Navy at Wisconsin
Saturday, October 15, 1949 Share
Wisconsin beat No. 18 Navy 48–13. It was their second meeting; the series is even at 1–1.
FinalHigh 61°F, low 44°FAttendance 45,000
In the newspapers

Evening star, Washington, D.C., October 16, 1949, page 1 (results column)
Read the text
Notre Dame, Army, Oklahoma Continue Unbeuten; Navy Loses Tulane fell far short of testing Notre Danes football juggernaut yesterday, bowling by a 46–7 mar gin at South Bend. While the Irish rolled out in front of the collegiate pigskin parade, Army and Oklahoma continued to dog their footsteps. The Cadets blasted Harvard, 54–14, and the Sooners defeated Kansas, 48 to Is. Wisconsin snapped Nays two game winning streak, 48–13. Minnesota seemed Rose Bowl bound after 27–0 victory over Ohio State. Once mighty Michigan dropped its second straight game as Northwestern triumphed 21–20. California u b d u e d Southern California, 1910, making the Gold en- Bears favorites to be the West Coasts Rose Bowl representative,
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 57% to win. Wisconsin pulled the upset. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Navy–Wisconsin gameTied 1–1 in two meetings.
| 1949 | Wisconsin 48, Navy 13 | |
| 1945 | Navy 36, Wisconsin 7 |
Around this game
Navy
- Next gameat PennsylvaniaOct. 22, 1949
- SeasonNavy in 1949
- ProgramNavy history and records
Wisconsin
- Next gamevs. Ohio StateOct. 22, 1949
- SeasonWisconsin in 1949
- ProgramWisconsin history and records

