Marquette at Wisconsin
Saturday, September 29, 1951 Share
No. 15 Wisconsin beat Marquette 22–6. It was their 27th meeting; after it, Wisconsin led the series 23–4.
FinalHigh 58°F, low 36°FAttendance 45,450
In the newspapers

Evening star, Washington, D.C., September 30, 1951, page 1
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Late Wisconsin Drive Beats Marquette, 22–6 MADISON. Wis, Sept. 90 Unimpressive in the first half Wisconsin’s football team started rolling in the late stages to whir Marquette today. 1916. Two touchdoWns in the fina quarter sewed up the victory il the season opener for the Badgers “A crowd of $4,000, largest in thu history of Camp Randall, watched the game. | Wisconsin’s offense, slowed b, rugged Hilltopper line. f1nall! hit its stride in the CLOSING minutes.
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 66% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Marquette–Wisconsin gameWisconsin leads 32–4 in 36 meetings, counting the nine since this game.
| 1960 | Wisconsin 35, Marquette 6 | |
| 1959 | Wisconsin 44, Marquette 6 | |
| 1958 | Wisconsin 50, Marquette 0 | |
| 1957 | Wisconsin 60, Marquette 6 | |
| 1956 | Wisconsin 41, Marquette 0 | |
| 1955 | Wisconsin 28, Marquette 14 |
Around this game
Marquette
- Next gamevs. Iowa StateOct. 6, 1951
- SeasonMarquette in 1951
- ProgramMarquette history and records
Wisconsin
- Next gameat IllinoisOct. 6, 1951
- SeasonWisconsin in 1951
- ProgramWisconsin history and records
