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 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. ^{[1] [2]}

Fullback Howard Weiss was selected as the team's most valuable player. ^[3] End Fred Benz was the team captain. ^[4] Benz and halfback Bill Schmitz were selected as second-team All-Big Ten players by the Associated Press and United Press, respectively. ^{[5] [6]}

The team played its home games at Camp Randall Stadium, which had a capacity of 36,000. ^[7] During the 1937 season, the average attendance at home games was 24,121. ^[8]

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 25	South Dakota State*		Camp Randall Stadium Madison, WI	W 32–0
October 2	Marquette*		Camp Randall Stadium Madison, WI	W 12–0	30,942	[9]
October 9	at Chicago		Stagg Field Chicago, IL	W 27–0	12,000	[10]
October 16	Iowa		Camp Randall Stadium Madison, WI ( rivalry)	W 13–6
October 23	at No. 3 Pittsburgh*	No. 16	Pitt Stadium Pittsburgh, PA	L 0–21
October 30	Northwestern		Camp Randall Stadium Madison, WI	L 6–14
November 13	Purdue		Camp Randall Stadium Madison, WI	T 7–7	23,000
November 20	at No. 7 Minnesota		Memorial Stadium Minneapolis, MN ( rivalry)	L 6–13	46,000
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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