Wisconsin at Minnesota

Thursday, November 28, 1963. Minnesota took Paul Bunyan’s Axe from Wisconsin

Minnesota beat Wisconsin 14–⁠0. It was their 73rd meeting; after it, Minnesota led the series 38–⁠25–⁠8 in the games on file.

AwayWisconsin5–⁠4 in 1963
0
HomeMinnesota3–⁠6 in 1963
14

FinalHigh 46°F, low 31°FAttendance 55,271

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story

    Evening star, Washington, D.C., November 29, 1963, page 1 (results column)

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    yards in the next so seconds and sophomore Max Chapman sent a 42-yard field goa through the uprights. Irish Go Ahead Notre Dame moved out front against Syracuse just before the first half ended on a 20 yard pass from Frank Budks to Tom Macdonald. The score remained 7–⁠6 until, with -four minutes left, the Orange pulled it out on Rich Kings 35-yarc touchdown pass to Mike Koski Bob Schweickert ran a punt back 80 yards for a touchdown in the third quarter, clinching Virginia Techs victory over VMI and its first Southern Conference title. In other games West Vir- GINA blasted Furman, 1871; Minnesota blanked Wisconsin 14–⁠0; Cornell defeated Penn 1913; Maryland whipped Vir. ginia, 21–⁠6; Columbia beat Rutgers. 1923; Clemson edgeC South Carolina, 24–⁠20; William & Mary belted Richmond. 1876 and Miami of Ohio nipped Gin. cinnati, 21–⁠19.

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. Minnesota won as Elo’s underdog.

Officially, 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 62 since this game.

Recent meetings
2025Minnesota 17, Wisconsin 7
2024Minnesota 24, Wisconsin 7
2023Wisconsin 28, Minnesota 14
2022Minnesota 23, Wisconsin 16
2021Minnesota 23, Wisconsin 13
2020Wisconsin 20, Minnesota 17

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