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132 Years

132 Years Table
			Overall				Conference				SRS		Polls
Rk	Year	Conf	W	L	T	Pct	W	L	T	Pct	SRS	SOS	AP Pre	AP High	AP Post	CFP High	CFP Final	Coach(es)	Bowl	Notes
1	2023	Big Ten	5	7	0	.417	3	6	0	.333	0.00	4.25						Bret Bielema (5-7)
2	2022	Big Ten	8	5	0	.615	5	4	0	.556	10.01	1.17		14		16		Bret Bielema (8-5)	ReliaQuest Bowl (L)
3	2021	Big Ten	5	7	0	.417	4	5	0	.444	2.20	4.61						Bret Bielema (5-7)
4	2020	Big Ten	2	6	0	.250	2	6	0	.250	-6.39	4.36						Lovie Smith (2-5), Rod Smith (0-1)
5	2019	Big Ten	6	7	0	.462	4	5	0	.444	-0.08	0.61						Lovie Smith (6-7)	Redbox Bowl (L)
6	2018	Big Ten	4	8	0	.333	2	7	0	.222	-6.05	0.79						Lovie Smith (4-8)
7	2017	Big Ten	2	10	0	.167	0	9	0	.000	-7.87	5.38						Lovie Smith (2-10)
8	2016	Big Ten	3	9	0	.250	2	7	0	.222	-7.75	3.75						Lovie Smith (3-9)
9	2015	Big Ten	5	7	0	.417	2	6	0	.250	1.18	3.26						Bill Cubit (5-7)
10	2014	Big Ten	6	7	0	.462	3	5	0	.375	-2.53	3.00						Tim Beckman (6-7)	Heart of Dallas Bowl (L)
11	2013	Big Ten	4	8	0	.333	1	7	0	.125	-3.86	1.98						Tim Beckman (4-8)
12	2012	Big Ten	2	10	0	.167	0	8	0	.000	-10.35	2.56						Tim Beckman (2-10)
13	2011	Big Ten	7	6	0	.538	2	6	0	.250	2.63	1.17		16				Ron Zook (6-6), Vic Koenning (1-0)	Fight Hunger Bowl (W)
14	2010	Big Ten	7	6	0	.538	4	4	0	.500	7.77	1.47						Ron Zook (7-6)	Texas Bowl (W)
15	2009	Big Ten	3	9	0	.250	2	6	0	.250	-3.67	2.24						Ron Zook (3-9)
16	2008	Big Ten	5	7	0	.417	3	5	0	.375	2.96	2.04	20	20				Ron Zook (5-7)
17	2007	Big Ten	9	4	0	.692	6	2	0	.750	8.07	1.76		13	20			Ron Zook (9-4)	Rose Bowl (L)
18	2006	Big Ten	2	10	0	.167	1	7	0	.125	-5.87	1.13						Ron Zook (2-10)
19	2005	Big Ten	2	9	0	.182	0	8	0	.000	-7.54	7.37						Ron Zook (2-9)
20	2004	Big Ten	3	8	0	.273	1	7	0	.125	-4.53	1.83						Ron Turner (3-8)
Rk	Year	Conf	W	L	T	Pct	W	L	T	Pct	SRS	SOS	AP Pre	AP High	AP Post	CFP High	CFP Final	Coach(es)	Bowl	Notes
21	2003	Big Ten	1	11	0	.083	0	8	0	.000	-8.63	4.62						Ron Turner (1-11)
22	2002	Big Ten	5	7	0	.417	4	4	0	.500	2.56	2.89						Ron Turner (5-7)
23	2001	Big Ten	10	2	0	.833	7	1	0	.875	12.71	3.79		7	12			Ron Turner (10-2)	Sugar Bowl (L)
24	2000	Big Ten	5	6	0	.455	2	6	0	.250	2.59	2.31	21	19				Ron Turner (5-6)
25	1999	Big Ten	8	4	0	.667	4	4	0	.500	11.40	4.73		24	24			Ron Turner (8-4)	Micron PC Bowl (W)
26	1998	Big Ten	3	8	0	.273	2	6	0	.250	-7.93	3.70						Ron Turner (3-8)
27	1997	Big Ten	0	11	0	.000	0	8	0	.000	-12.97	5.40						Ron Turner (0-11)
28	1996	Big Ten	2	9	0	.182	1	7	0	.125	-4.52	6.49						Lou Tepper (2-9)
29	1995	Big Ten	5	5	1	.500	3	4	1	.438	8.85	9.31		25				Lou Tepper (5-5-1)
30	1994	Big Ten	7	5	0	.583	4	4	0	.500	15.41	6.83	21	21				Lou Tepper (7-5)	Liberty Bowl (W)
31	1993	Big Ten	5	6	0	.455	5	3	0	.625	5.44	7.35						Lou Tepper (5-6)
32	1992	Big Ten	6	5	1	.542	4	3	1	.563	1.88	1.97						Lou Tepper (6-5-1)	Holiday Bowl (L)
33	1991	Big Ten	6	6	0	.500	4	4	0	.500	6.77	3.10		13				John Mackovic (6-5), Lou Tepper (0-1)	Sun Bowl (L)
34	1990	Big Ten	8	4	0	.667	6	2	0	.750	9.13	5.38	11	5	25			John Mackovic (8-4)	Hall of Fame Bowl (L)
35	1989	Big Ten	10	2	0	.833	7	1	0	.875	14.62	4.12	22	8	10			John Mackovic (10-2)	Citrus Bowl (W)
36	1988	Big Ten	6	5	1	.542	5	2	1	.688	3.83	2.25						John Mackovic (6-5-1)	All-American Bowl (L)
37	1987	Big Ten	3	7	1	.318	2	5	1	.313	-2.07	3.20						Mike White (3-7-1)
38	1986	Big Ten	4	7	0	.364	3	5	0	.375	0.37	5.37						Mike White (4-7)
39	1985	Big Ten	6	5	1	.542	5	2	1	.688	7.50	6.75	11	11				Mike White (6-5-1)	Peach Bowl (L)
40	1984	Big Ten	7	4	0	.636	6	3	0	.667	9.46	2.19						Mike White (7-4)
Rk	Year	Conf	W	L	T	Pct	W	L	T	Pct	SRS	SOS	AP Pre	AP High	AP Post	CFP High	CFP Final	Coach(es)	Bowl	Notes
41	1983	Big Ten	10	2	0	.833	9	0	0	1.000	13.69	3.27		4	10			Mike White (10-2)	Rose Bowl (L)
42	1982	Big Ten	7	5	0	.583	6	3	0	.667	10.90	5.40		15				Mike White (7-5)	Liberty Bowl (L)
43	1981	Big Ten	7	4	0	.636	6	3	0	.667	7.75	5.93						Mike White (7-4)
44	1980	Big Ten	3	7	1	.318	3	5	0	.375	0.60	6.23						Mike White (3-7-1)
45	1979	Big Ten	2	8	1	.227	1	6	1	.188	-2.08	6.74						Gary Moeller (2-8-1)
46	1978	Big Ten	1	8	2	.182	0	6	2	.125	-6.15	8.22						Gary Moeller (1-8-2)
47	1977	Big Ten	3	8	0	.273	2	6	0	.250	-3.13	8.32						Gary Moeller (3-8)
48	1976	Big Ten	5	6	0	.455	4	4	0	.500	9.19	10.37		14				Bob Blackman (5-6)
49	1975	Big Ten	5	6	0	.455	4	4	0	.500	6.72	7.81						Bob Blackman (5-6)
50	1974	Big Ten	6	4	1	.591	4	3	1	.563	7.47	5.74		14				Bob Blackman (6-4-1)
51	1973	Big Ten	5	6	0	.455	4	4	0	.500	7.95	9.04						Bob Blackman (5-6)
52	1972	Big Ten	3	8	0	.273	3	5	0	.375	2.71	10.17						Bob Blackman (3-8)
53	1971	Big Ten	5	6	0	.455	5	3	0	.625	3.28	7.83						Bob Blackman (5-6)
54	1970	Big Ten	3	7	0	.300	1	6	0	.143	2.53	9.43						James Valek (3-7)
55	1969	Big Ten	0	10	0	.000	0	7	0	.000	-12.34	7.96						James Valek (0-10)
56	1968	Big Ten	1	9	0	.100	1	6	0	.143	-2.37	12.83						James Valek (1-9)
57	1967	Big Ten	4	6	0	.400	3	4	0	.429	1.71	6.11						James Valek (4-6)
58	1966	Big Ten	4	6	0	.400	4	3	0	.571	2.86	5.66						Pete Elliott (4-6)
59	1965	Big Ten	6	4	0	.600	4	3	0	.571	16.05	9.35						Pete Elliott (6-4)
60	1964	Big Ten	6	3	0	.667	4	3	0	.571	15.94	11.49	3	2				Pete Elliott (6-3)
Rk	Year	Conf	W	L	T	Pct	W	L	T	Pct	SRS	SOS	AP Pre	AP High	AP Post	CFP High	CFP Final	Coach(es)	Bowl	Notes
61	1963	Big Ten	8	1	1	.850	5	1	1	.786	18.43	10.43		2	3			Pete Elliott (8-1-1)	Rose Bowl (W)
62	1962	Big Ten	2	7	0	.222	2	5	0	.286	4.77	17.55						Pete Elliott (2-7)
63	1961	Big Ten	0	9	0	.000	0	7	0	.000	-7.21	12.23						Pete Elliott (0-9)
64	1960	Big Ten	5	4	0	.556	3	4	0	.429	13.82	11.49	5	4				Pete Elliott (5-4)
65	1959	Big Ten	5	3	1	.611	4	2	1	.643	11.43	9.54		12	13			Ray Eliot (5-3-1)
66	1958	Big Ten	4	5	0	.444	4	3	0	.571	9.06	10.72						Ray Eliot (4-5)
67	1957	Big Ten	4	5	0	.444	3	4	0	.429	11.60	9.49		15				Ray Eliot (4-5)
68	1956	Big Ten	2	5	2	.333	1	4	2	.286	8.43	12.87	20	13				Ray Eliot (2-5-2)
69	1955	Big Ten	5	3	1	.611	3	3	1	.500	8.08	5.53		16				Ray Eliot (5-3-1)
70	1954	Big Ten	1	8	0	.111	0	6	0	.000	3.17	11.73	5	5				Ray Eliot (1-8)
71	1953	Big Ten	7	1	1	.833	5	1	0	.833	21.17	10.40		3	7			Ray Eliot (7-1-1)
72	1952	Western	4	5	0	.444	2	5	0	.286	9.95	9.39	5	2				Ray Eliot (4-5)
73	1951	Western	9	0	1	.950	5	0	1	.917	24.08	10.88	10	2	4			Ray Eliot (9-0-1)	Rose Bowl (W)
74	1950	Western	7	2	0	.778	4	2	0	.667	18.18	10.07	8	6	13			Ray Eliot (7-2)
75	1949	Western	3	4	2	.444	3	3	1	.500	14.41	13.85						Ray Eliot (3-4-2)
76	1948	Western	3	6	0	.333	2	5	0	.286	9.56	11.89						Ray Eliot (3-6)
77	1947	Western	5	3	1	.611	3	3	0	.500	17.51	8.95		5				Ray Eliot (5-3-1)
78	1946	Western	8	2	0	.800	6	1	0	.857	23.21	13.71		5	5			Ray Eliot (8-2)	Rose Bowl (W)
79	1945	Western	2	6	1	.278	1	4	1	.250	8.19	11.53						Ray Eliot (2-6-1)
80	1944	Western	5	4	1	.550	3	3	0	.500	17.41	12.61		9	15			Ray Eliot (5-4-1)
Rk	Year	Conf	W	L	T	Pct	W	L	T	Pct	SRS	SOS	AP Pre	AP High	AP Post	CFP High	CFP Final	Coach(es)	Bowl	Notes
81	1943	Western	3	7	0	.300	2	4	0	.333	6.13	16.13						Ray Eliot (3-7)
82	1942	Western	6	4	0	.600	3	2	0	.600	8.40	4.70		5				Ray Eliot (6-4)
83	1941	Western	2	6	0	.250	0	5	0	.000	1.18	10.18						Robert Zuppke (2-6)
84	1940	Western	1	7	0	.125	0	5	0	.000	1.91	11.29						Robert Zuppke (1-7)
85	1939	Western	3	4	1	.438	3	3	0	.500	1.12	4.24						Robert Zuppke (3-4-1)
86	1938	Western	3	5	0	.375	2	3	0	.400	1.26	1.51						Robert Zuppke (3-5)
87	1937	Western	3	3	2	.500	2	3	0	.400	1.15	0.02						Robert Zuppke (3-3-2)
88	1936	Western	4	3	1	.563	2	2	1	.500	2.21	3.46						Robert Zuppke (4-3-1)
89	1935	Western	3	5	0	.375	1	4	0	.200	5.64	5.52						Robert Zuppke (3-5)
90	1934	Western	7	1	0	.875	4	1	0	.800	12.41	4.54						Robert Zuppke (7-1)
91	1933	Western	5	3	0	.625	3	2	0	.600	13.85	9.35						Robert Zuppke (5-3)
92	1932	Western	5	4	0	.556	2	4	0	.333	5.31	5.09						Robert Zuppke (5-4)
93	1931	Western	2	6	0	.250	0	6	0	.000	-2.74	4.64						Robert Zuppke (2-6)
94	1930	Western	3	5	0	.375	1	4	0	.200	4.25	6.87						Robert Zuppke (3-5)
95	1929	Western	6	1	1	.813	3	1	1	.700	17.33	4.45						Robert Zuppke (6-1-1)
96	1928	Western	7	1	0	.875	4	1	0	.800	11.79	-0.84						Robert Zuppke (7-1)
97	1927	Western	7	0	1	.938	5	0	0	1.000	15.77	3.27						Robert Zuppke (7-0-1)		National Championships: HELMS, NCF
98	1926	Western	6	2	0	.750	2	2	0	.500	11.45	3.57						Robert Zuppke (6-2)
99	1925	Western	5	3	0	.625	2	2	0	.500	8.98	4.48						Robert Zuppke (5-3)
100	1924	Western	6	1	1	.813	3	1	1	.700	15.97	3.85						Robert Zuppke (6-1-1)
Rk	Year	Conf	W	L	T	Pct	W	L	T	Pct	SRS	SOS	AP Pre	AP High	AP Post	CFP High	CFP Final	Coach(es)	Bowl	Notes
101	1923	Western	8	0	0	1.000	5	0	0	1.000	18.28	4.28						Robert Zuppke (8-0)		National Championships: HELMS, NCF
102	1922	Western	2	5	0	.286	2	4	0	.333	2.18	7.90						Robert Zuppke (2-5)
103	1921	Western	3	4	0	.429	1	4	0	.200	8.08	7.36						Robert Zuppke (3-4)
104	1920	Western	5	2	0	.714	4	2	0	.667	17.29	10.00						Robert Zuppke (5-2)
105	1919	Western	6	1	0	.857	6	1	0	.857	17.61	10.04						Robert Zuppke (6-1)
106	1918	Western	5	2	0	.714	4	0	0	1.000	15.10	4.96						Robert Zuppke (5-2)
107	1917	Western	5	2	1	.688	2	2	1	.500	19.53	11.16						Robert Zuppke (5-2-1)
108	1916	Western	3	3	1	.500	2	2	1	.500	8.01	7.16						Robert Zuppke (3-3-1)
109	1915	Western	5	0	2	.857	3	0	2	.800	18.13	4.41						Robert Zuppke (5-0-2)
110	1914	Western	7	0	0	1.000	6	0	0	1.000	23.99	3.99						Robert Zuppke (7-0)
111	1913	Western	4	2	1	.643	2	2	1	.500	11.29	5.43						Robert Zuppke (4-2-1)
112	1912	Western	3	3	1	.500	1	3	1	.300	5.23	3.23						Arthur Hall (3-3-1)
113	1911	Western	4	2	1	.643	2	2	1	.500	4.04	1.04						Arthur Hall (4-2-1)
114	1910	Western	7	0	0	1.000	4	0	0	1.000	9.74	-3.54						Arthur Hall (7-0)
115	1909	Western	5	2	0	.714	3	1	0	.750	6.97	-2.60						Arthur Hall (5-2)
116	1908	Western	5	1	1	.786	3	1	0	.750	9.66	-0.20						Arthur Hall (5-1-1)
117	1907	Western	3	2	0	.600	3	2	0	.600	2.20	2.60						Arthur Hall (3-2)
118	1906	Western	1	3	1	.300	1	3	0	.250	-8.25	0.95						Justa Lindgren (1-3-1)
119	1905	Western	5	4	0	.556	0	3	0	.000	1.03	3.36						Fred Lowenthal (5-4)
120	1904	Western	9	2	1	.792	3	1	1	.700	17.32	4.65
Rk	Year	Conf	W	L	T	Pct	W	L	T	Pct	SRS	SOS	AP Pre	AP High	AP Post	CFP High	CFP Final	Coach(es)	Bowl	Notes
121	1903	Western	8	6	0	.571	1	5	0	.167	6.36	-1.07						George Washington Woodruff (8-6)
122	1902	Western	10	2	1	.808	4	2	0	.667	14.30	-1.24						Edgar Holt (10-2-1)
123	1901	Western	8	2	0	.800	4	2	0	.667	15.55	-0.15						Edgar Holt (8-2)
124	1900	Western	7	3	2	.667	1	3	2	.333	4.64	-1.11						Fred Smith (7-3-2)
125	1899	Western	3	5	1	.389	0	3	0	.000	-2.41	0.93						George Huff (3-5-1)
126	1898	Western	4	5	0	.444	1	1	0	.500	-3.25	-4.25						George Huff (4-5)
127	1897	Western	6	2	0	.750	1	1	0	.500	5.90	-4.85						George Huff (6-2)
128	1896	Western	4	2	1	.643	0	2	1	.167	4.26	-3.60						George Huff (4-2-1)
129	1895	Ind	4	2	1	.643					8.29	-3.28						George Huff (4-2-1)
130	1894	Ind	4	3	0	.571					-0.74	-6.60						Louis Vail (5-3)
131	1893	Ind	3	2	3	.563					0.05	-2.95						E.K. Hall (3-2-3)
132	1892	Ind	7	4	1	.625					2.76	-5.83						E.K. Hall (9-3-2)

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