Football Release • October 23, 2006
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FOOTBALL RELEASE • OCTOBER 23, 2006 Quick Hits GAME 9: ILLINOIS AT WISCONSIN Wisconsin has started the Records: Illinois (2-6, 1-3) at Wisconsin (7-1, 4-1) season by winning at least seven of its first eight games Date / Time: Saturday, Oct. 28 at 11:02 a.m. CDT for the third straight year ... Location: Madison, Wis. (Camp Randall Stadium / 80,321) with seven wins this season, Television: LIVE ... ESPN2 (Pam Ward, Mike Gottfried and Jimmy Bret Bielema has tied the Dykes) / TAPED ... Wisconsin Public Television (Mike Heller and UW mark for most wins by a Scott Nelson) at 10:30 p.m. first-year head coach ... the Radio: Wisconsin Radio Network (Matt Lepay and Mike Lucas) ... Badgers are 15-1 at Camp 53 affiliates throughout Wisconsin and Minnesota, including Randall Stadium since the WIBA (1310 AM / 101.5 FM in Madison) and WTMJ (620 AM) in start of 2004, the sixth-best Milwaukee home record in the country Polls: UW is ranked 17th in the A.P poll and 18th in the USA over that span ... Wisconsin Today Coaches poll / Illinois is not ranked ranks fourth in the country Coaches: Wisconsin’s Bret Bielema (1st year as a head coach: in scoring defense (11.5 ppg.) 7-1) and Illinois’ Ron Zook (5th year as a head coach: 27-29 / and seventh in the country 2nd year at Illinois: 4-15) in total defense (245.8 ypg.) Series: Illinois leads the series 35-32-7 ... freshman running back Last Meeting: Wisconsin won 41-24 in Champaign on Oct. 29, P.J. Hill leads the Big Ten 2005 ... Brian Calhoun ran for five touchdowns and 197 yards ... and ranks sixth in the nation the Badgers’ other TD came on a 62-yard pass from John Stocco in rushing (146.5 ypg.) ... to Brandon Williams ... Illinois totaled 538 yards of offense but UW leads the Big Ten in total missed two field goals and threw an interception. offense during conference Wisconsin-Illinois Series Notes: Wisconsin has won the last games (431.4 ypg.) and has three meetings between the teams by an average of 17.3 points at least 400 yards of total ... UW averaged 268.0 rushing yards in those three wins ... this offense in four straight con- Wisconsin ranks fourth in the country in scor- will be just the third trip to Madison for Illinois since 1997 ... UW ing defense (11.5 points per game) and sev- tests ... the Badgers lead the head coach Bret Bielema is a native of Prophetstown, Ill. ... the enth in the nation in total defense (245.8 country in pass efficiency yards per game). The Badgers limited Purdue Badgers and Illinois played the last tie game in NCAA Division IA defense and have given up to three points and 286 yards last week. history, a 3-3 deadlock in the final game of the 1995 season. just two touchdown passes this season. 2006 Wisconsin Schedule / Results Polls* Date Opponent UW / Opp. Live TV Time/Score Highlight S 2 vs. Bowling Green# NR / NR ESPNR W, 35-14 Hill runs for 130 yards / Casillas blocked punt for TD S 9 WESTERN ILLINOIS NR / NR ESPNU W, 34-10 Hill scores three TDs / UW records three interceptions S 16 SAN DIEGO STATE NR / NR ESPN+ W, 14-0 Defense limits SDSU to 115 total yards / Hill rushes for 184 yards S 23 at Michigan NR / 6th & 6th ESPN L, 13-27 Defense records three INTs / Hill accounts for 118 total yards S 30 at Indiana NR / NR ESPN2 W, 52-17 Stocco pass efficiency of 296.7 / Hill runs for 129 yards and three TDs O 7 NORTHWESTERN NR / NR ESPN360 W, 41-9 Hill runs for 249 yards / UW outgains NU 527-216 O 14 MINNESOTA 25th & NR / NR ESPN W, 48-12 Stocco throws four TDs / Hill goes over 1,000 yards O 21 at Purdue 21st & 22nd / NR ESPN W, 24-3 Defense limits Purdue to 286 yards / Hill runs for 161 yards O 28 ILLINOIS 17th & 18th / NR ESPN2 11 a.m. N 4 PENN STATE TBA TBA N 11 at Iowa TBA TBA N 18 BUFFALO TBA TBA All times Central *AP & USA Today #at Cleveland Browns Stadium ESPNR = ESPN Regional ESPNU = ESPN University ESPN+ = ESPN Plus Local University of Wisconsin • Intercollegiate Athletics Kellner Hall • 1440 Monroe Street • Madison, Wisconsin 53711 (608) 262-1866 • www.uwbadgers.com Notable, Quotable and Promotable Our top items for this week ... With Saturday’s victory, head WHERE DO THEY RANK coach Bret Bielema tied the UW record for wins by a first-year 1 Below is a look at where some Badger players stand in the NCAA and Big Ten statistical rankings: head coach. Phil King led UW to a 7-1-1 record in 1896 and William Juneau’s 1912 Player Category Stat NCAA Rank Big Ten Rank Badgers went 7-0-0. P.J. Hill Rushing 146.5 yds. per game 6th 1st P.J. Hill All-Purpose Running 168.0 yds. per game 4th 1st The Badgers play three of their P.J. Hill Scoring 10.5 pts. per game 6th 1st last four games at Camp Randall P.J. Hill Touchdowns 14 TDs T4th 1st Stadium. UW is 20-4 in its last 2 John Stocco Passing Efficiency 153.6 17th 2nd 24 home games. Including a 15-1 mark John Stocco Passing 198.8 yds. per game 37th 4th since the start of 2004. Wisconsin is one John Stocco Total Offense 197.9 yards per game 52nd 6th of six teams in the country with one or no Travis Beckum Receiving Yards 62.6 yards per game 60th 6th home losses over that span. Ken DeBauche Punting 43.7 yds. per punt 14th 3rd Taylor Mehlhaff Scoring 7.1 pts. per game 45th 6th For the 12th time in the past 14 Taylor Mehlhaff Field Goals 1.0 per game T47th T4th seasons, and a school-record fifth Taylor Mehlhaff Field Goal Percentage 80.0 % -- T3rd consecutive year, Wisconsin is 3 Taylor Mehlhaff PAT Kicking Percentage 100.0 % -- T1st bowl eligible. Among Big Ten schools, only Jack Ikegwuonu Passes Defended 1.14 per game -- T5th Ohio State and Michigan can match UW’s run of bowl appearances over the last 14 Below is a look at where Wisconsin stands among the NCAA and Big Ten statistical leaders: years. Category Stat NCAA Rank Big Ten Rank Wisconsin is second in the Big Scoring Offense 32.6 pts. per game 17th 2nd Ten and ranks fourth in the Total Offense 398.2 yds. per game 23rd 3rd country in scoring defense, allow- 4 Rushing Offense 196.2 yds. per game 13th 1st ing just 11.5 points per game. The Time of Possession 32:57 7th 2nd Badgers’ defense has given up just eight 3rd Down Efficiency 46.5 percent 20th 3rd touchdowns this season. Purdue’s offense Scoring Defense 11.5 pts. per game 4th 2nd did not score a touchdown last Saturday, Total Defense 245.75 yds. per game 7th 2nd the third UW opponent that failed to score Pass Defense 131.1 yds. per game 3rd 1st an offensive TD this season. Pass Efficiency Defense 84.6 1st 1st 3rd Down Effic. Defense 26.4 percent 4th 1st After giving up touchdown drives 4th Down Effic. Defense 23.1 percent 8th 1st of 80 and 79 yards to Bowling Opponent 1st Downs 116 -- 2nd Green in the season opener, UW’s 5 Interceptions 9 T22nd T2nd first-team defense has not allowed a Net Punting 37.5 yds. per punt 26th 3rd touchdown drive of longer than 56 yards. Indiana had a 94-yard touchdown drive late in the fourth quarter. Purdue entered Saturday’s game The Badgers lead the Big In the last three seasons, while averaging 33.1 points per game, Ten and rank third in the Bret Bielema has been on 7 second-best in the Big Ten. 10 country in pass defense, 6 Wisconsin’s coaching staff, the Wisconsin limited the Boilermakers to allowing just 131.1 yards per game. UW Badgers have given up fewer than 20 three points, their lowest output since los- limited Purdue to 187 yards through the points in a game 19 times. The Badgers ing 31-3 to Michigan on Oct. 25, 2003. It air. The Boilermakers entered Saturday’s are 19-0 in those games. was the fewest points for Purdue against game ranked fourth in the country in pass Wisconsin since a 9-0 Badger win on Oct. offense (327.1 yards per game). 8, 1955. JUST WIN, BABY! Stocco has started every Wisconsin limited Purdue to 286 game for the Badgers in the Quarterback John Stocco has led Wisconsin to yards of total offense. The 11 last three seasons (33 a 26-7 record in his three seasons as a starter. 8 Boilermakers entered Saturday’s straight). UW has a 26-7 record in games Over the last three years only Boise State’s game ranked fourth in the country in total started by Stocco. He has started every Jared Zabransky has more wins as a starter offense, averaging 471.7 yards per game. game while Bret Bielema has been on than Stocco does. Below is a look at the Wisconsin’s coaching staff. quarterbacks with the most wins as a starter UW ranks second in the Big Ten since 2004: and seventh in the country in Wisconsin leads the country 9 total defense, allowing just 245.8 in pass efficiency defense at Player (team) Wins yards per game.