Ohio State at Wisconsin

Saturday, October 24, 1953

Ohio State beat Wisconsin 20–⁠19. It was their 23rd meeting; after it, Ohio State led the series 14–⁠6–⁠3.

AwayOhio State6–⁠3 in 1953
20
HomeWisconsin6–⁠2–⁠1 in 1953
19

FinalHigh 53°F, low 43°FAttendance 52,819

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: Saturdays Stars BY the Assoeietsd Press

    Evening star, October 26, 1953, page 17 (results column)

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    Saturdays Stars BY the Assoeietsd Press PAUL GEL. Minnesota tail back-Scored two touchdowns. completed 13 of 18 passes for 169 yards and a third touch down, ran for 113 yards and intercepted two passes as Minnesota upset Michigan. 22–⁠0, in the Little Brown jug game. DAN POBOJEWSKI, Purdue fullback-The former Michigan State student scored the touchdown that upset the Spartans, 60. and ended their 28-game winning streak. NEIL WORDEN, Notre Dame fullback-Rammed across the first touchdown and led the ground attack that stopped Georgia Techs unbeaten string at 81 in the 27–⁠14 Irish triumph. NAERnAAA 0IOGG4NS Oh1dLlO1AQ halfback-Ran 81 yards with SO seconds left in the game to break a tie and give the Sooners a 27–⁠20 victory over Colorado. JIM SMITH, Baylor tackle Played a slashing game and kicked the extra points that gave Baylor a 14–⁠13 margin over Texas A85M. JACK GUNLOCK, Southern Methodist tackle-Grabbed a Kansas tumble and ran 80 yards for the score that clinched the 14–⁠6 Mustang victory. DAN HART, Rice end-Caught the winning touchdown pass between two Texas defenders with Sc seconds remaining | for the 1913 Owl triumph. HOWARD Cassidy, Ohio State halback-Ran 36 yards with Dave Leggett’s 24-yaro pass for a touchdown that beat Wisconsin, 20–⁠19. ED GRAMIGNA, Penn quarter back-Kicked a field goal with Sc seconds remaining to give Penn a 9–⁠6 upset victory over Navy. STAN WALLACE, Illinois full back-His runs of Is and 55 yards produced a pair OF touchdowns, enabling Illinois to defeat Syracuse. 20–⁠13. PAUL CAMERON, UCLA tail back-Scored twice in running for 121 yards, passed for Al more as he led the Bruins to AIT victory over Washing ton State. JOHN CARSON, end, and Zeke BRATKOWSKI, quarterback, Georgia – This combination spanked the 27–⁠14 victory over North Carolina as Brat” completed 18 of 20 passes while Carson caught eight toSSeS. RICHARD JACKSON, Cornell halfback-A sophomore, who turned in explosive runs Of so and 81 yards to lead Cornell to a 26–⁠19 victory over Princeton.

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 62% to win. Ohio State won as Elo’s underdog.

Ohio State leads 64–⁠18–⁠5 in 87 meetings, counting the 64 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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