The Wisconsin Badgers will play the Minnesota Golden Gophers at noon ET, 11 a.m. CT for their Week 14 game in Madison on Nov. 29.
The contest will mark Wisconsin’s ninth and final Big Ten game of the 2024 season: The first eight were at USC (a 38-21 loss), vs. Purdue (a 52-6 win), at Rutgers (a 42-7 win), at Northwestern (a 23-3 win), vs. Penn State (a 28-13 loss), vs. Oregon (a 16-13 loss) and at Nebraska (Nov. 23). The game against the Golden Gophers will be televised nationally on CBS.
After firing offensive coordinator Phil Longo on Nov. 17, Wisconsin could head back to Madison for the Nov. 29 bout with a 5-6 mark if it drops it’s Week 13 game at Nebraska. If that’s the case, the Badgers’ 23-year bowl game streak would be in jeopardy.
Minnesota, meanwhile, is on an opposite trajectory. The Golden Gophers currently stand at 6-4 and No. 7 in the 18-team Big Ten conference. Unexpected victories over USC and No. 24 Illinois have altered the course of Minnesota’s season.
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In Wisconsin’s last game against their bitter rival, the Badgers captured a 28-14 win in Minneapolis. UW is 3-3 in its last six games against Minnesota dating back to 2018.
On Monday, head coach Luke Fickell indicated that redshirt sophomore Braedyn Locke will continue to take snaps as UW’s quarterback for the rest of the season. He may be required to play a near-perfect game if the Badgers enter Week 14 in need of the coveted sixth win of the season.