The Series Game 10 Wisconsin at Ohio State
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WISCONSIN Football Release Contact: Justin Doherty, Asst. AD October 29, 2007 Offi ce: 608-262-1811 / Cell: 608-225-1891 E-mail: [email protected] Key Notes to Consider GAME 10 THE SERIES X Wisconsin has WISCONSIN AT OHIO STATE outscored its last two This will be the 73rd meeting between the Date/Time opponents 77-6 and two teams with Ohio Saturday, Nov. 3, at 11 a.m CDT outgained Northern Illinois and Indiana by State leading the series 50-17-5 ... the Buck- Location a combined 497 yards Columbus, Ohio (854-357). eyes lead the series 26-7-3 in Columbus Stadium X After allowing at but the Badgers have Ohio Stadium (Prescription Athletic Turf / 102,329) least 30 points in each won three straight in of the previous three Ohio Stadium ... UW Television games, UW’s defense has has won two straight Big Ten Network (Thom Brennaman, Charles Davis, given up just six total against Ohio State Charissa Thompson) points in the last two and four of the last games. Indiana entered DeAndre Levy was named Big six ... Wisconsin is Radio last Saturday’s game as Ten Defensive Player of the 1-5 vs. OSU when the Wisconsin Radio Network (Matt Lepay, Mike Lucas) the second-highest scor- Week after recording eight Buckeyes are ranked Sports USA Radio (Tom Dillon, Gary Barnett, Troy West) ing team in the Big Ten, tackles, a sack, a forced fumble No. 1 with the lone averaging 35.4 points and a fumble recovery vs. IU. victory coming on Oct. Series per game. 31, 1942 ... the two Ohio State leads 50-17-5 teams have not met X UW entered its game against Indiana with just since 2004 ... in four Rankings seven takeaways for the season. The Badgers recorded of Wisconsin’s last Wisconsin two interceptions and three fumble recoveries against fi ve wins over Ohio USA Today: 19th the Hoosiers. The fi ve turnovers were the most for the State, OSU has been Associated Press: RV UW defense since recording fi ve against Purdue on the higher-ranked team Harris: 21st Oct. 22, 2005 (also a Homecoming game). ... neither team has BCS: 21st scored more than 24 Ohio State X Wisconsin is 3-14 all-time against teams ranked points in any of the last USA Today: 1st No. 1 in the Associated Press poll. This will be the Bad- fi ve meetings ... one or Associated Press: 1st gers’ fi rst game against a top-ranked team since falling both of the teams has Harris: 1st to No. 1 Michigan, 26-16, on Nov. 15, 1997. UW’s last been ranked in each of BCS: 1st win over a No. 1 team came in a 21-14 victory over the the last eight meetings Last Meeting Wolverines on Sept. 12, 1981. Wisconsin won, 24-13, in Columbus on Oct. 9, 2004 2007 SCHEDULE / RESULTS (7-2, 3-2 BIG TEN) RANKINGS* DATE OPPONENT UW / OPP. TELEVISION TIME/SCORE NOTES SEPT. 1 WASHINGTON STATE 7th & 7th / NR & RV ABC W, 42-21 Donovan accounts for 4 TDs (three passing / one rushing) Sept. 8 at UNLV 5th & 5th / NR & NR Versus W, 20-13 Donovan scores game-winning TD (29-yard run) with 1:53 left SEPT. 15 THE CITADEL 7th & 7th / NR & NR Big Ten Network W, 45-31 Hill ties school record with 5 TDs (four rushing / one receiving) SEPT. 22 IOWA 9th & 7th / NR & NR ABC W, 17-13 Hill rushes for 113 yards / UW defense allows 228 yards SEPT. 29 MICHIGAN STATE 9th & 9th / RV & 23rd ABC W, 37-34 Hill rushes for 155 yards / Beckum 10 catches for 132 yards Oct. 6 at Illinois 5th & 5th / RV & RV ESPN L, 26-31 Donovan passes for 392 yards / Beckum 11 catches for 160 yards Oct. 13 at Penn State 19th & 15th / RV & RV ABC L, 7-38 Jefferson career-high 124 receiving yards OCT. 20 NORTHERN ILLINOIS RV & RV / NR & NR Big Ten Network W, 44-3 Hill rushes for 184 yards / NIU limited to -13 rushing yards OCT. 27 INDIANA (HC) RV & 25th / NR & NR Big Ten Network W, 33-3 Badgers rush for 279 yards / limit IU to 258 total yards Nov. 3 at Ohio State RV & 19th / 1st & 1st Big Ten Network 11 a.m. NOV. 10 MICHIGAN ESPN 11 a.m. Nov. 17 at Minnesota TBA TBA All times Central *AP & USA Today General Notes USA TODAY COACHES’ POLL No. School (1st place votes) Record Points X With seven wins, Wisconsin is bowl-eligible for the sixth consecutive season and the 11th time in the past 12 years. 1. Ohio State (56) 9-0 1,495 2 . Boston College (3) 8-0 1,414 X The Badgers have won 13 straight games (and 24 of the last 25) at Camp Ran- 3. LSU 7-1 1,324 dall Stadium, the third-longest home winning streak in school history. It is also the fi fth-longest current streak in the country. Wisconsin’s last home loss came against 4. Oregon (1) 7-1 1,280 Iowa on Nov. 12, 2005. 5. Oklahoma 7-1 1,269 6. Arizona State 8-0 1,221 X Wisconsin’s 24-1 record at Camp Randall Stadium since the start of the 2004 season is the best home record in the country in that time span. Boise State (23-1) 7. West Virginia 7-1 1,177 and Southern California (20-1) are the only other teams in the country with just one 8. Kansas 8-0 1,108 home loss in that span. 9. Missouri 7-1 983 X During its 13-game home winning streak (since the start of 2006), UW has 10. Georgia 6-2 791 scored at least 30 points 10 times. The Badgers are averaging 33.3 points in those 11. Hawaii 8-0 769 games, compared to 12.8 for their opponents. 12. Texas 7-2 753 13. Virginia Tech 6-2 736 X Since the beginning of the 2004 season only Ohio State has more wins than Wisconsin (38) among Big Ten schools. UW’s 38 wins are tied for sixth-most in the 14. Michigan 7-2 701 country since 2004, behind only USC (42), Texas (40), Auburn (39), Ohio State (39) 15. USC 6-2 679 and Boise State (39). 16. Auburn 6-3 454 X Bret Bielema’s 17-1 record to start his head coaching career is the second-best 17. Florida 5-3 451 coaching start for a Big Ten coach in history. Only the legendary Fielding Yost of 18. Alabama 6-2 439 Michigan, who went 55-0-1 from 1901-05, had a better beginning to a career. 19. WISCONSIN 7-2 422 X Wisconsin was among the top 10 in both polls in each of the fi rst six weeks this 20. Connecticut 7-1 419 season. The last time UW was ranked among the top 10 in each of the fi rst six weeks 21. South Florida 6-2 291 was 1963. 22. Boise State 7-1 218 X The Badgers have been ranked in the USA Today Coaches’ Top 25 for 48 of the 23. Kentucky 6-3 159 past 59 weeks, dating back to the start of the 2004 season. 24. Clemson 6-2 145 25. South Carolina 6-3 131 X Wisconsin has not been shut out since a 34-0 setback against 17th-ranked Syra- cuse on Aug. 24, 1997 (the season-opener that year). Since then, the Badgers have ASSOCIATED PRESS MEDIA POLL scored in 135 straight games. That is the longest streak of its kind in school history. No. School Record Points X TE Andy Crooks, WR Luke Swan, LB Jonathan Casillas, DB Ben Strickland and 1 Ohio State (59) 9-0 1,615 P Ken DeBauche were voted by their teammates as captains for the 2007 season. Bielema will rotate a sixth captain throughout the season. UW hasn’t had six team 2 Boston College (1) 8-0 1,501 captains since the 2001 season. Strickland, the leading vote-getter, is the fi rst “non- 3 LSU (3) 7-1 1,478 starter” to be named a captain at Wisconsin since RB Carl McCullough in 1997. De- 4 Oregon 7-1 1,417 Bauche is the fi rst specialist to be named a captain at Wisconsin since Roger Jaeger (a kicker) in 1971. 5 Oklahoma 7-1 1,365 6 Arizona State (2) 8-0 1,310 X Wisconsin sold out its entire allotment of home game tickets prior to the start of the season for the third consecutive year. UW sold a total of 69,270 season tickets 7 West Virginia 7-1 1,286 for the 2007 campaign. Camp Randall Stadium has played host to 31 straight sell- 8 Kansas 8-0 1,164 outs. In fact, the Badgers have a drawn at least 70,000 fans to 94 consecutive home 9 Missouri 7-1 1,121 games (among those 94 games, 84 have been sellouts). The crowd of 82,630 vs. Iowa on Sept. 22 was the fi fth-largest in school history. 10 Georgia 6-2 949 11 Virginia Tech 6-2 823 Offensive Notes 12 Hawaii 8-0 776 13 USC 6-2 742 X The Badgers have rushed for a combined 610 yards in the last two games and 14 Texas 7-2 728 are averaging 205.4 yards on the ground this season (21st in the country). That is the best two-game rushing total for UW since gaining 651 yards against Bowling 15 Michigan 7-2 726 Green and Temple on Sept 3 and 10, 2005.