Wisconsin at Indiana

Saturday, October 17, 1908

Wisconsin beat Indiana 16–⁠0. It was their second meeting; after it, Wisconsin led the series 2–⁠0.

AwayWisconsin5–⁠1 in 1908
16
HomeIndiana3–⁠4 in 1908
0

FinalHigh 84°F, low 46°F

In the newspapers

  • The The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram's story: INDIANA IS DEFEATED Although Playing Better Foot ball, Wisconsin Defeats State University. FORWARD PASS EFFECTIVE.

    The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram, Richmond, Ind., October 18, 1908, page 1

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    INDIANA IS DEFEATED Although Playing Better Foot ball, Wisconsin Defeats State University. FORWARD PASS EFFECTIVE. Bloomington, Ind, Oct. IT, Though played to standstill on straight football by Indiana, the Wis consin team won today Is to 0, by a skilful use of the forward pass and a chance drop kick. True, the mighty Wilce, the Wisconsin full-back, plowed through the Indiana at times for first down, but Winters. Cunningham and Capt. Paddock gained just as much through the Wisconsin line, Osthaui and Doutzer being unable to stop the Hoosier charges on the left side Of the Badger line.

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 52% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Wisconsin leads 41–⁠21–⁠2 in 64 meetings, counting the 62 since this game.

Recent meetings
2025Indiana 31, Wisconsin 7
2023Indiana 20, Wisconsin 14
2020Indiana 14, Wisconsin 6
2017Wisconsin 45, Indiana 17
2013Wisconsin 51, Indiana 3
2012Wisconsin 62, Indiana 14

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