Wisconsin at Minnesota
Saturday, November 19, 1955. Minnesota took Paul Bunyan’s Axe from Wisconsin Share
Minnesota beat Wisconsin 21–6. It was their 65th meeting; after it, Minnesota led the series 36–20–7 in the games on file.
FinalHigh 31°F, low 15°F, 0.12 in. of snow, 5 in. on the groundAttendance 61,996
In the newspapers

Evening star, District of Columbia, November 20, 1955, page 73
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Schultz Steers Minnesota To 21–6 Rout of Wisconsin the 8 in the third quarter to top a 78-yard drive. Schultz cleared the way for the Gophers’ final touchdown by intercepting Jim Miller’s toss on the Wisconsin ~ halfway through the fourth quarter. Don Swanson went the final two yards. Wisconsin’s pitching Jim Haluska, hobbled all afternoon BY lMinnesota’s alert secondary. directed the Badgers on a 5l-yard scoring push late in the game, lHaluska sneaking over from the / It was q bleak finish for Will iliamson, appointed Wisconsin athletic director last week. The loss was Wisconsin’s fifth against -four victories and represented IWilliamson’s first losing season in seven years with Badgers. TlsfSDsin MisSs.ssa -.s 3 2 gat wisconsin scoring: Touchdowns-HaIuska a, plunge). | Minnesota scotins; Togchdowns – Schultz. . u, plunge. 3, rum: Swanson : (2, plunEel. conpersions--Falls, 3.
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. Minnesota won as Elo’s underdog.
The series
Every Wisconsin–Minnesota 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 70 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
Wisconsin
- Next gamevs. MarquetteSept. 29, 1956
- SeasonWisconsin in 1955
- ProgramWisconsin history and records
Minnesota
- Next gameat WashingtonSept. 29, 1956
- SeasonMinnesota in 1955
- ProgramMinnesota history and records

