The 1943 Wisconsin Badgers football team was an American football team that represented the University of Wisconsin in the 1943 Big Ten Conference football season. The team compiled a 1–9 record (1–6 against conference opponents) and finished in eighth place in the Big Ten Conference. Harry Stuhldreher was in his eighth year as Wisconsin's head coach.^[1][2]

Center Joe Keenan received the team's most valuable player award.^[3] Keenan was also the team captain.^[4] Ray Dooney led the Big Ten with an average of 39.0 yards per punt.^[5]

In the final Litkenhous Ratings, Wisconsin ranked 46th among the nation's college and service teams with a rating of 84.6.^[6]

The team played its home games at Camp Randall Stadium. During the 1943 season, the average attendance at home games was 14,374.^[7]

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Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 18	Marquette*	Camp Randall Stadium Madison, WI	L 7–33	22,000	[8]
September 25	at Camp Grant*	Camp Grant Rockford, IL	L 7–10	11,000	[9]
October 2	at Iowa	Iowa Stadium Iowa City, IA (rivalry)	W 7–5
October 9	Illinois	Camp Randall Stadium Madison, WI	L 7–25	17,000
October 16	No. 1 Notre Dame*	Camp Randall Stadium Madison, WI	L 0–50	16,235
October 23	at Indiana	Memorial Stadium Bloomington, IN	L 0–34
October 30	No. 4 Purdue	Camp Randall Stadium Madison, WI	L 0–32	10,000
November 6	No. 12 Northwestern	Camp Randall Stadium Madison, WI	L 0–41
November 13	at No. 4 Michigan	Michigan Stadium Ann Arbor, MI	L 0–27	15,047
November 20	at Minnesota	Memorial Stadium Minneapolis, MN (rivalry)	L 13–25	20,000
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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