WISCONSIN FOOTBALL 2014 Big Ten West Division Champions . 5 Consecutive January Bowls . 13 Consecutive Bowl Games . 20 First-Team All-Americans Since 2000
POSTGAME NOTES WISCONSIN (7-2, 4-1 BIG TEN) VS. RUTGERS (3-5, 1-4) . OCTOBER 31, 2015 . CAMP RANDALL STADIUM . MADISON, WIS.
TEAM NOTES Stave threw for 217 yards on 13-of-25 passing, noting his 16th game of 200 Wisconsin’s captains were senior S Michael Caputo, senior LT Tyler yards or more. He is one 200-yard performance from tying John Stocco for Marz, senior OLB Joe Schobert and senior CB Darius Hillary. first all-time. UW hosted a game on Halloween for the first time since 2009, improving Senior WR Alex Erickson caught six passes for 103 yards and a touch- its record to 4-3 all-time at Camp Randall on Oct. 31. down to mark his fifth career game of 100 yards or more. The contest marked the teams’ second-ever meeting, as the Badgers won Erickson passed Lee DeRamus (1991-93), Garrett Graham (2006-09) and the first matchup last year, 37-0, in Piscatataway, N.J. Pat Richter (1960-62) to move into eighth on UW’s career receptions list with 122. He also jumped Jared Abbrederis (2011) and Brandon Williams Wisconsin held Rutgers QB Chris Laviano to 4-of-14 (28.6 percent) passing (2005) to tie Travis Beckum (2006) for the sixth-most single-season recep- and 31 yards, and a 32.9 passer rating. The Scarlet Knights’ signal caller tions in Wisconsin history (61). entered the game leading the Big Ten with a passing completion percent- age of 67.2 and third with an efficiency mark of 148.9. Junior RB Corey Clement returned to action against Rutgers, scoring his first three touchdowns of the season. Clement’s 12-yard rushing score in The Badgers have now allowed opponents to reach the red zone 15 times the first quarter was his first since Nov. 29, 2014 against Minnesota. He in nine games, giving up 10 scores (five TD, five FG). finished with 115 yards on 11 carries in route to earning his first-ever three- After converting a touchdown on fourth and seven from Rutgers’ 31-yard touchdown game and eighth career 100-yard rushing output. line, Wisconsin is now 3-for-3 on fourth-down conversions in the second Clement picked up Wisconsin’s longest rush of the year with a 58-yard quarter of games and 4-for-5 on the year. scoring scamper in the third quarter, outdoing Alex Erickson’s 56-yard run Tanner McEvoy’s interception in the second quarter was the team’s sixth against Illinois. pick of 2015. The Badgers had six interceptions all of last year. UW has In his two games against Rutgers, the New Jersey native Clement has three players with two interceptions (Caputo, McEvoy, Musso) for the first scored four touchdowns and ran for 246 yards (9.8 average). time since five players had two picks in 2011. Senior WR/S Tanner McEvoy grabbed his third-career interception on Wisconsin has allowed an average of 8.0 points over its last eight games. a pass that bounced off Joe Schobert’s helmet and landed in the safety’s The Badgers’ scoring defense, which ranked No. 2 in the country entering arms. McEvoy notched his first-ever sack for a loss of 10 yards. He finished the contest, improved from 11.1 to 11.0 points per game. with four tackles, including three solo stops, and a tackle for loss. Wisconsin had a season-high eight plays (four pass, four rush) of 20 yards McEvoy is the first FBS player with at least one sack, two receptions, two or more. Previously, the Badgers picked up seven big plays against Troy carries and two interceptions in a season since Charles Gordon of Kansas and Nebraska. On defense, the Badgers allowed just two plays of 20+ yards. accomplished the feat in 2005. The Badgers gathered their highest scoring total in Big Ten play. UW McEvoy ran for his second score of the season -- a 20-yard rush in the needed just two quarters to trump its previous high of 24 points. fourth quarter. UW racked up 209 yards rushing and 217 yards passing, the team’s first TE Troy Fumagalli had 3 catches for 55 yards, including a career-long 200-200 game of the season. 31-yard reception. UW’s two New Jersey natives--Corey Clement and Tanner McEvoy-- Senior OLB Joe Schobert recorded his second fumble recovery of the combined to score four touchdowns on 144 rushing yards. year, falling on a loose ball on Rutgers’ 3-yard line. Follwing the turnover, Wisconsin forced Rutgers into eight three-and-outs in the game and gave Wisconsin needed just three plays to get in the end zone. Schobert finished up just two first downs to the Scarlet Knights in the second half. with three tackles and a pass break-up. Rutgers had 165 total yards in the contest, which was the second-least Junior OLB Vince Biegel had his first two-sack performance of the season allowed by Wisconsin all season. The Scarlet Knights’ 82 passing yards and second of his career. He finished with five tackles and two tackles for were also the second-least by a UW opponent. The contest noted the sixth loss. time this year that Wisconsin held a team to under 100 yards rushing. Senior S Michael Caputo was tied for the team-lead with eight tackles. Rutgers was held to its fewest total yards in a game this season as well as Junior OLB Jack Cichy made his first career start, picking up a career-high its fewest passing yards in a game this season and the second-lowest rush- eight tackles to tie for the team-lead. He also had a pass break-up, which ing total in a game. matched his career-best. INDIVIDUAL NOTES Junior S Joe Ferguson gathered a new career-high with five tackles. Senior QB Joel Stave picked up his 37th career start, which put him ahead Junior OLB Garret Dooley earned a career-best two tackles. of John Stocco (2004-06) for fourth all-time. He is now just one start from Sophomore ILB Ryan Connelly had a career-high four tackles and had matching Mike Samuel (1996-98) in third. half a sack. The win gave Stave 28 for his career, as he passed Mike Samuel and got Sophomore K Rafael Gaglianone booted a 49-yard field goal -- just two within one victory of John Stocco in second. yards shy of his career-high -- to cap the Badgers’ game-opening drive. He WINS AS STARTING QUARTERBACK, CAREER went (2-for-2) from 49 and 27 yards, putting him one field goal behind 1. Brooks Bollinger, 1999-2002 (42 starts) 30 Matt Davenport (1996-98) for fifth all-time. 2. John Stocco, 2004-06 (36) 29 3. Joel Stave, 2012-present (37) 28 4. Mike Samuel, 1996-98 (38) 27
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