1940 Wisconsin Badgers football team

Harry Stuhldreher was in his fifth year as Wisconsin's head coach.

[1][2] Fullback George Paskvan was selected by the Associated Press (AP) as a second-team player, and by the United Press (UP) as a third-team player, on the 1940 College Football All-America Team.

27 (out of 697 college football teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score system for 1940.

[9] The team played its home games at Camp Randall Stadium which was expanded to a capacity of 45,000 for the 1940 season.

[10] During the 1940 season, the average attendance at home games was 26,277.