Illinois at Wisconsin

Saturday, November 16, 1957

Wisconsin beat No. 15 Illinois 24–⁠13. It was their 34th meeting; after it, Wisconsin led the series 16–⁠13–⁠5.

Away15Illinois4–⁠5 in 1957
13
HomeWisconsin6–⁠3 in 1957
24

FinalHigh 52°F, low 31°FAttendance 52,384

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: TWO-YEAR HOME INK ENDS Badger Sophomores Whip Illinois, 24-13

    Evening star, Washington, D.C., November 17, 1957, page 67

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    TWO-YEAR HOME INK ENDS Badger Sophomores Whip Illinois, 24–⁠13 MADISON, Wis, Nov. Is (P). Wisconsin, relying on its sta BILE Of fine sophomores and a rock-ribbed defense. registered a surprisingly easy 24–⁠13 foot ball victory over suffering Il linois today. A homecoming crowd of ST. 384 at Camp Randall Stadium watched the Badgers spring to a 17–⁠7 lead in the first half and just about seal the verdict over the Big Ten upset kings. 1t was Wisconsin’s first conference triumph on its home field since october /, 1855, when it upended Iowa. 37–⁠14. Sophomore Bob Re m a n Dale Hackbart, Karl Holzwarth and Ron Steiner handled the scoring chores for Wisconsin. Zeman plunged for the first touchdown from the two, and Hackbart knitted over from the one. Steiner ran nine yards around his own right end for the Badgers final touchdown

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 61% to win. Wisconsin pulled the upset. Elo’s favorite won.

Wisconsin leads 46–⁠38–⁠7 in 91 meetings, counting the 57 since this game.

Recent meetings
2025Wisconsin 27, Illinois 10
2023Wisconsin 25, Illinois 21
2022Illinois 34, Wisconsin 10
2021Wisconsin 24, Illinois 0
2020Wisconsin 45, Illinois 7
2019Illinois 24, Wisconsin 23

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