Grinnell vs. Wisconsin

Grinnell and Wisconsin first met in 1895 and have played 4 times; Wisconsin leads the series 4–⁠0. Over the last 4 meetings it’s Wisconsin 4–⁠0, and Wisconsin has won the last 4.

Grinnell wins
0
Wisconsin wins
4
Ties
0
First meeting
1895
Longest streak
4 Wisconsin
Current streak
4 Wisconsin
Last 10 meetings
Wisconsin 4–⁠0
Most recent
1927

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1890s0–⁠2
1900s0–⁠1
1920s0–⁠1
Average margin
30.3 points; 0 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Wisconsin
4–⁠0 Wisconsin’s record at home
Shutouts
1

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

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Grinnell and Wisconsin, 1895 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 Indianapolis times's story of the 1927 game: N. D., Minnesota, Illinois Only Major Indicated Teams in Section. MARooNs AT URBANA Chicago May Spill Dope; |. U. VS.. Northwestern.

    1927 · The Indianapolis times, Indianapolis [Ind.], Nov 7, 1927

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 5, 1927Wisconsin 20, Grinnell 2at Wisconsin
Oct 27, 1900Wisconsin 45, Grinnell 0at Wisconsin
Oct 24, 1896Wisconsin 54, Grinnell 6at Wisconsin
Oct 19, 1895Wisconsin 14, Grinnell 4at Wisconsin

Every game is listed as played on the field.