Wisconsin at Ohio State

Saturday, October 11, 1952

Ohio State beat No. 1 Wisconsin 23–⁠14. It was their 22nd meeting; after it, Ohio State led the series 13–⁠6–⁠3.

Away1Wisconsin6–⁠3–⁠1 in 1952
14
HomeOhio State6–⁠3 in 1952
23

FinalHigh 61°F, low 39°FAttendance 80,345

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story

    Evening star, District of Columbia, October 16, 1952, page 69

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    Iof Texas Western, the Nations offensive leader, who tossed two scoring passes and set up a third in his teams 20–⁠14 upset over Texas Tech. Howard (Hopalong) Cassady of Ohio State. the main thorn in the side of Wisconsin in the Buckeyes 23–⁠14 defeat of the Badgers, also was considered. He scored one touchdown and had a couple of long runs against the Badgers. Other Saturday Standouts in cluded: Johnny Olszewski, California, who scored twice as the Trojans defeated Oregon, Alt; Charley Maloy of Holy Cross, who tossed three touchdown passes as his outfit smothered New York Uni versity. $50, and Dick Reynolds OF Pitt, who scored on a 79-yard jaunt as the Panthers turned the tables on Notre Dame, 22–⁠19.

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 59% to win. Ohio State pulled the upset.

Ohio State leads 64–⁠18–⁠5 in 87 meetings, counting the 65 since this game.

Recent meetings
2025Ohio State 34, Wisconsin 0
2023Ohio State 24, Wisconsin 10
2022Ohio State 52, Wisconsin 21
2019Ohio State 34, Wisconsin 21Big Ten Championship Game
2019Ohio State 38, Wisconsin 7
2017Ohio State 27, Wisconsin 21Big Ten Championship Game

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