Wisconsin at Ohio State
Saturday, October 22, 1960 Share
No. 9 Ohio State beat No. 11 Wisconsin 34–7. It was their 30th meeting; after it, Ohio State led the series 19–7–4.
FinalHigh 60°F, low 33°FAttendance 83,246
In the newspapers

Evening star, Washington, D.C., October 23, 1960, page 41
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MAIZE, FERGUSON STAR Buckeyes WoIIop Wisconsin, 34–7 COLUMBUS, Ohio, Oct. % APl. Quarterback Tom Matte bewitched the Badgers with his running, passing and ball handling today as Ohio State defeated Wisconsin’s detending Big Ten champions, 34–7. A homecoming crowd of s3,- 246. nth largest in Buckeye history. watched the Cleveland senior put on one of his great est shows, He carried II times for l08 yards, completed five Of seven passes for two touch downs and punted i’ve times for q S7-yard average. Fullback Bob Ferguson scored twice for the Buckeyes on Q 2-yard plunge and 52-yard breakaway run. Matte passed 5 yards to Halfback Bob Klein and So yards to End Chuck Bryant for scores, and Fergusons replacement. Roger Detrick, plunged 2 for the fifth touchdown. Wisconsin’s lone touchdown came on a 5-yard run by Full back Tom Wiesner, following a pass interception in the Sec ond quarter. In handing the Badgers their second loss in three Big
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)
Ohio State 55% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Wisconsin–Ohio State gameOhio State leads 64–18–5 in 87 meetings, counting the 57 since this game.
| 2025 | Ohio State 34, Wisconsin 0 | |
| 2023 | Ohio State 24, Wisconsin 10 | |
| 2022 | Ohio State 52, Wisconsin 21 | |
| 2019 | Ohio State 34, Wisconsin 21 | Big Ten Championship Game |
| 2019 | Ohio State 38, Wisconsin 7 | |
| 2017 | Ohio State 27, Wisconsin 21 | Big Ten Championship Game |
Around this game
Wisconsin
- Next gamevs. MichiganOct. 29, 1960
- SeasonWisconsin in 1960
- ProgramWisconsin history and records
Ohio State
- Next gameat Michigan StateOct. 29, 1960
- SeasonOhio State in 1960
- ProgramOhio State history and records

