Marquette at Wisconsin

Saturday, September 29, 1951

No. 15 Wisconsin beat Marquette 22–⁠6. It was their 27th meeting; after it, Wisconsin led the series 23–⁠4.

AwayMarquette4–⁠6–⁠1 in 1951
6
Home15Wisconsin7–⁠1–⁠1 in 1951
22

FinalHigh 58°F, low 36°FAttendance 45,450

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: Late Wisconsin Drive Beats Marquette, 22-6

    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.

Wisconsin leads 32–⁠4 in 36 meetings, counting the nine since this game.

Recent meetings
1960Wisconsin 35, Marquette 6
1959Wisconsin 44, Marquette 6
1958Wisconsin 50, Marquette 0
1957Wisconsin 60, Marquette 6
1956Wisconsin 41, Marquette 0
1955Wisconsin 28, Marquette 14

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