1902 Wisconsin Badgers football team

{{Infobox college sports team season

| year = 1902

| team = Wisconsin Badgers

| sport = football

| image = 1902 Wisconsin Badgers football team.png

| image_size = 275

| conference = Western Conference

| short_conf = Western

| record = 6–3

| conf_record = 1–3

| head_coach = Philip King

| hc_year = 7th

| captain = William Juneau

| stadium = Randall Field

}}

The 1902 Wisconsin Badgers football team represented the University of Wisconsin in the 1902 Western Conference football season. Led by seventh-year head coach Philip King, the Badgers compiled an overall record of 6–3 with a mark of 1–3 in conference play, placing sixth in the Western Conference. The team's captain was William Juneau.{{cite web |author= |title=Wisconsin Football Fact Book |url=https://uwbadgers.com/documents/2021/9/4/2021_FB_FactBook.pdf |publisher=Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System |page=143 |access-date=December 22, 2021 }}

Schedule

{{CFB schedule

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = September 27

| time =

| w/l = w

| nonconf = y

| opponent = {{cfb link|year=1902|team=Lawrence Vikings|title=Lawrence}}

| site_stadium = Randall Field

| site_cityst = Madison, WI

| score = 11–0

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = October 4

| time =

| w/l = w

| nonconf = y

| opponent = Hyde Park High School

| site_stadium = Randall Field

| site_cityst = Madison, WI

| score = 24–5

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = October 11

| time =

| w/l = w

| nonconf = y

| opponent = Lawrence

| site_stadium = Randall Field

| site_cityst = Madison, WI

| score = 52–0

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = October 18

| time =

| w/l = w

| nonconf = y

| neutral = y

| opponent = {{cfb link|year=1902|team=Beloit|title=Beloit}}

| site_stadium =

| site_cityst = Milwaukee, WI

| score = 52–6

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = October 25

| time =

| w/l = w

| nonconf = y

| opponent = Kansas

| site_stadium = Randall Field

| site_cityst = Madison, WI

| score = 38–0

| source = {{cite news|title=Kansas Beaten by the Badgers: Jayhawkers Failed to Score on Coach King's Men|newspaper=Wisconsin State Journal|date=October 27, 1902|page=2|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/115703145/kansas-beaten-by-the-badgers/|via=Newspapers.com}}

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = November 1

| time = 2:40 p.m.

| w/l = l

| neutral = y

| opponent = Michigan

| site_stadium = Marshall Field

| site_cityst = Chicago, IL

| score = 0–6

| attend = 20,000

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = November 8

| time =

| w/l = w

| opponent = Northwestern

| site_stadium = Randall Field

| site_cityst = Madison, WI

| score = 41–0

| attend = 1,500

| source = {{cite news|title=Badgers, 51; Purple, 0|newspaper=Chicago Tribune|date=November 9, 1902|page=9|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/20999618/badgers_51_purple_0/|via=Newspapers.com}}

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = November 15

| time =

| w/l = l

| away = y

| opponent = Minnesota

| site_stadium = Northrop Field

| site_cityst = Minneapolis, MN

| gamename = rivalry

| score = 0–11

| attend = 1,500

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = November 27

| time =

| w/l = l

| away = y

| opponent = Chicago

| site_stadium = Marshall Field

| site_cityst = Chicago, IL

| score = 0–11

| source = {{cite news|title=Chicago Victor Over Wisconsin: Stagg's Strong Men Vanquish Their Hereditary Rivals by a Score of 11 to 0|newspaper=Chicago Tribune|date=November 28, 1902|page=5|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/chicago-tribune-chicago-victor-over-wisc/158829847/|via=Newspapers.com}}

}}

References

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