Chicago and Wisconsin first met in 1894 and have played 40 times; Wisconsin leads the series 19–16–5. Over the last 10 meetings it’s Wisconsin 6–3. Share
Head-coach pairings with three or more meetings on file, the series read from Chicago’s side (Stagg 4–4 against King). A season split between coaches goes to the one credited with the game.
Both programs through the years
Chicago WisconsinTicks under the axis: each meeting, in the winner’s color
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
1897 · The Saint Paul globe, St. Paul, Minn., Nov 14, 1897
1898 · The Saint Paul globe, St. Paul, Minn., Nov 13, 1898
1899 · The San Francisco call, California, Dec 10, 1899
1900 · The Saint Paul globe, St. Paul, Minn., Nov 18, 1900
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.
From the rivalry’s and its games’ categories on Wikimedia Commons (free licenses only, each credited), and libraries and archives found through the Digital Public Library of America (each under its holder’s rights statement).
