WISCONSIN FOOTBALL 2014 Big Ten West Division Champions
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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 (5-2, 2-1 BIG TEN) VS. PURDUE (1-6, 0-3 BIG TEN) . OCTOBER 17, 2015 . CAMP RANDALL STADIUM . MADISON, WIS. TEAM NOTES Stave has now picked up at least 300 yards in the air in back-to-back Today’s captains were senior S Michael Caputo, senior WR Alex games. He is the first UW quarterback to accomplish that feat since Russell Erickson, senior OLB Joe Schobert and senior CB Darius Hillary. Wilson in 2011. Stave is the first Badgers QB to accomplish this in back-to- back conference games since Jim Sorgi in 2003. Wisconsin extended the longest win streak by either team in the history of the series, as it earned its 10th-consecutive win over the Boilermakers. The only other quarterbacks in Wisconsin history to throw for 300 yards or more in back-to-back games were Randy Wright (1983), Bevell (1995), Jim The Badgers recorded their second opening-drive touchdown of the year, Sorgi (2003) and Wilson (2011). Wright is the lone Badger to toss for 300 which stretched 81 yards and included 10 plays. The other six-point score yards in three-straight games, turning the trick in 1983. Stave’s 322 yards occurred against Hawai’i when UW went 97 yards in 16 plays on its first passing is the 12th-highest total by a UW quarterback in a game. drive. Wisconsin has also put up a field goal on its first drive on two occa- sions (Miami (OH) and Iowa). Junior RB Dare Ogunbowale tied his career-high with six catches and picked up a career-high 51 receiving yards. He finished with 56 yards rush- UW allowed a total of 12 plays to be run on its side of the 50-yard line ing on 18 carries and a touchdown. in the second half. In their last three games, Badgers’ opponents (Iowa, Nebraska and Purdue) have run just 20 plays on Wisconsin’s side of the Freshman RB Alec Ingold scored his second- and third-career touchdowns. field. He ran nine times for 19 yards in the game. Other than Alabama, UW has held each of its opponents to 21 points or Senior WR Alex Erickson had a game-high 86 yards receiving and his nine less this year. catches were one short of tying a career-high. After giving up one red-zone attempt to Purdue, UW has allowed oppo- Junior WR Robert Wheelwright had 61 receiving yards and tied a career- nents to reach the red zone just 11 times in seven games this season. In high with six catches. those 11 trips, the Badgers allowed seven scores (five touchdowns). Sophomore WR Jazz Peavy had a career-high 48 yards receiving on two The Badgers held Purdue to 191 yards of total offense and 55 rushing grabs. yards, which were both new season lows for the Boilermakers. UW gave Junior WR Reggie Love picked up 15 yards and tied a career-high with up 136 passing yards--only 15 yards more than Purdue’s season low for two catches. passing yards. Entering the affair, Purdue was averaging 17.0 points per Senior OLB Joe Schobert had seven tackles, including four solo tackles, game and 288.0 total yards per game in Big Ten competition. half a sack and a tackle for loss in the game. Over his last eight games dat- UW limited Purdue to just 191 yards, its fewest allowed in a Big Ten since ing back to last season, senior OLB Joe Schobert has logged a total of 18.0 holding Nebraska to 180 total yards on Nov. 15, 2014. tackles for loss, which includes five games with multiples TFLs and three After surrendering 238 rush yards to Alabama in its season opener on Sept. games with at least 3.0 TFLs. 5, Wisconsin has given up an average of 81.33 rushing yards per game Through seven games, Schobert has 9.5 sacks, which is ninth-most in over its last six games. school history. Wisconsin gave up just three plays of 10 yards or more to Purdue, while 1. Tom Burke, 1998 22 picking up 13 plays (four rush, nine pass) of 10 yards or more on offense. 2. Tarek Saleh, 1996 14 3. Tarek Saleh, 1995 12 INDIVIDUAL NOTES O’Brien Schofield, 2009 12 Senior QB Joel Stave became the first QB in school history to post a 5. Tim Jordan, 1985 11 4-0 record against an opponent, beating Purdue for the fourth time in Darryl Sims, 1982 11 his career. Stave is also 3-0 against upcoming opponents Illinois and 7. Mike Thompson, 1993 10 Minnesota. Bryan Jurewicz, 1996 10 With the win, Stave tied Darrell Bevell for the fourth-most wins in school 9. Joe Schobert, 2015 9.5 history (26). One more win would knot Stave with Mike Samuel in third, while Brooks Bollinger leads with 30 wins. Freshman ILB T.J. Edwards registered a career-high for tackles (16) and 1. Brooks Bollinger, 1999-2002 (42 starts) 30 tackles for loss (1.5). The performance marked his second-career game of 2. John Stocco, 2004-06 (36) 29 double-digit tackles, as he had 12 against Alabama. He also recorded his 3. Mike Samuel, 1996-98 (38) 27 first-career forced fumble. 4. Darrell Bevell, 1992-95 (43) 26 Freshman ILB Chris Orr earned his first half sack of his career. He finished Joel Stave, 2012-present (35) 26 with seven tackles, including three solo tackles, and half a tackle for loss. With a 28-yard field goal in the second quarter, sophomore K Rafael Stave finished the game with 322 yards on 30-of-39 passing, which noted Gaglianone tied John Hall (1993-96) and Vitaly Pisetsky (1997-00) for the 15th 200-yard game of his career. The performance puts Stave ahead seventh in school history with 29 field goals. In his career, Gaglianone is of Darrell Bevell and Scott Tolzien for the second-most 200-yard games in 19-of-25 on field goal attempts in one-possession games. He finished 1-for- school history. 2 on the day. 1. John Stocco, 2004-06 17 Senior WR/S Tanner McEvoy recorded the first fumble recovery of his 2. Joel Stave, 2012-present 15 career, scooping up Edwards’ FF in the fourth quarter. 3. Darrell Bevell, 1992-95 14 Scott Tolzien, 2008-10 14 Football Contact: Brian Lucas . Office: 608-263-5052 . Cell: 608-513-3987 . 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