Wisconsin Sports Minute For This Week

Nov 15, 2003 Wisconsin Badger wide receiver Lee Evans caught 10 passes for school-records of 258 yards and five touchdowns as the Badgers rolled past 21st-ranked Michigan State 56-21 at Camp Randall Stadium. Evans eclipsed the 20 year old record held by Al Toon, when he gained 252 yards against Purdue in 1983. Evans five touchdowns tied a Big Ten record for one game. He had TD catches of 9, 75, 18, 70 and 18. 

Nov 16, 1974 A 52-7 win over Northwestern guarantees the Badger football team its first winning Big Ten season since the Rose Bowl year of 1962. The Badgers set Big Ten records with 32 first downs rushing, and 37 total first downs. Their record goes to 4-3 and they end the Big Ten 5-3.

Nov 17, 1963 The Green Bay Packers and Chicago Bears met each other with 8-1 records and tied for the lead in the NFL Western Conference. The 2-time defending NFL champion Packers lost to the eventual NFL champion Bears 26-7 in Chicago.

Nov 18, 1972 The Milwaukee Bucks blew an 18 point lead against the New York Knicks with only 5:50 to play in the game. The Bucks did not score a point in the final 5:50 while the Knicks scored 19, including the final two on a jump shot by Earl Monroe in the final minute. Bucks guard Lucius Allen missed two free throws in the final minute before Monroe hit the game winner. Kareem Abdul Jabbar missed two late shots to try and give the Bucks the win. The Knicks won the game 87-86.

Nov 19, 1974 The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Panthers football team played its final game, not only of the season, but of the team’s existence, against UW-Whitewater at Marquette University Stadium. The final score was 26-14. Despite the outcries from many alumni, the football team was eliminated because of the expense and the lack of a permanent playing facility.

Nov 20, 1989 The Milwaukee Brewers' Robin Yount won the American League MVP Award for the second time. Yount is only the third player to win the MVP at two different positions. He played centerfield this season and was a shortstop when he first won it in 1982. Yount hit .318, 21 home runs, and 103 RBI.

Nov 21, 2005 The top-ranked Wisconsin men’s cross country team clinched its first NCAA team title since 1988. The Badgers won their fourth NCAA team title with 37 points, breaking a three-year streak of second-place finishes. Also bringing home his second-consecutive individual national title was Simon Bairu (Regina, Saskatchewan). With a time of 29:15.9, Bairu became the first Badger to win two NCAA individual titles. He won the 2004 individual title in a time of 30:37.7 and became Wisconsin’s first individual winner since Tim Hacker in 1985.