[1][2] Fullback Howard Weiss was selected by the International News Service as a first-team player on the 1938 College Football All-America Team.
[3] He also won the Chicago Tribune Silver Football as the most valuable player in the Big Ten.
[4] He also finished sixth in the voting for the Heisman Trophy and was also selected as Wisconsin's most valuable player.
[6] Howard Weiss and center Jack Murray were selected by the Associated Press and United Press as first-team players on the 1938 All-Big Ten Conference football team.
[7][8] The team played its home games at Camp Randall Stadium, which had a capacity of 36,000.