| 1925Wisconsin Badgers football | |
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| Conference | Big Ten Conference |
| Record | 6–1–1 (3–1–1 Big Ten) |
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| Captain | Steve Polaski |
| Home stadium | Camp Randall Stadium |
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| No. 2Michigan $ | 5 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 1 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Northwestern | 3 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 8Wisconsin | 3 | – | 1 | – | 1 | 6 | – | 1 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Chicago | 2 | – | 2 | – | 1 | 3 | – | 4 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Illinois | 2 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Iowa | 2 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Minnesota | 1 | – | 1 | – | 1 | 5 | – | 2 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ohio State | 1 | – | 3 | – | 1 | 4 | – | 3 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Indiana | 0 | – | 3 | – | 1 | 3 | – | 4 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Purdue | 0 | – | 3 | – | 1 | 3 | – | 4 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The1925 Wisconsin Badgers football team was anAmerican football team that represented theUniversity of Wisconsin in the1925 Big Ten Conference football season. The team compiled a 6–1–1 record (3–1–1 against conference opponents), finished in third place in theBig Ten Conference, and outscored all opponents by a combined total of 131 to 50.George Little was in his first year as Wisconsin's head coach.[1][2] The team was ranked No. 8 in the nation in theDickinson System ratings released in January 1926.[3] Little had been the head coach at Michigan in 1924; the Badgers suffered their only defeat of the 1925 season to Little's former team.
Steve Polaski was the teamcaptain.[4] Halfback Doyle Harmon was selected byWalter Eckersall as a first-team player on the1925 All-Big Ten Conference football team.[5]
The team played its home games atCamp Randall Stadium. The capacity was more than doubled for the 1925 season from 14,000 to 29,783.[6] During the 1925 season, the average attendance at home games was 15,118.[7]
| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| October 3 | Iowa State* | W 30–0 | 10,000 | [8] | |
| October 10 | Franklin (IN)* |
| W 35–0 | [9] | |
| October 17 | Michigan |
| L 0–21 | 44,000 | [10] |
| October 24 | Purdue |
| W 7–0 | 14,000 | [11] |
| October 31 | atMinnesota | T 12–12 | 40,000 | [12] | |
| November 7 | atIowa | W 6–0 | [13] | ||
| November 14 | Michigan State* |
| W 21–10 | [14] | |
| November 21 | atChicago | W 20–7 | 34,000 | [15] | |
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