The 1925 Wisconsin Badgers football team was an

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team that represented the

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in the 1925 Big Ten Conference football season. The team compiled a 6–1–1 record (3–1–1 against conference opponents), finished in third place in the

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, and outscored all opponents by a combined total of 131 to 50. George Little was in his first year as Wisconsin's head coach. The team was ranked No. 8 in the nation in the

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ratings released in January 1926. Little had been the head coach at Michigan in 1924; the Badgers suffered their only defeat of the 1925 season to Little's former team. Steve Polaski was the team

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. Halfback Doyle Harmon was selected by

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as a first-team player on the 1925 All-Big Ten Conference football team. The team played its home games at

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. The capacity was more than doubled for the 1925 season from 14,000 to 29,783. During the 1925 season, the average attendance at home games was 15,118.2016 Fact Book, p. 258.

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