1919 Wisconsin Badgers football team
{{Short description|American college football season}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}
{{Infobox college sports team season
| year = 1919
| team = Wisconsin Badgers
| sport = football
| image =
| image_size =
| conference = Big Ten Conference
| short_conf = Big Ten
| record = 5–2
| conf_record = 3–2
| head_coach = John R. Richards
| hc_year = 3rd
| captain = Charles Carpenter
| stadium = Camp Randall Stadium
}}
{{1919 Big Ten Conference football standings}}
The 1919 Wisconsin Badgers football team was an American football team that represented the University of Wisconsin in the 1919 Big Ten Conference football season. The team compiled a 5–2 record (3–2 against conference opponents), finished in a tie for fourth place in the Big Ten Conference, and outscored all opponents by a combined total of 91 to 41. John R. Richards was in his third year as Wisconsin's head coach.{{cite news|title=1919 Wisconsin Badgers Schedule and Results|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|work=SR/College Football|date=March 17, 2017|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/wisconsin/1919-schedule.html}}{{cite web|title=Wisconsin Football 2016 Fact Book|publisher=University of Wisconsin|year=2016|pages=212, 217|access-date=March 18, 2017|url=http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/big10/sports/m-footbl/auto_pdf/2016-17/misc_non_event/wisconsin-media-guide.pdf|archive-date=December 30, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161230230850/http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/big10/sports/m-footbl/auto_pdf/2016-17/misc_non_event/wisconsin-media-guide.pdf|url-status=dead}}
Center Charles Carpenter was the team captain.2016 Fact Book, p. 185. Carpenter was also a consensus first-team selection for the 1919 College Football All-America Team.{{cite web|title=Football Award Winners|publisher=National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA)|year=2016|access-date=March 17, 2017|page=6|url=http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/football_records/2016/Awards.pdf}}
End Paul Meyers was selected as an All-American by Walter Eckersall.2016 Fact Book, p. 167. Meyers had an 80-yard touchdown reception, on a pass from Wally Barr, in a game against Minnesota on November 1, 1919. The play held the Wisconsin record for longest pass and reception for 63 years.2016 Fact Book, p. 110.
Three Wisconsin players received first-team All-Big Ten honors: Charles Carpenter, Paul Meyers, and end Frank Weston.{{cite book|title=Spalding's Official Foot Ball Guide 1920|year=1920|editor=Walter Camp|editor-link=Walter Camp|page=41|publisher=A. G. Spalding & Brothers (Spalding's Athletic Library)|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hww7AQAAMAAJ}}{{cite news|title=Walter Eckersall Selects His First and Second All-Conference Football Elevens For Past Season|newspaper=Detroit Free Press|date=November 30, 1919|page=21|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/5218877/walter_eckersall_selects_his_first_and/}}
Schedule
{{CFB schedule
| timezone = Central
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 4
| time =
| w/l = w
| nonconf = y
| opponent = {{cfb link|year=1919|team=Ripon Crimson|title=Ripon}}
| site_stadium = Camp Randall Stadium
| site_cityst = Madison, WI
| score = 37–0
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 11
| time =
| w/l = w
| nonconf = y
| opponent = Marquette
| site_stadium = Camp Randall Stadium
| site_cityst = Madison, WI
| score = 13–0
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 18
| time =
| w/l = w
| away = y
| opponent = Northwestern
| site_stadium = Northwestern Field
| site_cityst = Evanston, IL
| score = 10–6
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 25
| time =
| w/l = w
| away = y
| opponent = Illinois
| site_stadium = Illinois Field
| site_cityst = Champaign, IL
| score = 14–10
| attend = 7,260
| source = {{cite news|title=Illinois Is Eliminated From Big Ten Race|newspaper=The Champaign Daily News|date=October 26, 1919|page=18|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98794357/illinois-is-eliminated-from-big-ten-race/|via=Newspapers.com}}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 1
| time =
| w/l = l
| homecoming = y
| opponent = Minnesota
| site_stadium = Camp Randall Stadium
| site_cityst = Madison, WI
| gamename = rivalry
| score = 7–19
| attend = 20,000
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 15
| time =
| w/l = l
| opponent = Ohio State
| site_stadium = Camp Randall Stadium
| site_cityst = Madison, WI
| score = 0–3
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 22
| time =
| w/l = w
| away = y
| opponent = Chicago
| site_stadium = Stagg Field
| site_cityst = Chicago, IL
| score = 10–3
| source = {{cite news|title=Badgers Down Maroons, 10 to 3: 'Sub' Wins Game by 62 Yard Run in Last Minute|newspaper=Chicago Tribune|author=Albon Holden|date=November 23, 1919|page=II-1|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/115280756/badgers-down-maroons-10-to-3/|via=Newspapers.com}}
}}
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