Wisconsin at Michigan
Saturday, November 18, 1922 Share
Michigan beat Wisconsin 13–6. It was their ninth meeting; after it, Michigan led the series 6–2–1.
FinalHigh 51°F, low 41°F, 0.11 in. of rainAttendance 40,000
In the newspapers

The Washington herald, November 19, 1922, page 32
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MICHIGAN WINS, BUT WISCONSIN CROSSES GOAL Badgers Score First Touch DC !m Made Against Wolverines in Losing Tough Game. A Nm ARBOR, Mich, Nov. 18. u The Wisconsin Badgers - - returned to Ann Arbor tou.y ,or the first game on Ferry Field in seventeen years and were given a rousing welcome by the Wolverines as well as a 13-to-6 beating. Forty-three thousand people packed the big concrete stands and thousands were turned away. Michigan employed the same strategy that defeated Ohio State two weeks ago. The game, the result of which will weigh heavily in deciding the champion of the Western Conference was fiercely fought. Never did the Badgers stop fight ing. even when behind in the dying moments of the game, as the lone Badger touchdown coming In the last few minutes Of play will prove. The touchdown marked the first time Michigan’s goal line has been crossed this season. The field was slow from twelve hours rain, which made open field running dangerous. but permitted the use of the air which both tea ms employed to advantage. For the first half both Wisconsin and Michigan were even, neither able to score, and each making four first downs. In the last half Michigan made five first downs to Wis consin’s three, and that tells the story. In the third quarter a long pass, Goebel to Kirk, and another pass, Kirk to Keefer. put the ball down near Wisconsin’s goal line. klpke and Kirk made two end runs and then Cappon went over for Michigan’s first touchdown. Goebel. from placement, kicked goal, with Uteritz holding. Kipke, star of the game for Michigan. made the Wolverines final touchdown when he grabbed Utter. it’s short pass and sprinted thirty yards to the goal line. Kipke fail ed to kick goal. Wisconsin’s marker came after a series OF forward passes, Barr ‘tC TebeI and Barr to Pulaski, coupled with the fierce line smashing OF williams. who had put the ball on Michigan’s 1O-yard line. Then Barr dropped back on the third down and heaved short pass to Pulaski for the touchdown Michigan blocked the attempt Il kick goal Michigan could not stoI

The Washington times, November 19, 1922, page 32
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MICHIGAN WINS, BUT WISCONSIN CROSSES GOAL Badgers Score First Touch down Made Against WoIverines in Losing Tough Game. A mn ARBOR, Mich, Nov. 18. u The Wisconsin Badgers ~ returned to Ann Arbor today for the first game on Ferry Field in seventeen years and were given a rousing welcome by the Wolverines as well as a 13-to-6 beating. Forty-three thousand people packed the big concrete stands and thousands were turned away. Michigan employed the same strategy that defeated Ohio State two weeks ago. The game, the result of which will weigh heavily in deciding the champion of the Western Conference was fiercely fought. Never did the Badgers stop fight ing. even when behind in the dying moments of the game, as the lone Badger touchdown coming in the last few minutes of play will prove. The touchdown marked the first time Michigan’s goal line has been crossed this season. The field was slow from twelve hours rain, which made open field out poll the use of the air which both tea ms employed to advantage. For the first half both Wisconsin and Michigan were even. neither able to score, and each making four first downs. In the last half Michigan made five first downs to Wis consin’s three, and that tells the story. In the third quarter a long pass, Goebel to Kirk, and another pass. Kirk to Keefer, put the ball down near Wisconsin’s goal line. kipke and Kirk made two end runs and then Cappon went over for Michigan’s first touchdown. Goebel, from placement, kicked goal. with Uterjtz holding. Kipke, star Of the game for Michigan, made the Wolverines final touchdown when he grabbed Uteritz’s short pass and sprinted thirty yards to the goal line. Kipke fail ed to kick goal. Wisconsin’s marker came after a series of forward passes. Barr to Tebell and Barr to Pulaski, coupled with the fierce line smashing of Williams, who had put the ball on Michigan’s 10-yard line. Then Barr dropped back on the third down and heaved a short pass to Pulaski for the touchdown. Michigan blocked the attempt 10 kick, goal Michigan could not stop

Grand Forks herald, Grand Forks, N.D., November 20, 1922, page 1
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Michigan, Chicago and Iowa Still Indicated After Saturday Games Wolverines Too Strong For Great Wisconsin Eleven Ann Arbor, Mich, Nov. Ca driving, speeding attack developing in the second half which Wisconsin could not check enabled Michigan to defeat the Badgers 13 to 6 Saturday and continue the race for the Western football championship. The victory, however, a measure OF disappointment. to Michigan supporters. in that 1t was the first contest in which the VOL verines have been scored upon this year. lr. The Michigan attack was n Of the most brilliant ever seen on Ferry field. Repeatedly the Wolverine backs plunged through the Badger line or circled the ends for long gains. Only the fighting spirit displayed by the whelming Michigan victory. Contesting every inch of ground and at times menacing the Wolverine goal, the Badgers held the Maize and Blue scoreless during the first two periods. their all-rouhd play being equal or nearly SO to that of the Yostmen. The Wolverines opened up In the third period, however, accurate pass ing by Captain Goebel and Harry Kipke paving the way for the first touchdown. Two passes and an end run Dy hlpke Drought the Dali 10 within a yard Of their opponents goal when .Cappon carried it over. Goebel | scored the added point on a kick from placement. In the next period, the aerial attack produced another touch down, i Kipke taking a toss from Uteritz on the Wisconsin As yard line, anG aided by splendid interference, carried the ball across the line. With only n few minutes of,-the final period remaining. Wisconsin also opened an aerial attack. a series of ! short vases putting the ball on the Michigan 20 yard line where Eagle berger took it for an end u to with in 20 yards of the goal. Another pass, Barr to Pulaski, the latter sub shutting for Irish, put the ball behind the Michigan goal line, %scorine the first points of the year against the Wolverines, ..

The Bismarck tribune, November 20, 1922, page 6 (results column)
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Saturdays Football Results WEST. Iowa, -; Ohio State, 8. Chicago, O.; Illinois, 0. r. Michigan, 13; Wisconsin, 6. @Notre Dame, 32; Butler, 3. pepauw, “a; Hanover, 0. Wabash, 35; Chicago Y, 7. Kansas City, 80; Colorado, 6. ~,. Creighton, 8; Michigan Aggics, 0. Ames, 13; Oklahoma Central, IA. Grinnell, 0; Drake, 21. y Marquette, 6; Detroit, 3. Missouri, 27; Washington Univcrsity, 0. Colorado Aggies, 10; Colorado Mines, 0. Ohio Wesleyan, 65; Case, 0. a.. Wilmington, 3; Dayton u, 0. St. Xaxier, 20; Franklin College, 0. Nebraska, 2l; Kansas Aggits, 0. Simpson, 8; Iowa Wesleyan, G. st. Louis u, “a; South Dakota u, California, 81; Nevada, 13. Washington u, 12; Stanford, 8. Southern California, IA; Idaho, O. Arizona, 10; New Mexico, o. Texas, 32; Oklahoma, 7. Texas A. and NJ, “a; Rice, .. Oklahoma Cent. Normal, IA; Ames, 13. SOUTH. Auburn, 6; Centre, 0. Florida, q; Tulane, Q. Mississippin A and NJ, z; Louisiana, Tennessee Mcdics, SO; Mississippi u, O. Kentucky, 6; Alabama, O. North Carolina, 20; Davidson, 0. Virginia Poly, al; Washington and Lee, G.. Georgetown College, 20; Chattanooga, 7. s Mississippi College, 6; Birmingham Southern, 0. ..... Y .. Erskine, 0; Clemensoh, 50. Mississippi Aggies, z; Louisiana State Navy, Q. Princeton, 3; Yale, 0. Brown, 3; Harvard, University Of Vermont, 33; Middle bury, 0. p$ Williams, 27; Amherst, o.. Army, 49,; Bates, %. O.. Eordham u, O.; Holy Cross, %. f Muhlegberg, II; Swarthmore, 19.s Rensselaer,, II; Stevens, 12. Susquehanna, 81; iHaverford, o. Yale Freshmen, 21; Harvard Fresh men, IL. Rochester U,, q; Niagara, Z. New Hampshire States, 1a; Boston College, 13. Rhode Island, 12; Connecticut Az gies, 7. . Villa Nova, z;;--St. Mary’s, 0. Allegheny, 33; Alfred, 7. NORTHWEST. st. Thomas, 60; Manchester, c., Lawrence, 8; Hamlinc, 0. g St. Alaf, Al; Gustavus Adolphus, 0. m Oshkosh Normal, 3; River Falls, 0. S. Dakota State, Al; Morningside, O. -t&. -, N. D. Aggics, 6; Superior Normal,
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
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Michigan 61% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Wisconsin–Michigan gameMichigan leads 53–17–1 in 71 meetings, counting the 62 since this game.
| 2025 | Michigan 24, Wisconsin 10 | |
| 2021 | Michigan 38, Wisconsin 17 | |
| 2020 | Wisconsin 49, Michigan 11 | |
| 2019 | Wisconsin 35, Michigan 14 | |
| 2018 | Michigan 38, Wisconsin 13 | |
| 2017 | Wisconsin 24, Michigan 10 |
Around this game
Wisconsin
- Next gameat ChicagoNov. 25, 1922
- SeasonWisconsin in 1922
- ProgramWisconsin history and records
Michigan
- Next gameat MinnesotaNov. 25, 1922
- SeasonMichigan in 1922
- ProgramMichigan history and records

