The 1977 Wisconsin Badgers football team represented the University of Wisconsin–Madison in the 1977 Big Ten Conference football season. Led by John Jardine in his eighth and final season as head coach, the Badgers compiled an overall record of 5–6 with a mark of 3–6 in conference play, placing eighth in the Big Ten. Wisconsin played home games at Camp Randall Stadium in Madison, Wisconsin.

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 10	at Indiana		Memorial Stadium Bloomington, IN	W 30–14	34,755
September 17	Northern Illinois*		Camp Randall Stadium Madison, WI	W 14–3	64,475
September 24	at Oregon*		Autzen Stadium Eugene, OR	W 22–10	30,755
October 1	Northwestern		Camp Randall Stadium Madison, WI	W 19–7	68,709
October 8	Illinois	No. 19	Camp Randall Stadium Madison, WI	W 26–0	78,661
October 15	at No. 1 Michigan	No. 14	Michigan Stadium Ann Arbor, MI	L 0–56	104,892	[1]
October 22	Michigan State		Camp Randall Stadium Madison, WI	L 7–9	79,203
October 29	at No. 3 Ohio State		Ohio Stadium Columbus, OH	L 0–42	87,837
November 5	Purdue		Camp Randall Stadium Madison, WI	L 0–22	83,322
November 12	Iowa		Camp Randall Stadium Madison, WI (rivalry)	L 8–24	71,723
November 19	at Minnesota		Minneapolis, MN Memorial Stadium (rivalry)	L 7–13	30,742
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game