Wisconsin at Columbia
Saturday, November 9, 1940 Share
Columbia beat Wisconsin 7–6. It was their only meeting on record.
FinalAttendance 20,000
In the newspapers

The Wilmington morning star, North Carolina, November 11, 1940, page 1 (results column)
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they never were ahead until Char. ley McNulty scored the last of his four touchdowns. Elsewhere in the east, there were such feats as Columbia’s 7–6 defeat of Wisconsin, the Lions first blocking Fred Cages ex~tra-point kick and then one of his punts to win; Syracuse holding unbeaten Penn State to a 1918 tie; Brown beating an Army team that was expected to be keyed-up, 1879; Temple, with Andy Tomasic having a hand or foot in almost every offensive move, routing Villanova, $50, and battered Harvard play ing Penn to a 1910 standoff: Art Jones’ TO- and 14-yard touch down passes and two conversions provided the South with its main upset as he led Richmond to a 14–13 conquest of North Carolina, which had its aces, Jim Lalanne and Paul SEVERN, on the side lines. Florida contributed another if milder shock by scoring two touchdowns, a field goal, a safety and an extra point to down Georgia, 1879 4
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)
Columbia 65% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Wisconsin–Columbia gameColumbia leads 1–0 in their only meeting.
Around this game
Wisconsin
- Next gamevs. IndianaNov. 16, 1940
- SeasonWisconsin in 1940
- ProgramWisconsin history and records
Columbia
- Next gamevs. NavyNov. 16, 1940
- SeasonColumbia in 1940
- ProgramColumbia history and records

