Indiana at Wisconsin
Saturday, September 25, 1948 Share
Indiana beat Wisconsin 35–7. It was their 14th meeting; after it, Wisconsin led the series 9–4–1.
FinalHigh 67°F, low 49°FAttendance 40,000
In the newspapers

Evening star, September 26, 1948, page 45
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Indiana Rolls Over Wisconsin In Biq Nine Inaugural, 35–7 tackle for his third touchdown. Keeping the game in Badger ter ritory, the Hoosiers registered their last touchdown in the final quarter when Ernie Kovatch, snatched a stray Badger pass on the Wisconsin IS and ran unmolested into the end zone. Ends--Hoppe. J. Bartiewicz, Kovatch, Carter Winston. Tackles-Parker, Morrical, Goldsberry, Guards~Witucki. w Bartiewicz Smith, Centers-Polce, Stebbins Backs-Sebeck, Taliaferro, Mcdonnell Jagade, Sellers, Russell, Goldstn, Lysohir, Juggett. Ends – Meyers, Rustman, Wartinbee Bennett, Faverty. Tackles = otterbach. Elliott, Huxhold Guards-Knauf Yierstad, simcic. Col las. Gable, Oneill Center-Wison. / Backs-Blackbourn Dreyer. Self, Ben drck, Evans, Cox, Christensen, Pinnow 4 Kelly, Hanzel, Petruska, Embach’ Rad Indiana $780, ..-------- IA 7 : T-3J Wisconsin . 7 O. Indiana scoring: Touchdowns-Talia. Observation-Disclosures tplacekicksD 3. Wisconsin scoring: Touchdowns-Dreyer Point after touchdown-Blackbourn tplacekick.
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 51% to win. Indiana won as Elo’s underdog.
The series
Every Indiana–Wisconsin gameWisconsin leads 41–21–2 in 64 meetings, counting the 50 since this game.
| 2025 | Indiana 31, Wisconsin 7 | |
| 2023 | Indiana 20, Wisconsin 14 | |
| 2020 | Indiana 14, Wisconsin 6 | |
| 2017 | Wisconsin 45, Indiana 17 | |
| 2013 | Wisconsin 51, Indiana 3 | |
| 2012 | Wisconsin 62, Indiana 14 |
Around this game
Indiana
- Next gamevs. IowaOct. 2, 1948
- SeasonIndiana in 1948
- ProgramIndiana history and records
Wisconsin
- Next gamevs. IllinoisOct. 2, 1948
- SeasonWisconsin in 1948
- ProgramWisconsin history and records

