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WISCONSIN FOOTBALL 18 STRAIGHT BOWLS ▪ 102 WINS LAST 10 SEASONS ▪ 11 CONSENSUS 1ST҃TEAM ALL҃AMERICANS LAST 10 SEASONS POSTGAME NOTES WISCONSIN 20, MINNESOTA 17 ▪ DEC. 19, 2020 ▪ CAMP RANDALL STADIUM ▪ MADISON, WIS. TEAM NOTES INDIVIDUAL NOTES Today’s game captain: senior RB Garrett Groshek Sophomore QB Chase Wolf attempted his first passes of the season, finishing 4-for-5 for 15 yards. Today’s game matched the latest date on which He also threw his first career touchdown pass on a Wisconsin has played a regular-season game and 4-yard throw to WR Jack Dunn in the third quarter. also marks the latest home game in program history. UW also played on Dec. 19 when it faced Carlisle Senior RB Garrett Groshek, playing in his 46th Indian School at Chicago Coliseum to close the career game, made the first start of his career and 1896 season. rushed for a career-high 154 yards on 24 carries, including a career-long 39-yard touchdown run in . Saturday’s game was just the second played the second quarter. in the month of December at Camp Randall Stadium, which opened in 1917. The first came . Groshek is the 33rd player in school history when the Badgers hosted No. 10 Indiana two to record a 100-yard rushing performance vs. weeks ago (Dec. 5). Minnesota. Wisconsin improved to 62-60-8 in the all-time . Groshek also caught 4 passes for 13 yards. series with Minnesota. Senior WR Jack Dunn recorded his 1st touch- The Badgers have won 23 of their last 26 meet- down catch of the season — and 2nd of his career ings with the Gophers, dating to 1995. — on a 4-yard pass from Wolf in the third quarter. Dating to the 2010 season, Wisconsin has won . Dunn set career highs with 7 catches for 76 23 of its last 26 games with a traveling trophy on the yards, including a career-long 24-yard reception line vs. Iowa (Heartland Trophy), Minnesota (Paul Junior TE Jake Ferguson hauled in 3 passes for Bunyan’s Axe) and Nebraska (Freedom Trophy). 35 yards. Paul Chryst improved to 55-19 (.743) in his sixth . Ferguson has caught at least 1 pass in each of season as Wisconsin’s head coach, ranking him 4th his 33 career games, extending the nation’s 4th on UW’s all-time wins list: longest active streak. WINS AS WISCONSIN COACH, ALLTIME . Ferguson’s 33 straight games with a reception Coach (Years) Wins marks the longest streak by a tight end in school 1. Barry Alvarez (1990-2005)* 119 history, passing Travis Beckum (32, 2006-08). 2. Bret Bielema (2006-12) 68 3. Phil King (1896-1902, ’05) 65 Sophomore ILB Leo Chenal recorded a career- 4. Paul Chryst (2015-present) 55 high 13 tackles, including a career-best 5.0 TFLs and 5. Milt Bruhn (1956-66) 52 a pair of sacks. Chenal entered the game with 3.0 * Also served as coach in 2 bowl games (2012, 2014) TFLs and 2.0 sacks in his career. Under Chryst, Wisconsin is: . Chenal also tallied his first-career forced fumble. 37-13 (.740) in Big Ten Conference play . Chenal is the first Badger to record at least 5.0 . 27-7 (.794) vs. the Big Ten West Division TFLs in a game since OLB Garret Dooley record- . 5-1 (.833) vs. Minnesota ed 5.0 vs. Northwestern on Sept. 30, 2017. Wisconsin improved to 9-6 all-time in overtime . Chenal is the first UW player with at least 2.0 games, winning each of its last three such games. sacks in a game since Zack Baun recorded 2.0 . The Badgers are 2-0 against Minnesota in over- on Nov. 30, 2019 vs. Minnesota. time, also claiming a 20-17 overtime win in 1999. Senior S Eric Burrell recorded his 1st interception UW converted its 18th fourth-quarter, game- of the season, and 5th of his career, picking off a winning field goal in school history on a 30-yard Tanner Morgan pass in the end zone in the second kick from Collin Larsh. That kick marked the team’s quarter. first game-winning FG since Rafael Gaglianone’s Freshman OLB Nick Herbig posted a career- 47-yarder with 3:47 left to beat LSU, 16-14, on high 7 tackles , surpassing his previous best of 5 at Setp. 3, 2016. Michigan. Wisconsin’s last overtime game-winning FG also Junior K Collin Larsh went 2-for-3 on field goal came from Gaglianone on a 25-yard kick to beat attempts, connecting on a 31-yarder in the fourth Auburn in the 2015 Outback Bowl. quarter and a 30-yarder in overtime. The Badgers held Minnesota to 17 points and 326 total yards, both qualify as the second-lowest total of the season for the Gophers. UW entered the game leading the nation in few- est yards allowed per game (251.0 ypg) and 6th in the FBS in points allowed per game (15.4 ppg)..