Wisconsin at Northwestern
Saturday, October 15, 1921 Share
Wisconsin beat Northwestern 27–0. It was their 16th meeting; after it, Wisconsin led the series 13–0–3.
FinalHigh 65°F, low 48°F, 0.02 in. of rain
In the newspapers

The evening herald, Albuquerque, New Mexico, October 16, 1921, page 1
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IOWA DEC|S|VELY DEFEATS ILLINOIS BY “A TO z SCORE Negro Tackle Stars; Northwestern Loses to Wisconsin IOWA CITY, oct. is.-The football ers Of Coach Howard Jones today made secure their claim TO early seas son fame when Iowa University decisively smofhered Coach Zuppke’s prides Of Illinois by a score OF “a to 2. Slater, giant negro tackle; HEIDI. center. Captain A. Dcvine. quarter leaders Of the crew that played rings around the last years Big Ten run nern up. The Illinois team tried everything Il knew and failed. On a fake crlnscross they gained a few yards but nuasts. end runs. tackle amaahes ana line plnnges rivvered against the Iowa line. The name OF Gordon Locke, tine man who made both touchdowns In on the lips Of every one OF the record crowd OF 1900 students and alumni bat attended Iowa’s home coming tonight. The first touchdown came In the second quarter. when Captain Aubrey reyinc intercepted a pass. and Locke and Devine plunged through Skaters holes across half the length OF the field, In the third quarter, Locke grabbed an Illini pass and ran % yards across the field to the rs yard line. then with Captain Divine. put across a pair OF first downs and drove across slater Tor the second touch. down. Captain Devine kicked both goals. The only Him count came In the final period when a pass from center was mmbied In Iowa territory and Devine fell on the ball back OF ms goal line for a safety. counting tive points.
Richmond times-dispatch. (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, Virginia, October 16, 1921
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WISCONSIN TRIUMPHS OVER NORTHWESTERN Chicago. Oct. l5.-Playing it’s first game of the big ten” season, Wisconsin triumphed over North western, % to 0. today. The day was n home coming at Southwestern, and $4,000 spectators sat In n drizzling rain to watch tho game The defeat was the third straight for Northwestern this season. The Badgers outclasscd their opponents in open. ana with an easy victory assured. Coach Richards sent substitutes into the game In tho fourth period. Elliott Williams and Sundt played brilliant game for the Bad gers. Elliott scored three of Wisconsin’s four. atouchdowns. Gould crashed through the line for thu first touch downain the opening period. Forward passes played an Important part in tho Badgers, attack. ~ a

Grand Forks herald, Grand Forks, N.D., October 17, 1921, page 1
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WISCONSIN DEFEATS NORTHWESTERN 40 Chicago. Oct. N15.-Playing it’s first game Of the big ten” season Wisconsin triumphed over Northwestern ~ to 0 today. Tho day was a hone-com- Ing at Northwestern and 5000 spec tators sat in a drizz1ing rain to watch the game. The defeat was the, third straight for Northwestern this season. The Badgers outclassed their opponents in open football and with an easy victory assured. Coach Richards sent substitutes into the game in the fourth period. Elliott, Williams and Sundt played a brilliant game for the Bad gers. Elliott scored three Of Wisconsins four touChdowns.
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 70% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Wisconsin–Northwestern gameWisconsin leads 62–37–4 in 103 meetings, counting the 87 since this game.
Around this game
Wisconsin
- Next gameat IllinoisOct. 22, 1921
- SeasonWisconsin in 1921
- ProgramWisconsin history and records
Northwestern
- Next gamevs. DePaulOct. 29, 1921
- SeasonNorthwestern in 1921
- ProgramNorthwestern history and records

