South Dakota State at Wisconsin
Saturday, September 26, 1936 Share
Wisconsin beat South Dakota State 24–7. It was their eighth meeting; after it, Wisconsin led the series 7–1.
FinalHigh 58°F, low 53°F, 0.51 in. of rain
In the newspapers

Evening star, September 27, 1936, page 22 (results column)
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Minnesota, Duke Stand Out Among Big Foot Ball Teams As Season Formally Opens mons helped Iowa score over Carleton, 14-o, and 27-yard field goal by Lowell Spurgeon gave Illinois 9–6 triumph over Depaul. Chicago and Wisconsin, where Harry Stuhldreher unveiled his first Badger team, won easily, the former over Lawrence. $40, and Wisconsin over South Dakota State, 24–7. The East lacked a big game, but watched with interest as Carl Snavelys Cornell sophomores buried Alfred, TAO, scoring as many points as the victoryless Cornell varsity amassed all last season under Gil Dobie. Pitt looked good in a $50 rout Of Ohio Wesleyan and Dartmouth, burying Norwich, $50. uncovered a new star in Whitley Pratt, who scored thrice. Navy needed all its power to roll over William and Mary, 1876. In the Southwest, Southern Methodists Mustangs barely made the grade against North Texas Teachers, 60, and Baylor was held to two touch downs by Hardin-Simmons, 1870 Utah hung up a 26–0 triumph over Greeley Teachers in the Rocky Noun tain group, where Utah State won from Montana State, 1910, and Col orado State defeated Western State. 1870.
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 86% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every South Dakota State–Wisconsin gameWisconsin leads 8–1 in nine meetings, counting the one since this game.
Around this game
South Dakota State
- Next gameat WisconsinSept. 25, 1937
- SeasonSouth Dakota State in 1936
- ProgramSouth Dakota State history and records
Wisconsin
- Next gamevs. MarquetteOct. 3, 1936
- SeasonWisconsin in 1936
- ProgramWisconsin history and records

