Marquette at Wisconsin
Friday, October 8, 1915 Share
Wisconsin beat Marquette 85–0. It was their sixth meeting; after it, Wisconsin led the series 6–0.
FinalHigh 41°F, low 33°F
In the newspapers

The daily Gate City, Keokuk, Iowa, October 10, 1915, page 6
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STAGES OUTFIT IN NARROW WIN Northwestern Springs surprise on Chicago Warriors. Who Have Hard Time Beating. THE SCORE WAS Z TO Q Wisconsin Tramplss on Marquette University and Illinois Buries B Rolls school Of Mines. limited Press Leased Wire Servicel EVANSTON, Ill, Oct. 9.-In the first big nine conference contest OF the season today, the Maroons won q closely fought game from the North western eleven, q to o. The Purple footballers sprung g surprise on Stages outfit holding them to a goose egg score, close to the end OF the fourth quarter. Coach Murphy S athletes probably owe defeat by play ing a defensive game. Only once did the Purple threaten to score. and then Il came . fraction of second t too late. Halt Back Driscoll drop. kicked In the third quarter, but al the oval was hurtling over the bar. the whistle blew and the score was not allowed The Maroons scored their touch. down, when after working the ball ia the Purple ave yard line, Agar cir. cled left and Schafer kicked goal. :: piles Up Great score. MADISON, Wis. Oct 9.-Wisconsin trampled aA over Marquette university on Camp Randall Saturday Afternoon and in sixty minutes. broke all Badger records for scoring by cha1king up IS to 0 for Marquette. Illinois euries RoIta. uRBANA. Ill. Oct. 9.-Illinois hurried the Rolls school OF Mines un. der An overwhelming score OF Is to today in its second football workout OF the season. Illinois started count | ing in the FIRST minute OF play when Patsy Clark, all western quarter Hoped sixty-five yards for touch down. Zuppe’s squad played in machine fashion, smashing their way through the miners line for nine touchdowns
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.
Photos from the game

UW vs. Marquette football gamePhoto: University of Wisconsin Digital Collections, No Copyright – United States, via Digital Public Library of America 
UW vs. Marquette football gamePhoto: University of Wisconsin Digital Collections, No Copyright – United States, via Digital Public Library of America 
UW vs. Marquette football gamePhoto: University of Wisconsin Digital Collections, No Copyright – United States, via Digital Public Library of America 
UW vs. Marquette football gamePhoto: University of Wisconsin Digital Collections, No Copyright – United States, via Digital Public Library of America 
UW vs. Marquette football gamePhoto: University of Wisconsin Digital Collections, No Copyright – United States, via Digital Public Library of America 
UW vs. Marquette football gamePhoto: University of Wisconsin Digital Collections, No Copyright – United States, via Digital Public Library of America
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Before kickoff
Our ratings going in
Our ratings (scores only)
Wisconsin 90% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Marquette–Wisconsin gameWisconsin leads 32–4 in 36 meetings, counting the 30 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
- SeasonMarquette in 1915
- ProgramMarquette history and records
Wisconsin
- Next gameat PurdueOct. 16, 1915
- SeasonWisconsin in 1915
- ProgramWisconsin history and records
