1923 Wisconsin Badgers football team
{{short description|American college football season}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}
{{Infobox college sports team season
| year = 1923
| team = Wisconsin Badgers
| sport = football
| image = Martin Below, Wisconsin Badgers captain, 1923.jpg
| image_size = 145
| caption = Team captain and consensus
All-American Marty Below
| conference = Big Ten Conference
| short_conf = Big Ten
| record = 3–3–1
| conf_record = 1–3–1
| head_coach = John J. Ryan
| hc_year = 1st
| captain = Marty Below
| stadium = Camp Randall Stadium
}}
{{1923 Big Ten Conference football standings}}
File:John J. Ryan, photo by Arthur M. Vinje (cropped).jpg
The 1923 Wisconsin Badgers football team was an American football team that represented the University of Wisconsin in the 1923 Big Ten Conference football season. The team compiled a 3–3–1 record (1–3–1 against conference opponents), finished in seventh place in the Big Ten Conference, and outscored its opponents by a combined total of 89 to 32. John J. Ryan was in his first year as Wisconsin's head coach.{{cite news|title=1923 Wisconsin Badgers Schedule and Results|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|work=SR/College Football|date=March 14, 2017|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/wisconsin/1923-schedule.html}}{{cite web|title=Wisconsin Football 2016 Fact Book|publisher=University of Wisconsin|year=2016|pages=212, 217|access-date=March 16, 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}}
Marty Below was the team captain.2016 Fact Book, p. 185. Below was also a consensus first-team player on the 1923 College Football All-America Team.{{cite web|title=2014 NCAA Football Records: Consensus All-America Selections|publisher=National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA)|year=2014|access-date=August 16, 2014|page=5|url=http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/football_records/2014/Awards.pdf|archive-date=November 26, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181126094941/http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/football_records/2014/awards.pdf|url-status=dead}} Guard Adolph Bieberstein and fullback Merrill Taft were selected by Billy Evans for his "National Honor Roll" of the best players in the country.{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/2819171/santa_ana_register/|work=Santa Ana Register|title=150 Leading Sport Writers Pick All-American Eleven|page=10|date=December 29, 1923|access-date=July 16, 2015|via=Newspapers.com}} {{Open access}}{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/2871111/the_wichita_beacon/|work=The Wichita Beacon|date=December 17, 1922|page=18|access-date=July 23, 2015|title=National All-Star|via=Newspapers.com}} {{Open access}}
The team played its home games at Camp Randall Stadium, which had a seating capacity of 14,000.2016 Fact Book, p. 280. During the 1923 season, the average attendance at home games was 16,387.2016 Fact Book, p. 258.
Schedule
{{CFB schedule
| timezone = Central
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 6
| time =
| w/l = w
| nonconf = y
| opponent = {{cfb link|year=1923|team=Coe Kohawks|title=Coe}}
| site_stadium = Camp Randall Stadium
| site_cityst = Madison, WI
| score = 7–3
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 13
| time =
| w/l = w
| nonconf = y
| opponent = Michigan Agricultural
| site_stadium = Camp Randall Stadium
| site_cityst = Madison, WI
| score = 21–0
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 20
| time =
| w/l = w
| away = y
| opponent = Indiana
| site_stadium = Jordan Field
| site_cityst = Bloomington, IN
| score = 52–0
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 27
| time =
| w/l = t
| homecoming = y
| opponent = Minnesota
| site_stadium = Camp Randall Stadium
| site_cityst = Madison, WI
| gamename = rivalry
| score = 0–0
| attend = 40,000
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 10
| time =
| w/l = l
| away = y
| opponent = Illinois
| site_stadium = Memorial Stadium
| site_cityst = Champaign, IL
| score = 0–10
| attend = 30,000
| source = {{cite news|title=Illinois Continues Its Triumphal Championship March by Defeating Wisconsin, 10-0 Badgers Helpless|newspaper=The Eau Claire (WI) Leader|date=November 11, 1923|page=2|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98549995/illinois-continues-its-triumphal/|via=Newspapers.com}}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 17
| time =
| w/l = l
| opponent = Michigan
| site_stadium = Camp Randall Stadium
| site_cityst = Madison, WI
| score = 3–6
| attend = 25,000
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 24
| time =
| w/l = l
| away = y
| opponent = Chicago
| site_stadium = Stagg Field
| site_cityst = Chicago, IL
| score = 6–13
}}
}}