The 1930 Wisconsin Badgers football team was an American football team that represented the University of Wisconsin in the 1930 Big Ten Conference football season. The team compiled a 6–2–1 record (2–2–1 against conference opponents), finished in a tie for fourth place in the Big Ten Conference, and outscored all opponents by a combined total of 227 to 40. Glenn Thistlethwaite was in his fourth year as Wisconsin's head coach.^[1][2]

Tackle Milo Lubratovich was a consensus first-team player on both the 1930 College Football All-America Team and the 1930 All-Big Ten Conference football team. Guard Greg Kabat was selected by the Associated Press (AP) as a first-team player on the All-Big Ten team, and end Milt Gantenbein was selected by the AP, UP, and NEA as a second-team All-Big Ten player.^[3][4][5][6]

Halfback Ernie Lusby was selected as the team's most valuable player.^[7] Gantenbein was the team captain.^[8]

The team played its home games at Camp Randall Stadium, which had a capacity of 38,293.^[9] During the 1930 season, the average attendance at home games was 18,175.^[10]

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
October 4	Lawrence*	Camp Randall Stadium Madison, WI	W 53–6	20,000	[11]
October 4	Carleton*	Camp Randall Stadium Madison, WI	W 28–0	20,000	[11]
October 11	Chicago	Camp Randall Stadium Madison, WI	W 34–0	30,000	[12]
October 18	Penn*	Camp Randall Stadium Madison, WI	W 27–0	18,175	[13]
October 25	at Purdue	Ross–Ade Stadium West Lafayette, IN	L 6–7	25,000	[14]
November 1	at Ohio State	Ohio Stadium Columbus, OH	T 0–0	40,488	[15]
November 8	South Dakota State*	Camp Randall Stadium Madison, WI	W 58–7		[16]
November 15	at Northwestern	Dyche Stadium Evanston, IL	L 7–20	45,000	[17]
November 22	Minnesota	Camp Randall Stadium Madison, WI (rivalry)	W 14–0	32,000	[18]
*Non-conference game Homecoming

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