Record: 7-3, .700 W-L% (21st of 112) ▪ Rank: 6th in Final AP Poll
Conference: Big Ten
(Schedule and Results)
Coach: Milt Bruhn (7-3)
PS/G: 16.5 (48th of 112) ▪ PA/G: 14.9 (56th of 112)
SRS: 10.76 (21st of 112) ▪ SOS: 8.76 (17th of 112)
Bowl Game: Lost Rose Bowl 44-8 versus Washington
| Pre | 9/21 | 9/28 | 10/5 | 10/12 | 10/19 | 10/26 | 11/2 | 11/9 | 11/16 | 11/23 | 11/30 | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | 8 | 12 | 9 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 6 |
| G | Date | Day | School | Opponent | Conf | Pts | Opp | W | L | T | Streak | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sep 26, 1959 | Sat | (8) Wisconsin | Stanford | AAWU | W | 16 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | W 1 | ||
| 2 | Oct 3, 1959 | Sat | (12) Wisconsin | Marquette | Ind | W | 44 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | W 2 | ||
| 3 | Oct 10, 1959 | Sat | (9) Wisconsin | @ | (7) Purdue | Big Ten | L | 0 | 21 | 2 | 1 | 0 | L 1 | |
| 4 | Oct 17, 1959 | Sat | Wisconsin | (9) Iowa | Big Ten | W | 25 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 0 | W 1 | ||
| 5 | Oct 24, 1959 | Sat | (12) Wisconsin | (20) Ohio State | Big Ten | W | 12 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | W 2 | ||
| 6 | Oct 31, 1959 | Sat | (10) Wisconsin | @ | Michigan | Big Ten | W | 19 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 0 | W 3 | |
| 7 | Nov 7, 1959 | Sat | (9) Wisconsin | @ | (2) Northwestern | Big Ten | W | 24 | 19 | 6 | 1 | 0 | W 4 | |
| 8 | Nov 14, 1959 | Sat | (7) Wisconsin | Illinois | Big Ten | L | 6 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 0 | L 1 | ||
| 9 | Nov 21, 1959 | Sat | (9) Wisconsin | @ | Minnesota | Big Ten | W | 11 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 0 | W 1 | |
| 10 | Jan 1, 1960 | Fri | (6) Wisconsin | N | (8) Washington | AAWU | L | 8 | 44 | 7 | 3 | 0 | L 1 | Rose Bowl (Pasadena, CA) |