1923 Wisconsin Badgers football team

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 331 record (131 against conference opponents), finished in seventh place in the Big Ten Conference, and outscored its opponents by a combined total of 89 to 32. Jack Ryan was in his first year as Wisconsin's head coach.[1][2]

1923 Wisconsin Badgers football
Team captain and consensus
All-American Marty Below
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
1923 record331 (131 Big Ten)
Head coach
CaptainMarty Below
Home stadiumCamp Randall Stadium
1923 Big Ten Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Illinois + 5 0 0  8 0 0
Michigan + 4 0 0  8 0 0
Chicago 5 1 0  7 1 0
Minnesota 2 1 1  5 1 1
Iowa 3 3 0  5 3 0
Indiana 2 2 0  3 4 0
Wisconsin 1 3 1  3 3 1
Ohio State 1 4 0  3 4 1
Purdue 1 4 0  2 5 1
Northwestern 0 6 0  2 6 0
  • + Conference co-champions

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

DateOpponentSiteResult
October 6Coe*W 7–3
October 13Michigan Agricultural*
  • Camp Randall Stadium
  • Madison, WI
W 21–0
October 20at Indiana
W 52–0
October 27Minnesota
  • Camp Randall Stadium
  • Madison, WI (rivalry)
T 0–0
November 10at IllinoisL 0–10
November 17Michigan
  • Camp Randall Stadium
  • Madison, WI
L 3–6
November 24at ChicagoL 6–13
  • *Non-conference game
  • Homecoming

[1][2]

References

  1. "1923 Wisconsin Badgers Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. March 14, 2017.
  2. "Wisconsin Football 2016 Fact Book" (PDF). University of Wisconsin. 2016. pp. 212, 217. Retrieved March 16, 2017.
  3. 2016 Fact Book, p. 185.
  4. "2014 NCAA Football Records: Consensus All-America Selections" (PDF). National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). 2014. p. 5. Retrieved August 16, 2014.
  5. "150 Leading Sport Writers Pick All-American Eleven". Santa Ana Register. December 29, 1923. p. 10. Retrieved July 16, 2015 via Newspapers.com.
  6. "National All-Star". The Wichita Beacon. December 17, 1922. p. 18. Retrieved July 23, 2015 via Newspapers.com.
  7. 2016 Fact Book, p. 280.
  8. 2016 Fact Book, p. 258.
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