WISCONSIN FOOTBALL
5 CONSECUTIVE BOWL WINS ▪ 17 STRAIGHT BOWLS ▪ 102 WINS LAST 10 SEASONS ▪ 20 1ST҃TEAM ALL҃AMERICANS SINCE 2010
POSTGAME NOTES #8 WISCONSIN 48, KENT STATE 0 ▪ OCT. 5, 2019 ▪ CAMP RANDALL STADIUM ▪ MADISON, WIS.
TEAM NOTES The Badgers scored a touchdown on their open- Junior QB Jack Coan went 12-for-15 (.800) for ing drive for the 5th time in as many games this sea- 134 yards and 2 touchdown passes (199.0 pass Today’s captains: senior OLB Zack Baun, junior son. All 5 scores have come in the form of a Jonathan efficiency rating). C Tyler Biadasz, senior ILB Chris Orr, junior RB Taylor rushing touchdown. Jonathan Taylor. . The Badgers have won each of Coan’s last 7 . Wisconsin is the only FBS team to score a touch- starts, dating back to last season. He is now 7-2 Paul Chryst improved to 47-12 (.797) in his fifth down on each of its opening drives this season. as UW’s starting quarterback. season as UW’s head coach. . UW is the only FBS team that has not trailed in a . Coan has thrown 7 touchdowns against 1 inter- . With his 47th win, Chryst passes Dave McClain game this season. ception this season. (1978-85) for 5th on the Badgers’ all-time coach- ing wins list. Chryst played at UW under McClain The Badgers limited Kent State to just 2-for-11 Junior WR Jack Dunn scored his first-career from 1984 until McClain’s passing in April 1986. on third down. UW opponents are now 11-for-69 touchdown on a 3-yard run in the fourth quarter. (15.9%) on third down this season. WINS AS WISCONSIN COACH, ALL TIME Sophomore TE Jake Ferguson hauled in his first Coach (Years) Wins The UW defense held Kent State to just 126 total touchdown of the season and the 5th of his career. 1. Barry Alvarez (1990-2005)* 119 yards of offense. This is the third time the Badgers He has now caught a pass in all 18 games of his 2. Bret Bielema (2006-12) 68 have held a foe under 200 yards this season (USF career. 3. Phil King (1896-1902, ’05) 65 157, CMU 58). Senior OLB Zack Baun recorded a career-high 4. Milt Bruhn (1956-66) 52 3.0 sacks, giving him 6.0 on the season. He also now 5. Paul Chryst (2015-present) 47 INDIVIDUAL NOTES has 9.5 tackles for loss on the year. Baun entered 6. Dave McClain (1978-85) 46 Junior RB Jonathan Taylor carried 19 times for the game 3rd in the Big Ten with 1.2 sacks per game * Also served as coach in 2 bowl games (2012, 2014) 186 yards (9.8 average) and 4 touchdowns, adding and 2nd in the conference with 1.9 tackles for loss . Wisconsin has started a season 5-0 for the 2nd 3 catches for 29 yards and 1 touchdown reception. per game. time in the last 3 seasons under Chryst (also . Taylor’s matched UW’s single-game school Senior ILB Chris Orr matched his career high (set 2017). record with 5 total touchdowns. He’s the first to last week vs. Northwestern) with 2.0 sacks. He has Wisconsin is 47-12 (.797) since the start of the score 5 TDs in a game since Melvin Gordon did 4.0 sacks in the last 2 weeks so vs. Bowling Green on Sept. 20, 2014. 2015 season. Only Alabama (59-4, .937), Clemson (59- Sophomore ILB Jack Sanborn recorded 2.0 sacks, 4, .937), Ohio State (52-6, .897) and Oklahoma (49-8, . He is the first Big Ten player to score 5 total TDs the first multi-sack game of his career. .860) own higher winning percentages than Wisconsin in a game since Penn State RB Saquon Barkley True freshman LB Leo Chenal posted the first over those 5 seasons. had 5 vs. Pittsburgh on Sept. 10, 2016. sack of his career, finishing with 3 tackles. The Badgers are 32-5 (.868) at Camp Randall . Taylor passed Melvin Gordon for 3rd on UW’s Sophomore LB Izayah Green-May gathered a Stadium since the start of the 2014 season. Only all-time rushing list: Clemson (37-1, .974), Alabama (37-1, .974) and career-high 4 tackles. He entered the game with 2 Ohio State (35-3, .921) have higher home winning RUSHING YARDS, CAREER WISCONSIN career tackles. percentages than the Badgers during that span. 1. Ron Dayne, 1996-99 7,125 2. Montee Ball, 2009-12 5,140 UW has won 49 of its last 51 non-conference 3. Jonathan Taylor, 2017-present 4,916 games at Camp Randall Stadium, dating to 2001. 4. Melvin Gordon, 2012-14 4,915 Wisconsin scored its 3rd shutout of the season, 5. Anthony Davis, 2001-04 4,676 marking the first time the Badgers have recorded . With 45 career touchdowns, Taylor moved into 3 shutouts in a season since 1937 — when they 6th place on UW's all-time TDs list, surpassing secured a 32-0 win over South Dakota State, 12-0 John Clay (41), Anthony Davis (42) and P.J. Hill win over Marquette and 27-0 win over Chicago. (44). . UW is the first FBS program to record 3 shutouts . Taylor topped the 100-yard rushing mark for the in its first 5 games of a season since Virginia Tech 27th time in his 32-game career, the 2nd-most did so in 2001. 100-yard games by a Badger. Only Ron Dayne In opening up a 28-0 halftime lead, Wisconsin has (33) has more. now out-scored its 5 opponents 135-3 in the first . The nation’s leading scorer, Taylor has accounted half this season. for 16 total touchdowns (12 rushing , 4 receiving) UW tallied 9.0 sacks on the day, the team's most on the season. since at least 1995. It is the highest sack total by a . Per STATS, Taylor’s 16 total TDs are the most Big Ten team since Michigan had 9.0 at Ohio State by an FBS player through 5 games since Texas’ on Oct. 1, 2011. Ricky Williams had 20 in the first 5 games of his The Badgers now have 21 sacks on the season, Heisman Trophy season in 1998. already surpassing last season's total of 19 sacks. . Per ESPN Stats & Info, Taylor is the first Big Ten Wisconsin owned a 40:26 to 19:34 edge in pos- running back to tally 10 rushing touchdowns in session. The Badgers entered game ranked No. 2 in 3 straight seasons since Montee Ball (2010-12). FBS with a mark of 36:43.