Minnesota at Wisconsin
Saturday, November 24, 1962. Wisconsin kept Paul Bunyan’s Axe Share
No. 3 Wisconsin beat No. 5 Minnesota 14–9. It was their 72nd meeting; after it, Minnesota led the series 37–25–8 in the games on file.
FinalHigh 39°F, low 27°FAttendance 65,514
In the newspapers
Evening star, Washington, D.C., November 25, 1962, page 1
Read the text
Wisconsin Edqes Minnesota, l4–9; Bowl Trip Okayed MADISON. Wis, Nov “a CAP)-Rose Bowl-bound wisconsin captured the Big Ten championship today by edgng Min nesota 1919 80yard touchdown march helped by two 15-yard penalties in the closing minutes. The Badgers ranked No. in the Nation, completed their finest by earning their eighth victory
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.
On the newsreel
- WISCONSIN 14 MINNESOTA 9The Wisconsin Badgers tie up a trip to the Rose Bowl in the final minutes as 30 yards in [illegible] enable them to get [illegible] final touchdown and [illegible] Minnesota for the Big Ten [illegible]
Universal Newsreel, National Archives (catalog record). Story titles and words as Universal’s release sheet gives them; the films themselves may still be under copyright, so we link to the record rather than show them.
Before kickoff
Our ratings going in
Our ratings (scores only)
Wisconsin 55% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Minnesota–Wisconsin gameOfficially, Minnesota leads 64–63–8; as played, 63–62–8 in the 133 games on file; the official count covers all 135 meetings, counting the 63 since this game.
| 2025 | Minnesota 17, Wisconsin 7 | |
| 2024 | Minnesota 24, Wisconsin 7 | |
| 2023 | Wisconsin 28, Minnesota 14 | |
| 2022 | Minnesota 23, Wisconsin 16 | |
| 2021 | Minnesota 23, Wisconsin 13 | |
| 2020 | Wisconsin 20, Minnesota 17 |
Around this game
Minnesota
- Next gamevs. NebraskaSept. 28, 1963
- SeasonMinnesota in 1962
- ProgramMinnesota history and records
Wisconsin
- Next gamevs. USCJan. 1, 1963, Rose Bowl
- SeasonWisconsin in 1962
- ProgramWisconsin history and records