1924 Wisconsin

2–⁠3–⁠3 (0–⁠2–⁠2 Western Conference), coached by Jack Ryan.

Schedule and results

Wisconsin in 1924, game by game: won vs. North Dakota 25–0; won vs. Iowa State 17–0; tied vs. Coe 7–7; tied vs. Minnesota 7–7; lost at Michigan 0–21; lost vs. Notre Dame 3–38; lost vs. Iowa 7–21; tied at Chicago 0–0+25−35Won 25–0 vs. North Dakota+25North DakotaWon 17–0 vs. Iowa State+17Iowa StateTied 7–7 vs. Coe0CoeTied 7–7 vs. Minnesota0MinnesotaLost 0–21 at Michigan-21MichiganLost 3–38 vs. Notre Dame-35Notre DameLost 7–21 vs. Iowa-14IowaTied 0–0 at Chicago0Chicago
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 27vsNorth DakotaW 25–⁠095%
Oct 4vsIowa StateW 17–⁠066%
Oct 11vsCoeT 7–⁠785%
Oct 18vsMinnesotaT 7–⁠761%
Oct 25atMichiganL 0–⁠2133%
Nov 8vsNotre DameL 3–⁠3833%
Nov 15vsIowaL 7–⁠2150%
Nov 22atChicagoT 0–⁠025%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Tied Chicago 0–⁠0; tied for 8th in the Western Conference.

In program history: The 99th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 135 on file).

Record
2–⁠3–⁠3
Conference
0–⁠2–⁠2 tied for 8th in Western Conference
AP poll
Began in 1936
Points
66–⁠94
Coach
Jack Ryan
Elo
1485 −51 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
6.1 No. 39 of 111 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Captain
Jack Harris

All-Big Ten

2 first team, 2 second team

First team

  • Steve PolaskiEBE-2; HC-2; IN-3; LD-1; DI-2
  • Jack HarrisOT

Second team

  • Adolph BiebersteinOGBE-2; HC-2; IN-2
  • Oscar TeckemeyerCDI-2; IN-3

From Wikipedia’s 1924 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1924 Western Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Chicago3–⁠0–⁠34–⁠1–⁠3
Illinois3–⁠1–⁠16–⁠1–⁠1
Iowa3–⁠1–⁠16–⁠1–⁠1
Michigan4–⁠26–⁠2
Purdue2–⁠25–⁠2
Minnesota1–⁠2–⁠13–⁠3–⁠2
Ohio State1–⁠3–⁠22–⁠3–⁠3
Indiana1–⁠34–⁠4
Northwestern1–⁠34–⁠4
Wisconsin0–⁠2–⁠22–⁠3–⁠3

Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.