Minnesota at Wisconsin

Saturday, November 22, 1952. Wisconsin kept Paul Bunyan’s Axe after a tie

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.

AwayMinnesota4–⁠3–⁠2 in 1952
21
Home13Wisconsin6–⁠3–⁠1 in 1952
21

FinalHigh 43°F, low 31°FAttendance 52,131

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: BddgersH to27-27DeodIock As GieI Stars for Minnesota

    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.

Officially, 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.

Recent meetings
2025Minnesota 17, Wisconsin 7
2024Minnesota 24, Wisconsin 7
2023Wisconsin 28, Minnesota 14
2022Minnesota 23, Wisconsin 16
2021Minnesota 23, Wisconsin 13
2020Wisconsin 20, Minnesota 17

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