1940 Wisconsin
4–4 (3–3 Western Conference), coached by Harry Stuhldreher. Share
Schedule and results
- Biggest winBeat Indiana 27–10Nov 16
By 17 points, its widest win.
| Date | Opponent | Result | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 5 | vsMarquette | W 33–19 | 51% |
| Oct 12 | at Iowa | L 12–30 | 36% |
| Oct 19 | vs 4Northwestern | L 7–27 | 39% |
| Oct 26 | at Purdue | W 14–13 | 29% |
| Nov 2 | vs Illinois | W 13–6 | 55% |
| Nov 9 | at Columbia | L 6–7 | 35% |
| Nov 16 | vs Indiana | W 27–10 | 53% |
| Nov 23 | vs 1Minnesota | L 13–22 | 31% |
Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.
How it ended: Lost to Minnesota 22–13; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 4th in the Western Conference.
In program history: The 108th-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 1940.
- Record
- 4–4
- Conference
- 3–3 tied for 4th in Western Conference
- AP final
- Unranked
- Points
- 125–134
- Coach
- Harry Stuhldreher
- Elo
- 1453 +21 this season
- SP+ rating
- —
- SRS
- 7.4 No. 32 of 121 major-college teams
- Recruiting class
- —
- Captain
- John Tennant
- Most valuable player
- George Paskvan
Drafted in 1941
The 1941 draft| Rd 1 | George Paskvan FB | Green Bay Packers |
All-Big Ten
1 first team, 1 second teamFirst team
George PaskvanFBAP-1; UP-1
Second team
Richard P. EmbickOGAP-2
From Wikipedia’s 1940 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).
1940 Western Conference standings
| Team | Conf. | Overall | AP final |
|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota | 6–0 | 8–0 | 1 |
 Michigan | 3–1 | 7–1 | 3 |
| Northwestern | 4–2 | 6–2 | 8 |
 Ohio State | 3–3 | 4–4 | |
| Wisconsin | 3–3 | 4–4 | |
| Iowa | 2–3 | 4–4 | |
| Indiana | 2–3 | 3–5 | |
| Purdue | 1–4 | 2–6 | |
| Illinois | 0–5 | 1–7 |
Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.