Notre Dame, coached by Knute Rockne, arrived in Madison, Wisconsin, only to find that the grass on the football field at Camp Randall Stadium had not been mowed in a week.
Rumor was that Wisconsin coach Glenn Thistlethwaite wanted to slow down the speedy Notre Dame Irish players.
[3] The Badgers upset the Irish 22–6,[6][7] and Wisconsin fans still refer to the game as "The Victory In The Tall Grass.
"[4] It was called the first win by a Big Ten Conference team over Notre Dame in over a decade,[8][9] although the Fighting Irish had actually lost to the Iowa Hawkeyes only seven years prior to the game.
The Badgers broke the Irish's 14-game streak against Big ten opponents and became only the second team to defeat them since their blackballing from the league was rescinded in 1917.