The 1920 Wisconsin Badgers football team was an American football team that represented the University of Wisconsin in the 1920 Big Ten Conference football season. The team compiled a 6–1 record (4–1 against conference opponents), finished in second place in the Big Ten Conference, shut out four of seven opponents, and outscored all opponents by a combined total of 141 to 29. John R. Richards was in his fourth year as Wisconsin's head coach. ^{[1] [2]}

End Frank Weston was the team captain. ^[3] Guard Ralph Scott was a consensus first-team All-American. ^[4] In addition, Frank Weston and center George Bunge were selected as first-team All-Americans by the Frank Menke Syndicate and Lawrence Perry, respectively. ^{[5] [6]} Those three (Weston, Scott, and Bunge) and Al Elliott received first-team All-Big Ten honors. ^{[7] [8]}

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
October 2	Lawrence*	Camp Randall Stadium Madison, WI	W 60–0
October 9	Michigan Agricultural*	Camp Randall Stadium Madison, WI	W 27–0		[9]
October 16	Northwestern	Camp Randall Stadium Madison, WI	W 27–7	10,000	[10]
October 23	at Ohio State	Ohio Field Columbus, OH	L 7–13
November 6	at Minnesota	Northrop Field Minneapolis, MN ( rivalry)	W 3–0	22,000
November 13	Illinois	Camp Randall Stadium Madison, WI	W 14–9	20,257
November 20	at Chicago	Stagg Field Chicago, IL	W 3–0		[11]
*Non-conference game Homecoming

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