1915 Wisconsin
4–3 (2–3 Western Conference), coached by William Juneau. Share
Schedule and results
- Biggest winBeat Marquette 85–0Oct 8
By 85 points, its widest win.
| Date | Opponent | Result | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2 | vsLawrence | W 82–0 | 90% |
| Oct 8 | vsMarquette | W 85–0 | 90% |
| Oct 16 | at Purdue | W 28–3 | 40% |
| Oct 23 | vs Ohio State | W 21–0 | 75% |
| Oct 30 | atChicago | L 13–14 | 39% |
| Nov 13 | at Illinois | L 3–17 | 35% |
| Nov 20 | vs Minnesota | L 3–20 | 44% |
Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.
How it ended: Lost to Minnesota 20–3; 6th in the Western Conference.
In program history: The 74th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 135 on file).
Photographs from 1915
UW vs. Ohio State football gamePhoto: University of Wisconsin Digital Collections, No Copyright – United States, via Digital Public Library of America 
UW vs. Marquette football gamePhoto: University of Wisconsin Digital Collections, No Copyright – United States, via Digital Public Library of America 
UW vs. Chicago football gamePhoto: University of Wisconsin Digital Collections, No Copyright – United States, via Digital Public Library of America 
UW vs. Minnesota football gamePhoto: University of Wisconsin Digital Collections, No Copyright – United States, via Digital Public Library of America 
UW vs. Marquette football gamePhoto: University of Wisconsin Digital Collections, No Copyright – United States, via Digital Public Library of America 
UW vs. Chicago football gamePhoto: University of Wisconsin Digital Collections, No Copyright – United States, via Digital Public Library of America
Photographs from libraries and archives found through the Digital Public Library of America, each under the rights statement its holder gives (no copyright in the United States, public domain or Creative Commons) and credited to it. Captions as each collection catalogues them.
Players on this team
Before 2004 our records hold honors and the draft; these are the players whose college years here, from their Wikipedia articles or their honors, include 1915.
- Record
- 4–3
- Conference
- 2–3 6th in Western Conference
- AP poll
- Began in 1936
- Points
- 235–54
- Coach
- William Juneau
- Elo
- 1539 +22 this season
- SP+ rating
- —
- SRS
- 21.8 No. 11 of 86 major-college teams
- Recruiting class
- —
- Captain
- Cub Buck
1915 Western Conference standings
| Team | Conf. | Overall | AP final |
|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota | 3–0–1 | 6–0–1 | |
| Illinois | 3–0–2 | 5–0–2 | |
| Chicago | 4–2 | 5–2 | |
| Ohio State | 2–1–1 | 5–1–1 | |
| Purdue | 2–2 | 3–3–1 | |
 Wisconsin | 2–3 | 4–3 | |
 Iowa | 1–2 | 3–4 | |
 Indiana | 1–3 | 3–3–1 | |
 Northwestern | 0–5 | 2–5 |
Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.