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 3–3–1 record (1–3–1 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 | |
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 Team captain and consensus All-American Marty Below | |
| Conference | Big Ten Conference |
| 1923 record | 3–3–1 (1–3–1 Big Ten) |
| Head coach | Jack Ryan (1st season) |
| Captain | Marty Below |
| Home stadium | Camp Randall Stadium |
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| Team | W | 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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| October 6 | Coe* | W 7–3 | |
| October 13 | Michigan Agricultural* |
| W 21–0 |
| October 20 | at Indiana |
| W 52–0 |
| October 27 | Minnesota |
| T 0–0 |
| November 10 | at Illinois | L 0–10 | |
| November 17 | Michigan |
| L 3–6 |
| November 24 | at Chicago |
| L 6–13 |
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References
- "1923 Wisconsin Badgers Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. March 14, 2017.
- "Wisconsin Football 2016 Fact Book" (PDF). University of Wisconsin. 2016. pp. 212, 217. Retrieved March 16, 2017.
- 2016 Fact Book, p. 185.
- "2014 NCAA Football Records: Consensus All-America Selections" (PDF). National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). 2014. p. 5. Retrieved August 16, 2014.
- "150 Leading Sport Writers Pick All-American Eleven". Santa Ana Register. December 29, 1923. p. 10. Retrieved July 16, 2015 – via Newspapers.com.
- "National All-Star". The Wichita Beacon. December 17, 1922. p. 18. Retrieved July 23, 2015 – via Newspapers.com.
- 2016 Fact Book, p. 280.
- 2016 Fact Book, p. 258.