Wisconsin at Notre Dame

Saturday, October 17, 1936

Notre Dame beat Wisconsin 27–⁠0. It was their 10th meeting; after it, Notre Dame led the series 5–⁠4–⁠1.

AwayWisconsin2–⁠6 in 1936
0
HomeNotre Dame6–⁠2–⁠1 in 1936
27

FinalHigh 64°F, low 44°F, 0.23 in. of rainAttendance 16,423

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: NOIRE DAME TOO HOT FOR BADGERS BattIed Almost on Par in Opening Half, Romps to 27.to.0 Victory.

    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.

  • The Imperial Valley press's story: NOTRE DAME IN 20 VICTORY OVER WISCONSIN

    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.

Notre Dame leads 10–⁠6–⁠2 in 18 meetings, counting the eight since this game.

Recent meetings
2026Notre Dame 41, Wisconsin 13
2021Notre Dame 41, Wisconsin 13
1964Notre Dame 31, Wisconsin 7
1963Wisconsin 14, Notre Dame 9
1962Wisconsin 17, Notre Dame 8
1944Notre Dame 28, Wisconsin 13

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