WISCONSIN FOOTBALL 3 Consecutive Big Ten Championships (2010-12)
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WISCONSIN FOOTBALL 3 Consecutive Big Ten Championships (2010-12) . 5 BCS Bowl Games . 12 Consecutive Bowl Games . 17 First-Team All-Americans Since 2000 2013 SCHEDULE/RESULTS 2014 CAPITAL ONE BOWL 9-3, 6-2 BIG TEN #19 WISCONSIN VS. #8 SOUTH CAROLINA DATE OPPONENT TIME (CT) TV JANUARY 1 . 12:06 P.M. (CT) . ORLANDO, FLA. FLORIDA CITRUS BOWL STADIUM ABC . ESPN RADIO . BADGER SPORTS NETWORK Aug. 31 UMASS W, 45-0 BTN Sept. 7 TENNESSEE TECH W, 48-0 BTN Location ...................................Orlando, Fla. WISCONSIN Rankings (AP/Coaches/BCS) ........19/19/19 Sept. 14 at Arizona State L, 30-32 ESPN Site .................. Florida Citrus Bowl Stadium Capacity ............................................65,438 Record (Big Ten) ...........................9-3 (6-2) Sept. 21 PURDUE* W, 41-10 ABC Head Coach ......................... Gary Andersen Surface.....................AstroTurf GameDay 3D Record at WIS (Years) ....................9-3 (1st) Sept. 28 at #4 Ohio State* L, 24-31 ABC TV ..............................................................ABC Radio ........................Badger Sports Network Oct. 12 #19 NORTHWESTERN* W, 35-6 ABC SOUTH CAROLINA Vs. South Carolina ............... First Meeting Oct. 19 at Illinois* W, 56-32 BTN Rankings (AP/Coaches/BCS) ..............8/8/9 In Bowl Games ..................................11-13 Record (SEC) ..............................10-2 (6-2) Nov. 2 at Iowa* W, 28-9 ABC In Capital One Bowl .............................2-0 Head Coach ..........................Steve Spurrier Nov. 9 BYU W, 27-17 ESPN At Florida Citrus Bowl Stadium .........3-1 Record at USC (Years) ..............76-39 (9th) Nov. 16 INDIANA* W, 51-3 ESPN2 Nov. 23 at Minnesota* W, 20-7 ESPN WISCONSIN MAKES SUNSHINE STATE RETURN Nov. 30 PENN STATE* L, 24-31 ESPN No. 19 Wisconsin (9-3 overall, 6-2 Big Ten) makes its Jan. 1 vs. #8 South Carolina 12:06 p.m. ABC return to the Sunshine State to face No. 8 South Carolina (10-2, 6-2 SEC) in the Capital One Bowl on Wednesday, All times Central. Home games in BOLD CAPS and played at Jan. 1 at Florida Citrus Bowl Stadium in Orlando. Camp Randall Stadium. * Big Ten Conference game The Badgers are back in the Capital One Bowl for the first time since the 2006 season and look to improve to TV: ABC 3-0 all-time in the game. Play-by-Play ........................................................Davae Pasch UW was victorious in its last game in Orlando, scoring a . Analyst .................................................................. Brian Griese 20-14 win over Miami in the 2009 Champs Sports Bowl, . Sideline Reporter .............................................Tom Luginbill and is 3-1 all-time at Florida Citrus Bowl Stadium. NATIONAL RADIO: ESPN RADIO KEY NOTES TO CONSIDER . Play-by-Play ....................................................... Dave Lamont The Badgers seek their ninth 10-win season in school his- . Analysts ..................................................................Ray Bentley tory and the fourth in five years. Sideline Reporter ........................................... Lewis Johnson Senior Chris Borland was named Big With 39 wins since the start of the 2010 season, Ten Defensive Player of the Year and is . Satellite: Sirius/XM Wisconsin’s senior class can match the school record for just the second LB in school history to . Online: ESPNRadio.com most wins in a four-year span (40) with a victory over earn fi rst-team All-America honors. Mobile App: ESPN Radio South Carolina. The Badgers’ 2007 and 2012 senior classes hold the record. RADIO: BADGER SPORTS NETWORK The Badgers are 8-2 following a loss since the beginning of the 2010 season. Play-by-Play ...........................................................Matt Lepay . Analyst ....................................................................Mike Lucas Wisconsin enters bowl season ranked in a tie for fifth nationally in scoring defense (14.8 ppg) . Sideline Reporter ............................................... Patrick Herb and sixth in total defense (294.0 ypg). Offensively, Wisconsin ranks eighth nationally in rushing at 283.0 yards per game and is the TWITTER: #BADGERS lone team in the FBS to boast multiple running backs averaging at least 100.0 yards per game . Official Account ...........................................@BadgerFootball in sophomore Melvin Gordon (122.2) and senior James White (111.4). Play-by-Play Updates .....................................@BadgersLive For the first time in school history, Wisconsin has two 1,000-yard rushers (Gordon and White) and a 1,000-yard receiver (Jared Abbrederis) in the same season. Since 1996, only five ONLINE: UWBADGERS.COM other teams have accomplished that (USC in 2005, Oklahoma and Nevada in 2008, Georgia UWBadgers.com offers the most complete and compre- Tech in 2009 and Alabama in 2012). hensive coverage of the Badgers on gameday via the live Gameday Blog and GameTracker live stats. NUMBERS TO KNOW In accepting a bid in the Capital One Bowl, Wisconsin extended its bowl game MOBILE APP: BADGER GAMEDAY streak to 12 consecutive seasons. That’s the longest active streak by a Big Ten Improved for the 2013 season, the Badger Gameday app team and ranks in a tie for the seventh longest in the country. The Badgers are for iPhone, iPad and Android devices offers fans a wide playing in a Jan. 1 bowl for the eighth time in the last 10 seasons. variety of valuable information on the Badgers — home and 12 away. The updated app also covers Wisconsin men’s and With a combined 2,803 rushing yards on the season, sophomore RB women’s basketball and men’s and women’s hockey. The free Melvin Gordon and senior RB James White need a total of 202 yards to app is available in the App Store and Google Play. break the NCAA’s single-season record for rushing yards by teammates of 202 3,004 set by Nevada’s Cody Fajardo and Stefphon Jefferson in 2012. Football Contact: Brian Lucas . Offi ce: 608-263-5052 . Cell: 608-513-3987 . E-mail: [email protected] Secondary Football Contact: Brian Mason . Offi ce: 608-262-2311 . Cell: 608-279-8659 . E-mail: [email protected] Athletic Communications Office . University of Wisconsin . Kellner Hall . 1440 Monroe Street . Madison, WI 53711 CAPITAL ONE BOWL: WISCONSIN VS. SOUTH CAROLINA GENERAL NOTES GET TO KNOW GARY WISCONSIN QUICK FACTS In scoring a 45-0 win over UMass and a 48-0 victory over HEAD COACH GARY ANDERSEN Tennessee Tech, Andersen became the seventh head coach Years Coached: 6th season since World War II to open his career at a school with back- Alma Mater: Utah, 1986 to-back shutouts (among “Power Five” conference schools), Career Record: 39-34 (.534) and the first since Fred Akers at Texas in 1977. Record at Wisconsin: 9-3 (2nd) The 10th head coach to take the reins of the UW program in Big Ten Record: 6-2 (1st) the modern era, Andersen became just the second to win his Bowl Record: 1-1 (.500) Big Ten debut. With the Badgers’ 41-10 victory over Purdue, ASSISTANT COACHES Location he joined Dave McClain, who guided UW to a 34-7 win . Dave Aranda (Defensive Coordinator/Linebackers) SL over Indiana in the 1978 Big Ten opener. Andy Ludwig (Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks) PB Andersen became the 21st coach to win his UW debut and . Chris Beatty (Wide Receivers) SL joined Ivy Williamson (41-0 vs. Marquette in 1949) and Milt . Bill Busch (Safeties) PB Bruhn (41-0 vs. Marquette in 1956) as the only modern-era . Jeff Genyk (Tight Ends/Special Teams Coordinator) SL UW coaches to score a shutout in their first game at the helm . Thomas Hammock (Asst. HC/RBs/Recruiting Coord.) SL Andersen, in his sixth season as a head coach, owns a career record of 39-34 (.534). Chad Kauha’aha’a (Defensive Line) SL Andersen is 25-6 (.807) in his last 31 games as a head coach, dating back to his time at Utah . Ben Strickland (Cornerbacks) SL State. One of those losses is the 16-14 setback his Utah State team endured at the hands of the . T.J. Woods (Offensive Line) SL Badgers last season at Camp Randall Stadium. TEAM INFORMATION Andersen, 50, is in his first season as Wisconsin’s head coach after being hired on Dec. 20, 2012 Overall Record: 8-6 2012. He spent the last four seasons at Utah State, leading the Aggies to a school-record 11 2012 Big Ten Record (Finish): 4-4 (3rd, Leaders) wins in 2012 and a No. 16 ranking in the final Associated Press Top 25 poll. 2012 Big Ten Championship Game: W, 70-31 vs. Nebraska Andersen has brought in seven new assistant coaches to join running backs coach 2012 Bowl: Lost to No. 8 Stanford, 20-14 (Rose) Thomas and cornerbacks coach , who were retained from the previous 2012 Final Rank (AP/Coaches): RV/RV Hammock Ben Strickland staff. New to the staff are offensive coordinator (QB), defensive coordinator Starters Returning/Lost 14/8 Andy Ludwig (LB) and assistants (WR), (S), (TE), Offensive Starters Returning/Lost 8/3 Dave Aranda Chris Beatty Bill Busch Jeff Genyk Chad (DL) and (OL). Returning: QB Stave, FB Watt, WR Abbrederis, Kauha’aha’a T.J. Woods TE Pedersen, TE Wozniak, LG Groy, RG Costigan, RT Havenstein WINNING WAYS a new program in 2013, only five have Lost: RB M. Ball, LT Wagner, C Frederick posted at least nine wins: Defensive Starters Returning/Lost 6/5 Dating back to the Badgers’ 37-26 win Returning: DT Allen, DT Hemer, DE Muldoon, over UTEP on Sept. 22, 2012, each of MOST WINS, FIRST-YEAR COACHES (FBS) LB E. Armstrong, LB Borland, FS Southward Wisconsin’s last 15 victories have come by Coach, School 2013 2012 Lost: DE D. Gilbert, LB Taylor, CB Cromartie, a double-digit margin. The last time UW Rod Carey, Northern Illinois 12-1 12-2 CB Smith, SS Johnson won a game by single digits was a 16-14 Gus Malzahn, Auburn 12-1 3-9 Letterwinners Returning/Lost 51/11 triumph over Gary Andersen’s Utah State Mark Helfrich, Oregon 10-2 12-1 Offensive Letterwinners Returning/Lost 28/5 team on Sept.