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Michigan State at Wisconsin

Saturday, October 29, 1955

Michigan State beat Wisconsin 27–⁠0. It was their seventh meeting; after it, Wisconsin led the series 5–⁠2 as played.

AwayMichigan State9–⁠1 in 1955
27
HomeWisconsin4–⁠5 in 1955
0

FinalHigh 43°F, low 34°F, 0.9 in. of rainAttendance 53,529

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: ISparidns Lace Wisconsin, Stay In Big Ten Race

    Evening star, District of Columbia, October 30, 1955, page 62

    Read the text

    ISparidns Lace Wisconsin, Stay In Big Ten Race MADISON. Wis. Oct. % tR).- Michigan State. with sophomore Walt Kowalczyk gobbling up more yardage than q runaway steam shovel, srnothered Wisconsin. 27–⁠0. today and remained within striking distance Of the Big Ten football championship. The heads-up Spartans scored their four touchdowns Two BY

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 56% to win. Michigan State won as Elo’s underdog.

The series

Every Michigan State–Wisconsin game

Officially, Michigan State leads 30–⁠25; as played, 32–⁠24 in 56 meetings, counting the 49 since this game.

Recent meetings
2026Wisconsin 31, Michigan State 3
2022Michigan State 34, Wisconsin 28
2019Wisconsin 38, Michigan State 0
2016Wisconsin 30, Michigan State 6
2012Michigan State 16, Wisconsin 13
2011Wisconsin 42, Michigan State 39Big Ten Championship Game

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