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The team's nickname originates in the early history of Wisconsin. In the 1820s and 1830s, prospectors came to the state looking for minerals, primarily lead. Without shelter in the winter, the miners had to "live like badgers" in tunnels burrowed into hillsides.
Wisconsin has made it to the NCAA Final Four four times in its history — back-to-back trips in 2014 and 2015, in 2000, and in 1941, when it won the national championship. The Badgers participated in the NCAA tournament for 19 consecutive seasons (1999–2017).
The Wisconsin Badgers college football team represents the University of Wisconsin–Madison in the Big Ten Conference (Big 10), as part of the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision. The program has had 30 head coaches , and 3 interim head coaches, since it began play during the 1889 season .
The Minnesota–Wisconsin football rivalry is an American college football rivalry between the Minnesota Golden Gophers and Wisconsin Badgers. It is the most-played rivalry in the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision, with 133 meetings between the two teams. It is also the longest continuously played rivalry in Division I FBS, with an ...
The Iowa–Wisconsin football rivalry is an American college football rivalry between the Iowa Hawkeyes and Wisconsin Badgers. Both schools have competed as members of the Big Ten Conference since 1900 (Wisconsin since 1896).
Wisconsin has played their home games at Camp Randall Stadium in Madison, Wisconsin since 1917. [citation needed] Since the team's first season in 1889, the Badgers have participated in more than 1,100 officially sanctioned games, including 34 bowl games, and have finished in the top 25 of the national polls 27 times. [1]
Friday is the 10th anniversary of Wisconsin running back Melvin Gordon's record-setting 408 rushing yards as the Badgers beat Nebraska 59-24 on Nov. 14, 2014, at Camp Randall Stadium in Madison ...
The Cornhuskers had the second-largest comeback in program history to defeat the Badgers at Memorial Stadium, 30–27, in the 2012. [5] The two met again just over two months later in the 2012 Big Ten Football Championship Game where the unranked Badgers defeated the heavily-favored, 14th-ranked Cornhuskers at Lucas Oil Stadium , 70–31.