Northwestern at Wisconsin

Saturday, October 28, 1950

Wisconsin beat No. 9 Northwestern 14–⁠13. It was their 35th meeting; after it, Wisconsin led the series 19–⁠13–⁠3.

Away9Northwestern6–⁠3 in 1950
13
HomeWisconsin6–⁠3 in 1950
14

FinalHigh 71°F, low 44°F, 0.01 in. of rainAttendance 45,000

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: Nine Major EIevens Among 38 Sporting Perfect Records

    Evening star, District of Columbia, October 31, 1950, page 20

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    Nine Major EIevens Among 38 Sporting Perfect Records Nine major teams are among the 38 college elevens which have yet to lose or tie football game this season. They are Southern Methodist, Army, Oklahoma, Kentucky, Cali fornia, Miami Fla.), Princeton, Loyola of California and Wyoming Two Of the majors-Cornell and NorthWestern-were among the Is which had perfect records soiled last week end. Cornell was beaten by Prince ton. 27–⁠0. Northwestern fell before Wisconsin, 14–⁠13. The unbeaten-untied list:

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 54% to win. Wisconsin pulled the upset. Elo’s favorite won.

Wisconsin leads 62–⁠37–⁠4 in 103 meetings, counting the 68 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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