1923 Wisconsin
3–3–1 (1–3–1 Western Conference), coached by Jack Ryan. Share
Schedule and results
- Biggest winBeat Indiana 52–0Oct 20
By 52 points, its widest win.
| Date | Opponent | Result | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 6 | vsCoe | W 7–3 | 87% |
| Oct 13 | vs Michigan State | W 21–0 | 76% |
| Oct 20 | at Indiana | W 52–0 | 65% |
| Oct 27 | vs Minnesota | T 0–0 | 72% |
| Nov 10 | at Illinois | L 0–10 | 43% |
| Nov 17 | vs Michigan | L 3–6 | 44% |
| Nov 24 | atChicago | L 6–13 | 33% |
Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.
How it ended: Lost to Chicago 13–6; 7th in the Western Conference.
In program history: The 66th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 135 on file).
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 1923.
- Record
- 3–3–1
- Conference
- 1–3–1 7th in Western Conference
- AP poll
- Began in 1936
- Points
- 89–32
- Coach
- Jack Ryan
- Elo
- 1555 −6 this season
- SP+ rating
- —
- SRS
- 15.2 No. 13 of 109 major-college teams
- Recruiting class
- —
- Captain
- Marty Below
All-Big Ten
3 first team, 2 second teamFirst team
Marty BelowOTBE; NB-1; WE-1- Adolph BiebersteinOGBE; WE-2
- Merrill TaftFBBE; NB-1; WE-1
Second team
- Russell IrishENB-2; WE-3
- Jack HarrisRBWE-2
From Wikipedia’s 1923 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).
1923 Western Conference standings
| Team | Conf. | Overall | AP final |
|---|---|---|---|
| Illinois | 5–0 | 8–0 | |
| Michigan | 4–0 | 8–0 | |
| Chicago | 5–1 | 7–1 | |
| Minnesota | 2–1–1 | 5–1–1 | |
 Iowa | 3–3 | 5–3 | |
| Indiana | 2–2 | 3–4 | |
| Wisconsin | 1–3–1 | 3–3–1 | |
 Ohio State | 1–4 | 3–4–1 | |
 Purdue | 1–4 | 2–5–1 | |
 Northwestern | 0–6 | 2–6 |
Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.