<P> The first Badger football team took the field in 1889 , losing the only two games it played that season . In 1890 , Wisconsin earned its first victory with a 106 -- 0 drubbing of Whitewater Normal School ( now the University of Wisconsin -- Whitewater ) , still the most lopsided win in school history . However , the very next week the Badgers suffered what remains their most lopsided defeat , a humiliating 63 -- 0 loss at the hands of the University of Minnesota . Since then , the Badgers and Gophers have met 122 times , making Wisconsin vs Minnesota the most - played rivalry in the Football Bowl Subdivision . </P>
<P> The first Badger football team took the field in 1889 , losing the only two games it played that season . In 1890 , Wisconsin earned its first victory with a 106 -- 0 drubbing of Whitewater Normal School ( now the University of Wisconsin -- Whitewater ) , still the most lopsided win in school history . However , the very next week the Badgers suffered what remains their most lopsided defeat , a humiliating 63 -- 0 loss at the hands of the University of Minnesota . Since then , the Badgers and Gophers have met 122 times , making Wisconsin vs Minnesota the most - played rivalry in the Football Bowl Subdivision . </P>
when do the badgers play their first football game
when do the badgers play their first football game
1889
1889