1943 Wisconsin

1–⁠9 (1–⁠6 Western Conference), coached by Harry Stuhldreher.

Schedule and results

Wisconsin in 1943, game by game: lost vs. Marquette 7–33; lost at Camp Grant 7–10; won at Iowa 7–5; lost vs. Illinois 7–25; lost vs. No. 1 Notre Dame 0–50; lost at Indiana 0–34; lost vs. No. 4 Purdue 0–32; lost vs. No. 12 Northwestern 0–41; lost at No. 4 Michigan 0–27; lost at Minnesota 13–25+7−50Lost 7–33 vs. Marquette-26MarquetteLost 7–10 at Camp Grant-3Camp GrantWon 7–5 at Iowa+2IowaLost 7–25 vs. Illinois-18IllinoisLost 0–50 vs. No. 1 Notre Dame-50No. 1 Notre DameLost 0–34 at Indiana-34IndianaLost 0–32 vs. No. 4 Purdue-32No. 4 PurdueLost 0–41 vs. No. 12 Northwestern-41No. 12 NorthwesternLost 0–27 at No. 4 Michigan-27No. 4 MichiganLost 13–25 at Minnesota-12Minnesota
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Minnesota 25–⁠13; unranked in the final AP poll; 8th in the Western Conference.

In program history: The 128th-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 1943.

Record
1–⁠9
Conference
1–⁠6 8th in Western Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
41–⁠282
Coach
Harry Stuhldreher
Elo
1362 −208 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
−5.2 No. 47 of 76 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Captain
Joe Keenan
Most valuable player
Joe Keenan

Drafted in 1944

The 1944 draft
Rd 1Pat Harder FBChicago Cardinals

1943 Western Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Purdue6–⁠09–⁠05
Michigan6–⁠08–⁠13
Northwestern5–⁠16–⁠29
Indiana2–⁠3–⁠14–⁠4–⁠2
Minnesota2–⁠35–⁠4
Illinois2–⁠43–⁠7
Ohio State1–⁠43–⁠6
Wisconsin1–⁠61–⁠9
Iowa0–⁠4–⁠11–⁠6–⁠1

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