1987 Wisconsin Badgers football team

The 1987 Wisconsin Badgers football team represented the University of Wisconsin–Madison as a member of the Big Ten Conference during the 1987 NCAA Division I-A football season. Led by first-year head coach Don Morton, the Badgers compiled an overall record of 3–9 with a mark of 1–7 in conference play, placing last out of ten teams in the Big Ten. Wisconsin played home games at Camp Randall Stadium in Madison, Wisconsin.

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Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 12	Hawaii*	Camp Randall Stadium Madison, WI	W 28–7	53,509	^[1]
September 19	Utah*	Camp Randall Stadium Madison, WI	L 28–31	56,224	^[2]
September 26	Ball State*	Camp Randall Stadium Madison, WI	W 30–13	51,825	^[3]
October 3	at No. 12 Michigan	Michigan Stadium Ann Arbor, MI	L 0–49	104,410	^[4]
October 10	Iowa	Camp Randall Stadium Madison, WI (rivalry)	L 10–31	74,645	^[5]
October 17	at Illinois	Memorial Stadium Champaign, IL	L 14–16	57,040	^[6]
October 24	Northwestern	Camp Randall Stadium Madison, WI	L 24–27	70,012	^[7]
October 31	at Purdue	Ross–Ade Stadium West Lafayette, IN	L 14–49	60,267	^[8]
November 7	Ohio State	Camp Randall Stadium Madison, WI	W 26–24	63,195	^[9]
November 14	at Minnesota	Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome Minneapolis, MN (rivalry)	L 19–22	62,412	^[10]
November 21	No. 11 Michigan State	Camp Randall Stadium Madison, WI	L 9–30	45,385	^[11]
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Schedule

1987 Big Ten Conference football standings
v t e	Conf.					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 8 Michigan State $	7	–	0	–	1	9	–	2	–	1
No. 16 Iowa	6	–	2	–	0	10	–	3	–	0
Indiana	6	–	2	–	0	8	–	4	–	0
No. 19 Michigan	5	–	3	–	0	8	–	4	–	0
Ohio State	4	–	4	–	0	6	–	4	–	1
Minnesota	3	–	5	–	0	6	–	5	–	0
Purdue	3	–	5	–	0	3	–	7	–	1
Illinois	2	–	5	–	1	3	–	7	–	1
Northwestern	2	–	6	–	0	2	–	8	–	1
Wisconsin	1	–	7	–	0	3	–	8	–	0

$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll