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Conference | Big Ten Conference |
Record | 5–4–1 (3–3 Big Ten) |
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MVP | Harold Smith |
Captain | Harold Smith |
Home stadium | Camp Randall Stadium |
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No. 10 Purdue + | 5 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 9 | – | 1 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Michigan + | 5 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 1 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 4 Northwestern + | 5 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 1 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ohio State | 4 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Minnesota | 3 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wisconsin | 3 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 4 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indiana | 1 | – | 4 | – | 1 | 2 | – | 5 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chicago | 1 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 6 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Iowa | 0 | – | 3 | – | 1 | 1 | – | 6 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Illinois | 0 | – | 6 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1931 Wisconsin Badgers football team was an American football team that represented the University of Wisconsin in the 1931 Big Ten Conference football season. The team compiled a 5–4–1 record (3–3 against conference opponents), finished in sixth place in the Big Ten Conference, and was outscored by all opponents by a combined total of 110 to 104. Glenn Thistlethwaite was in his fifth and final year as Wisconsin's head coach. [1] [2]
Guard Greg Kabat was selected by the Associated Press (AP) and Central Press (CP) as a third-team player on the 1931 College Football All-America Team, [3] [4] and by the AP and the Big Ten team captains as a first-team player on the 1931 All-Big Ten Conference football team. [5] [6]
Tackle Harold Smith was selected as the team's most valuable player. [7] Smith was also the team captain. [8]
The team played its home games at Camp Randall Stadium, which had a capacity of 38,293. [9] During the 1931 season, the average attendance at home games was 15,068. [10]
Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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October 3 | Bradley* | W 33–6 | 21,000 | [11] | |
October 3 | North Dakota Agricultural* |
| W 12–7 | 21,000 | [12] |
October 10 | Auburn* |
| T 7–7 | [13] | |
October 17 | Purdue |
| W 21–14 | 30,000 | [14] |
October 24 | at Penn* | L 13–27 | 65,000 | [15] | |
October 31 | at Minnesota | L 0–14 | 52,000 | [16] | |
November 7 | at Illinois | W 7–6 | [17] | ||
November 14 | Ohio State |
| L 0–6 | 35,000 | [18] |
November 21 | at Chicago | W 12–7 | [19] | ||
November 28 | at Michigan | L 0–16 | 9,190 | [20] | |
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