Northwestern at Wisconsin
Saturday, November 10, 1945 Share
Northwestern beat Wisconsin 28–14. It was their 30th meeting; after it, Wisconsin led the series 16–11–3.
FinalHigh 39°F, low 20°F
In the newspapers

The Wilmington morning star, Wilmington, N.C., November 11, 1945, page 11
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Northwestern Defeats Wisconsin On Fumbles IN, MADISON, Wis, Nov. 10-P) - NoItaWestern and Wisconsin louSht on even terms through three PERIODS Of Big Ten football game esIofe $4,000 today but two Bad s s iambIes in the final quarter s!oseu costly as the Wildcats re- .Ovefed and went on to scores that m so the margin of victory. The scoTe was % to IA. a., ~ was great offensive battle through the first three periods and W 10 the final quarter there had Oe ea only three punts. rs onafp passing by Halfback Jim wa aIIar accounted for two of the mlucat touchdowns and line s o. by Dick Connors brought L ..e o1hef pair after Northwestern t d recovered Wisconsin fumb.es seep IN Badger territory. The Bad a. ~ got one touchdown through s sre ar and another or a line S Sa after marches of 80 ana 60 I Ban with Jerry Thompson and bom bendrlck doing most of the

Detroit evening times, Michigan, November 11, 1945, page 15
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Weary Wildcats Rally To Beat Wisconsin, 28–14 the tying touchdown in the third period. Then when IL appeared that North W estern’S undermined squad had nothing left. fullback Big Ben Bendrick Of Wisconsin fumbled twice in the final period. Northwestern Immediately turned the bobbles into touchdowns, sending halfback Dick Conners over for both scores as il marked up It’s second Big Ten victory in six games. 1t was Wisconsin’s third conference defeat. Wisconsin was the favorite but a capacity of alumni. providing the first sellout At Camp Randall Stadium since the Badgers great 1912 season. watched Wisconsin toss the game away by butter finger ball handling.
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 56% to win. Northwestern won as Elo’s underdog.
The series
Every Northwestern–Wisconsin gameWisconsin leads 62–37–4 in 103 meetings, counting the 73 since this game.
Around this game
Northwestern
- Next gamevs. Notre DameNov. 17, 1945
- SeasonNorthwestern in 1945
- ProgramNorthwestern history and records
Wisconsin
- Next gameat NavyNov. 17, 1945
- SeasonWisconsin in 1945
- ProgramWisconsin history and records

