Minnesota at Wisconsin
Saturday, November 22, 1952. Wisconsin kept Paul Bunyan’s Axe after a tie Share
Minnesota and No. 13 Wisconsin tied 21–21. It was their 62nd meeting; after it, Minnesota led the series 35–19–6 in the games on file.
FinalHigh 43°F, low 31°FAttendance 52,131
In the newspapers

Evening star, November 23, 1952, page 62
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BddgersH to27–27DeodIock As GieI Stars for Minnesota Minnesota wiped out an early one-touchdown deficit in the first quarter and went ahead in the second. The Gophers dropped back into a tie at the intermission and trailed, 21–14, as the final period opened. Giel, however, passed to Dale Quist in the end zone midway of the quarter and the Gophers had their tie in the GID meeting between the two schools. AL (The Horse) Ameche, Wis conSin’S sophomore fullback, scored two touchdowns and Harland Carl skipped SIS yards for the other. Paul Shwaiko kicked all three extra points for Wis consin and Geno Capelletti dupli- Gated the chore for Minnesota. The Badgers, touchdown favorites at the kickoff, grew panicky after Minnesota knotted the score at 21–21. Rather than (see WISCONSIN, page c-ao
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 79% to win.
The series
Every Minnesota–Wisconsin gameOfficially, Minnesota leads 64–63–8; as played, 63–62–8 in the 133 games on file; the official count covers all 135 meetings, counting the 73 since this game.
| 2025 | Minnesota 17, Wisconsin 7 | |
| 2024 | Minnesota 24, Wisconsin 7 | |
| 2023 | Wisconsin 28, Minnesota 14 | |
| 2022 | Minnesota 23, Wisconsin 16 | |
| 2021 | Minnesota 23, Wisconsin 13 | |
| 2020 | Wisconsin 20, Minnesota 17 |
Around this game
Minnesota
- Next gameat USCSept. 26, 1953
- SeasonMinnesota in 1952
- ProgramMinnesota history and records
Wisconsin
- Next gamevs. USCJan. 1, 1953, Rose Bowl
- SeasonWisconsin in 1952
- ProgramWisconsin history and records

