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The Paul Bunyan Axe was created by the Wisconsin letterwinners' organization (the National W Club) and would be instituted as the trophy in the series in 1948. The scores of each game are recorded on the axe's handle, which is 6 feet long. A new axe was created in 2000. The original axe was donated to the College Football Hall of Fame in 2003. [12]
Wisconsin and Minnesota is one of the Big Ten's most heated rivalries, and they play each other for bragging rights and Paul Bunyan's Axe.
$5 Bits of Broken Chair Trophy Minnesota: Nebraska: 1900 2023 64 Minnesota–Penn State [2] Governor's Victory Bell [1] Minnesota: Penn State: 1993 2024 17 Minnesota–Wisconsin [2] Paul Bunyan's Axe (replaced The Slab of Bacon Trophy) [1] Minnesota: Wisconsin: 1890 2024 134 Nebraska–Wisconsin [2] Freedom Trophy [1] Nebraska: Wisconsin: 1901 ...
The Paul Bunyan Trophy on display at Michigan State in 2009. In 1953, the "Paul Bunyan – Governor of Michigan Trophy", or simply the Paul Bunyan Trophy, was introduced into the rivalry. It is a four-foot tall wooden statue of Paul Bunyan, the giant lumberjack of American folklore, mounted on a five
The Gophers, who ended a 14-game losing streak to the Badgers with a 37-15 romp, celebrated the victory for Paul Bunyan's Axe by emptying cans of Axe body spray, provided by coach P.J. Fleck, in ...
Paul Bunyan's Axe is back with the Wisconsin Badgers, while PJ Fleck's boat is sunk in Minnesota. Braelon Allen rumbled his way to 165 yards and two touchdowns while the defense delivered a ...
The Governor's Victory Bell, alongside the Land Grant Trophy, is one of Penn State's two traveling rivalry trophies. [4] It is Minnesota's fourth official trophy, behind the Little Brown Jug, Floyd of Rosedale, and Paul Bunyan's Axe, and ranks the Golden Gophers first in the Big Ten for number of in-conference rivalry trophies. [5]
Allen rushed for a season-high 165 yards and two touchdowns to carry Wisconsin past Minnesota 28-14 on Saturday, giving the Badgers possession of Paul Bunyan's Axe after a two-year absence.