1954 Wisconsin Badgers football team

The 1954 Wisconsin Badgers football team represented the University of Wisconsin in the 1954 Big Ten Conference football season.

1954 Wisconsin Badgers football
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 10
APNo. 9
1954 record72 (52 Big Ten)
Head coach
MVPAlan Ameche
Home stadiumCamp Randall Stadium
1954 Big Ten Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW 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

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

DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendance
September 25Marquette*No. 10W 52–1452,819
October 2at Michigan StateNo. 5W 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. 2L 14–3182,636
October 30at IowaNo. 8L 7–1352,185
November 6NorthwesternNo. 16
  • Camp Randall Stadium
  • Madison, WI
W 34–1353,131
November 13at IllinoisNo. 14W 27–1471,119
November 20No. 10 MinnesotaNo. 17
W 27–053,131
  • *Non-conference game
  • Homecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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Awards and honors

Team players in the 1955 NFL Draft

PlayerPositionRoundPickNFL Club
Alan AmecheBack13Baltimore Colts
Jim TempEnd217Green Bay Packers
Norm AmundsenGuard665Green Bay Packers
Ron LocklinEnd668New York Giants
Clarence BrattBack12143Chicago Bears
Jerry CvengrosTackle21247Los Angeles Rams
Bob GringrassBack27321Philadelphia Eagles

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References

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