1938 Wisconsin Badgers football | |
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Conference | Big Ten Conference |
Record | 5–3 (3–2 Big Ten) |
Head coach |
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MVP | Howard Weiss |
Captain | Ralph Moeller |
Home stadium | Camp Randall Stadium |
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No. 10 Minnesota $ | 4 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 16 Michigan | 3 | – | 1 | – | 1 | 6 | – | 1 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Purdue | 3 | – | 1 | – | 1 | 5 | – | 1 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 17 Northwestern | 2 | – | 1 | – | 2 | 4 | – | 2 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wisconsin | 3 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ohio State | 3 | – | 2 | – | 1 | 4 | – | 3 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Illinois | 2 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Iowa | 1 | – | 3 | – | 1 | 1 | – | 6 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indiana | 1 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 1 | – | 6 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chicago | 0 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 1 | – | 6 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1938 Wisconsin Badgers football team was an American football team that represented the University of Wisconsin in the 1938 Big Ten Conference football season. The team compiled a 5–3 record (3–2 against conference opponents) and finished in fifth place in the Big Ten Conference. Harry Stuhldreher was in his third year as Wisconsin's head coach. [1] [2]
Fullback Howard Weiss was selected by the International News Service as a first-team player on the 1938 College Football All-America Team. [3] He also won the Chicago Tribune Silver Football as the most valuable player in the Big Ten. [4] He also finished sixth in the voting for the Heisman Trophy and was also selected as Wisconsin's most valuable player. [5] Ralph Moeller was the team captain. [6] Howard Weiss and center Jack Murray were selected by the Associated Press and United Press as first-team players on the 1938 All-Big Ten Conference football team. [7] [8]
The team played its home games at Camp Randall Stadium, which had a capacity of 36,000. [9] During the 1938 season, the average attendance at home games was 31,731. [10]
Date | Opponent | Rank | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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October 1 | Marquette * | W 27–0 | 27,876 | [11] | ||
October 8 | at Iowa | W 31–13 | ||||
October 15 | Pittsburgh * |
| L 6–26 | |||
October 22 | at Purdue | L 7–13 | 21,000 | |||
October 29 | Indiana ![]() |
| W 6–0 | |||
November 5 | at No. 7 Northwestern | W 20–13 | ||||
November 12 | at UCLA * | No. 15 | W 14–7 | 35,000 | ||
November 19 | Minnesota | No. 12 |
| L 0–21 | 38,000 | |
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