Wisconsin vs. Yale

Wisconsin and Yale have 3 meetings on file, the first in 1899; Yale leads the series 2–⁠1 in the games on file. Over the last 3 meetings it’s Yale 2–⁠1.

Wisconsin wins
1
Yale wins
2
Ties
0
Earliest on file
1899
Longest streak
1 Yale
Current streak
1 Yale
Last 10 meetings
Yale 2–⁠1
Most recent
1948

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1890s0–⁠1
1940s1–⁠1
Average margin
8.3 points; 1 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Wisconsin
0–⁠1 Wisconsin’s record at home
At Yale
1–⁠1 Yale’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 Wisconsin and Yale, 1899 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 journal's story of the 1899 game: And slid Across the Goal Line for . Touchdown, Where Brown Fin- tshed the Play with a Kick. CLOSE GAME At TERRE HAUTE DE PAW ELEVEN DEFEATED TO 8 BY ROSE POLYTECHNIC. indianapolis High school Beaten 20 to o by Louisviile-Oberifn severely Drubbed by Chicago.

    1899 · The Indianapolis journal, Indianapolis [Ind.], Oct 22, 1899

  • The Evening star's story of the 1947 game: Yale Deprived Of Score On Wisconsin, Yale Saws

    1947 · Evening star, District of Columbia, Oct 21, 1947

  • The Evening star's story of the 1948 game: Wisconsin Coach SIurred, Players Want to Fight

    1948 · Evening star, Oct 17, 1948

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

Oct 16, 1948Yale 17, Wisconsin 7at Wisconsin
Oct 18, 1947Wisconsin 9, 12Yale 0at Yale
Oct 21, 1899Yale 6, Wisconsin 0at Yale

Every game is listed as played on the field.