Missouri vs. Wisconsin
Missouri and Wisconsin have 5 meetings on file, the first in 1942; Wisconsin leads the series 4–1 in the games on file. Over the last 5 meetings it’s Wisconsin 4–1, and Wisconsin has won the last 2. Share
- Missouri wins
- 1
- Wisconsin wins
- 4
- Ties
- 0
- Earliest on file
- 1942
- Longest streak
- 2 Wisconsin
- Current streak
- 2 Wisconsin
- Last 10 meetings
- Wisconsin 4–1
- Most recent
- 1984
The series at a glance
- Average margin
- 11 points; 4 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
- At Missouri
- 1–1 Missouri’s record at home
- At Wisconsin
- 3–0 Wisconsin’s record at home
Every meeting on file, as played. Ranks are the AP poll’s going in.
Games that tell the story
- Missouri’s biggest win1975: Missouri 27, Wisconsin 21by 6 points
- Wisconsin’s biggest win1974: Wisconsin 59, Missouri 20by 39 points
Both programs through the years
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

1942 · Detroit evening times, Detroit, Mich, Oct 11, 1942
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
| Sep 15, 1984 | Wisconsin 35, Missouri 34 | at Missouri | ||
| Sep 17, 1983 | Wisconsin 21, Missouri 20 | at Wisconsin | ||
| Sep 27, 1975 | 5Missouri 27, Wisconsin 21 | at Missouri | ||
| Oct 5, 1974 | Wisconsin 59, Missouri 20 | at Wisconsin | ||
| Oct 10, 1942 | Wisconsin 17, Missouri 9 | at Wisconsin |
Every game is listed as played on the field.