1944 Wisconsin
3–6 (2–4 Western Conference), coached by Harry Stuhldreher. Share
Schedule and results
- Biggest winBeat Marquette 21–2Oct 7
By 19 points, its widest win.
| Date | Opponent | Result | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 30 | at Northwestern | W 7–6 | 23% |
| Oct 7 | vsMarquette | W 21–2 | 53% |
| Oct 14 | vs 8Ohio State | L 7–20 | 40% |
| Oct 21 | at 1Notre Dame | L 13–28 | 11% |
| Oct 28 | vs16Great Lakes Navy | L 12–40 | 29% |
| Nov 4 | at Purdue | L 0–35 | 20% |
| Nov 11 | vs Iowa | W 26–7 | 57% |
| Nov 18 | at 5Michigan | L 0–14 | 11% |
| Nov 25 | vs Minnesota | L 26–28 | 38% |
Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.
How it ended: Lost to Minnesota 28–26; unranked in the final AP poll; 7th in the Western Conference.
In program history: The 120th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 135 on file).
AP poll, week by week
- Wk 1: 19
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 1944.
- Record
- 3–6
- Conference
- 2–4 7th in Western Conference
- AP final
- Unranked peak No. 19
- Points
- 112–180
- Coach
- Harry Stuhldreher
- Elo
- 1402 −6 this season
- SP+ rating
- —
- SRS
- 7.2 No. 30 of 95 major-college teams
- Recruiting class
- —
- Captain
- Allan Shafer
- Most valuable player
- Clarence Esser
Drafted in 1945
The 1945 draft| Rd 7 | Fred Negus C | Cleveland Rams |
| Rd 7 | Jack Mead E | New York Giants |
All-Big Ten
1 second teamSecond team
John DaveyOGUP-2
From Wikipedia’s 1944 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).
1944 Western Conference standings
| Team | Conf. | Overall | AP final |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ohio State | 6–0 | 9–0 | 2 |
| Michigan | 5–2 | 8–2 | 8 |
| Purdue | 4–2 | 5–5 | |
| Minnesota | 3–2–1 | 5–3–1 | |
 Indiana | 4–3 | 7–3 | |
 Illinois | 3–3 | 5–4–1 | 15 |
| Wisconsin | 2–4 | 3–6 | |
| Northwestern | 0–5–1 | 1–7–1 | |
| Iowa | 0–6 | 1–7 |
Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.