Minnesota at Wisconsin

Saturday, November 25, 1944

Minnesota beat Wisconsin 28–⁠26. It was their 54th meeting; after it, Minnesota led the series 31–⁠16–⁠5 in the games on file.

AwayMinnesota5–⁠3–⁠1 in 1944
28
HomeWisconsin3–⁠6 in 1944
26

FinalHigh 39°F, low 31°F, 0.09 in. of rainAttendance 30,000

In the newspapers

  • The The Daily Alaska empire's story: FOOTBALL SCORES

    The Daily Alaska empire, November 27, 1944, page 3 (results column)

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    FOOTBALL SCORES Following are final scores of leading football games played throughout the nation over the past weekend: Cornell 0; Penn 20. Penn State 0; Pitt IA. Lehigh 6; Rutgers 15 Virginia 6: Yale 6, tie. Duke 33; North Carolina 0. Swarthmore 13; Ursinus o, Michigan IA; Ohio State Is. Illinois 25; Northwestern 6. Tennessee 21; Kentucky T, Camp Peary 13; aBinbridge 2l. Dartmouth 5; Columbia 0. .Notre Dame 21; Georgia Tech O. Mississippi State 8; Mississippi 13. Indiana IA; Purdue 6. Fort Warren T; Great Lakes 28. Iowa Seahawks 30; Iowa 6. Colgate 20; Brown 32, Kansas State 0; Nebraska 35. Minnesota 28; Wisconsin 26. Texas Christian g; Rice 6. Southern Methodist T; Texas Tech 6. Atlantic City Naval 3l; Princeton 6. Murray 58; Millsaps o. use 40; UCLA 13. St. Mary’s Navy 33; California 6 Fl Toro Marines 60; San Fran cisco Coast Guard O. Second Air Force 0; Fourth Ail Force O, tie. Holy Cross 30; Boston College IA Randolph Field 33; Amarillo Ali Field 0. Hollywood Rangers 28; Seattle Bombers T. Chicago Bears 28; Philadelphia Eagles ‘. Washington Redskins IA; Bostor Tanks T. Green Bay Packers 35; Card Pitt 20.

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)

Minnesota 62% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Officially, Minnesota leads 64–⁠63–⁠8; as played, 63–⁠62–⁠8 in the 133 games on file; the official count covers all 135 meetings, counting the 81 since this game.

Recent meetings
2025Minnesota 17, Wisconsin 7
2024Minnesota 24, Wisconsin 7
2023Wisconsin 28, Minnesota 14
2022Minnesota 23, Wisconsin 16
2021Minnesota 23, Wisconsin 13
2020Wisconsin 20, Minnesota 17

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