1940 Wisconsin Badgers football team
1940 Wisconsin Badgers football | |
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Conference | Big Ten Conference |
1940 record | 4–4 (3–3 Big Ten) |
Head coach | Harry Stuhldreher (5th season) |
MVP | George Paskvan |
Captain | John Tennant |
Home stadium | Camp Randall Stadium |
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Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 1 Minnesota $ | 6 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 0 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 3 Michigan | 3 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 1 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 8 Northwestern | 4 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ohio State | 3 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wisconsin | 3 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Iowa | 2 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indiana | 2 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Purdue | 1 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Illinois | 0 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 1 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1940 Wisconsin Badgers football team was an American football team that represented the University of Wisconsin in the 1940 Big Ten Conference football season. The team compiled a 4–4 record (3–3 against conference opponents) and finished in a tie for fourth place in the Big Ten Conference. Harry Stuhldreher was in his fifth year as Wisconsin's head coach.[1][2]
Fullback George Paskvan was selected by the Associated Press (AP) as a second-team player, and by the United Press (UP) as a third-team player, on the 1940 College Football All-America Team.[3][4] He was also selected by both the AP and UP as a first-team player on the 1940 All-Big Ten Conference football team,[5][6] and as Wisconsin's most valuable player.[7] John Tennant was the team captain.[8]
The team played its home games at Camp Randall Stadium which was expanded to a capacity of 45,000 for the 1940 season.[9] During the 1940 season, the average attendance at home games was 26,277.[10]
Schedule
Date | Time | Opponent# | Rank# | Site | Result | ||||
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October 5 | Marquette* | Camp Randall Stadium • Madison, WI | W 33–19 | ||||||
October 12 | at Iowa | Iowa Stadium • Iowa City, IA | L 12–30 | ||||||
October 19 | No. 4 Northwestern | Camp Randall Stadium • Madison, WI | L 7–27 | ||||||
October 26 | at Purdue | Ross–Ade Stadium • West Lafayette, IN | W 14–13 | ||||||
November 2 | Illinois | Camp Randall Stadium • Madison, WI | W 13–6 | ||||||
November 9 | at Columbia* | Baker Field • New York, NY | L 6–7 | ||||||
November 16 | Indiana | Camp Randall Stadium • Madison, WI | W 27–10 | ||||||
November 23 | No. 1 Minnesota | Camp Randall Stadium • Madison, WI (Slab of Bacon) | L 13–22 | ||||||
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. All times are in Central Time. |
References
- 1 2 "1940 Wisconsin Badgers Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. March 13, 2017.
- 1 2 "Wisconsin Football 2016 Fact Book" (PDF). University of Wisconsin. 2016. pp. 212, 219.
- ↑ Herb Barker (December 8, 1940). "Two Dixie Stars Fill Flank Posts on All-America". The Sunday Spartanburg Herald-Journal.
- ↑ Harry Ferguson (December 4, 1940). "Albert Named on United Press All-America 11". Lodi News-Sentinel.
- ↑ Earl Hilligan (November 24, 1940). "Harmon and Evashevski Repeat on AP's All-Big Ten: Michigan Stars Named for Third Year in a Row". St. Petersburg Times (AP story). p. 12.
- ↑ "Big Ten Honors Won By Rankin". Toledo Blade (UP story). November 23, 1940.
- ↑ 2016 Fact Book, p. 181.
- ↑ 2016 Fact Book, p. 185.
- ↑ 2016 Fact Book, p. 280.
- ↑ 2016 Fact Book, p. 258.