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Nov 23, 2022
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It's rivalry week, and the most played rivalry game between FBS teams is the Wisconsin-Minnesota series. The teams have met 131 times, playing every year since 1890 except in 1906.

Football went through some things in 1905, leading to numerous rule changes for the 1906 season. The Western Conference, now known as the Big Ten, deemphasized football as conference teams agreed to play only five games that season and the next. The reduced schedule resulted in the Badgers and Gophers missing one another that year.

(1907 Official Foot Ball Guide)

During the 1906 season,

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