| "Date","Opponent#","Rank#","Site","Result","Attendance" |
| "September 12","#1 Michigan","","Camp Randall Stadium • Madison, WI","W 21–14","68,733" |
| "September 19","#9 UCLA*","#20","Camp Randall Stadium • Madison, WI","L 13–31","71,496" |
| "September 26","Western Michigan*","","Camp Randall Stadium • Madison, WI","W 21–10","67,196" |
| "October 3","Purdue","","Camp Randall Stadium • Madison, WI","W 20–14","68,603" |
| "October 10","#18 Ohio State","","Camp Randall Stadium • Madison, WI","W 24–21","78,973" |
| "October 17","at Michigan State","#14","Spartan Stadium • East Lansing, MI","L 14–33","67,352" |
| "October 24","at Illinois","","Memorial Stadium • Champaign, IL","L 21–23","67,413" |
| "October 31","Northwestern","","Camp Randall Stadium • Madison, WI","W 52–0","70,035" |
| "November 7","at Indiana","","Memorial Stadium • Bloomington, IN","W 28–7","44,218" |
| "November 14","Iowa","","Camp Randall Stadium • Madison, WI","L 7–17","78,731" |
| "November 21","at Minnesota","","Memorial Stadium • Minneapolis, MN (Paul Bunyan's Axe)","W 26–21","47,125" |
| "December 13","vs. Tennessee*","","Giants Stadium • East Rutherford, NJ (Garden State Bowl)","L 21–28","53,220" |
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