1925 Wisconsin Badgers football team explained

Year:1925
Team:Wisconsin Badgers
Conference:Big Ten Conference
Short Conf:Big Ten
Record:6–1–1
Conf Record:3–1–1
Head Coach:George Little
Hc Year:1st
Captain:Steve Polaski
Stadium:Camp Randall Stadium
Uniform:20swisconsinuniform.png

The 1925 Wisconsin Badgers football team was an American football team that represented the University of Wisconsin 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 Big Ten Conference, and outscored all opponents by a combined total of 131 to 50. George Little was in his first year as Wisconsin's head coach.[1] [2] The team was ranked No. 8 in the nation in the Dickinson System ratings released in January 1926.[3] 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 captain.[4] Halfback Doyle Harmon was selected by Walter Eckersall as a first-team player on the 1925 All-Big Ten Conference football team.[5]

The team played its home games at Camp Randall Stadium. The capacity was more than doubled for the 1925 season from 14,000 to 29,783.[6] During the 1925 season, the average attendance at home games was 15,118.[7]

Notes and References

  1. News: 1925 Wisconsin Badgers Schedule and Results. Sports Reference LLC. SR/College Football. March 14, 2017.
  2. Web site: Wisconsin Football 2016 Fact Book. University of Wisconsin. 2016. 212, 217. March 16, 2017. December 30, 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20161230230850/http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/big10/sports/m-footbl/auto_pdf/2016-17/misc_non_event/wisconsin-media-guide.pdf. dead.
  3. News: Dickison Football Rating System: Dartmouth Declared National Champion. The Pantagraph. January 8, 1926. 11. Newspapers.com.
  4. 2016 Fact Book, p. 185.
  5. News: Eckersall's All-Conference Football Teams. Detroit Free Press. December 6, 1925. 16.
  6. 2016 Fact Book, p. 280.
  7. 2016 Fact Book, p. 258.