Pennsylvania vs. Wisconsin

Pennsylvania and Wisconsin have 4 meetings on file, the first in 1930; the series is tied 2–⁠2 in the games on file. Over the last 4 meetings it’s even at 2–⁠2.

Pennsylvania wins
2
Wisconsin wins
2
Ties
0
Earliest on file
1930
Longest streak
2 Pennsylvania
Current streak
1 Wisconsin
Last 10 meetings
even at 2–⁠2
Most recent
1951

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1930s1–⁠1
1950s1–⁠1
Both ranked
1 meeting: Pennsylvania 1, Wisconsin 0
Average margin
17.5 points; 0 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Pennsylvania
2–⁠0 Pennsylvania’s record at home
At Wisconsin
2–⁠0 Wisconsin’s record at home
Shutouts
2

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 Pennsylvania and Wisconsin, 1930 on13001500170019401960198020002020

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 Evening star's story of the 1931 game: WISCONSIN FOOLED BY RED AND BLUE Badger FumbIeS NulIify Big First Down Margin as Quakers Win, 27-13.

    1931 · Evening star, Washington, D.C., Oct 25, 1931

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 10, 19519Wisconsin 16, Pennsylvania 7at Wisconsin
Nov 18, 195020Pennsylvania 20, 15Wisconsin 0at Pennsylvania
Oct 24, 1931Pennsylvania 27, Wisconsin 13at Pennsylvania
Oct 18, 1930Wisconsin 27, Pennsylvania 0at Wisconsin

Every game is listed as played on the field.