Wisconsin at Notre Dame
Saturday, October 17, 1936 Share
Notre Dame beat Wisconsin 27–0. It was their 10th meeting; after it, Notre Dame led the series 5–4–1.
FinalHigh 64°F, low 44°F, 0.23 in. of rainAttendance 16,423
In the newspapers

Evening star, October 18, 1936, page 29
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NOIRE DAME TOO HOT FOR BADGERS BattIed Almost on Par in Opening Half, Romps to 27.to.0 Victory. oUTH BEND. Ind, October - 17.-Notre Danes grid legions swung into a touchdown march ~ in the second half today as the Irish rolled over the Badgers Of Wis consin. 27 to 0. before chilled throng Of $4,000 spectators. Fought to almost a standstill by their scrappy opponents in the first two periods, in which they scored but six points, the Irish scored twice in the third period and added an other touchdown in the final stanza. Notre Danes first touchdown, COM ing shortly after Danbom’s attempted field goal failed from the 27. was justly earned. Taking the ball on their own 20 after a Badger punt, the Ramblers marched straight down the field to score. In the third, Fred Mundee blocked Tommerson’s punt and Notre Dame had the ball on Wisconsin’s 4-yard line, Vic Wojicichovski scoring on the second play.

Imperial Valley press, California, October 18, 1936, page 2
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NOTRE DAME IN 20 VICTORY OVER WISCONSIN SOUTH BEND, Ind. Oct. II UD ---Hammering Wiseonsin’s line with all its might, Notre Dame whipped the scarlet-shirted Badgers. 27–0, today before 25000 chilled fans in the first battle of the two horse men. The slashing Rambler backs breezed through Wisconsin’s deSperate defense with all the finesse of the old-time Elmer Layden. who added the punch to the late Knute l2ockne’s famous four horsemen backfield of decade ago They struck once in the first quarter, twice in the third and again in the fourth. Notre Dame throttled every Bad ger offensive and trounced them with the severest deefat Harry Stuhldreher. has encountered in his attempt to lead Wisconsin out Of footballs wilderness. Stuhldreher was Layden’s run ming mate with the four horsemen.
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)
Notre Dame 85% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Wisconsin–Notre Dame gameNotre Dame leads 10–6–2 in 18 meetings, counting the eight since this game.
| 2026 | Notre Dame 41, Wisconsin 13 | |
| 2021 | Notre Dame 41, Wisconsin 13 | |
| 1964 | Notre Dame 31, Wisconsin 7 | |
| 1963 | Wisconsin 14, Notre Dame 9 | |
| 1962 | Wisconsin 17, Notre Dame 8 | |
| 1944 | Notre Dame 28, Wisconsin 13 |
Around this game
Wisconsin
- Next gamevs. ChicagoOct. 31, 1936
- SeasonWisconsin in 1936
- ProgramWisconsin history and records
Notre Dame
- Next gameat PittsburghOct. 24, 1936
- SeasonNotre Dame in 1936
- ProgramNotre Dame history and records

