Beloit at Wisconsin

Friday, October 6, 1899

Wisconsin beat Beloit 36–⁠0. It was their seventh meeting; after it, Wisconsin led the series 7–⁠0.

AwayBeloit5–⁠2–⁠2 in 1899
0
HomeWisconsin9–⁠2 in 1899
36

FinalHigh 64°F, low 43°FAttendance 5,000

In the newspapers

  • The The morning news's story: Football ResuIts.

    The morning news, Savannah, Ga., October 8, 1899, page 6 (results column)

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    Football ResuIts. Princeton. 5; Naval Cadets, o. University of Cincinnati, 81; Maine Uni versity, Q. Lafayette. 16; Swatmore, 6. Pennsylvania State College, g. West Point. o. Lehigh, 10; Rutgers, 0. Yale, Is; Bates. 0. Harvard, 20; Wesleyan. 0. Columbia, 81; Union 0. University of Chicago, 5; University of Iowa, University of Illinois, 5; Knox College, 0. Cornell, u; Williams, 0. University of Wisconsin. 36; Beloit, 0. University of Pennsylvania, g. Brown, G.

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 84% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Wisconsin leads 15–⁠0 in 15 meetings, counting the eight since this game.

Recent meetings
1918Wisconsin 21, Beloit 0
1917Wisconsin 34, Beloit 0
1905Wisconsin 44, Beloit 0
1904Wisconsin 36, Beloit 0
1903Wisconsin 87, Beloit 0
1902Wisconsin 52, Beloit 6

Around this game

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