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The University of Wisconsin Marching Band (also known as Badger Band, and The Wisconsin Band [1]) is the marching band for the University of Wisconsin–Madison. It was formed in the fall of 1885 to support the university military battalion. Today, it has grown to about 300 members and performs at all home Badger football games. They are known ...
On, Wisconsin!" is the fight song of the Wisconsin Badgers at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. A version with modified lyrics is the official state song of Wisconsin . "On, Wisconsin!"
show band Big Ten: Wisconsin: Badger Band: Madison WI 1885 show band Big Ten: Oregon: Oregon Marching Band: Eugene OR 1908 show band Big Ten: UCLA: Bruin Marching Band: Los Angeles CA 1928 show band Big Ten: Southern California: Trojan Marching Band: Los Angeles CA show band Big Ten: Washington: Husky Marching Band: Seattle WA 1929 show band ...
Michael “Mike” Leckrone (born July 30, 1936) was the director of the University of Wisconsin Marching Band from 1969 to 2019. He is noted for his extraordinary ability to remember the names of all the past and present members of the band, as well as where they were from, and what instrument they played.
One variation shows him wearing a uniform similar to the drum major's, and the other shows him wearing a normal Wisconsin Band uniform. Various instrument sections within the band have also commissioned logos that include Bucky holding their respective instruments. Bucky with a stethoscope is occasionally used by the Medical Alumni Association.
The badger mascot was adopted by the University of Wisconsin in 1889. His name, "Buckingham U. Badger", a.k.a. " Bucky Badger ," was chosen in a contest in 1949. [ 5 ] The emblem, a scowling, strutting badger wearing a cardinal-and-white striped sweater, was designed by Art Evans in 1940 and updated in 2003.
Carl Borgstrom, 12, from left, his father Andrew, and Mike Scheffler, members of The Badger Bunch, stand among a large collection of beer cans in the garage of Andrew Borgstrom's home in Waukesha.
Wisconsin was the co-champion of the Big Ten Conference with Purdue, whom they did not play, and entered the Rose Bowl with a 6–2–1 record (4–1–1 in conference). The Badgers' non-conference loss was to UCLA , the Big Ten loss was at Ohio State , and they tied Minnesota in their season-ending rivalry game .