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[email protected] Season Notes 2008 OUTBACK BOWL RECAP X Wisconsin fi nished the season WISCONSIN VS. TENNESSEE with a 9-4 record overall and a 5-3 mark in the Big Ten. It marked the sev- Despite keeping Tennessee scoreless in the second half, the enth time in the past 10 seasons that Wisconsin football team fell to the Volunteers, 21-17, on New the Badgers won at least nine games. Year’s Day at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Fla. The Bad- gers fi nished the season 9-4 overall and 5-3 in the Big Ten, while X UW is now 10-9 in bowl games, the Volunteers improved to 10-4 on the season including a 9-4 record in its last 13. Returning from an injury, P.J. Hill carried the ball 16 times, This year’s team set a school record by rushing for 132 yards, while quarterback Tyler Donovan fi nished marking the sixth-straight bowl ap- with 155 yards, and both a passing and rushing touchdown. pearance. On its opening drive, Tennessee went 66 yards in nine Senior Tyler Donovan ended plays, capping off the possession with a 3-yard touchdown run X This year’s senior class accumulat- the season with 2,607 by Gerald Jones, giving the Vols a 7-0 lead. ed a 40-10 record in its four years. That passing yards, the second- On the kickoff, Wisconsin freshman David Gilreath re- breaks the UW record for most wins most in a season by a UW sponded, making a 60-yard return into Volunteer territory.