1919 Wisconsin Badgers football team

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1919 Wisconsin Badgers football
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
Record5–2 (3–2 Big Ten)
Head coach
CaptainCharles Carpenter
Home stadiumCamp Randall Stadium
Seasons
← 1918
1920 →
1919 Big Ten Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Illinois $ 6 – 1 – 0 6 – 1 – 0
Ohio State 3 – 1 – 0 6 – 1 – 0
Chicago 4 – 2 – 0 5 – 2 – 0
Wisconsin 3 – 2 – 0 5 – 2 – 0
Minnesota 3 – 2 – 0 4 – 2 – 1
Iowa 2 – 2 – 0 5 – 2 – 0
Michigan 1 – 4 – 0 3 – 4 – 0
Northwestern 1 – 4 – 0 2 – 5 – 0
Indiana 0 – 2 – 0 3 – 4 – 0
Purdue 0 – 3 – 0 2 – 4 – 1
  • $ – Conference champion

The 1919 Wisconsin Badgers football team was an American football team that represented the University of Wisconsin in the 1919 Big Ten Conference football season. The team compiled a 5–2 record (3–2 against conference opponents), finished in a tie for fourth place in the Big Ten Conference, and outscored all opponents by a combined total of 91 to 41. John R. Richards was in his third year as Wisconsin's head coach.[1][2]

Center

captain.[3] Carpenter was also a consensus first-team selection for the 1919 College Football All-America Team.[4]

End Paul Meyers was selected as an All-American by Walter Eckersall.[5] Meyers had an 80-yard touchdown reception, on a pass from Wally Barr, in a game against Minnesota on November 1, 1919. The play held the Wisconsin record for longest pass and reception for 63 years.[6]

Three Wisconsin players received first-team All-Big Ten honors: Charles Carpenter, Paul Meyers, and end Frank Weston.[7][8]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 4
Ripon*
W 37–0
October 11Marquette*
  • Camp Randall Stadium
  • Madison, WI
W 13–0
October 18at Northwestern
W 10–6
October 25at Illinois
W 14–107,260[9]
November 1Minnesotadagger
  • Camp Randall Stadium
  • Madison, WI (rivalry)
L 7–1920,000
November 15Ohio State
  • Camp Randall Stadium
  • Madison, WI
L 0–3
November 22at Chicago
W 10–3[10]
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming

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References

  1. ^ a b "1919 Wisconsin Badgers Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. March 17, 2017.
  2. ^ a b "Wisconsin Football 2016 Fact Book" (PDF). University of Wisconsin. 2016. pp. 212, 217. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 30, 2016. Retrieved March 18, 2017.
  3. ^ 2016 Fact Book, p. 185.
  4. ^ "Football Award Winners" (PDF). National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). 2016. p. 6. Retrieved March 17, 2017.
  5. ^ 2016 Fact Book, p. 167.
  6. ^ 2016 Fact Book, p. 110.
  7. ^ Walter Camp, ed. (1920). Spalding's Official Foot Ball Guide 1920. A. G. Spalding & Brothers (Spalding's Athletic Library). p. 41.
  8. ^ "Walter Eckersall Selects His First and Second All-Conference Football Elevens For Past Season". Detroit Free Press. November 30, 1919. p. 21.
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