The 1945 Wisconsin Badgers football team was an American football team that represented the University of Wisconsin in the 1945 Big Ten Conference football season. The team compiled a 3–4–2 record (2–3–1 against conference opponents) and finished in sixth place in the Big Ten Conference. Harry Stuhldreher was in his 10th year as Wisconsin's head coach.^[1][2] The team led the Big Ten with an average of 310 yards of total offense per game.^[3]

Don Kindt tied for the lead in the Big Ten with 36 points scored, and Rex Johns led the conference with an average of 40.8 yards per punt.^[3] Tackle Clarence Esser received the team's most valuable player award.^[4] Esser also received first-team honors from the Associated Press on the 1945 All-Big Ten Conference football team.^[5] Jack Mead was the team captain.^[6]

The team played its home games at Camp Randall Stadium. During the 1945 season, the average attendance at home games was 32,666.^[7]

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Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 22	at Great Lakes Navy*	Ross Field North Chicago, IL	T 0–0
September 29	Marquette*	Camp Randall Stadium Madison, WI	W 40–13	37,000	[8]
October 6	Purdue	Camp Randall Stadium Madison, WI	L 7–13	30,000
October 13	at No. 4 Ohio State	Ohio Stadium Columbus, OH	L 0–12	69,235
October 20	Illinois	Camp Randall Stadium Madison, WI	T 7–7	33,000
November 3	Iowa	Iowa Stadium Iowa City, IA (rivalry)	W 27–7
November 10	Northwestern	Camp Randall Stadium Madison, WI	L 14–28
November 17	at No. 2 Navy*	Municipal Stadium Baltimore, MD	L 7–36
November 24	at Minnesota	Memorial Stadium Minneapolis, MN (rivalry)	W 26–12	34,800
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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