1889-1930
- 1889 (0-2)
- Very first season; lost only 2 games they played
- 1890 (1-3)
- W: Whitewater Normal School (Now UW-Whitewater)
- (106-0) Biggest win in school history
- L: University of Minnesota
- (63-0) Biggest loss in school history
- 1891 (3-1-1)
- First winning season
- 1892 (4-3)
- Frank Crawford's first season as Head Coach
- 1893 (4-2)
- Parke H. Davis' first season as Head Coach
- 1894 (5-2)
- Left conference and became Independent; Hiram O. Stickney's first season as Head Coach
- 1895 (5-2-1)
- Did not lose a home game
- 1896 (7-1-1)
- Joined Western Conference; Western Conference champions, Philip King's first year as Head Coach
- 1897 (9-1)
- Western Conference champions for second consecutive year
- 1898 (9-1)
- Placed third in Western Conference
- 1899 (9-2)
- Joined Big Ten Conference
- 1900 (8-1)
- Minnesota and Chicago were the only teams the Badgers didn't hold scoreless
- 1901 (9-0)
- Joined Western Conference, Western Conference co-champions; First undefeated season
- 1902 (6-3)
- Won all games at Camp Randall
- 1903 (6-3-1)
- Arthur Curtis' first year as Head Coach
- 1904 (5-3)
- Held all opponents scoreless in winning games
- 1905 (8-2)
- Philip King returns for 8th year as Head Coach after 2 year break
- 1906 (5-0)
- Western Conference co-champion; Charles Hutchins first year as Head Coach
- 1907 (3-1-1)
- First game of season was only loss
- 1908 (5-1)
- Thomas A. Barry's first year as Head Coach
- 1909 (3-1-1)
- Lost homecoming game with a score of 6-34
- 1910 (1-2-2)
- First losing season since 1890
- 1911 (5-1-1)
- John R. Richards' first year as Head Coach
- 1912 (7-0)
- Western Conference champion; William Juneau's first year as Head Coach
- 1913 (3-3-1)
- Lost homecoming game to Minnesota with a score of 3-21
- 1914 (4-2-1)
- Tied homecoming game against Chicago with a score of 0-0
- 1915 (4-3)
- Lost last 3 games of season
- 1916 (4-2-1)
- Paul Withington's first year as Head Coach
- 1917 (4-2-1)
- Placed third in conference
- 1918 (3-3)
- Guy Lowman's first year as Head Coach
- 1919 (5-2)
- Only two losses of season were against Minnesota and Ohio State
- 1920 (6-1)
- Only loss of season was to Ohio State with a score of 7-13
- 1921 (5-1-1)
- Won or tied all home games
- 1922 (4-2-1)
- Beat rival team Minnesota 14-0 at Northrop Field in Minneapolis, MN
- 1923 (3-3-1)
- Jack Ryan's first year as Head Coach
- 1924 (2-3-3)
- First losing season since 1910
- 1925 (6-1-1)
- George Little's first year as Head Coach
- 1926 (5-2-1)
- Falls to rival Minnesota 10-16 at Camp Randall
- 1927 (4-4)
- Glenn Thistlethwaite's first year as Head Coach
- 1928 (7-1-1)
- Only loss was to rival Minnesota during last game of season with a score of 0-6 at Camp Randall
- 1929 (4-5)
- Placed last in conference
- 1930 (6-2-1)
- Slab of Bacon trophy was awarded for first year, and was given to Minnesota after they beat the Badgers 14-0