WISCONSIN FOOTBALL 2015 FACT BOOK UPDATED THROUGH 2015 SEASON 2015 WISCONSIN FOOTBALL SCHEDULE Date Opponent Time Sept. 5 vs. Alabama 7 p.m. (AdvoCare Classic — AT&T Stadium, Arlington, Texas) Sept. 12 MIAMI (OHIO) 11 a.m. Sept. 19 TROY 2:30 p.m. Sept. 26 HAWAII 7 p.m. Oct. 3 IOWA 11 a.m. Oct. 10 at Nebraska 2:30 p.m. Oct. 17 PURDUE 11 a.m. Oct. 24 at Illinois 2:30 p.m. Oct. 31 RUTGERS 11 a.m. Nov. 7 at Maryland 2:30 p.m. Nov. 21 NORTHWESTERN 2:30 p.m. Nov. 28 at Minnesota 2:30 p.m. Dec. 30 vs. USC 9:30 p.m. (Holiday Bowl — Qualcomm Stadium, San Diego, Calif.) all times Central WISCONSIN FOOTBALL 2015 FACT BOOK Contents Personnel Wisconsin and the NFL Director of Athletics Barry Alvarez ........................2-3 Former Badgers in Pro Football .................... 207-210 Head Coach Paul Chryst ....................................... 4-5 NFL Honors ..........................................................211 Assistant Coaches .............................................. 6-12 Badgers in the NFL Draft .............................. 212-214 Football Support Staff ....................................... 12-15 Postseason All-Star Games ........................... 215-216 The 2015 Badgers All-Time Results Player Photos .................................................... 16-19 Yearly Records ..............................................218-219 Alphabetical Roster ........................................... 20-21 All-Time Yearly Scores .................................. 220-235 Numerical Roster ..............................................22-23 Series Records vs. All Opponents ..........................236 Player Bios ....................................................... 24-75 All-Time Scores with Opponents ................... 237-246 Pronunciation Guide .............................................. 76 All-Time Scores with AP Ranked Opponents . 247-250 Wisconsin in the AP Top 25 .......................... 251-253 Wisconsin in the USA Today Coaches Poll .... 254-255 Wisconsin in the BCS/CFP Standings...................256 2014 Season in Review Gametime Weather Conditions..............................257 Schedule and Results ............................................ 78 Night Games .........................................................258 Team Overall Stats ................................................ 79 Biggest Comebacks ...............................................258 Individual Stats ................................................ 80-83 Fourth-Quarter Comeback Wins ...........................259 Individual Superlatives .......................................... 84 Shutouts ...................................................... 260-261 Game-by-Game Statistics ...................................... 85 Overtime Games ........................................... 262-263 Participation ..................................................... 86-87 Attendance Figures ...............................................264 Individual Game-by-Game Statistics .................87-91 Largest Crowds .....................................................265 Game Recaps .................................................... 92-98 History Records Past Head Coaches ....................................... 266-269 Individual Records ........................................100-102 All-Alvarez Team / All-Time Team .........................270 Service ........................................................103 Assistant Coaches (since 1944) .............................271 Rushing ..............................................104-111 Significant Dates .......................................... 272-280 Passing ...............................................112-117 Wisconsin Football Glossary ......................... 281-285 Receiving .............................................118-121 Total Offense ...............................................122 Scoring ................................................ 123-124 Camp Randall Stadium Field Goals and PATs .......................... 125-127 All-Purpose Yards ........................................128 History and Facts ......................................... 286-287 Defense ...............................................129-132 25 Greatest Moments ................................... 288-289 Interceptions ...............................................133 Stadium Diagram / Driving Directions .................290 Punting .......................................................134 Kickoff/Punt Returns ..........................135-136 Statistical Champions ................................... 137-138 Yearly Statistical Leaders .............................. 139-142 Bowl Games Team Records ............................................... 143-149 Game Summaries ......................................... 292-305 Camp Randall Stadium Records ...........................150 Individual Bowl Game Records ..................... 306-310 Best Opponent Performances ................................150 Team Bowl Game Records ............................ 311-319 Offensive Statistical Trends .......................... 151-152 Defensive Statistical Trends ..........................153-154 Game-By-Game Statistics (1998-2015) ......... 155-163 The Last Time It Happened ...........................164-166 Media Information Covering the Badgers .................................... 322-323 Athletic Communications Staff ..................... 324-328 Honors and Awards Big Ten / College Football Playoff Info ..................329 2015 Big Ten Schedule .........................................330 Major Individual Awards ...............................168-169 2015-16 Bowl Game Schedule ..............................331 All-Americans ............................................... 170-172 Wisconsin Future Schedules .................................332 First-Team All-Americans ............................. 173-178 Badger Sports Network .........................................333 First-Team All-Big Ten ..................................179-180 Quick Facts ..........................................................334 Big Ten Players of the Week .......................... 181-182 Academic Honors ..................................................183 Academic All-Big Ten ....................................184-186 Team Honors and Awards ............................. 187-189 Retired Numbers ...................................................190 College Football Hall of Fame ................................190 Team Captains .....................................................191 Regular Starters (1991-2015) ........................ 192-195 All-Time Letterwinners .................................. 196-206 1 1 WISCONSIN FOOTBALL 2015 FACT BOOK Director of Athletics Barry Alvarez Barry Alvarez is in his 12th year as Director of Athletics to-back in 1998-99) at the University of Wisconsin in 2015-16, and his en route to becoming 10th without the additional title of head football coach. the winningest football Alvarez served as A.D. and football coach from 2004- coach in school history 05. (118-73-4 record). He Wisconsin has enjoyed remarkable success during returned to the sideline Alvarez’s tenure at the head of the athletic department, to guide the Badgers winning a combined 14 team national titles and 53 in the 2013 Rose Bowl conference regular-season or tournament crowns since and, last season, stepped he took over. in to lead UW to a win In Alvarez’s 11 previous seasons as A.D., Wisconsin over Auburn in the 2015 has finished at least 22nd in the NACDA Director’s Cup Outback Bowl. seven times, including a 16th-place finish in 2006-07 Alvarez was just the 10th coach in Big Ten history (2nd-best in school history) and 18th-place showings to win 100 games at one conference institution. The in each of the last two years. Six different programs 1993 national coach of the year, he was a two-time have won national titles during Alvarez’s tenure, includ- (1993 and 1998) Big Ten coach of the year and a final- ing four in the magical 2005-06 season. Twelve differ- ist for ESPN’s coach of the decade (1990s) honor. He ent teams have been crowned as conference champi- received the Victor Award’s 1999 National Coach of the ons, including five in each of the 2005-06, 2006-07, Year accolade and was the 2004 AFCA Region 3 Coach 2007-08, 2012-13 and 2014-15 seasons. of the Year. On the academic side, more than 1,000 student- Alvarez retired from coaching at the conclusion of the athletes have earned Academic All-Big Ten honors in 2005 season in order to concentrate solely on running Alvarez’ tenure. Wisconsin has had at least one Capital the Division of Intercollegiate Athletics. He has made One Academic All-America pick for 36 consecu- a lasting impression on the Wisconsin sports scene. tive years. That ties UW with Georgia and Bucknell His well-documented turnaround of the once-moribund for the second-longest streak in the nation, trailing Badger football program has helped to allow the only Nebraska’s run of 44-straight seasons with an school’s entire athletic department to blossom into one Academic All-American. of the nation’s finest and most respected organizations Since 2009-10, UW student-athletes have achieved in college sports. at least a 3.0 cumulative GPA. At the end of spring When Alvarez arrived in Madison in 1990, Wisconsin 2014, the cumulative GPA for all student-athletes was had compiled a 9-36 record during the previous four 3.02. In 2013-14, seven sports either set or tied their seasons and attendance at Camp Randall Stadium had