Northwestern at Wisconsin
Saturday, October 28, 1950 Share
Wisconsin beat No. 9 Northwestern 14–13. It was their 35th meeting; after it, Wisconsin led the series 19–13–3.
FinalHigh 71°F, low 44°F, 0.01 in. of rainAttendance 45,000
In the newspapers

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.
The series
Every Northwestern–Wisconsin gameWisconsin leads 62–37–4 in 103 meetings, counting the 68 since this game.
Around this game
Northwestern
- Next gamevs. Ohio StateNov. 4, 1950
- SeasonNorthwestern in 1950
- ProgramNorthwestern history and records
Wisconsin
- Next gamevs. PurdueNov. 4, 1950
- SeasonWisconsin in 1950
- ProgramWisconsin history and records

