1941 Wisconsin
3–5 (3–3 Western Conference), coached by Harry Stuhldreher. Share
Schedule and results
- Biggest winBeat Iowa 23–0Oct 18
By 23 points, its widest win.
| Date | Opponent | Result | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 4 | vsMarquette | L 7–28 | 62% |
| Oct 11 | at Northwestern | L 14–41 | 21% |
| Oct 18 | vs Iowa | W 23–0 | 44% |
| Oct 25 | vs Indiana | W 27–25 | 55% |
| Nov 1 | vs Syracuse | L 20–27 | 48% |
| Nov 8 | at 20Ohio State | L 34–46 | 23% |
| Nov 15 | vs Purdue | W 13–0 | 50% |
| Nov 22 | at 1Minnesota | L 6–41 | 13% |
Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.
How it ended: Lost to Minnesota 41–6; unranked in the final AP poll; 5th in the Western Conference.
In program history: The 111th-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 1941.
- Record
- 3–5
- Conference
- 3–3 5th in Western Conference
- AP final
- Unranked
- Points
- 144–208
- Coach
- Harry Stuhldreher
- Elo
- 1450 −19 this season
- SP+ rating
- —
- SRS
- 2.2 No. 60 of 119 major-college teams
- Recruiting class
- —
- Captain
- Tom Farris
- Most valuable player
- Pat Harder
All-Big Ten
2 first team, 1 second teamFirst team
Dave SchreinerEAP-1; UP-1; INS-1
Pat HarderFB
Second team
Tom FarrisQBAP-2
From Wikipedia’s 1941 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).
1941 Western Conference standings
| Team | Conf. | Overall | AP final |
|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota | 5–0 | 8–0 | 1 |
 Michigan | 3–1–1 | 6–1–1 | 5 |
| Ohio State | 3–1–1 | 6–1–1 | 13 |
| Northwestern | 4–2 | 5–3 | 11 |
| Wisconsin | 3–3 | 3–5 | |
| Iowa | 2–4 | 3–5 | |
| Purdue | 1–3 | 2–5–1 | |
| Indiana | 1–3 | 2–6 | |
 Illinois | 0–5 | 2–6 |
Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.