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. John J. 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
Record3–3–1 (1–3–1 Big Ten)
Head coach
CaptainMarty Below
Home stadiumCamp Randall Stadium
1923 Big Ten Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Illinois + 5 –0 –08 –0 –0
Michigan + 4 –0 –08 –0 –0
Chicago 5 –1 –07 –1 –0
Minnesota 2 –1 –15 –1 –1
Iowa 3 –3 –05 –3 –0
Indiana 2 –2 –03 –4 –0
Wisconsin 1 –3 –13 –3 –1
Ohio State 1 –4 –03 –4 –1
Purdue 1 –4 –02 –5 –1
Northwestern 0 –6 –02 –6 –0
  • + – Conference co-champions
Coach John J. Ryan in 1923

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
DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 6Coe*
W 7–3
October 13Michigan Agricultural*
  • Camp Randall Stadium
  • Madison, WI
W 21–0
October 20at Indiana
W 52–0
October 27Minnesotadagger
  • Camp Randall Stadium
  • Madison, WI (rivalry)
T 0–040,000
November 10at Illinois
L 0–1030,000[9]
November 17Michigan
  • Camp Randall Stadium
  • Madison, WI
L 3–625,000
November 24at Chicago
L 6–13
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming

[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. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 30, 2016. 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. Archived from the original (PDF) on November 26, 2018. 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. open access
  6. "National All-Star". The Wichita Beacon. December 17, 1922. p. 18. Retrieved July 23, 2015 – via Newspapers.com. open access
  7. 2016 Fact Book, p. 280.
  8. 2016 Fact Book, p. 258.
  9. "Illinois Continues Its Triumphal Championship March by Defeating Wisconsin, 10-0 Badgers Helpless". The Eau Claire (WI) Leader. November 11, 1923. p. 2 – via Newspapers.com.
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