Fort Sheridan at Wisconsin

Saturday, October 1, 1904

Wisconsin beat Fort Sheridan 45–⁠0. It was their only meeting on record.

AwayFort Sheridan0–⁠2 in 1904
0
HomeWisconsin5–⁠3 in 1904
45

FinalHigh 72°F, low 51°F

In the newspapers

  • The The Saint Paul globe's story: BADGERS Beat Soldiers

    The Saint Paul globe, St. Paul, Minn., October 2, 1904, page 1

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    BADGERS Beat Soldiers MADISON, Wis, Oct 1.-The Uni versity o.. Wisconsin football team played its first game Of the season against the Fort Sheridan soldiers eleven this after noon and overwhelmed the regulars, the final score being 45 to 0.

  • The The Minneapolis journal's story: SATURDAYS FOOTBALL

    The Minneapolis journal, Minneapolis, Minn., October 3, 1904, page 1 (results column)

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    SATURDAYS FOOTBALL Minnesota 65. Carleton o. MIchIgan SO. Case O. Wisconsin 45. Fort Sheridan 0. iowa SO. Cornell o. Nebraska 49,. GrlnnelI 0. Northwestern 81, Napervllle o. Vale ~, Trinity 0. Columbia 10, Wesleyan 0. Ohio 80, Miami 0. West Point IL, TUFTS 0. Exeter II. aowdoln o. Dartmouth II, Massachusetts, O. Amherst 8, Wllllston 0. Chicago 66, Indiana o. D%aass 10. Buena Vista o. Ames az, coe O., Purdue 2s, JEarlhRm 0. s4..... Notre Dame 1e, Wabash 8. Illinois II, Knox o. Harvard “a. Williams o. Princeton 10, Georgetown o. Cincinnati 3s, Georgetown (ky.) O. Carlisle ~, Gettysburg 0. Pennsylvania a., Virginia o. 0orneH 40, Rochester s.

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 92% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Wisconsin leads 1–⁠0 in their only meeting.

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