1920 Wisconsin Badgers football team

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]

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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