[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.
[6] The team played its home games at Camp Randall Stadium.