Wisconsin at Northwestern
Saturday, November 5, 1949 Share
Wisconsin beat Northwestern 14–6. It was their 34th meeting; after it, Wisconsin led the series 18–13–3.
FinalHigh 49°F, low 28°FAttendance 51,000
In the newspapers
Evening star, November 6, 1949, page 41
Read the text
Wisconsin Beats Northwestern, 14–6 EVANSTON. ILL.,, Nov. S. Wisconsin’s brisk, business-like Badgers put on two long drives today to defeat Northwestern, IA to 6, before a homecoming crowd of $1,000. The Badgers sharp, efficient attack carried them IS yards in II plays for a touchdown in the first period. They came back for an encore in the final quarter and moved 70 yards in Is plays to score again. The old grads in the throng got one big thrill when Art Murakowski, Northwestern’s l9- 4S All-America fullback, caught a punt on his 21-yard line and galloped down the sideline for 70 yards and the only Wildcat : marker.
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.
On the newsreel
- WISCONSIN NIPS N'WESTERNThe Wisconsin Badgers ride to a 14-6 victory over the Northwestern Wildcats. The right arm of Quarterback Bob Petruska passes the Badgers to victory and keeps them in the Big Ten race
Universal Newsreel, National Archives (catalog record). Story titles and words as Universal’s release sheet gives them; the films themselves may still be under copyright, so we link to the record rather than show them.
Before kickoff
Our ratings going in
Our ratings (scores only)
Northwestern 62% to win. Wisconsin won as Elo’s underdog.
The series
Every Wisconsin–Northwestern gameWisconsin leads 62–37–4 in 103 meetings, counting the 69 since this game.
Around this game
Wisconsin
- Next gamevs. IowaNov. 12, 1949
- SeasonWisconsin in 1949
- ProgramWisconsin history and records
Northwestern
- Next gamevs. ColgateNov. 12, 1949
- SeasonNorthwestern in 1949
- ProgramNorthwestern history and records