Marquette at Wisconsin

Saturday, September 29, 1956

Wisconsin beat Marquette 41–⁠0. It was their 32nd meeting; after it, Wisconsin led the series 28–⁠4.

AwayMarquette0–⁠9 in 1956
0
HomeWisconsin1–⁠5–⁠3 in 1956
41

FinalHigh 67°F, low 47°F, 0.01 in. of rainAttendance 52,700

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: Dodgers. Ground Offense acknowledgements, 40

    Evening star, Washington, D.C., September 30, 1956, page 68

    Read the text

    Dodgers. Ground Offense acknowledgements, 40 MADISON. Wis, Sept. 90 up. Wisconsin, operating without a Grade A passer for the first time in many years. reeled of i’ve touchdowns on the ground and one by air today to trounce inexperienced Marquette, 41–⁠0. A Camp Randall Stadium crowd of $4,000 watched the Badgers, led by Danny Lewis of Freehold, N. j., score the victory. The game marked Milt BRUINS debut as Wisconsin head coach

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 72% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Wisconsin leads 32–⁠4 in 36 meetings, counting the four since this game.

Recent meetings
1960Wisconsin 35, Marquette 6
1959Wisconsin 44, Marquette 6
1958Wisconsin 50, Marquette 0
1957Wisconsin 60, Marquette 6
1956Wisconsin 41, Marquette 0
1955Wisconsin 28, Marquette 14

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