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Rutgers vs. Wisconsin

Rutgers and Wisconsin have 6 meetings on file, the first in 2014; Wisconsin leads the series 6–⁠0 in the games on file. Over the last 6 meetings it’s Wisconsin 6–⁠0, and Wisconsin has won the last 6.

Rutgers wins
0
Wisconsin wins
6
Ties
0
Earliest on file
2014
Longest streak
6 Wisconsin
Current streak
6 Wisconsin
Last 10 meetings
Wisconsin 6–⁠0
Most recent
2024

The series at a glance

’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
2010s0–⁠3
2020s0–⁠3
Average margin
30.7 points; 0 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Rutgers
0–⁠3 Rutgers’s record at home
At Wisconsin
3–⁠0 Wisconsin’s record at home
Shutouts
1

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

Games that tell the story

  1. Wisconsin’s biggest win2021: Wisconsin 52, Rutgers 3by 49 points

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Rutgers and Wisconsin, 2014 on130015001700201520202025

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.

Stars of the series

Biggest days

Jonathan Taylor Wisconsin27 carries, 208 yards, 3 TD2018 Rushing
Tawee Walker Wisconsin24 carries, 198 yards, 3 TD2024 Rushing

Biggest days: the week’s best individual games by our big-days rule, from box scores (2004 on).

Photos

From the rivalry’s and its games’ categories on Wikimedia Commons (free licenses only, each credited).

Every game

Nov 7, 2026Rutgers at Wisconsin upcomingat Wisconsin
Oct 12, 2024Wisconsin 42, Rutgers 7at Rutgers
Oct 7, 2023Wisconsin 24, Rutgers 13at Wisconsin
Nov 6, 2021Wisconsin 52, Rutgers 3at Rutgers
Nov 3, 2018Wisconsin 31, Rutgers 17at Wisconsin
Oct 31, 2015Wisconsin 48, Rutgers 10at Wisconsin
Nov 1, 2014Wisconsin 37, Rutgers 0at Rutgers

Every game is listed as played on the field.