Missouri at Wisconsin

Saturday, October 10, 1942

Wisconsin beat Missouri 17–⁠9. It was their first meeting; after it, Wisconsin led the series 1–⁠0.

AwayMissouri8–⁠3–⁠1 in 1942
9
HomeWisconsin8–⁠1–⁠1 in 1942
17

FinalHigh 64°F, low 45°F

In the newspapers

  • The Detroit evening times's story: Badgers Defeat Missouri, 17-9

    Detroit evening times, Detroit, Mich, October 11, 1942, page 1

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    Badgers Defeat Missouri, 17–⁠9 MADISON, Wis, Oct. 10.-WisconSin’s rolIicking Badgers rolled over the Missouri Tigers here this afternoon. II to 9. II was the visitors first defeat of the season. The Tigers led for few min utes after the game started, when Harder was tackled behind his own goal line for safety. Eight minutes later the Badger fulIback kicked field goal 10 put his team in the lead. E1froy Hirsch ran for the first Wisconsin touchdown, twisting 20 yards through a swarm of tacklers. Then in the third period ne scored again from the 6. Harder converted after the first touch down and Ray followed the second with a perfect kick. Missouri did not cross the Badger goal until the final period and then Wisconsin took over TO protect its lead.

  • The Evening star's story

    Evening star, October 12, 1942, page 12 (results column)

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    others aren’t far away. Those who appreciate action IN carload lots will have to wait no longer than the coming week end for more of the same. If the season has proved nothing else, it has shown that the Navy can produce teams from among its pre- flight trainees that are better than the best collegiate squads, but even this convincing demonstration may strike a snag before another week. Seahawks Face Tough Game. 1t. Col. Bernie Biermans Iowa Seahawks, whose 26–⁠14 victory over Michigan last week added the VOL verines to a list of victims that already included Northwestern and Minnesota, are due for another stern test Saturday against Notre Dame team that finally has found itself. With accurate Angelo Bertelli passing to all four touchdowns, the irish whipped Stanford Saturday, 27–⁠0. Illinois, fresh from its surprising 2O-13 triumph over Minnesota stakes its clean record against Iowa in another Midwestern headliner and Wisconsin, 17–⁠9 conqueror OF Missouri, meets Great Lakes Naval Ohio State, 1912 victor over Southern California, meets Purdue which tripped Northwestern, TO rr:.l;-,- ,,J Norf ], uye ctorp collide in.another Big Ten game. One of the East’s principal attractions will find Pennsylvania, which walloped Yale, 1876, humping into Princeton, the team that surprised Navy, 1910. Yale Takes on Navy. Other ivy-clad struggles will match Yale against Navy and Harvard tied, TT, by William and Mary against Dartmouth. Jim Crowley’s North Carolina pre- Fighters travel to Boston College; COLGATE, conqueror of Dartmouth SATURDAY.. has an intersectional date with Duke, and Pitt entertains ar Indiana team that shut out Nebraska, 1910. Additional Eastern features viii send Army against Columbia, Cornell against Penn State, and Holy Gross against Syracuse. Georgia and frankie Sinkwich fresh from a 48–⁠13 win over Mississippi for the fourth in a row, stake On unblemished record against Tulane. which again is winning or alternate Saturdays and stopped Rice, 1877, on its last outing. Another Southern thriller might be the tussle between Alabama ane Tennessee. Elsewhere in the South Louisiana State meets Mississippi North Carolina State plays Wak’ Forest. Vanderbilt tangles with Mississippi State, Georgia Tech take on Davidson, and the Georgia Pre- Flight team engages the Pensacols Flyers. In the Southwest, Texas will b opening its bid for conference hon ors against Arkansas. Baylor. Of on the right foot with 20–⁠7 tri umph over Arkansas, clashes will Texas Tech. Texas Christian vii be seeking its second conferenc win against Texas A. and NJ, an Southern Methodist has an inter sectional date with Temple Frida night. U. G. L. A. Tackles California. q. G. L. A., which upset Oregol States champions on the Pacifi

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)

Missouri 63% to win. Wisconsin won as Elo’s underdog.

Wisconsin leads 4–⁠1 in five meetings, counting the four since this game.

Recent meetings
1984Wisconsin 35, Missouri 34
1983Wisconsin 21, Missouri 20
1975Missouri 27, Wisconsin 21
1974Wisconsin 59, Missouri 20
1942Wisconsin 17, Missouri 9

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