Ohio State at Wisconsin

Saturday, October 26, 1963

Ohio State beat No. 2 Wisconsin 13–⁠10. It was their 33rd meeting; after it, Ohio State led the series 22–⁠7–⁠4.

AwayOhio State5–⁠3–⁠1 in 1963
13
Home2Wisconsin5–⁠4 in 1963
10

FinalAttendance 65,319

In the newspapers

  • The The Nome nugget's story: { "The Sports Corner" Mig ghty Hath Fallen in Grid Scramble

    The Nome nugget, October 28, 1963, page 7 (results column)

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    { “The Sports Corner” Mig ghty Hath Fallen in Grid Scramble Here’s the big news in college football. Michigan State has upset Northwestern Navy has handed Pitt its first loss of the season and Dartmouth’s win ming has been ended. Sherman Lewis led Michigan State to surprising Is to 2 Big Ten victory over ninth-ranked Northwestern. Navy’s All American candidate, quarterback Roger Staubach, led the Middies to a 24 to 12 victory over previously unbeaten Pitt. Pets Liske’s passing and Junior PowelPs running led Penn State to 20 to 9 victory over West Vir- ginia. Tumble recoveries and three pass interceptions helped Syracuse whip Oregon State 31 to 8. Once-beaten Army won it’s fifth game of the season, and its fourth shutout, blanking Washington State B to O. Undefeated Princeton streaked to it’s fifth straight victory, a 5l to II romp over Cornell. Yale’s third string fullback Chuck Mercein had a big day as they ripped Colgate 31 to 0. Indiana cracked the victory col umn after four straight losses, de- feating Cincinnati 20 to 6. SecOnd-ranked Wisconsin, third ranked Pitt and ninth-rated North western were among the poWer- houses to be beaten. while Purdue and Oklahoma were among the winners. Ohio State turned in the upset over Wisconsin, beating the Bad gers 13 to 10. Pitt also tasted defeat for the first time, going under at the hands of Navy, “A to 12. Ninth-ranked Northwestern was beaten for the second time this season, losing to Michigan State Is to 2. Quarterback Ron Digravio did

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 67% to win. Ohio State pulled the upset.

Ohio State leads 64–⁠18–⁠5 in 87 meetings, counting the 54 since this game.

Recent meetings
2025Ohio State 34, Wisconsin 0
2023Ohio State 24, Wisconsin 10
2022Ohio State 52, Wisconsin 21
2019Ohio State 34, Wisconsin 21Big Ten Championship Game
2019Ohio State 38, Wisconsin 7
2017Ohio State 27, Wisconsin 21Big Ten Championship Game

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