Northwestern at Wisconsin

Saturday, November 10, 1945

Northwestern beat Wisconsin 28–⁠14. It was their 30th meeting; after it, Wisconsin led the series 16–⁠11–⁠3.

AwayNorthwestern4–⁠4–⁠1 in 1945
28
HomeWisconsin3–⁠4–⁠2 in 1945
14

FinalHigh 39°F, low 20°F

In the newspapers

  • The The Wilmington morning star's story: Northwestern Defeats Wisconsin On Fumbles

    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

  • The Detroit evening times's story: Weary Wildcats Rally To Beat Wisconsin, 28-14

    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.

Wisconsin leads 62–⁠37–⁠4 in 103 meetings, counting the 73 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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