1974 Wisconsin Badgers football team

1974 Big Ten Conference football standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 4 Ohio State +	7	–	1	–	0	10	–	2	–	0
No. 3 Michigan +	7	–	1	–	0	10	–	1	–	0
No. 12 Michigan State	6	–	1	–	1	7	–	3	–	1
Wisconsin	5	–	3	–	0	7	–	4	–	0
Illinois	4	–	3	–	1	6	–	4	–	1
Purdue	3	–	5	–	0	4	–	6	–	1
Minnesota	2	–	6	–	0	4	–	7	–	0
Iowa	2	–	6	–	0	3	–	8	–	0
Northwestern	2	–	6	–	0	3	–	8	–	0
Indiana	1	–	7	–	0	1	–	10	–	0

+ – Conference co-champions Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result	Attendance
September 14	at Purdue		Ross–Ade Stadium West Lafayette, IN	W 28–14	54,239
September 21	No. 4 Nebraska*		Camp Randall Stadium Madison, WI (rivalry)	W 21–20	73,381
September 28	at Colorado*	No. 11	Folsom Field Boulder, CO	L 21–24	50,512
October 5	Missouri*		Camp Randall Stadium Madison, WI	W 59–20	71,141
October 12	at No. 1 Ohio State	No. 13	Ohio Stadium Columbus, OH	L 7–52	87,717
October 19	No. 3 Michigan		Camp Randall Stadium Madison, WI	L 20–24	78,911
October 26	at Indiana		Memorial Stadium Bloomington, IN	W 35–25	31,453
November 2	No. 20 Michigan State		Camp Randall Stadium Madison, WI	L 21–28	78,848
November 9	at Iowa		Kinnick Stadium Iowa City, IA (rivalry)	W 28–15	48,300
November 16	at Northwestern		Dyche Stadium Evanston, IL	W 52–7	28,533
November 23	Minnesota		Camp Randall Stadium Madison, WI (Paul Bunyan's Axe)	W 49–14	55,869
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

1974 Wisconsin Badgers football team roster

Players

Coaches

Offense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
G	`66`	Mike Becker	Sr
TE	`82`	Tom Belter	Jr
QB	`14`	Gregg Bohlig (C)	Sr
FB	`30`	Larry Canada	So
TE	`85`	Ron Egloff	So
G	`56`	Kevin Gassner	Jr
FB	`32`	Gerald Gosa	Jr
OT	`75`	Bob Johnson	Sr
G	`64`	Rick Koeck	Sr
OT	`70`	Dennis Lick	Jr
OT	`73`	Guy LoCascio	Sr
G	`63`	Terry Lyons	So
WR	`39`	Jeff Mack	Sr
RB	`33`	Mike Morgan	Fr
RB	`26`	Billy Marek	Jr
C	`53`	Joe Norwick	Jr
TE	`88`	Jack Novak	Sr
RB	`27`	Ron Pollard	So
OT	`78`	John Reimer	Jr
WR	`44`	Randy Rose	So
WR	`45`	Art Sanger	Sr
FB	`32`	Ken Starch	Jr
G	`68`	Terry Stieve	Jr
RB	`29`	Selvie Washington	Sr
QB	`3`	Jeff White	Sr
C	`51`	Art Zeimetz	Sr

Defense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
DT	`57`	Dave Anderson	Jr
LB	`92`	Mike Benninger	Sr
DT	`79`	Bill Brandt	Jr
S	`10`	Terry Buss	Jr
DE	`7`	Pat Collins	So
S	`11`	Mark Cullen	Sr
DT	`90`	Gary Dickert	Sr
CB	`4`	Bill Drummond	Jr
DT	`57`	Bob Czechowicz	Fr
DB	`4`	Bill Drummond	Jr
LB	`49`	Jim Franz	Jr
DE	`96`	Randy Frokjer	Sr
MG	`54`	Mike Grice	Fr
DE	`40`	Bill Hazard	Sr
LB	`34`	Rick Jakious	Sr
MG	`36`	Mike Jenkins	Sr
DB	`28`	Rex Jones	Jr
DT	`48`	Bill Kazmaier	Jr
CB	`12`	Greg Lewis	Jr
CB	`5`	Tim McConnell	So
DT	`62`	Andy Michuda	So
S	`13`	Bob Mietz	Jr
CB	`24`	Alvin Peabody	Sr
DT	`76`	John Rasmussen	So
CB, P	`8`	Ken Simmons	Jr
DE	`65`	Mike Vesperman	Sr
S	`6`	Steve Wagner	Jr
S	`21`	Jim Wimpress	Sr
DE	`47`	Mark Zakula (C)	Sr
LB	`50`	John Zimmerman	Jr

Special teams

Pos.	#	Name	Class
K	`1`	Vladmir LaBun	Jr
K	`2`	Vince Lamia	So
CB, P	`8`	Ken Simmons	Jr
P	`41`	Stan Williams	Sr

Player	Position	Round	Pick	NFL club
Jack Novak	Tight End	12	301	Cincinnati Bengals