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1981 Wisconsin Badgers football team

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Conference
  
Big Ten Conference

Defensive coordinator
  
Jim Hilles (4th year)

Captain
  
Dave Levenick

1981 record
  
7–5 (6–3 Big Ten)

MVP
  
Dave Levenick

Head coach
  
Dave McClain (4th year)

The 1981 Wisconsin Badgers football team represented the University of Wisconsin–Madison in the 1981 Big Ten Conference football season.

Several Wisconsin players ranked among the Big Ten leaders, including the following:

  • Quarterback Jess Cole ranked seventh in the conference with 12 passing touchdowns and ninth with 1,180 passing yards.
  • Running back John Williams ranked second in the conference with 5.5 rushing yards per carry and seventh with 634 rushing yards.
  • David Greenwood led the conference with 156 interception return yards, and he and Matt Vanden Boom tied for second in the conference with six interceptions each.

    • References

    1981 Wisconsin Badgers football team Wikipedia
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