1895 Wisconsin Badgers football team

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1895
Hiram O. Stickney (2nd season)
CaptainJohn R. Richards
Home stadiumRandall Field
Seasons
1895 Midwestern college football independents records
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Miami (OH)
    3 0 0
Carthage
    2 0 0
Washington University
    2 0 0
Michigan     8 1 0
Chicago     10 3 0
Wittenberg     5 2 0
Minnesota     7 3 0
Wisconsin     5 2 1
Wabash
    6 3 0
Baldwin–Wallace
    3 1 0
Notre Dame     3 1 0
Illinois     4 2 1
Buchtel     3 2 0
College of Emporia
    3 2 0
Doane     3 2 0
Chicago P&S     3 2 1
Purdue     4 3 0
Indiana     4 3 1
Northwestern     6 5 0
Butler
    2 2 0
Cincinnati     3 3 0
Kalamazoo
    1 1 0
Michigan State Normal
    3 3 0
North Dakota Agricultural     1 1 0
North Dakota     1 1 0
Ohio State     4 4 2
Iowa Agricultural     3 4 0
Ohio     2 3 0
Rush-Lake Forest
    4 6 0
Ohio Wesleyan
    2 4 1
Haskell     1 2 0
Iowa State Normal
    1 2 0
Lake Forest     1 2 0
Northwestern Law     1 2 0
Drake     1 4 0

The 1895 Wisconsin Badgers football team represented the

Hiram O. Stickney in his second and final season as head coach, the Badgers compiled a record of 5–2–1. The team's captain was John R. Richards.[1]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultSource
September 21vs. NorthwesternMilwaukee, WIW 12–6[2]
September 30Iowa Agricultural
  • Randall Field
  • Madison, WI
W 28–6[3]
October 5
Armour
  • Randall Field
  • Madison, WI
W 32–4
October 12
Rush-Lake Forest
  • Randall Field
  • Madison, WI
W 26–5
October 19Grinnell
  • Randall Field
  • Madison, WI
W 14–4
October 26Illinois
  • Randall Field
  • Madison, WI
T 10–10
November 2at ChicagoL 12–22
November 16at MinnesotaMinneapolis, MN (rivalry)L 10–14

Roster

No. Player Position Height Weight Hometown High school
Walter Alexander Left tackle 5-10 163
E. S. Anderson Right end 5-11 158
C. S. Berryman Substitute 5-6 136
Nathan Comstock Right guard 5-10 189
H. F. Dickinson Right end 5-11 169
J. E. Dutcher 5-10 162
H. S. Forrest Substitute 6-2 173
John P. Gregg Left halfback 5-8 148
Herbert H. Jacobs Right guard 5-11 188
John C. Karel Right halfback 5-10 158
Fred Kull Center 6-2 215
J. F. A. Pyre Right tackle 5-10 170
Captain John R. Richards Fullback 6-1 180
Jerry P. Riordan Left guard 6-0 184
W. H. Sheldon Left end 5-9 145
T. P. Silverwood Substitute 5-11 164
George Thompson Left halfback 5-8 144
G. H. Trautman Quarterback 5-8 138

Roster from 1895 Badger Yearbook[4]

References

  1. ^ "Wisconsin Football 2021 Fact Book" (PDF). Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System. p. 143. Retrieved December 21, 2021.
  2. Newspapers.com
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  4. ^ http://digicoll.library.wisc.edu/cgi-bin/UW/UW-idx?type=turn&id=UW.UWYearBk1897&entity=UW.UWYearBk1897.p0209&isize=XL The Badger 1895 pages 128-129