1920 Wisconsin Badgers football team

American college football season

1920 Wisconsin Badgers football

Conference| Big Ten Conference
Record| 6–1 (4–1 Big Ten)
Head coach|

* John R. Richards (4th season)

Captain| Frank Weston
Home stadium| Camp Randall Stadium

Seasons

<- 1919

1921 ->

1920 Big Ten Conference football standings

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Team | W |  | L |  | T |  |  | W |  | L |  | T
Ohio State $  | 5  | - | 0  | - | 0 |  |  | 7  | - | 1  | - | 0
Wisconsin | 4  | - | 1  | - | 0 |  |  | 6  | - | 1  | - | 0
Indiana | 3  | - | 1  | - | 0 |  |  | 5  | - | 2  | - | 0
Illinois | 4  | - | 2  | - | 0 |  |  | 5  | - | 2  | - | 0
Iowa | 3  | - | 2  | - | 0 |  |  | 5  | - | 2  | - | 0
Michigan | 2  | - | 2  | - | 0 |  |  | 5  | - | 2  | - | 0
Northwestern | 2  | - | 3  | - | 0 |  |  | 3  | - | 4  | - | 0
Chicago | 2  | - | 4  | - | 0 |  |  | 3  | - | 4  | - | 0
Purdue | 0  | - | 4  | - | 0 |  |  | 2  | - | 5  | - | 0
Minnesota | 0  | - | 6  | - | 0 |  |  | 1  | - | 6  | - | 0

* $ - Conference champion

The 1920 Wisconsin Badgers football team was an American football team that represented the University of Wisconsin in the 1920 Big Ten Conference football season. The team compiled a 6–1 record (4–1 against conference opponents), finished in second place in the Big Ten Conference, shut out four of seven opponents, and outscored all opponents by a combined total of 141 to 29. John R. Richards was in his fourth year as Wisconsin's head coach.[1][2]

End Frank Weston was the team captain.[3] Guard Ralph Scott was a consensus first-team All-American.[4] In addition, Frank Weston and center George Bunge were selected as first-team All-Americans by the Frank Menke Syndicate and Lawrence Perry, respectively.[5][6] Those three (Weston, Scott, and Bunge) and Al Elliott received first-team All-Big Ten honors.[7][8]

## Schedule

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Date| Opponent| Site| Result| Attendance| Source

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October 2| Lawrence*|

* Camp Randall Stadium
* Madison, WI

| W 60–0| |
October 9| Michigan Agricultural*|

* Camp Randall Stadium
* Madison, WI

| W 27–0| | [9]
October 16| Northwestern|

* Camp Randall Stadium
* Madison, WI

| W 27–7| 10,000| [10]
October 23| at Ohio State|

* Ohio Field
* Columbus, OH

| L 7–13| |
November 6| at Minnesota|

* Northrop Field
* Minneapolis, MN (rivalry)

| W 3–0| 22,000|
November 13| Illinois|

* Camp Randall Stadium
* Madison, WI

| W 14–9| 20,257|
November 20| at Chicago|

* Stagg Field
* Chicago, IL

| W 3–0| | [11]

* *Non-conference game
* Homecoming

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## References

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1. ^ a b "1920 Wisconsin Badgers Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. March 14, 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 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. ^ ESPN College Football Encyclopedia, p. 1154
6. ^ "Perry Selects the Best Foot Ball Players". Lebanon Daily News. December 2, 1920.
7. ^ Walter Camp, ed. (1921). Spalding's Official Intercollegiate Foot Ball Guide. American Sports Publishing Company. pp. 25, 27.
8. ^ "Honors Divided On All-Western Football Team". Cornell Daily Sun. December 7, 1920. p. 3.
9. ^ Bill Walker (October 10, 1920). "Wisconsin Scores 27 to 0 Win Over Hard Fighting Foe". The Wisconsin State Journal. p. 13 - via Newspapers.com.
10. ^ "Wisconsin Triumphs Over Purple". The Wisconsin State Journal. October 17, 1920. p. 1 - via Newspapers.com.
11. ^ "Wisconsin Wins Over Chicago on Davey's Kick, 3-0". Chicago Tribune. November 21, 1920. p. II-1 - via Newspapers.com.

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Wisconsin Badgers football

Venues|

* Randall Field (1895–1916)
* Camp Randall Stadium (1917–present)

Bowls & rivalries|

* Bowl games
* Iowa
* Minnesota
* Nebraska

Culture & lore|

* Bucky Badger
* "On, Wisconsin!"
* Marching band
* "Jump Around"
* Tall Grass Game
* Crazylegs

People|

* Head coaches
* NFL draftees
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