Wisconsin at Michigan
Saturday, November 3, 1962 Share
Wisconsin beat Michigan 34–12. It was their 26th meeting; after it, Michigan led the series 18–7–1.
FinalHigh 46°F, low 38°F, 0.05 in. of rainAttendance 53,789
In the newspapers

Evening star, Washington, D.C., November 6, 1962, page 16 (results column)
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Upsets Cause Big Shakeup InGrid Ratings ah~SS~e@ssNS The rash of weekend upsets caused the biggest shakeup of the year today in the college football rankings but North western chung to the No. ! position and found a potential Rose Bowl rival, Southern Cal ifornia, breathing down its neck. Missouri, Wisconsin and Minnesota moved into the top 10, replacing Michigan State, Washington and Auburn, al though not in the same spots. The order underwent consider able juggling. Behind Northwestern and Southern California, the Associated Press weekly poll placed Alabama, No. 8; Mississippi, No. 4; Texas, No. 5; Arkansas, No. 6; Missouri, No. z; Wis conSin, No. g.; Louisiana State, No. 8, and Minnesota, No. 10. Less First-place Votes Northwestern, which barely squeezed past Indiana, 1921, on a late rally, didn’t command the big block of first-place votes showered on it a week ago. The Wildcats received “a OF the No. l ballots = less than half of the 40 cast by a special panel of sports writer’s and broadcasters – with nine each going to Alabama and Mississippi; six to Southern Cal and one to Texas. Southern Cal 1910 winner over Washington had strong support for the Sec ond, third and fourth slots. Points are computed on the basis of ten for a first-plact vote, nine for second, etc Northwestern had 442 points compared with 400 for the Bis Six Conference powerhouse. Alabama fell a notch al. though it beat Mississippi State, 900; while Mississippi moved up from sixth to fourth ; on It’s 1877 triumph over Lou isiana State. The latter plum meted from No. 4 to No. 9 Texas, which edged Southern Methodist, 60, stayed in thu No. 5 spot – the only team { except Northwestern to hold it S position. Arkansas, TIT victo over Taxas A6SM, climbed from eighth to sixth. OF the new = corners, Missouri beat Nebras D ka, 1877; Wisconsin downe, S Michigan, 34–12. and Minneso ia upset Michigan State, 49, !, Florida knocked Auburn down . stairs, 1913. Challenged by Wisconsin Northwestern’s No. / statu is challenged this week by Wis consin at Madison. SoutherI Cal is at Stanford, Alabama / home with tough Miami, Mississippi plays host to Chatta nooga and Texas is at Baylor Arkansas plays Rice, Missoul faces Colorado, Louisiana Stat meets Texas Christian an Minnesota opposes Iowa. The top ten rated on a 10 9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 basis, wit first place votes in paren thaces and SnasnT1 rnc0rdS.
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 62% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Wisconsin–Michigan gameMichigan leads 53–17–1 in 71 meetings, counting the 45 since this game.
| 2025 | Michigan 24, Wisconsin 10 | |
| 2021 | Michigan 38, Wisconsin 17 | |
| 2020 | Wisconsin 49, Michigan 11 | |
| 2019 | Wisconsin 35, Michigan 14 | |
| 2018 | Michigan 38, Wisconsin 13 | |
| 2017 | Wisconsin 24, Michigan 10 |
Around this game
Wisconsin
- Next gamevs. NorthwesternNov. 10, 1962
- SeasonWisconsin in 1962
- ProgramWisconsin history and records
Michigan
- Next gamevs. IllinoisNov. 10, 1962
- SeasonMichigan in 1962
- ProgramMichigan history and records

