Ohio State at Wisconsin

Saturday, November 8, 1913

Wisconsin beat Ohio State 12–⁠0. It was their first meeting; after it, Wisconsin led the series 1–⁠0.

AwayOhio State4–⁠2–⁠1 in 1913
0
HomeWisconsin3–⁠3–⁠1 in 1913
12

FinalHigh 42°F, low 28°F, 0.11 in. of rain

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: VICTORY FOR WISCONSIN. Defeats Ohio State, IL to 0, Game Being Played in Snowstorm.

    Evening star, Washington, D.C., November 9, 1913, page 59

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    VICTORY FOR WISCONSIN. Defeats Ohio State, IL to 0, Game Being Played in Snowstorm. MADISON. Wis. November S-The University of Wisconsin won from Ohio State University today. II to q. The Buck eyes played gamely against the heavier Badger team, but were seldom within reach of Wisconsins goal. Weather conditions were the worst or the season. the game being played in q snowstorm. A crowd Of 1900 which included 100 excursionsts from Columbus Ohio and Chicago alumni of Ohio State turned out. The Badgers two touchdowns were made BY straight foot ball. In the last period the visitors finally worked the forward pass in spectacular manner, but none of the attempts was effectuaI enough to score. Wisconsin suffered from injuries. Can’t. Tandberg retiring early in the game and Geiein being forced out altogether The lineup:

  • The The Birmingham age-herald's story: WISCONSIN WINS FROM OHIO STATE

    The Birmingham age-herald, November 9, 1913, page 14

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    WISCONSIN WINS FROM OHIO STATE Madison. Wis. November s.-The Uni versity of Wisconsin won from Ohio State university today, 12 to 0. The Buck eyes played gamely against the heavier BADGER team but were seldom within reach of Wisconsin’s goal. The game was played in a snowstorm. The Bad gers two touchdowns were made by straight football.

  • The The Raymer enterprise's story: SPORT.

    The Raymer enterprise, Colorado, November 13, 1913, page 1 (results column)

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    SPORT. Yale easily defeated Brown at New Haven, Conn.,, by II to 0. Iowa outpointed Indiana, overwhelm. ing the Hoosiers, 60 to 0 at Iowa City. Denver university defeated Univer. sity Of Wyoming at Laramie in the last game Of the season &c to 0. Packey Mcfarland agreed to meet Spike Kelley in ten.round bout at Kenosha, Wis, early next month. The University Of Wisconsin won from Ohio State university at Madi. son. Wis, by score Of 12 to 0. Frank L. Woodward Of the Denver Country Club, for president. heads the ticket Of the nominating committee Of the Western Golf Association. The West triumphed over the East at Ithaca, N. Y, when Michigan de. cisiyely defeated Cornell, II to 0. Cor. nell was outweighed and outplayed. For the first time in Its history the Pennsylvania State college football eleven was defeated on the home field, Notre Dame university winning, IA to Z. The Giants trounced the White Sox at Douglas, Ariz.. IA to 5, Leverenz being touched for seventeen hits. Wiltse went all the way for the New Yorks, allowing nine safeties. Joseph Carney Of San Francisco out. played Alfred de Oro. the three cushion billiard champion, In the sec. ond block Of their match for the title at New York by score OF 63 to “a.

  • The The evening times's story: FOOTBALL RESULTS Northwest.

    The evening times, Grand Forks, N.D., November 10, 1913, page 1 (results column)

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    FOOTBALL RESULTS Northwest. >SOAU AVvOSNs Fosston H. S.4S. Crookston H. S. 0. Moorhead H. s. so. Breckenridge H. !. 0. st. Thomas IS. Manchester Z. st. Paul Mechanics 10, st. Paul Central IS. Chicago II, Northwestern 0. Wisconsin 12. Ohio State 0. Iowa 60. Indiana 0. Ames il. Cornell 0. Nebraska AZ, WESLEYAN Z. Case 20, Wesleyan 0. Oberlin IS. Reserve s. Dennison IA, Cincinnati Z. Depauw 13, Butler 0. Missouri 10. Drake 0. Missouri Mines 10, Washington s. Colorado 30. Utah ~. School of Mines II. Colorado 10. Denver 26, Wyoming o. Illinois West 20. Brady Poly 0. Mich. Aggies is, Mount Union Z. Purdue 60, Rose Poly 0. Kansas II, Washburn 0. MINI. Aggies O.. Stout Z. East. Harvard s. Princeton O. Army. q, Albright o.. Navy 20, Buckneli Z. Yale IL, Brown o. Dartmouth 81. PENNSYLVANIA 21. Michigan II. Cornell 0. Carlisle 81, John Hopkins o. “. Va. Wesleyan Is. Georgetown 6, Lehigh SO. Swarthmore 0. Exeter So, .Andover 0. Syracuse 4S. New York 0. Pittsburgh IS. Lafayette 0. South. Georgia Tech o, Auburn 20. Vanderbilt Z, Tennessee 6. South Carolina 13, Florida 0.

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.

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Before kickoff

Our ratings going in

Our ratings (scores only)

Wisconsin 95% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Ohio State leads 64–⁠18–⁠5 in 87 meetings, counting the 86 since this game.

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