FOOTBALL RELEASE • AUGUST 29, 2005
GAME 1 SATURDAY’S Camp Randall Bowling Green (0-0) STORYLINES Stadium Has New at Look; Renovation Wisconsin (0-0) Wisconsin is Now Complete 22-2 in its last 24 non-conference One of the nation’s most 11 a.m. CDT • ESPN home games and noteworthy college football • Camp Randall Stadium • 32-5 overall vs. non- facilities has just undergone (capacity 80,321) league opponents at a $109 million facelift. Camp Randall Wisconsin’s Camp Stadium during the Randall Stadium, built in Alvarez era. The loss- 1917, features several notice- Wisconsin (0-0) hosts able changes, including the es were vs. UNLV Bowling Green (0-0) on addition of 72 suites, 260 Saturday, Sept. 3, at 80,321- (2003), Fresno State Buckingham Club seats and seat Camp Randall Stadium (2001), Colorado 625 Varsity Club seats; the (Field Turf). Kickoff is set (1995), Temple enclosure of the south end- for 11 a.m. CDT. (1990) and zone seating (4,300 addi- The game will be tele- California (1990). tional seats); an office build- vised live by ESPN (Mark ing (Kellner Hall) for the Jones, Chris Spielman and During the WR Brandon Williams enters his senior season UW Department of Athletics Rob Stone). that is built into the south- Bowling Green game, needing 33 catches to break Lee Evans’s school The game also can be record for career pass receptions. Williams has east corner of the stadium; a heard live on the 45-city the Badgers will be caught 143 passes in three seasons. Evans huge north end scoreboard Wisconsin Radio Network wearing “throwback” made 175 grabs during his four-year career. with video capabilities, as (Matt Lepay and Mike jerseys that are repli- well as smaller video/score- Lucas). WIBA (1310 AM, cas of those worn boards in the SE and SW 101.5 FM) is the rightshold- during the 1960s, the last time a major construction project corners of the stadium; er in Madison. was completed at Camp Randall. wider concourses; improved Wisconsin Public restrooms and concessions Television (Mike Heller and areas; and better traffic flow Scott Nelson) will air its UW is 23-2 all-time vs. the Mid-American Conference. and access for Badger fans tape-delay telecast of the The last MAC opponent to defeat the Badgers was Western all around the legendary game statewide at 10:30 Michigan in the 1988 season opener. UW is meeting a MAC facility. p.m. on Saturday. opponent Saturday for the seventh time in eight seasons. Saturday will mark the grand re-opening of Camp Randall Stadium. The facili- 2005 SCHEDULE / RESULTS ty first opened in 1917 and Date Opponent (A.P./Coaches) Live TV Time/Score Highlight has undergone a $109 mil- lion renovation. S 3 BOWLING GREEN ESPN 11 a.m. Wisconsin is coming off a S 10 TEMPLE ESPN Plus 11 a.m. 2004 season in which it S 17 at North Carolina ESPN2 6 p.m. went 9-3 (6-2 Big Ten) and played in the Outback Bowl S 24 MICHIGAN ESPN/ESPN2 6/6:45 p.m. against Georgia. The O 1 INDIANA TBA TBA Badgers have been to a bowl game in 10 of the past 12 O 8 at Northwestern TBA TBA seasons. O 15 at Minnesota TBA TBA Bowling Green, under the O 22 PURDUE ABC 2:30 p.m. direction of head coach Gregg Brandon, was also 9-3 O 29 at Illinois TBA TBA overall and 6-2 in confer- N 5 at Penn State TBA TBA ence play. The Mid- N 12 IOWA TBA TBA American Conference school defeated Memphis, N 25 at Hawaii ESPN2 8 p.m. 52-35, in the 2004 GMAC All times Central Bowl.
Athletic Communications Office University of Wisconsin • Kellner Hall • 1440 Monroe Street • Madison, Wisconsin 53711 • Fax: (608) 262-8184 • uwbadgers.com Contact: Justin Doherty • Phone: (608) 262-1811 • Cell: (608) 225-1891 • Email: [email protected] Wisconsin is 13-2 in 15 previous home openers dur- ing the Alvarez era. UW’s last loss in a home-opener came in 1995 against
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