1956 Wisconsin Badgers football team

1956 Wisconsin Badgers football
Conference	Big Ten Conference
1956 record	1–5–3 (0–4–3 Big Ten)
Head coach	Milt Bruhn (1st year)
Home stadium	Camp Randall Stadium

1956 Big Ten football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
#3 Iowa $	5	–	1	–	0			9	–	1	–	0
#7 Michigan	5	–	2	–	0			7	–	2	–	0
#12 Minnesota	4	–	1	–	2			6	–	1	–	2
#9 Michigan State	4	–	2	–	0			7	–	2	–	0
#15 Ohio State	4	–	2	–	0			6	–	3	–	0
Northwestern	3	–	3	–	1			4	–	4	–	1
Purdue	1	–	4	–	2			3	–	4	–	2
Illinois	1	–	4	–	2			2	–	5	–	2
Wisconsin	0	–	4	–	3			1	–	5	–	3
Indiana	1	–	5	–	0			3	–	6	–	0
$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

The 1956 Wisconsin Badgers football team represented the University of Wisconsin–Madison in the 1956 college football season.

According to the UW yearbook, 1956 was the first year for female cheerleaders at a football game ("Dad's Day", versus Purdue)

Schedule

Date	Opponent#	Rank#	Site	Result	Attendance
September 29	Marquette*		Camp Randall Stadium • Madison, WI	W 41–0	52,700
October 6	#10 USC*		Camp Randall Stadium • Madison, WI	L 6–13	52,979
October 13	at Iowa		Kinnick Stadium • Iowa City, IA	L 7–13	53,273
October 20	#17 Purdue		Camp Randall Stadium • Madison, WI	T 6–6	53,044
October 27	at #9 Ohio State		Ohio Stadium • Columbus, OH	L 0–21	82,661
November 3	at #4 Michigan State		Macklin Stadium • East Lansing, MI	L 0–33	53,647
November 10	Northwestern		Camp Randall Stadium • Madison, WI	L 7–17	54,645
November 17	at Illinois		Memorial Stadium • Champaign, IL	T 13–13	52,858
November 24	#7 Minnesota		Camp Randall Stadium • Madison, WI (Paul Bunyan's Axe)	T 13–13	54,149
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll.

Team players in the 1957 NFL Draft

Player	Position	Round	Pick	NFL Club
Glenn Bestor	Back	12	145	Green Bay Packers
Marty Booher	Tackle	27	316	Green Bay Packers