1923 Wisconsin Badgers football team
American college football season
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The 1923 Wisconsin Badgers football team was an American football team that represented the University of Wisconsin in the 1923 Big Ten Conference football season. The team compiled a 3â3â1 record (1â3â1 against conference opponents), finished in seventh place in the Big Ten Conference, and outscored its opponents by a combined total of 89 to 32. John J. Ryan was in his first year as Wisconsin's head coach.[1][2]
- John J. Ryan (1st season)
| 1923 Wisconsin Badgers football | |
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Team captain and consensus All-American Marty Below | |
| Conference | Big Ten Conference |
| Record | 3â3â1 (1â3â1 Big Ten) |
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| Captain | Marty Below |
| Home stadium | Camp Randall Stadium |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Illinois + | 5 | â | 0 | â | 0 | 8 | â | 0 | â | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Michigan + | 4 | â | 0 | â | 0 | 8 | â | 0 | â | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Chicago | 5 | â | 1 | â | 0 | 7 | â | 1 | â | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Minnesota | 2 | â | 1 | â | 1 | 5 | â | 1 | â | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Iowa | 3 | â | 3 | â | 0 | 5 | â | 3 | â | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Indiana | 2 | â | 2 | â | 0 | 3 | â | 4 | â | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wisconsin | 1 | â | 3 | â | 1 | 3 | â | 3 | â | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ohio State | 1 | â | 4 | â | 0 | 3 | â | 4 | â | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Purdue | 1 | â | 4 | â | 0 | 2 | â | 5 | â | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Northwestern | 0 | â | 6 | â | 0 | 2 | â | 6 | â | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Marty Below was the team captain.[3] Below was also a consensus first-team player on the 1923 College Football All-America Team.[4] Guard Adolph Bieberstein and fullback Merrill Taft were selected by Billy Evans for his "National Honor Roll" of the best players in the country.[5][6]
The team played its home games at Camp Randall Stadium, which had a seating capacity of 14,000.[7] During the 1923 season, the average attendance at home games was 16,387.[8]
Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| October 6 | Coe* | W 7â3 | |||
| October 13 | Michigan Agricultural* |
| W 21â0 | ||
| October 20 | at Indiana |
| W 52â0 | ||
| October 27 | Minnesota |
| T 0â0 | 40,000 | |
| November 10 | at Illinois | L 0â10 | 30,000 | [9] | |
| November 17 | Michigan |
| L 3â6 | 25,000 | |
| November 24 | at Chicago | L 6â13 | |||
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