Wisconsin at Notre Dame
Saturday, September 28, 1963 Share
No. 6 Wisconsin beat Notre Dame 14–9. It was their 15th meeting; after it, Notre Dame led the series 7–6–2.
FinalHigh 83°F, low 54°FAttendance 56,806
In the newspapers

Evening star, September 30, 1963, page 16 (results column)
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Oklahoma and Alabama Racing for No. I Ranking balance of Oklahoma’s sched. ule is against conference com. petition. Arkansas, No. 8, the only other ranked team to lose bowed to Missouri, rs, when Missouri Quarterback Gary Lane put together a 70-yard third period scoring drive. Second-ranKed A lab a m q made its bid for the No. / position with a $50 rout of winless Tulane and No. S Navy beat William and Mary by the same score. Middle Quarter back Roger Staubach gained ’297 yards rushing and passing for an Academy record. Wisconsin and Northwestern a pair of Big Ten powers ranked sixth and seventh In the Nation, respectively, had to come from behind to gain their second straight victories. Wis consin edged Notre Dame, 14–9 and Northwestern managed to take Indiana, 34–21. Billy Lothridge threw three touchdown passes, kicked two field goals and three extra points in leading Georgia Tech ranked ninth, to a 27–0 decision over Clemson. Pittsburgh spanked by Fred Mazurek, beat stubborn Washington, 1876, to uphold its No. 10 ranking. The Big Ten suffered a coupie of surprises when Miami
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 57% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Wisconsin–Notre Dame gameNotre Dame leads 10–6–2 in 18 meetings, counting the three since this game.
| 2026 | Notre Dame 41, Wisconsin 13 | |
| 2021 | Notre Dame 41, Wisconsin 13 | |
| 1964 | Notre Dame 31, Wisconsin 7 | |
| 1963 | Wisconsin 14, Notre Dame 9 | |
| 1962 | Wisconsin 17, Notre Dame 8 | |
| 1944 | Notre Dame 28, Wisconsin 13 |
Around this game
Wisconsin
- Next gamevs. PurdueOct. 12, 1963
- SeasonWisconsin in 1963
- ProgramWisconsin history and records
Notre Dame
- Next gameat PurdueOct. 5, 1963
- SeasonNotre Dame in 1963
- ProgramNotre Dame history and records

