The 1941 Wisconsin Badgers football team was an American football team that represented the University of Wisconsin in the 1941 Big Ten Conference football season. The team compiled a 3–5 record (3–3 against conference opponents) and finished in fifth place in the Big Ten Conference. Harry Stuhldreher was in his sixth year as Wisconsin's head coach.^[1][2]

Wisconsin players led the Big Ten in rushing (Pat Harder, 443 rushing yards), passing (Len Seelinger, 419 passing yards), receiving (Dave Schreiner, 249 receiving yards), and scoring (Harder, 58 points).^[3] Schreiner was selected by the Associated Press (AP) as a first-team All-American.^[4] Schreiner and Harder both received first-team All-Big Ten honors.^[5][6] Harder received the team's most valuable player award.^[7] Quarterback Tom Farris was the team captain.^[8]

Wisconsin was ranked at No. 57 (out of 681 teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score System for 1941.^[9]

The team played its home games at Camp Randall Stadium. During the 1941 season, the average attendance at home games was 26,212.^[10]

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
October 4	Marquette*	Camp Randall Stadium Madison, WI	L 7–28	40,000	[11]
October 11	at Northwestern	Dyche Stadium Evanston, IL	L 14–41	40,000	[12]
October 18	Iowa	Camp Randall Stadium Madison, WI (rivalry)	W 23–0	20,000	[13]
October 25	Indiana	Camp Randall Stadium Madison, WI	W 27–25	33,000	[14]
November 1	Syracuse*	Camp Randall Stadium Madison, WI	L 20–27	19,000	[15]
November 8	at No. 20 Ohio State	Ohio Stadium Columbus, OH	L 34–46	58,519	[16]
November 15	Purdue	Camp Randall Stadium Madison, WI	W 13–0	25,000	[17]
November 22	at Minnesota	Memorial Stadium Minneapolis, MN (rivalry)	L 6–41	52,984	[18]
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game