The University of Wisconsin and the University of Minnesota have perhaps the most storied rivalry in college sports, as the “Border Battle” has spanned football, hockey and anything in-between.
When Wisconsin took to the gridiron against Minnesota for the first time in Nov. 1890, the Badgers suffered what remains their largest loss in school history, a 63–0 drubbing from the Golden Gophers in football.
The game also represented the birth of one of the greatest sports rivalries ever, one which has now spanned 129 games across 129 years — the most-played rivalry in Football Bowl Subdivision history.