Beloit vs. Wisconsin

Beloit and Wisconsin have 15 meetings on file, the first in 1892; Wisconsin leads the series 15–⁠0 in the games on file. Over the last 10 meetings it’s Wisconsin 10–⁠0, and Wisconsin has won the last 15.

Beloit wins
0
Wisconsin wins
15
Ties
0
Earliest on file
1892
Longest streak
15 Wisconsin
Current streak
15 Wisconsin
Last 10 meetings
Wisconsin 10–⁠0
Most recent
1918

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1890s0–⁠7
1900s0–⁠6
1910s0–⁠2
Average margin
32.1 points; 1 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Beloit
0–⁠2 Beloit’s record at home
At Wisconsin
13–⁠0 Wisconsin’s record at home
Shutouts
13

Every meeting on file, as played. Ranks are the AP poll’s going in.

Games that tell the story

  1. Wisconsin’s biggest win1903: Wisconsin 87, Beloit 0by 87 points

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Beloit and Wisconsin, 1892 on1300150017001900192019401960198020002020

Our Elo rating at the end of each season, a measure of how strong a team was, not a forecast; 1500 is an average FBS team.

From the newspapers

  • The The morning news's story of the 1899 game: Football ResuIts.

    1899 · The morning news, Savannah, Ga., Oct 8, 1899

  • The The Indianapolis journal's story of the 1901 game: BeIOit slaughtered.

    1901 · The Indianapolis journal, Indianapolis [Ind.], Oct 13, 1901

  • The The Minneapolis journal's story of the 1904 game: BADGERS WILL MAKE A FIGHT TEAM WILL GIVE MINNESOTA ELEVEN A HARD TEST. Not Improbable that wisconsin Will Win Unless the Gophers Battle as They Have Not Done This Year Beloit Game a Walkover-Strength and Weakness of Wisconsin. From a Staff Correspondent.

    1904 · The Minneapolis journal, Minneapolis, Minn., Nov 7, 1904

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 earliest meetings with a story on file; each game’s page has the full text.

Every game

Nov 2, 1918Wisconsin 21, Beloit 0at Wisconsin
Oct 6, 1917Wisconsin 34, Beloit 0at Wisconsin
Nov 11, 1905Wisconsin 44, Beloit 0at Wisconsin
Nov 5, 1904Wisconsin 36, Beloit 0at Wisconsin
Oct 17, 1903Wisconsin 87, Beloit 0at Wisconsin
Oct 18, 1902Wisconsin 52, Beloit 6at Wisconsin
Oct 12, 1901Wisconsin 40, Beloit 0at Wisconsin
Oct 13, 1900Wisconsin 11, Beloit 0at Wisconsin
Oct 6, 1899Wisconsin 36, Beloit 0at Wisconsin
Oct 22, 1898Wisconsin 17, Beloit 0at Wisconsin
Nov 6, 1897Wisconsin 11, Beloit 0at Wisconsin
Oct 31, 1896Wisconsin 6, Beloit 0at Beloit
Nov 3, 1894Wisconsin 46, Beloit 0at Beloit
Oct 28, 1893Wisconsin 18, Beloit 0at Wisconsin
Oct 1, 1892Wisconsin 32, Beloit 4at Wisconsin

Every game is listed as played on the field.