1945 Wisconsin
3–4–2 (2–3–1 Western Conference), coached by Harry Stuhldreher. Share
Schedule and results
- Biggest winBeat Marquette 40–13Sep 29
By 27 points, its widest win.
| Date | Opponent | Result | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 22 | atGreat Lakes Navy | T 0–0 | 33% |
| Sep 29 | vsMarquette | W 40–13 | 60% |
| Oct 6 | vs Purdue | L 7–13 | 41% |
| Oct 13 | at 4Ohio State | L 0–12 | 17% |
| Oct 20 | vs Illinois | T 7–7 | 49% |
| Nov 3 | at Iowa | W 27–7 | 55% |
| Nov 10 | vs Northwestern | L 14–28 | 56% |
| Nov 17 | at 2Navy | L 7–36 | 11% |
| Nov 24 | at Minnesota | W 26–12 | 31% |
Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.
How it ended: Beat Minnesota 26–12; unranked in the final AP poll; 6th in the Western Conference.
In program history: The 102nd-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 1945.
- Record
- 3–4–2
- Conference
- 2–3–1 6th in Western Conference
- AP final
- Unranked
- Points
- 128–128
- Coach
- Harry Stuhldreher
- Elo
- 1471 +36 this season
- SP+ rating
- —
- SRS
- 15.1 No. 16 of 101 major-college teams
- Recruiting class
- —
- Captain
- Jack Mead
- Most valuable player
- Clarence Esser
All-Big Ten
1 first teamFirst team
Clarence EsserOT
From Wikipedia’s 1945 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).
1945 Western Conference standings
| Team | Conf. | Overall | AP final |
|---|---|---|---|
 Indiana | 5–0–1 | 9–0–1 | 4 |
 Michigan | 5–1 | 7–3 | 6 |
| Ohio State | 5–2 | 7–2 | 12 |
| Purdue | 3–3 | 7–3 | |
| Northwestern | 3–3–1 | 4–4–1 | |
| Wisconsin | 2–3–1 | 3–4–2 | |
| Illinois | 1–4–1 | 2–6–1 | |
| Minnesota | 1–5 | 4–5 | |
| Iowa | 1–5 | 2–7 |
Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.