Illinois at Wisconsin

Saturday, October 26, 1907

Illinois beat Wisconsin 15–⁠4. It was their fifth meeting; after it, Wisconsin led the series 3–⁠1–⁠1.

AwayIllinois3–⁠2 in 1907
15
HomeWisconsin3–⁠1–⁠1 in 1907
4

FinalHigh 48°F, low 32°F, 0.07 in. of rain

In the newspapers

  • The The Birmingham age-herald's story: OTHER FOOTBALL RESULTS.

    The Birmingham age-herald, Alabama, October 27, 1907, page 11 (results column)

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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 74% to win. Illinois pulled the upset.

Wisconsin leads 46–⁠38–⁠7 in 91 meetings, counting the 86 since this game.

Recent meetings
2025Wisconsin 27, Illinois 10
2023Wisconsin 25, Illinois 21
2022Illinois 34, Wisconsin 10
2021Wisconsin 24, Illinois 0
2020Wisconsin 45, Illinois 7
2019Illinois 24, Wisconsin 23

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