Wisconsin 38, Iowa 14
Postgame Notes
Nov. 11, 2017
TEAM NOTES
·Today’s captains: senior TE Troy Fumagalli, senior S Natrell Jamersonand senior DE Alec James.
·Today’s attendance: 80,462.
·The Badgers secured a share of the Big Ten West Division championship for the 2nd-consecutive season and 3rd time in 4 years of the league’s current divisional alignment.
·Wisconsin earned its 5th berth in the Big Ten Football Championship Game in the event’s 7-year history.
·Wisconsin is off to a 10-0 start for the first time in school history. The Badgers’ previous best starts were 9-0 marks in 1998 and 2004.
·The Badgers have won at least 10 games for the fourth-consecutive season, a first in school history.
·Wisconsin has now recorded double-digit win totals in 9 of the last 13 seasons, dating back to 2005. The Badgers recorded just 3 double-digit win seasons in the 115 years prior to 2005 — their Big Ten championship seasons of 1993, 1998 and 1999.
·The Badgers have won 11 straight games, dating back to their victory in the Cotton Bowl on Jan. 2, the second-longest active win streak of any FBS team behind only Miami (Fla.) (13 entering Saturday).
·UW’s 11-game win streak matches the second-longest in school history:
LONGEST UW WIN STREAKS, MODERN ERA
Att. Player Season
14 Sept. 30, 2006 to Sept. 29, 2007
11 Oct. 2, 1999 to Sept. 16, 2000
11 Jan. 2, 2017 to Present
9 Sept. 5, 1998 to Nov. 7, 1998
9 Sept. 4, 2004 to Nov. 6, 2004
·UW improved to 31-6 (.838) overall under third-year head coach Paul Chryst.
·With records of 10-3, 11-3 and 10-0 in his first 3 seasons at the helm of his alma mater, Chryst joined Michigan’s Fielding Yost (1901-03) and Ohio State’s Urban Meyer (2012-14) as the only coaches in league history to win 10-plus games in each of their first 3 seasons.
·Wisconsin is 41-9 (.820) in its 50 games since the start of the 2014 season, trailing only Alabama (49-4, .925 entering Saturday), Clemson (45-6, .882 entering Saturday) and Ohio State (44-6, .880) in wins and winning percentage among FBS programs in that span.
·Wisconsin won its 13th-consecutive Big Ten game, extending the longest conference win streak in school history. The Badgers previously won 9 straight league games across the 2006 and 2007 seasons and the 2010 and 2011 seasons.
·The Badgers are 33-7 (.825) in conference play over the last 5 seasons (2013-17). Only Ohio State (37-3, .925) has a better league record over that span.
·Wisconsin lifted its all-time Big Ten record to 371-370-41 (.501), moving above .500 for the first time in 50 years, since they were 171-170-34entering a game at Indiana on Nov. 4, 1967.
·UW owns a 20-3 mark against the Big Ten West Division since the league moved to its current divisional setup in 2014. The Badgers have won 3 of the first 4 West Division crowns (2014, 2016, 2017).
·In securing the Heartland Trophy for the second-consecutive season, the Badgers have now won 16 of their last 17 trophy games against rivals Iowa, Minnesota and Nebraska, dating back to 2010.
·Wisconsin has won 5 of its last 6 meetings with Iowa.
·Over the last 4 seasons, the Badgers are 17-2 in the month of November.
·UW’s 24-point win is the largest margin of victory over Iowa since a 41-3 win in 1999.
·Wisconsin surrendered just 66 total yards to Iowa, the fewest yards ever allowed to a Big Ten opponent and the second-lowest opponent yardage total in UW history (Temple had 45 in 2005). The previous low yardage total by a Big Ten foe was 78 yards by Illinois in Oct. 8, 1977.
·Iowa’s 66 yards of total offense vs. UW matches the fewest accumulated by a Big Ten team this season. Ohio State also held Maryland to 66 yards on Oct. 7.
·The Hawkeyes’ 66 yards of offense were the 3rd-fewest by any FBS team ranked in the AP Top 25 over the last 20 seasons.
·The Badgers allowed just 5 first downs, their fewest since Temple managed 5 first downs in 2005. It’s the fewest UW allowed to a Big Ten team since at least 1998.
·Iowa was 0-for-13 on third down. The last time UW didn’t allow a third-down conversion came just last season when Illinois was 0-for-9 on Nov. 12, 2016.
·UW held the Hawkeyes to just 25 yards rushing, its fewest allowed to a Big Ten opponent since Penn State managed 23 yards in 2001.
·Iowa’s 41 yards passing is the lowest mark by a Badgers opponent since Western Kentucky accumulated 28 yards passing in 2001.
·Including holding Iowa without a score in 2 such situations Saturday, UW’s defense has taken over in “sudden change” situations 17 times this season (following 9 interceptions, 7 fumbles and a blocked punt) and has allowed opponents to convert just 6 of those 17 opportunities into scores — 3 TDs and 3 FGs.
·Leon Jacobs’ 21-yard fumble recovery touchdown in the third quarter marked the Badgers’ fifth defensive TD of the season.
·Redshirt freshman WR Kendric Pryor and Jacobs became the 16th and 17th players to score touchdowns for Wisconsin this season.
INDIVIDUAL NOTES
·Sophomore QB Alex Hornibrook finished with 135 yards passing and 2 touchdowns. He now has 17 TD passes on the season, which is tied for the 6th-highest single-season mark in UW history. He also now has 26 career TD passes, which moves him into 9th place in Badgers annals.
·Freshman RB Jonathan Taylor rushed for 157 yards on 29 carries, his 5th game with at least 150 yards this season. Taylor has now recorded 7 100-yard efforts in 9 career games.
·Taylor now has 1,525 rushing yards this season, becoming the 10th player in UW history to surpass 1,500 yards in a season.
·Sophomore RB Bradrick Shaw scored on an 8-yard touchdown run in the fourth quarter. He finished with 10 carries for 47 yards.
·Redshirt freshman WR Kendric Pryor scored the first touchdown of his career on a 25-yard run in the second quarter and added the first touchdown reception of his career on a 12-yard pass from Alex Hornibrook later in the period.
·Freshman WR Danny Davis established career highs with 4 catches for 74 yards.
·Sophomore WR A.J. Taylor hauled in his 3rd TD catch of the season and his career on a 5-yard pass in the fourth quarter.
·Senior OLB Leon Jacobs started at outside linebacker, appearing in his 55th game to break the UW school record for career games played.
·Jacobs recovered a pair of fumbles and scored the first touchdown of his career on a 21-yard fumble recovery in the third quarter, the Badgers’ first fumble recovery TD since Ryan Connelly scored one vs. Penn State in the 2016 Big Ten Football Championship Game.
·Jacobs recorded a sack of Iowa QB Nate Stanley in the third quarter, giving him 3.5 on the season.
·Junior ILB Ryan Connelly led UW with 9 tackles, including two for loss and his first career sack.
·Junior K Rafael Gaglianone hit a 23-yard field goal and is now 10-for-12 on field goals this season. Gaglianone has converted 19 of his last 22 attempts, dating back to the 2015 Holiday Bowl.
Postgame Notes
Nov. 11, 2017
TEAM NOTES
·Today’s captains: senior TE Troy Fumagalli, senior S Natrell Jamersonand senior DE Alec James.
·Today’s attendance: 80,462.
·The Badgers secured a share of the Big Ten West Division championship for the 2nd-consecutive season and 3rd time in 4 years of the league’s current divisional alignment.
·Wisconsin earned its 5th berth in the Big Ten Football Championship Game in the event’s 7-year history.
·Wisconsin is off to a 10-0 start for the first time in school history. The Badgers’ previous best starts were 9-0 marks in 1998 and 2004.
·The Badgers have won at least 10 games for the fourth-consecutive season, a first in school history.
·Wisconsin has now recorded double-digit win totals in 9 of the last 13 seasons, dating back to 2005. The Badgers recorded just 3 double-digit win seasons in the 115 years prior to 2005 — their Big Ten championship seasons of 1993, 1998 and 1999.
·The Badgers have won 11 straight games, dating back to their victory in the Cotton Bowl on Jan. 2, the second-longest active win streak of any FBS team behind only Miami (Fla.) (13 entering Saturday).
·UW’s 11-game win streak matches the second-longest in school history:
LONGEST UW WIN STREAKS, MODERN ERA
Att. Player Season
14 Sept. 30, 2006 to Sept. 29, 2007
11 Oct. 2, 1999 to Sept. 16, 2000
11 Jan. 2, 2017 to Present
9 Sept. 5, 1998 to Nov. 7, 1998
9 Sept. 4, 2004 to Nov. 6, 2004
·UW improved to 31-6 (.838) overall under third-year head coach Paul Chryst.
·With records of 10-3, 11-3 and 10-0 in his first 3 seasons at the helm of his alma mater, Chryst joined Michigan’s Fielding Yost (1901-03) and Ohio State’s Urban Meyer (2012-14) as the only coaches in league history to win 10-plus games in each of their first 3 seasons.
·Wisconsin is 41-9 (.820) in its 50 games since the start of the 2014 season, trailing only Alabama (49-4, .925 entering Saturday), Clemson (45-6, .882 entering Saturday) and Ohio State (44-6, .880) in wins and winning percentage among FBS programs in that span.
·Wisconsin won its 13th-consecutive Big Ten game, extending the longest conference win streak in school history. The Badgers previously won 9 straight league games across the 2006 and 2007 seasons and the 2010 and 2011 seasons.
·The Badgers are 33-7 (.825) in conference play over the last 5 seasons (2013-17). Only Ohio State (37-3, .925) has a better league record over that span.
·Wisconsin lifted its all-time Big Ten record to 371-370-41 (.501), moving above .500 for the first time in 50 years, since they were 171-170-34entering a game at Indiana on Nov. 4, 1967.
·UW owns a 20-3 mark against the Big Ten West Division since the league moved to its current divisional setup in 2014. The Badgers have won 3 of the first 4 West Division crowns (2014, 2016, 2017).
·In securing the Heartland Trophy for the second-consecutive season, the Badgers have now won 16 of their last 17 trophy games against rivals Iowa, Minnesota and Nebraska, dating back to 2010.
·Wisconsin has won 5 of its last 6 meetings with Iowa.
·Over the last 4 seasons, the Badgers are 17-2 in the month of November.
·UW’s 24-point win is the largest margin of victory over Iowa since a 41-3 win in 1999.
·Wisconsin surrendered just 66 total yards to Iowa, the fewest yards ever allowed to a Big Ten opponent and the second-lowest opponent yardage total in UW history (Temple had 45 in 2005). The previous low yardage total by a Big Ten foe was 78 yards by Illinois in Oct. 8, 1977.
·Iowa’s 66 yards of total offense vs. UW matches the fewest accumulated by a Big Ten team this season. Ohio State also held Maryland to 66 yards on Oct. 7.
·The Hawkeyes’ 66 yards of offense were the 3rd-fewest by any FBS team ranked in the AP Top 25 over the last 20 seasons.
·The Badgers allowed just 5 first downs, their fewest since Temple managed 5 first downs in 2005. It’s the fewest UW allowed to a Big Ten team since at least 1998.
·Iowa was 0-for-13 on third down. The last time UW didn’t allow a third-down conversion came just last season when Illinois was 0-for-9 on Nov. 12, 2016.
·UW held the Hawkeyes to just 25 yards rushing, its fewest allowed to a Big Ten opponent since Penn State managed 23 yards in 2001.
·Iowa’s 41 yards passing is the lowest mark by a Badgers opponent since Western Kentucky accumulated 28 yards passing in 2001.
·Including holding Iowa without a score in 2 such situations Saturday, UW’s defense has taken over in “sudden change” situations 17 times this season (following 9 interceptions, 7 fumbles and a blocked punt) and has allowed opponents to convert just 6 of those 17 opportunities into scores — 3 TDs and 3 FGs.
·Leon Jacobs’ 21-yard fumble recovery touchdown in the third quarter marked the Badgers’ fifth defensive TD of the season.
·Redshirt freshman WR Kendric Pryor and Jacobs became the 16th and 17th players to score touchdowns for Wisconsin this season.
INDIVIDUAL NOTES
·Sophomore QB Alex Hornibrook finished with 135 yards passing and 2 touchdowns. He now has 17 TD passes on the season, which is tied for the 6th-highest single-season mark in UW history. He also now has 26 career TD passes, which moves him into 9th place in Badgers annals.
·Freshman RB Jonathan Taylor rushed for 157 yards on 29 carries, his 5th game with at least 150 yards this season. Taylor has now recorded 7 100-yard efforts in 9 career games.
·Taylor now has 1,525 rushing yards this season, becoming the 10th player in UW history to surpass 1,500 yards in a season.
·Sophomore RB Bradrick Shaw scored on an 8-yard touchdown run in the fourth quarter. He finished with 10 carries for 47 yards.
·Redshirt freshman WR Kendric Pryor scored the first touchdown of his career on a 25-yard run in the second quarter and added the first touchdown reception of his career on a 12-yard pass from Alex Hornibrook later in the period.
·Freshman WR Danny Davis established career highs with 4 catches for 74 yards.
·Sophomore WR A.J. Taylor hauled in his 3rd TD catch of the season and his career on a 5-yard pass in the fourth quarter.
·Senior OLB Leon Jacobs started at outside linebacker, appearing in his 55th game to break the UW school record for career games played.
·Jacobs recovered a pair of fumbles and scored the first touchdown of his career on a 21-yard fumble recovery in the third quarter, the Badgers’ first fumble recovery TD since Ryan Connelly scored one vs. Penn State in the 2016 Big Ten Football Championship Game.
·Jacobs recorded a sack of Iowa QB Nate Stanley in the third quarter, giving him 3.5 on the season.
·Junior ILB Ryan Connelly led UW with 9 tackles, including two for loss and his first career sack.
·Junior K Rafael Gaglianone hit a 23-yard field goal and is now 10-for-12 on field goals this season. Gaglianone has converted 19 of his last 22 attempts, dating back to the 2015 Holiday Bowl.
