The 1937 Wisconsin Badgers football team was an
American football team that represented the
University of Wisconsin in the
1937 Big Ten Conference football season
The 1937 Big Ten Conference football season was the 42nd season of college football played by the member schools of the Big Ten Conference (also known as the Western Conference) and was a part of the 1937 college football season.
The 1937 Minnes ...
. The team compiled a 4–3–1 record (2–2–1 against conference opponents) and finished in a tie for sixth place in the
Big Ten Conference.
Harry Stuhldreher was in his second year as Wisconsin's head coach.
Fullback
Howard Weiss was selected as the team's most valuable player. End Fred Benz was the team
captain
Captain is a title, an appellative for the commanding officer of a military unit; the supreme leader of a navy ship, merchant ship, aeroplane, spacecraft, or other vessel; or the commander of a port, fire or police department, election precinct, e ...
. Benz and halfback Bill Schmitz were selected as second-team
All-Big Ten players by the
Associated Press and
United Press, respectively.
The team played its home games at
Camp Randall Stadium, which had a capacity of 36,000. During the 1937 season, the average attendance at home games was 24,121.
[2016 Fact Book, p. 258.]
Schedule
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References
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