Northwestern at Wisconsin

Saturday, November 6, 1943

No. 12 Northwestern beat Wisconsin 41–⁠0. It was their 28th meeting; after it, Wisconsin led the series 15–⁠10–⁠3.

Away12Northwestern6–⁠2 in 1943
41
HomeWisconsin1–⁠9 in 1943
0

FinalHigh 40°F, low 34°F, 0.27 in. of rain

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: | Irish and Navy Win HondHy; u. S. c. Upset

    Evening star, November 7, 1943, page 1 (results column)

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    | Irish and Navy Win HondHy; u. S. c. Upset NOtre Dame swept Army from the unbeaten ranks before $4,000 fans in New York yesterday, $50, con- Yincing Eastern football circles OF its right to the national champion. ship. In Philadelphia, Navy, sWamped the week before by the Irish, made fine comeback al Penn’s expense, winning by a 24–⁠7 margin before more than 1000 Penn tied Army, 1913, the previous week Purdue, weakened by the loss OF several naval trainee stars, rallied in the closing seconds to nose out Minnesota, 14–⁠7, for its eighth consecutive victory. On the West Coast Southern California was upset and beaten for the first time this sea. son, 10–⁠7 by San Diego Naval. In other games Michigan doWned Indiana, 1876; Northwestern, Notre Danes next opponent. swamped Wisconsin, 41–⁠0; Georgia Tech over powered Louisiana State. 42–⁠7, Brown nosed out Yale, 21–⁠20, and Cornell took a thriller from Penn State, 1870. “Details on Sports PagesD

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)

Northwestern 65% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Wisconsin leads 62–⁠37–⁠4 in 103 meetings, counting the 75 since this game.

Recent meetings
2024Wisconsin 23, Northwestern 3
2023Northwestern 24, Wisconsin 10
2022Wisconsin 42, Northwestern 7
2021Wisconsin 35, Northwestern 7
2020Northwestern 17, Wisconsin 7
2019Wisconsin 24, Northwestern 15

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