California vs. Wisconsin

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

1. California’s biggest win1947: California 48, Wisconsin 7by 41 points
2. Wisconsin’s biggest win1946: Wisconsin 28, California 7by 21 points

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.

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  1946 · Evening star, Sep 29, 1946

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  1947 · The Wilmington morning star, North Carolina, Oct 13, 1947

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  1948 · The Daily Alaska empire, Alaska, Oct 11, 1948

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  1949 · Evening star, Oct 9, 1949

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 is listed as played on the field.

• California vs. USC108 meetings, California 31–⁠72–⁠5
• California vs. Stanford105 meetings, California 45–⁠54–⁠6
• California vs. Washington99 meetings, California 41–⁠55–⁠3
• California vs. UCLA95 meetings, California 35–⁠59–⁠1
• Wisconsin vs. Minnesota133 meetings, Wisconsin 63–⁠62–⁠8
• Wisconsin vs. Northwestern103 meetings, Wisconsin 62–⁠37–⁠4
• Wisconsin vs. Iowa99 meetings, Wisconsin 49–⁠48–⁠2
• Wisconsin vs. Purdue91 meetings, Wisconsin 54–⁠29–⁠8