Marquette at Wisconsin
Saturday, October 31, 1908 Share
Wisconsin beat Marquette 9–6. It was their third meeting; after it, Wisconsin led the series 3–0.
FinalHigh 40°F, low 28°F
In the newspapers

Omaha daily bee, Nebraska, November 2, 1908, page 1
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WISCONSIN DEFEATS MARQUETTE Team from Milwaukee Leads at End of First Half. MADISON, Wis, Nov. WISCONSIN universlty of Milwaukee on the gridiorn yes terday in the first game in which these two teams ever came together, the game ending with a score of . to 6. The first half was Marquettc’s by a narrow margin, each team scoring a touchdown, but Mar quette was fortunate in kicking goal, while Wisconsin failed. T~wenty-three minutes after the first half started Wilce carried the ball over. Mess mer failed to kick goal. Score: Wisconsin, s; Marquette, %. A forward pass, Wright TO Foley, the latter ran seventy yards with splendid in terft renee and placed the ball squarely between the goal posts. Wright kicked goal. Score; Marquette, 8; Wisconsin. s. The ball was i’m Wisconsin’s territory nearly all OF the second half, Moll tried another goal kick from the twenty-five yard line. but failed again. He finally tried a drop kick from the two-ysTd line and made II. Score; Wisconsin, 3; Marquette, G.

The mirror, Stillwater, Minn., November 5, 1908, page 3 (results column)
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football Scores. Minnesota received sever. drubbiug in Chicago last Saturday and failed to make single score The following are the scores play ed by the different teams: Chicago, 20; Minnesota, O Michigan, “a; Vanderbilt, 6. Nebraska, IL; Iowa, 8. Illinois, 10; Indiana, O. Wisconsin, 9; Marquette, 6. Carlisle, Is; Navy, 6. Yale, 40; Mass Aggies, 0. Harvard, 6; Brown, 2. Cornell, 10; Penn. State, 4. Princeton, O; Army, 0. Syracuse, %; Williams, O.
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.
The series
Every Marquette–Wisconsin gameWisconsin leads 32–4 in 36 meetings, counting the 33 since this game.
| 1960 | Wisconsin 35, Marquette 6 | |
| 1959 | Wisconsin 44, Marquette 6 | |
| 1958 | Wisconsin 50, Marquette 0 | |
| 1957 | Wisconsin 60, Marquette 6 | |
| 1956 | Wisconsin 41, Marquette 0 | |
| 1955 | Wisconsin 28, Marquette 14 |
Around this game
Marquette
- Next gamevs. MichiganOct. 23, 1909
- SeasonMarquette in 1908
- ProgramMarquette history and records
Wisconsin
- Next gameat MinnesotaNov. 7, 1908
- SeasonWisconsin in 1908
- ProgramWisconsin history and records
