1921 Wisconsin Badgers football team
American college football season
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The 1921 Wisconsin Badgers football team was an American football team that represented the University of Wisconsin in the 1921 Big Ten Conference football season. The team compiled a 5â1â1 record (3â1â1 against conference opponents), finished in fourth place in the Big Ten Conference, shut out four of seven opponents, and outscored all opponents by a combined total of 141 to 13. John R. Richards was in his fifth year as Wisconsin's head coach.[1][2]
- John R. Richards (5th season)
| 1921 Wisconsin Badgers football | |
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| Conference | Big Ten Conference |
| Record | 5â1â1 (3â1â1 Big Ten) |
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| Captain | Guy Sundt |
| Home stadium | Camp Randall Stadium |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Iowa $ | 5 | â | 0 | â | 0 | 7 | â | 0 | â | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Chicago | 4 | â | 1 | â | 0 | 6 | â | 1 | â | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ohio State | 4 | â | 1 | â | 0 | 5 | â | 2 | â | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wisconsin | 3 | â | 1 | â | 1 | 5 | â | 1 | â | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Michigan | 2 | â | 1 | â | 1 | 5 | â | 1 | â | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Indiana | 1 | â | 2 | â | 0 | 3 | â | 4 | â | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Minnesota | 2 | â | 4 | â | 0 | 3 | â | 4 | â | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Illinois | 1 | â | 4 | â | 0 | 3 | â | 4 | â | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Purdue | 1 | â | 4 | â | 0 | 1 | â | 6 | â | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Northwestern | 0 | â | 5 | â | 0 | 1 | â | 6 | â | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Fullback Guy Sundt was the team captain.[3] Halfback Al Elliott was selected as a second-team All-American by Norman E. Brown of the Central Press.[4] Four Wisconsin players received first-team All-Big Ten honors: Al Elliott, end Stevens Gould, center George Bunge, and halfback Rollie Williams.[5][6][7][8]
The team played its home games at Camp Randall Stadium. The stadium's seating capacity was increased from 10,000 to 14,000 prior to the 1921 season.[9] During the 1921 season, the average attendance at home games was 11,962.[10]
Schedule
| Date | Time | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| October 1 | Lawrence* | W 28â0 | ||||
| October 8 | South Dakota State* |
| W 24â3 | |||
| October 15 | at Northwestern | W 27â0 | [11] | |||
| October 22 | at Illinois | W 20â0 | 13,063 | |||
| October 29 | Minnesota |
| W 35â0 | 24,000 | ||
| November 12 | 1:00 p.m. | Michigan |
| T 7â7 | 20,000 | |
| November 19 | at Chicago | L 0â3 | ||||
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