Marquette at Wisconsin
Saturday, September 29, 1956 Share
Wisconsin beat Marquette 41–0. It was their 32nd meeting; after it, Wisconsin led the series 28–4.
FinalHigh 67°F, low 47°F, 0.01 in. of rainAttendance 52,700
In the newspapers

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.
The series
Every Marquette–Wisconsin gameWisconsin leads 32–4 in 36 meetings, counting the four since this game.
| 1960 | Wisconsin 35, Marquette 6 | |
| 1959 | Wisconsin 44, Marquette 6 | |
| 1958 | Wisconsin 50, Marquette 0 | |
| 1957 | Wisconsin 60, Marquette 6 | |
| 1956 | Wisconsin 41, Marquette 0 | |
| 1955 | Wisconsin 28, Marquette 14 |
Around this game
Marquette
- Next gameat TulsaOct. 6, 1956
- SeasonMarquette in 1956
- ProgramMarquette history and records
Wisconsin
- Next gamevs. USCOct. 6, 1956
- SeasonWisconsin in 1956
- ProgramWisconsin history and records
