPNL 6–3356,186
  • *Non-conference game
  •  Homecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Central time

Rankings edit

See also: 1997 NCAA Division I-A football rankings
Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked
Week
PollPre12345678910111213141516Final
AP24———————24———2324————
Coaches24——————24———2424————

Season summary edit

Syracuse edit

1 234Total
• Syracuse 10 1473 34
Wisconsin 0 000 0

[1]

Boise State edit

1 234Total
Boise St 10 707 24
• Wisconsin 7 777 28

[2]

San Jose State edit

1 234Total
• Wisconsin 14 28140 56
San Jose St 10 000 10

[3]

San Diego State edit

1 234Total
San Diego St 0 037 10
• Wisconsin 17 577 36

[4]

Indiana edit

1 234Total
Indiana 7 1063 26
• Wisconsin 7 10010 27

[5]

Northwestern edit

1 234Total
• Wisconsin 13 373 26
Northwestern 6 8110 25

[6]

Illinois edit

1 234Total
Illinois 0 700 7
• Wisconsin 14 7100 31

[7]

Purdue edit

1 234Total
Wisconsin 0 1073 20
• Purdue 21 7710 45

[8]

Minnesota edit

1 234Total
• Wisconsin 7 609 22
Minnesota 8 0130 21
Scoring summary
Q112:00WISSimmons 53 yard pass from Samuel (Davenport kick)WIS 7–0
Q13:50MINNBailey 30 yard field goalWIS 7–3
Q11:55MINNSafetyWIS 7–5
Q1:10MINNBailey 42 yard field goalMINN 8–7
Q211:52WISHayes 53 yard pass from Samuel (two-point conversion failed)WIS 13–8
Q37:57MINNNelson 11 yard pass from Sauter (two-point conversion failed)MINN 14–13
Q33:50MINNEvans 4 yard run (Bailey kick)MINN 21–13
Q413:18WISDavenport 38 yard field goalMINN 21–16
Q47:10WISDayne 1 yard run (two-point conversion failed)WIS 22–21

[9]

Iowa edit

1 234Total
Iowa 0 073 10
• Wisconsin 0 1300 13
See also: 1997 Iowa Hawkeyes football team and Iowa–Wisconsin football rivalry

[10]

Michigan edit

1 234Total
• Michigan 7 9010 26
Wisconsin 0 376 16

[11]

Penn State edit

1 234Total
Wisconsin 3 007 10
• Penn St 7 14140 35

[12]

Outback Bowl edit

1 234Total
Wisconsin 0 006 6
• Georgia 12 777 33
Main article: 1998 Outback Bowl

[13]

Roster edit

1997 Wisconsin Badgers football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos. # Name Class
WR 7 Willie Austin So
FB 32 Branden Cantrell Sr
WR 88 Chris Chambers Fr
FB 48 Rob Christen   Fr
G 54 Dave Costa   Fr
OT 66 Pat Daley   So
RB 33 Ron Dayne So
RB 4 Eddie Faulkner   Fr
G 60 Bill Ferrario   Fr
OT 79 Aaron Gibson Jr
WR 23 Rasheed Golden Fr
TE 89 Eric Grams   Jr
G 73 Joe Gribowski   Fr
WR 84 Donald Hayes Sr
WR 6 Kevin Huntley (C) Sr
OL 76 Josh Jakubowski Fr
OL 52 Coleman Johnson   Jr
QB 12 Scott Kavanagh So
FB 37 Cecil Martin   Jr
QB 19 Ben McCormick   Sr
RB 13 Carl McCullough (C)   Sr
OT 75 Chris McIntosh   So
WR 1 Ahmad Merritt   So
C 70 Casey Rabach   Fr
TE 87 Dague Retzlaff   Fr
C 53 Rob Roell   So
QB 10 Mike Samuel   Jr
TE 85 John Sigmund Fr
WR 82 Tony Simmons   Sr
TE, LS 86 Mike Solwold   Fr
TE 49 Ryan Sondrup   Jr
OT 74 Mark Tauscher   So
WR 29 Delta Triplett   Sr
RB 22 Charles Williams   So
RB 21 Tony Williams   So
Defense
Pos. # Name Class
LB 29 Bob Adamov   Jr
S 17 Demetrius Brown   So
CB 3 Onjai Bryant So
DE 74 Tom Burke Jr
CB 38 Lamar Campbell Sr
DE 25 Marcus Carpenter   So
DE 99 Dave Cruickshank   Jr
LB 51 Mark Davis   Jr
S 8 Jason Doering   Fr
LB 50 Donny Eicher   So
DE 96 John Favret Fr
LB 16 Chris Ghidorzi So
LB 5 Edgerton Hartwell   Fr
NT 59 Joe Innis   Sr
NT 58 Chris Janek So
S 24 Donte King Fr
LB 19 Roger Knight Fr
DT 78 Ross Kolodziej   Fr
LB 45 Dan Lisowski Fr
DE 91 Rob Lurtsema   Sr
LB 57 David Lysek (C)   Sr
NT 71 Eric Mahlik   Fr
LB 32 Ryan Marks   Fr
DE 9 Sam Mueller   Fr
S 26 Bobby Myers   So
S 15 Tim Rosga   So
CB 28 Jason Suttle   Sr
S 34 Leonard Taylor   Jr
LB 44 Donnel Thompson So
S 33 Scott Wagner   Sr
S 18 Shadrick Washington   Fr
LB 2 Marcus White   So
DT 92 Brandon Williams   Jr
Special teams
Pos. # Name Class
K 28 Matt Davenport Jr
K 20 Vitaly Pisetsky So
LS 46 Mike Schneck   So
P 23 Eric Skrzypchak   So
TE, LS 86 Mike Solwold   Fr
P 14 Kevin Stemke Fr
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
  • Brad Childress – Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks
  • Kevin Cosgrove – Defensive Coordinator/Inside Linebackers
  • Tim Davis – Offensive Tackles/Tight Ends
  • Phil Elmassian – Defensive Backs
  • Jay Hayes – Outside Linebackers/Strong Safeties/Special Teams
  • Jim Hueber – Guards and Centers
  • Henry Mason – Wide Receivers
  • John Palermo – Assistant Head Coach/Defensive Line
  • Brian White – Running Backs
  • Bernie Wyatt – Director of Football Operations
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  •   Injured
  •   Redshirt

Roster
Last update: 1997-06-17

Source:[14]

Regular starters edit

Team players selected in the 1998 NFL Draft edit

Player Position Round Overall Selection NFL Team
Tony Simmons Wide Receiver 2 52 New England Patriots
Donald Hayes Wide Receiver 4 106 Carolina Panthers

[15]

References edit

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  14. ^ "Wisconsin Badgers". Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel. (roster). January 1, 1998. p. 4C.
  15. ^ "1984 NFL Draft Listing - Pro-Football-Reference.com". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Archived from the original on May 27, 2009. Retrieved December 7, 2016.
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