Indiana at Wisconsin
Saturday, October 25, 1941 Share
Wisconsin beat Indiana 27–25. It was their 11th meeting; after it, Wisconsin led the series 9–2.
FinalHigh 59°F, low 41°FAttendance 33,000
In the newspapers

Detroit evening times, Detroit, Mich, October 26, 1941, page 20
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HiIlenbrand Is Star as Hoosiers Threaten Right Down to End MADISON. Wis. Oct. 25,--Wisconsin defeated Indiana. 27–25. today despite all the brilliant eff fort of sophomore Billy Hillenbrand the Hoosier star. The Badgers piled up 14–0 lead ! in the early stages OF the game but the Hoosiers came back with a roar and only their inability TO make points after touchdownS cost them the decision or at least a tie. The game was not decided until 1.-THE final minute when, with two minutes to go, Indiana attempted three last ditch forwards that missed their marks. The game was all WiSconSin’s until the last part of the second quarter. Pat Harder Wisconsin’S brilliant soph fullback, had scored two touchdownS on line bucks and kicked two points TO give Wisconsin a, l4–0 lead. Hillenbrand then went 10 work finally tossing one to Jacoby for the first marker. The play covered 45 yards. The Badgers held In diana down until the last play of the half when Hillenbrand dropped back 10 take punt on his own 13 and then ran through the entire Wisconsin team for 81 yards and a score The kick was again missed and the score was 14–12 at half time. Wisconsin’s Pat Harder scored IL points to make his total for the three conference games 80. He also picked up 125 yards on the ground and spanked most of the Badgers drives.

The Daily Alaska empire, Alaska, October 27, 1941, page 5 (results column)
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FOOT DA&& @ R3SWA IFS Ma The following are final scores of important football games played last Saturday afternoon: Oregon State O. Washington State 2. Stanford l3; University of Wash ington T. sF.E s Southern California 0; Califor- mia IA. Oregon T; UCLA IA. Willamette 6; Idaho 33 Harvard O.; Navy O. Boston College IA Georgetown Brown IS; Lafayette 0. Penn State 10; Lehigh 6. Pennsylvania 55: Maryland G. Wisconsin 27; Indiana 25. Purdue T; Iowa 6. Notre Dame 49; Illinois IA. :. Kansas 13; Iowa State o. 7 Kentucky IS; West Virginia 6. 2 Minnesota T; Michigan 0. s Dartmout T., Yale o. 2 Duke 27; Pitt 2. g Syracuse 49; Rutgers T, .Fordhain 2s; Texas Christian IA ,s Holy Cross l3; New York Uni- versity 0.i A a. r Cornell 2l; Colgate 2. ‘ a Army 13. Columbia 0. t@ E Wake Forest l3; North. Carolina 10. r. Northwestern IA; Ohio State ! SATURDAY NIGHT GAMES The following, are final scores oi games played. last Saturday night: Duquesne 3l;. Marquette l4 | Louisiana State 10; Florida T. Arizona 20; Arizona State I. SUNDAY GAMES Tho following are final scores Of games played Sunday afternoon: Portland University l3; Gonzaga l9. St. Mary’s 20: Loyola Of Los Angeles 13. N

Imperial Valley press, California, October 26, 1941, page 1 (results column)
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FOOTBALL RESULTS Notre Dame 40; Illinois IA. Kansas l3: Iowa State 0. Wisconsin 27; Indiana 25. Purdue 7; Iowa 6. Mich State 80; Wayne 6. Alabama 27; Georgia IA. Northeastern IA; UpSala 7. Mich State 80. Wayne 0. Pitt 7: Duke 27 Yale o. Dartmouth T. Hobart 0; Wash jeff 7. Bowdoin 6; Colby Ia. Penn So; Maryland 6. Holy Cross l3: NYU 0, Cornell 2l: Colgate 3 Michigan 0; Minnesota :. Harvard 0; Navy 0. Army l3; Columbia 0. California Freshman 26; use Freshmen. 0. Wake Forest 13; No. Caro-. 0. Fordham 28, TCU a. Penn State 40; Lehigh 6. Boston College IA; Georgetown s Syracuse 40 Rutgers 7. Bates l3; Maine g. Johns Hopkins 0; HaVerford 38.
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 55% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Indiana–Wisconsin gameWisconsin leads 41–21–2 in 64 meetings, counting the 53 since this game.
| 2025 | Indiana 31, Wisconsin 7 | |
| 2023 | Indiana 20, Wisconsin 14 | |
| 2020 | Indiana 14, Wisconsin 6 | |
| 2017 | Wisconsin 45, Indiana 17 | |
| 2013 | Wisconsin 51, Indiana 3 | |
| 2012 | Wisconsin 62, Indiana 14 |
Around this game
Indiana
- Next gameat IowaNov. 1, 1941
- SeasonIndiana in 1941
- ProgramIndiana history and records
Wisconsin
- Next gamevs. SyracuseNov. 1, 1941
- SeasonWisconsin in 1941
- ProgramWisconsin history and records

