Wisconsin Football 2021 Fact Book 2021 Wisconsin Football Schedule
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WISCONSIN FOOTBALL 2021 FACT BOOK 2021 WISCONSIN FOOTBALL SCHEDULE Date Opponent Time Sept. 4 PENN STATE* 11 a.m. Sept. 11 EASTERN MICHIGAN 6 p.m. Sept. 25 vs. Notre Dame 11 a.m. Oct. 2 MICHIGAN* TBD Oct. 9 at Illinois* 2:30/3 p.m. Oct. 16 ARMY TBD Oct. 23 at Purdue* TBD Oct. 30 IOWA* 11 a.m. Nov. 6 at Rutgers* TBD Nov. 13 NORTHWESTERN* TBD Nov. 20 NEBRASKA* TBD Nov. 27 at Minnesota* TBD Dec. 4 Big Ten Championship 7 p.m. all times Central WISCONSIN FOOTBALL | 2021 FACT BOOK Contents Personnel Wisconsin and the NFL The Wisconsin Football Program ............................................2 Badgers in Pro Football ...............................................160-164 Director of Athletics Chris McIntosh .....................................3 NFL Honors .............................................................................165 Head Coach Paul Chryst .......................................................4-5 Badgers in the NFL Draft ............................................166-168 Assistant Coaches ................................................................ 6-15 Postseason All-Star Games ........................................169-170 Football Support Staff ......................................................16-20 All-Time Results 2020 Season in Review Yearly Records ...............................................................172-173 Schedule and Results .............................................................. 22 All-Time Yearly Scores ................................................174-189 Team Overall Statistics ........................................................... 23 Series Records vs. All Opponents ......................................190 Individual Statistics ............................................................24-27 All-Time Scores with Opponents ..............................191-200 Participation ........................................................................28-29 All-Time Scores with AP Ranked Opponents ........201-204 Individual Game-by-Game Statistics .............................29-33 Wisconsin in the AP Top 25 .......................................205-207 Team Game-by-Game Statistics ........................................... 34 Wisconsin in the USA Today Coaches Poll .............208-209 Game Recaps ......................................................................35-41 Wisconsin in the BCS/CFP Standings ...............................210 Gametime Weather Conditions .........................................211 Records Night Games ...........................................................................212 Biggest Comebacks ...............................................................212 Individual Records .............................................................40-79 Fourth-Quarter Comeback Wins .......................................213 Service ............................................................................ 43 Shutouts ..........................................................................214-215 Rushing.....................................................................44-53 Overtime Games ...........................................................216-217 Passing .....................................................................54-59 Attendance Figures ...............................................................218 Receiving .................................................................60-63 Largest Crowds .......................................................................219 Total Offense ................................................................ 65 Scoring......................................................................66-67 History Field Goals and PATs ............................................68-70 Punting ........................................................................... 71 Past Head Coaches ......................................................220-223 Kickoff/Punt Returns ............................................72-73 All-Alvarez Team / All-Time Team ....................................224 All-Purpose Yards ........................................................ 74 Assistant Coaches (since 1944) ..........................................225 Interceptions ................................................................. 75 Significant Dates ...........................................................226-233 Defense ....................................................................76-79 Wisconsin Football Glossary ......................................234-237 Statistical Champions ........................................................80-81 Yearly Statistical Leaders .................................................82-86 Camp Randall Stadium Team Records .....................................................................87-93 Offensive Statistical Trends ............................................94-95 History and Facts ..........................................................238-239 Defensive Statistical Trends............................................96-97 25 Greatest Moments .................................................240-241 Game-By-Game Statistics (1998-2020) .....................98-109 The Camp Randall 100 .........................................................242 The Last Time It Happened ........................................110-112 Camp Randall Stadium Records .........................................113 Bowl Games Best Opponent Performances ............................................113 Bowl History ...........................................................................244 Game Summaries ..........................................................245-260 Honors and Awards Individual Bowl Game Records ..................................261-264 Major Individual Awards .............................................115-116 Team Bowl Game Records .........................................265-272 All-Americans .................................................................118-121 First-Team All-Americans ............................................122-128 Media Information First-Team All-Big Ten .................................................129-130 Big Ten Players of the Week .....................................131-132 Covering the Badgers ..................................................274-275 Academic Honors .........................................................133-134 Football Communications Staff .................................276-277 Academic All-Big Ten...................................................135-137 Additional Media Contacts ..................................................278 Team Honors and Awards ..........................................138-144 Big Ten / College Football Playoff Info .............................279 Retired Numbers ....................................................................142 Badger Sports Network ........................................................280 College Football Hall of Fame ............................................142 Wisconsin Future Schedules ...............................................281 Team Captains ........................................................................143 Quick Facts..............................................................................282 Regular Starters (1991-2020) ....................................144-147 All-Time Letterwinners ................................................148-159 1 WISCONSIN FOOTBALL | 2021 FACT BOOK WISCONSIN FOOTBALL ow in its 133rd season, the Wisconsin Wisconsin has football program is one of the most storied won six of in the country. A charter member of the its last seven N Big Ten Conference, the Badgers have bowl games, won 14 Big Ten championships and played in 32 with those bowl games while producing 32 consensus All- wins coming Americans, 15 College Football Hall of Famers and against Auburn two Heisman Trophy winners. (2015 Outback Some of the legendary players to call Madison Bowl), USC home have included 1954 Heisman Trophy win- (2015 Holiday ner Alan Ameche, 1999 Heisman Trophy winner Bowl), Western Ron Dayne, 2014 Heisman Trophy runner-up Michigan Melvin Gordon, Pro Football Hall of Famer Elroy (2017 Cotton Bowl), Miami (2017 Orange Bowl “Crazylegs” Hirsch, College Football Hall of Famer and 2018 Pinstripe Bowl) and Wake Forest (2020 Tim Krumrie, “The Kangaroo Kicker” Pat O’Dea, Duke’s Mayo Bowl). Outland Trophy winner Joe Thomas, five-time Wisconsin wins with a level of consistency NFL Pro Bowler Troy Vincent, three-time NFL rivaled by few programs. Over the past 15 sea- Defensive Player of the Year J.J. Watt and Super sons, only Alabama, Ohio State, Oklahoma and Bowl champion quarterback Russell Wilson. Clemson have won more games than the Badgers. Now in its 105th season, Camp Randall Stadium Among Big Ten teams, the Badgers’ conference is one of the most iconic venues in college foot- record over the last five seasons is second-best ball. The fifth-oldest on-campus stadium in the in the league, trailing only Ohio State. UW has country, Camp Randall was built on the site of a made six appearances in the Big Ten champion- Civil War training ground. Today it has a capacity ship game, the most of any team in the conference of more than 80,000 and is home to one of college since the game was initiated in 2011, winning the football’s greatest traditions, “Jump Around.” first two iterations. UW’s first bowl appearance came in the 1953 Individual success has followed team success with Rose Bowl when the Badgers fell