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1946 Wisconsin

4–⁠5 (2–⁠5 Western Conference), coached by Harry Stuhldreher.

Schedule and results

Wisconsin in 1946, game by game: won vs. Marquette 34–0; won at California 28–7; lost at Northwestern 0–28; won vs. No. 14 Ohio State 20–7; lost at Illinois 21–27; won at Purdue 24–20; lost vs. Iowa 7–21; lost at No. 10 Michigan 6–28; lost vs. Minnesota 0–6+34−28Won 34–0 vs. Marquette+34MarquetteWon 28–7 at California+21CaliforniaLost 0–28 at Northwestern-28NorthwesternWon 20–7 vs. No. 14 Ohio State+13No. 14 Ohio StateLost 21–27 at Illinois-6IllinoisWon 24–20 at Purdue+4PurdueLost 7–21 vs. Iowa-14IowaLost 6–28 at No. 10 Michigan-22No. 10 MichiganLost 0–6 vs. Minnesota-6Minnesota
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 21vsMarquetteW 34–⁠057%
Sep 28atCaliforniaW 28–⁠753%
Oct 5atNorthwesternL 0–⁠2844%
Oct 12vs14Ohio StateW 20–⁠739%
Oct 19atIllinoisL 21–⁠2748%
Nov 2atPurdueW 24–⁠2047%
Nov 9vsIowaL 7–⁠2171%
Nov 16at10MichiganL 6–⁠2824%
Nov 23vsMinnesotaL 0–⁠658%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Minnesota 6–⁠0; unranked in the final AP poll; 8th in the Western Conference.

In program history: The 105th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 135 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 2: 20
  2. Wk 4: 18
  3. Wk 5: 15

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 1946.

Record
4–⁠5
Conference
2–⁠5 8th in Western Conference
AP final
Unranked peak No. 15
Points
140–⁠144
Coach
Harry Stuhldreher
Elo
1464 −16 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
13.2 No. 25 of 120 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Captain
Clarence Esser
Most valuable player
Fred Negus

Drafted in 1947

The 1947 draft
Rd 1Don Kindt DBChicago Bears

All-Big Nine

1 first team

First team

From Wikipedia’s 1946 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1946 Western Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Illinois6–⁠18–⁠25
Michigan5–⁠1–⁠16–⁠2–⁠16
Indiana4–⁠26–⁠320
Iowa3–⁠35–⁠4
Minnesota3–⁠45–⁠4
Ohio State2–⁠3–⁠14–⁠3–⁠2
Northwestern2–⁠3–⁠14–⁠4–⁠1
Wisconsin2–⁠54–⁠5
Purdue0–⁠5–⁠12–⁠6–⁠1

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