Wisconsin at Rice

Saturday, November 1, 1952

No. 18 Wisconsin beat Rice 21–⁠7. It was their first meeting; after it, Wisconsin led the series 1–⁠0.

Away18Wisconsin6–⁠3–⁠1 in 1952
21
HomeRice5–⁠5 in 1952
7

FinalHigh 80°F, low 64°FAttendance 36,000

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: Saturdays Stars

    Evening star, November 3, 1952, page 20 (results column)

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    Saturdays Stars Bob Sherman, Georgia Tech Blocked two punts from tackle position to set up pair of touch downs in 28–⁠7 victory over Duke. Berb BO0l, COrnell-Threw two touchdown passes and scored a third himself in the fourth quarter to upset Columbia. 21–⁠14. Ted Marchibroda, Detroit Completed II of % passes for 252 yards, including two touchdown tosses, in 1920 victory over Ford ham. Fred Totten, Colgate-Scored two touchdowns, passed for an other and kicked five extra points as Red Raiders romped over Mississippi College. 1912. Zeke BratkOwski, GeOrgia-Excelled in losing cause with II COM pletions in 26 attempts for 220 yards as the Bulldogs bowed to- Alabama, 34–⁠19. Jim HaluSka, WiSconSin-PaSSed for two toucndowns and scored once himself in 21–⁠7 triumph over Rice. Don Heinrich, Washington Threw three touchdown aerlals. completing 19 of So heaves for l65 yards, in HuSkies’ 1913 conquest of Oregon State. Glib Dawson, Texas–Accounted for 13 points on a touchdown, field goal and four extra points in 3l-14 victory over Southern Methodist. Thurlow Weed, Ohio State–The 5-foot-5, 128-pound place-kicking specialist, booted a 17-yard field goal in the last period to give the Buckeyes a 24–⁠21 success over Northwestern. Rick Casares, Florida–Scored a pair of touchdowns, kicked field goal and four conversions in 31–⁠21 win over Auburn. Ernie StOckert, UCLA-The g. foot-6 end made two leaping catches of touchdown passes in 28–⁠7 victory over California. Ray Graves and Don Ellis Texas A&M–PasSing combination accounted for three touchdowns in 31–⁠12 triumph over Arkansas. Harold Lotion, Mississippi-Tallied three times in $50 victory over Louisiana State. Tommy O’COnnell, Illinois Complete IA of % passes, two for touchdowns, as Illinois upset Michigan, 22–⁠13. Gil Reich, Kansas-Threw two touchdown passes and scored an other himself, all in the third period, as Jayhawks beat Kansas State 26.6.

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 63% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Wisconsin leads 2–⁠0 in two meetings, counting the one since this game.

Recent meetings
1954Wisconsin 13, Rice 7
1952Wisconsin 21, Rice 7

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