Northwestern at Wisconsin

Saturday, October 16, 1920

Wisconsin beat Northwestern 27–⁠7. It was their 15th meeting; after it, Wisconsin led the series 12–⁠0–⁠3.

AwayNorthwestern3–⁠4 in 1920
7
HomeWisconsin6–⁠1 in 1920
27

FinalHigh 67°F, low 53°FAttendance 10,000

In the newspapers

  • The The news scimitar's story: SATURDAYS RESULTS OF FOOTBALL GAMES

    The news scimitar, Memphis, Tenn., October 18, 1920, page 13 (results column)

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    SATURDAYS RESULTS OF FOOTBALL GAMES At Memphis.-Tupelo Military academy 20. G. B. G. 2. At Memphis.--U. of T. Dentals 6, Normal 0. At Observation-Disclosures Tech “A. Van At Chattanooga-Tennessee IS. Chat tanooga O. AT Atlanta. 81. oglethorpe 10. At Tuscaloosa.-Alabama 81, Mississippi college 0. AT Macon.-Howard SO, Mercer 1s. At Lynchburg.-Virginia Military So, Citadel 0. At Durham.-Trinity 81, Guilford 6. At Characterization 81, Wake forest Z. $50 At Greenville.-Georgia T., Furman O. At Birmingham.-Bir South ern %. Mississippi Z. At Mobile. Spring Hill 10, Marion Z =. At Maryville. IA, Roanoke At Jefferson city.-Emory & Henry 40, Carson Newman 0. v, At dpanville’-center S. Transyl- At Georgetown.-st. Xaviers 81 Georgetown (Ky.) o. At New orleans-Tulane 0, Rice 0. .. At Chapel Hill.-North Carolina 81 South Carolina 0. At Alexandria. -Louisiana college 10 Louisiana Normal 13. At Fayetteville.-Texas Christian 81 Arkansas 2. ‘ AT Conway.-Third division (camr Pike G, Hendrix 0. - At Starkville. Mississippi Aggies 80 Southern Military college 0. n Harvard 49, Williams 0. Princeton 81, Washington and Lee O. Boston college ri, Yale 10. Brown IA, Colgate 0. Dartmouth a.. Holy Cross H.. = Maryland Is, Washington college 0. pittsburgh Z, Syracuse 7. Ohio State II, Purdue O. Pennsylvania 7, Lafayette 0. Army 26, Springfield Z. Chicago Al, Wabash 0. August %. Illinois Wesleyan 10. Navy T. Bucknell 2. Wisconsin 27. Northwestern 7. Notre Dame Is. Nebraska Z. Michigan 35. Michigan Aggies 0. Detroit 4S, st. Louis 0. Illinois 20, Iowa 8. Columbia 20, Amherst Z. Wesleyan 10. New York 49, georgetown to; N q, West Virginia Yves. Penn state Il, North Carolina 0. Butler IA, Wilmington o. Missouri IA, Iowa State 2. Indiana 81, Minnesota 7. Lebanan valley IL, HaVerford IL. Lawrence 10. Beloit college 0. Colorado O. Utah o. Lehigh 1. Rochester 0. st. Mary’s Al. West Maryland 0. West Virginia 81. George Washing ton O. Catholic university Z. Muhlenburg 6 Carnegie Tech II, Grove City 8. Delaware 20, st. John 0. Virginia IA, Johns Hopkins O. Rutgers 10, Virginia Poly 6. Earlham 7, Rose Poly 6. Dennison 81, Cincinnati 0. Stevens a. Swathmore Z. Washington and jefferson 10, &c neva o. s. Tufts 7, Norwich 0. At Neutrality-suspicious. Aggies 7 Emporia Normal 7. At Dallas.--Texas II, Oklahoma Ag gies 0. At Lawrence.--Kansas 7, Drake 3.

Public-domain newspapers from the Library of Congress’s Chronicling America, found through the American Stories dataset (Dell and Harvard, CC BY 4.0). The text is the machine reading of the page, mistakes and all.

Before kickoff

Our ratings going in

Our ratings (scores only)

Wisconsin 68% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Wisconsin leads 62–⁠37–⁠4 in 103 meetings, counting the 88 since this game.

Recent meetings
2024Wisconsin 23, Northwestern 3
2023Northwestern 24, Wisconsin 10
2022Wisconsin 42, Northwestern 7
2021Wisconsin 35, Northwestern 7
2020Northwestern 17, Wisconsin 7
2019Wisconsin 24, Northwestern 15

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