Wisconsin at Ohio State

Saturday, October 24, 1914

Wisconsin beat Ohio State 7–⁠6. It was their second meeting; after it, Wisconsin led the series 2–⁠0.

AwayWisconsin4–⁠2–⁠1 in 1914
7
HomeOhio State5–⁠2 in 1914
6

FinalHigh 70°F, low 47°F

In the newspapers

  • The Eagle River review's story: BADGER ELEVEN WINS 7-6 Defeat Ohio State in Close Contest at CoIumbus-5oth Score in Second Quarter.

    Eagle River review, Eagle River, Wis., October 30, 1914, page 5

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    BADGER ELEVEN WINS 7–⁠6 Defeat Ohio State in Close Contest at CoIumbus-5oth Score in Second Quarter. observation-disclosures defeated Ohio State in the game at Columbus by the close score of to 6. The Ohio eleven was in the best possible shape, while the Badgers were somewhat weakened by the absence of Mucks, Schmidt and Kreuse The weather was ideal for the game, and big crowd turned out to witness the conflict. Several times during the first period Ohio State carried the ball within striking distance of the goal, but each time lost the ball. By a series of for ward passes, State carried the ball from her own thirty-five-yard line to Wisconsin’s Vineyard line, where the ball went to Wisconsin on downs. Both teams scored during the sec ond period On a punt formation, a short forward pass, Pickerel to Snyder, Ohio State got touchdown. I’M mediately following an intercepted for ward pass gave Wisconsin the ball on Ohio’s 3O-yard line A forward pass for Is yards and two line plays gave Wisconsin touchdown, which converified into goal Score end of sec ,ond period Wisconsin, Z; Ohio State, 6. Neither side scored during the third and fourth periods.

  • The Wauwatosa news's story: BADGER ELEVEN WINS 7-6 Defeat Ohio State in Close Contest at Columbus-Both Score in Second Quarter.

    Wauwatosa news, Wauwatosa, Wis., October 30, 1914, page 5

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    BADGER ELEVEN WINS 7–⁠6 Defeat Ohio State in Close Contest at Columbus-Both Score in Second Quarter. Madison. WISCONSIN defeated Ohio State in the game at Columbus by the close score of Z to 6. The Ohio eleven was in the best possible shape, while the Badgers were somewhat weakened by the absence of Mucks, Schmidt and Kreuse. The weather was ideal for the game, and big crowd turned out to witness the conflict. Several times during the first period Ohio State carried the ball within striking distance of the goal. but each time lost the ball. BY series of for ward passes. State carried the ball from her own thirty -five-yard line to Wisconsin’s Vineyard line, where the ball went to Wisconsin on downs. Both teams scored during the sec ond period. On punt formation, a short forward pass, Pickerel to Snyder, Ohio State got touchdown. Inn mediately following an intercepted for ward pass gave Wisconsin the ball on Ohio’s 3O-yard line A forward pass for Is yards and two line plays gave Wisconsin a touchdown, which CON verted into goal. Score end of sec ond period: Wisconsin. z; Ohio State, 6. Neither side scored during the third and fourth periods.

  • The Evening star's story: WISCONSIN BY ONE POINT. Defeats Ohio State in Clean, Fast Rattle. z to 6.

    Evening star, October 25, 1914, page 63

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    WISCONSIN BY ONE POINT. Defeats Ohio State in Clean, Fast Rattle. z to 6. COLUMBUS, Ohio, October 24.-Wiscousin and Ohio State played fast clean western conference game this afternoon at Ohio Field. in which the Invaders won. to 6. Each team made a touchdown in the second quarter and Quarterback Bellows kicked goal, something Capt. Graf Of Ohio failed to do. Ohio States touchdown came first. Straight attack reached Wisconsin’s 15-yard line. On a forward pass. Sny-der took the ball from Pickerel and ran over A punt out was made. but the goal-kicking attempt missed by slight margin. Pickerel tried for ward pass on Ohios 20-yard line. Cum mings caught the ball. Bellows made pass to stavrum. who was downed on on Breckenridge. Buck clearing the way. brought the touchdown. For most of the second half Wisconsim was on the offensive in Ohio ter ritory. Bellows twice missed trials at drop-kicking and Taylor. after run ming back a punt. fumbled when tackled at the goal line. -.

  • The The daily Gate City's story: WISCONSIN WINS OVER OHIO "A Failure Of Ohio state to Kick Goal Costs Game with Badgers- Score 7 to 6.

    The daily Gate City, Keokuk, Iowa, October 25, 1914, page 1

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    WISCONSIN WINS OVER OHIO “A Failure Of Ohio state to Kick Goal Costs Game with Badgers- Score 7 to 6. UNITED Press Leased Wire Service.1 COLUMBUS. Ohio, Oct. 24.-Failure OF Captain Graf to kick a goal following a touchdown, cost Ohio State a tie with the Wisconsin eleven here this afternoon. The score was sever to six In favor Of the Badgers who kicked goal following their single touchdown. In the early part Of the game, Ohio State showed decided superiority and scored on a forward pass from Pick rel to Snyder In the second period. Wisconsin also scored in this period, a few minutes after the State had counted, Breckenridge going over for a touchdown and Bellows kicking goal. In the last two periods Ohio State played almost entirely on the defensive in their 1--WE territory Once Taylor, OF Wisconsin, ran across the goal line but fumbled the bali when tackled and Cherry OF State recover ed. Wisconsin missed i’ve attempts for goals from the field.

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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Wisconsin 76% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Ohio State leads 64–⁠18–⁠5 in 87 meetings, counting the 85 since this game.

Recent meetings
2025Ohio State 34, Wisconsin 0
2023Ohio State 24, Wisconsin 10
2022Ohio State 52, Wisconsin 21
2019Ohio State 34, Wisconsin 21Big Ten Championship Game
2019Ohio State 38, Wisconsin 7
2017Ohio State 27, Wisconsin 21Big Ten Championship Game

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