The 1923 Wisconsin Badgers football team was an

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team that represented the

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in the

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. The team compiled a 3–3–1 record (1–3–1 against conference opponents), finished in seventh place in the

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, and outscored its opponents by a combined total of 89 to 32. John J. Ryan was in his first year as Wisconsin's head coach. Marty Below was the team

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. Below was also a consensus first-team player on the

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. Guard Adolph Bieberstein and fullback Merrill Taft were selected by

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for his "National Honor Roll" of the best players in the country. The team played its home games at

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, which had a seating capacity of 14,000. During the 1923 season, the average attendance at home games was 16,387.2016 Fact Book, p. 258.

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