1938 Wisconsin Badgers football team
American college football season
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The 1938 Wisconsin Badgers football team was an American football team that represented the University of Wisconsin in the 1938 Big Ten Conference football season. The team compiled a 5â3 record (3â2 against conference opponents) and finished in fifth place in the Big Ten Conference. Harry Stuhldreher was in his third year as Wisconsin's head coach.[1][2]
- Harry Stuhldreher (3rd season)
| 1938 Wisconsin Badgers football | |
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| Conference | Big Ten Conference |
| Record | 5â3 (3â2 Big Ten) |
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| MVP | Howard Weiss |
| Captain | Ralph Moeller |
| Home stadium | Camp Randall Stadium |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 10 Minnesota $ | 4 | â | 1 | â | 0 | 6 | â | 2 | â | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 16 Michigan | 3 | â | 1 | â | 1 | 6 | â | 1 | â | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Purdue | 3 | â | 1 | â | 1 | 5 | â | 1 | â | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 17 Northwestern | 2 | â | 1 | â | 2 | 4 | â | 2 | â | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wisconsin | 3 | â | 2 | â | 0 | 5 | â | 3 | â | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ohio State | 3 | â | 2 | â | 1 | 4 | â | 3 | â | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Illinois | 2 | â | 3 | â | 0 | 3 | â | 5 | â | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Iowa | 1 | â | 3 | â | 1 | 1 | â | 6 | â | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Indiana | 1 | â | 4 | â | 0 | 1 | â | 6 | â | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Chicago | 0 | â | 4 | â | 0 | 1 | â | 6 | â | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Fullback Howard Weiss was selected by the International News Service as a first-team player on the 1938 College Football All-America Team.[3] He also won the Chicago Tribune Silver Football as the most valuable player in the Big Ten.[4] He also finished sixth in the voting for the Heisman Trophy and was also selected as Wisconsin's most valuable player.[5] Ralph Moeller was the team captain.[6] Howard Weiss and center Jack Murray were selected by the Associated Press and United Press as first-team players on the 1938 All-Big Ten Conference football team.[7][8]
The team played its home games at Camp Randall Stadium, which had a capacity of 36,000.[9] During the 1938 season, the average attendance at home games was 31,731.[10]
Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Rank | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| October 1 | Marquette* | W 27â0 | 27,876 | [11] | ||
| October 8 | at Iowa | W 31â13 | ||||
| October 15 | Pittsburgh* |
| L 6â26 | |||
| October 22 | at Purdue | L 7â13 | 21,000 | |||
| October 29 | Indiana |
| W 6â0 | |||
| November 5 | at No. 7 Northwestern | W 20â13 | ||||
| November 12 | at UCLA* | No. 15 | W 14â7 | 35,000 | ||
| November 19 | Minnesota | No. 12 |
| L 0â21 | 38,000 | |
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