1895 Wisconsin Badgers football team

The 1895 Wisconsin Badgers football team represented the University of Wisconsin as an independent during the 1895 college football season. Led by Hiram O. Stickney in his second and final season as head coach, the Badgers compiled a record of 5–2–1. The team's captain was John R. Richards.^[1]

1895 Wisconsin Badgers football
Conference	Independent
Record	5–2–1
Head coach	Hiram O. Stickney (2nd season)
Captain	John R. Richards
Home stadium	Randall Field
Seasons ← 1894 1896 →

1895 Midwestern college football independents records

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Miami (OH)			–					3	–	0	–	0
Carthage			–					2	–	0	–	0
Washington University			–					2	–	0	–	0
Michigan			–					8	–	1	–	0
Chicago			–					10	–	3	–	0
Wittenberg			–					5	–	2	–	0
Minnesota			–					7	–	3	–	0
Wisconsin			–					5	–	2	–	1
Wabash			–					6	–	3	–	0
Illinois			–					4	–	2	–	1
Baldwin–Wallace			–					3	–	1	–	0
Notre Dame			–					3	–	1	–	0
Northwestern			–					6	–	5	–	0
Purdue			–					4	–	3	–	0
Indiana			–					4	–	3	–	1
Buchtel			–					3	–	2	–	0
Doane			–					3	–	2	–	0
Chicago P&S			–					3	–	2	–	1
Butler			–					2	–	2	–	0
Cincinnati			–					3	–	3	–	0
Michigan State Normal			–					3	–	3	–	0
North Dakota Agricultural			–					1	–	1	–	0
North Dakota			–					1	–	1	–	0
Ohio State			–					4	–	4	–	2
Iowa Agricultural			–					3	–	4	–	0
Ohio			–					2	–	3	–	0
Rush-Lake Forest			–					4	–	6	–	0
Ohio Wesleyan			–					2	–	4	–	1
Haskell			–					1	–	2	–	0
Iowa State Normal			–					1	–	2	–	0
Lake Forest			–					1	–	2	–	0
Northwestern Law			–					1	–	2	–	0
Drake			–					1	–	4	–	0

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Source
September 21	vs. Northwestern	Milwaukee, WI	W 12–6	^[2]
September 30	Iowa Agricultural	Randall Field Madison, WI	W 28–6	^[3]
October 5	Armour	Randall Field Madison, WI	W 32–4
October 12	Rush-Lake Forest	Randall Field Madison, WI	W 26–5
October 19	Grinnell	Randall Field Madison, WI	W 14–4
October 26	Illinois	Randall Field Madison, WI	T 10–10
November 2	at Chicago	Marshall Field Chicago, IL	L 12–22
November 16	at Minnesota	Minneapolis, MN (rivalry)	L 10–14

Roster

No.	Player	Position	Height	Weight	Hometown	High school
	Walter Alexander	Left tackle	5-10	163
	E. S. Anderson	Right end	5-11	158
	C. S. Berryman	Substitute	5-6	136
	Nathan Comstock	Right guard	5-10	189
	H. F. Dickinson	Right end	5-11	169
	J. E. Dutcher		5-10	162
	H. S. Forrest	Substitute	6-2	173
	John P. Gregg	Left halfback	5-8	148
	Herbert H. Jacobs	Right guard	5-11	188
	John C. Karel	Right halfback	5-10	158
	Fred Kull	Center	6-2	215
	J. F. A. Pyre	Right tackle	5-10	170
Captain	John R. Richards	Fullback	6-1	180
	Jerry P. Riordan	Left guard	6-0	184
	W. H. Sheldon	Left end	5-9	145
	T. P. Silverwood	Substitute	5-11	164
	George Thompson	Left halfback	5-8	144
	G. H. Trautman	Quarterback	5-8	138

Roster from 1895 Badger Yearbook^[4]

References

1. "Wisconsin Football 2021 Fact Book" (PDF). Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System. p. 143. Retrieved December 21, 2021.
2. "Evanston Loses To Madison". The Inter Ocean. September 22, 1895. p. 10 – via Newspapers.com.
3. "Glee Is Short Lived". Chicago Tribune. Chicago, Illinois. October 1, 1895. p. 4. Retrieved July 21, 2022 – via Newspapers.com  .
4. http://digicoll.library.wisc.edu/cgi-bin/UW/UW-idx?type=turn&id=UW.UWYearBk1897&entity=UW.UWYearBk1897.p0209&isize=XL The Badger 1895 pages 128-129