September 15, 1984. The Badgers were 1-0 as they went on the road for their game against the Missouri Tigers, who had lost their season opener against Illinois. For the first three quarters, it looked like Mizzou would hand the Badgers their first loss of the year....
October 10, 1981. The Ohio State Buckeyes came into Camp Randall looking for a 22nd straight victory against the Badgers. Wisconsin hadn’t beaten the Buckeyes since 1959, but Coach Dave McClain had been gaining ground in building Wisconsin’s confidence....
October 2, 1982. Badger fans had high expectations heading into the 1982 football season, hoping for the team’s first bowl victory. The start of the season began to dash those hopes. Wisconsin lost two of its first three games that season, and headed into Week 4...
On October 16, 1971 Wisconsin welcomed Michigan State to Camp Randall Stadium. The Badgers were looking for their first win in seven matchups with the Spartans. The game was tied four times before kicker/offensive guard Roger Jaeger hit a 31-yard field goal to give...
It was one of the biggest home games in Badger history. On October 1, 2011, Wisconsin welcomed the Nebraska Cornhuskers for their Big Ten debut. The no. 7 ranked Badgers and no. 8 ranked Cornhuskers each came into the game with a 4 and 0 record. It was their sixth...
In a fantastic display of determination, the Badger men’s basketball team made school history on January 5, 1976 after falling 22 points behind Ohio State, but coming back to win the game. It started out close, Wisconsin and OSU battled back and forth for the...
On March 28, 1981 the Badgers had just come off of wins against two Division I league champs, Clarkson and Northern Michigan. The only thing standing in the way of the NCAA Hockey title was arch rival Minnesota. Wisconsin, led by Head Coach Bob Johnson, quickly took...
Few have been able to say they’ve been a part of a national hockey championship both as a player and as a coach. Mike Eaves is one of those people. Eaves is considered the man responsible for getting the 1977 Badgers through the NCAA semifinals and into the...
It was game 33 of the 1976-77 season. The Badgers were on a hot streak, having won the last 11 games. They were going up against the Minnesota-Duluth Bulldogs at the Dane County Coliseum in Madison. Three minutes into the game, Mark Johnson scored a goal for...
The 1996-97 Badgers had their sights set on a trip to the NCAA Tournament, but would have to get past the Minnesota Golden Gophers to get there. Minnesota was ranked #2 at the time. The Gophers came out hot. By the end of the first half the Badgers were down by...
The 1973 NCAA semifinals saw Wisconsin traveling to Boston Garden to take on Cornell. The teams had only met once, three years earlier. Cornell had won that game, and went on to win the 1970 NCAA title. This game would start off in Cornell’s favor with the Big...
March 3, 1979, the Badgers faced 4th ranked Michigan State at the UW Field House. Wisconsin had lost at the last three meetings with the Spartans. This time the Badgers were looking for a conference title. The score remained close the entire game, with neither team...
The Marquette Golden Eagles needed overtime to beat the Pittsburgh Panthers 74-67 Saturday night. With the road win over Pitt, the Golden Eagles join seventh-ranked Syracuse and third-ranked Louisville as the only undefeated teams in Big East play. While Marquette...
John Ramage did it again. The Wisconsin hockey defenseman scored the overtime game winning goal with 6.2 seconds left to give the Badgers a 2-1 win over Minnesota State on Saturday night. It moved the Badgers past the Mavericks into 6th place in the WCHA, tied with...
The UW-Green Bay Phoenix men’s basketball team got their fifth consecutive win on Saturday night. They took down the University of Illinois-Chicago Flames 53-47. Despite leading for a majority of the first half, the Flames fought back and the teams went into...
St. Norbert College beat UW-Superior 3-1 Saturday to complete a two-game road sweep. The Green Knights, ranked second in the nation, scored a goal in each of the three periods. Chris Rial scored in the first period, with a goal at the 5:32 mark to make the game 1-0....
The Green Bay Phoenix women dominated the Wright State Raiders 71-44 on Saturday. The Horizon League Preseason Player of the Year, Kim Demmings of Wright State, was held to three points in a strong defensive performance from the Phoenix women. Green Bay put the game...
The Wisconsin Badger basketball team took down 12th ranked Illinois with a dominating 74-51 at the Kohl Center on Saturday afternoon. The Badgers (12-4, 3-0) captured their 3rd straight to start Big Ten Conference play. Wisconsin started fast and furious, jumping out...
The Milwaukee Bucks could not continue Wednesday’s momentum after a win at Chicago, falling to the Detroit Pistons 103-87 Friday night. The Bucks (18-17) held a 49-41 lead at halftime, but were outscored by 22 points in the third quarter. Detroit opened the...
The St. Norbert College Green Knights took down the UW-Superior Yellowjackets 5-0 on the road Friday night. It marks the seventh-straight win for the Green Knights in the first meeting this season between the two teams. The game jumped off to a fast-paced start,...
