Illinois and Wisconsin have 91 meetings on file, the first in 1895; Wisconsin leads the series 46–38–7 in the games on file. Over the last 10 meetings it’s Wisconsin 8–2, and Wisconsin has won the last 2. Share
Scheduled2027 at Illinois. As the programs’ Wikipedia articles list them (CC BY-SA).
Head-coach pairings with three or more meetings on file, the series read from Illinois’s side (Zuppke 2–3 against Richards). A season split between coaches goes to the one credited with the game.
Both programs through the years
Illinois 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.
Biggest days: the week’s best individual games by our big-days rule, from box scores (2004 on).
From the newspapers
1895 · Wood County reporter, Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis., Oct 31, 1895
1899 · The Saint Paul globe, St. Paul, Minn., Nov 12, 1899
1900 · The Indianapolis journal, Indianapolis [Ind.], Nov 25, 1900
1906 · The Lake County times, Hammond, Ind., Nov 12, 1906
1907 · The Birmingham age-herald, Alabama, Oct 27, 1907
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.
Viewers: Nielsen, as compiled by nschultz7’s ratings tracker.
Photos
Wisconsin Badger football fans on Breese Terrace below Camp Randall Stadium prior to the start of a game against IllinoisPhoto: Richard Hurd from Green Bay, USA, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia CommonsThe 2012 game
Wisconsin Badger football fans on Breese Terrace below Camp Randall Stadium prior to the start of a game against IllinoisPhoto: Richard Hurd from Green Bay, USA, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia CommonsThe 2012 game
Wisconsin Badger football fans making their way to Camp Randall Stadium prior to the start of a game against IllinoisPhoto: Richard Hurd from Green Bay, USA, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia CommonsThe 2012 game
Wisconsin Badger football fans (and a few Illinois Illini fans) below Camp Randall Stadium in Madison shortly before the start of a gamePhoto: Richard Hurd from Green Bay, USA, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia CommonsThe 2012 game
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).
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