1934 Wisconsin Badgers football team
| 1934 Wisconsin Badgers football | |
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| Conference | Big Ten Conference |
| 1934 record | 4–4 (2–3 Big Ten) |
| Head coach | Clarence Spears (3rd season) |
| MVP | Milt Kummer |
| Captain | John Bender |
| Home stadium | Camp Randall Stadium |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| #1 Minnesota $ | 5 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 0 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| #8 Ohio State | 5 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 1 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| #4 Illinois | 4 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 1 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Purdue | 3 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wisconsin | 2 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Northwestern | 2 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Chicago | 2 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Indiana | 1 | – | 3 | – | 1 | 3 | – | 3 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Iowa | 1 | – | 3 | – | 1 | 2 | – | 5 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Michigan | 0 | – | 6 | – | 0 | 1 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1934 Wisconsin Badgers football team was an American football team that represented the University of Wisconsin in the 1934 Big Ten Conference football season. The team compiled a 4–4 record (2–3 against conference opponents) and finished in a tie for fifth place in the Big Ten Conference. Clarence Spears was in his third year as Wisconsin's head coach.[1][2]
Guard Milt Kummer was selected as the team's most valuable player.[3] John Bender was the team captain.[4] End Stan Haukedahl and guard Mario Pacetti were selected by the United Press as second-team players on the 1934 All-Big Ten Conference football team.[5] Lynn Jordan returned a kickoff 99 yards for a touchdown against Michigan on November 10, 1934.[6]
The team played its home games at Camp Randall Stadium, which had a capacity of 32,700.[7] During the 1934 season, the average attendance at home games was 20,666.[8]
Schedule
| Date | Time | Opponent | Site | Result | |||||
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| October 6 | Marquette* | Camp Randall Stadium • Madison, WI | W 3–0 | ||||||
| October 13 | South Dakota State* | Camp Randall Stadium • Madison, WI | W 28–7 | ||||||
| October 20 | at Purdue | Ross–Ade Stadium • West Lafayette, IN | L 0–14 | ||||||
| October 27 | at Notre Dame* | Notre Dame Stadium • Notre Dame, IN | L 0–19 | ||||||
| November 3 | at Northwestern | Dyche Stadium • Evanston, IL | L 0–7 | ||||||
| November 10 | at Michigan | Michigan Stadium • Ann Arbor, MI | W 10–0 | ||||||
| November 17 | Illinois |
Camp Randall Stadium • Madison, WI | W 7–3 | ||||||
| November 24 | Minnesota | Camp Randall Stadium • Madison, WI (Slab of Bacon) | L 0–34 | ||||||
| *Non-conference game. | |||||||||
References
- 1 2 "1934 Wisconsin Badgers Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. March 14, 2017.
- 1 2 "Wisconsin Football 2016 Fact Book" (PDF). University of Wisconsin. 2016. pp. 212, 218. Retrieved March 14, 2017.
- ↑ 2016 Fact Book, p. 181.
- ↑ 2016 Fact Book, p. 185.
- ↑ "United Press Places Five Gophers on Big Ten Team". The Pittsburgh Press (UP story). November 26, 1934.
- ↑ 2016 Fact Book, p. 130.
- ↑ 2016 Fact Book, p. 280.
- ↑ 2016 Fact Book, p. 258.