Navy at Wisconsin

Saturday, October 15, 1949

Wisconsin beat No. 18 Navy 48–⁠13. It was their second meeting; the series is even at 1–⁠1.

Away18Navy3–⁠5–⁠1 in 1949
13
HomeWisconsin5–⁠3–⁠1 in 1949
48

FinalHigh 61°F, low 44°FAttendance 45,000

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: Notre Dame, Army, Oklahoma Continue Unbeuten; Navy Loses

    Evening star, Washington, D.C., October 16, 1949, page 1 (results column)

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    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.

Tied 1–⁠1 in two meetings.

Recent meetings
1949Wisconsin 48, Navy 13
1945Navy 36, Wisconsin 7

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