Wisconsin at Illinois

Saturday, November 17, 1962

No. 4 Wisconsin beat Illinois 35–⁠6. It was their 39th meeting; after it, Wisconsin led the series 19–⁠15–⁠5.

Away4Wisconsin8–⁠2 in 1962
35
HomeIllinois2–⁠7 in 1962
6

FinalHigh 44°F, low 38°FAttendance 36,762

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: HOLLAND PAGES 35-6 ROUT Badgers Sniff Roses After Locing Illinois

    Evening star, Washington, D.C., November 18, 1962, page 1

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    HOLLAND PAGES 35–⁠6 ROUT Badgers Sniff Roses After Locing Illinois touchdown with “a seconds renaming in the first half, and then on a fluke play. After Wisconsin had surged to a $50 lead, the lllini counted on 13-yard pass from Mike Taliaferro, DETECTED on the goal line by Badger defender John Fabry. into the hands of Halfback Trenton Jackson for a touchdown. The second half became a lackluster struggle, almost resembling a weekday scrimmage, in which the only touchdown came on Hollands 35-yard run in the third quarter. The fifth Badger touchdown and the only one not scored by Holland was a slashing 4-yard plunge by Halfback Carl Silvestri in the second period. 1t capped a 74-yard, eight-play drive. Hollands four touchdowns was one shy of the five scored in one game by Illinois i’m mortal Harold (Redl Grange in the epic 1924 illinois, Mich igan game.

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 80% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Wisconsin leads 46–⁠38–⁠7 in 91 meetings, counting the 52 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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