TEAM NOTES
· Today’s captains: senior OLB Zack Baun, junior C Tyler Biadasz, senior ILB Chris Orr, junior RB Jonathan Taylor.
· Wisconsin moved to 9-2 on the season, reaching the 9-win threshold for the 6th time in the last 7 seasons and the 9th time in the last 11 years. Ohio State (9) is the only other Big Ten team more than six 9-win seasons in the last 11 years.
· Paul Chryst improved to 51-14 (.785) in his fifth season as Wisconsin’s head coach. He is the 5th coach in program history to win 50 games at UW:
WINS AS WISCONSIN COACH, ALL-TIME
Coach (Years) Wins
1. Barry Alvarez (1990-2005)* 119
2. Bret Bielema (2006-12) 68
3. Phil King (1896-1902, ’05) 65
4. Milt Bruhn (1956-66) 52
5. Paul Chryst (2015-present) 51
* Also served as coach in 2 bowl games (2012, 2014)
· Under Chryst, Wisconsin is:
o 33-10 (.767) in Big Ten Conference play
o 24-5 (.828) vs. the Big Ten West Division
o 15-3 (.833) in November games
o 5-0 vs. Purdue
· Wisconsin is 51-14 (.785) since the start of the 2015 season. Entering today, only Clemson (66-4, .943), Alabama (64-5, .928), Ohio State (59-6, .908), Oklahoma (55-9, .859) and Georgia (51-14, .785) own higher winning percentages during that 5-year span.
· UW is 40-11 (.784) in conference play since 2014, when the Big Ten went to its current divisional alignment. Only Ohio State (47-4, .922) has a better league record over that span.
· The Badgers have won 26 of their last 32 Big Ten games, dating to the 2016 season.
· Wisconsin finished with a season-high 606 total yards of offense, the team's highest output since racking up 627 against Nebraska on Nov. 15, 2014.
o UW has now topped 500 yards in 3 games this season.
· The Badgers rushed for a season-high 403 yards, their highest total since piling up 417 rushing yards against New Mexico on Sept. 8, 2018. UW's 403 ground yards aer the team's most since totaling 581 rushing yards vs. Nebraska on Nov. 15, 2014.
o Saturday marked UW's 3rd consecutive game with at least 300 rushing yards, and 5th 300-yard outing of the season.
· UW also posted 203 passing yards, marking the second time this season that the Badgers have totaled at least 200 rushing yards and 200 passing yards in a game.
· The Badgers went 9-for-11 on third down, their best mark in a Big Ten game since at least 1997.
· Wisconsin recorded its 2nd TD drive of at least 90 yards this season with a 9-play, 95-yard march in the 3rd quarter. All 95 yards came on the ground, capped by a 6-yard TD run by Garrett Groshek.
· UW's longest scoring drive since an 11-play, 95-yard TD drive vs. Iowa on Sept. 22, 2018.
INDIVIDUAL NOTES
· Junior RB Jonathan Taylor carried the ball 28 times for 222 yards and a touchdown.
· Taylor now has 5,856 yards for his career, the 2nd-highest total in Big Ten history:
RUSHING YARDS, CAREER (BIG TEN)
1. Ron Dayne, Wisconsin (1996-99) 7,125
2. Jonathan Taylor, Wisconsin (2017-present) 5,856
3. Archie Griffin, Ohio State (1972-75) 5,589
4. Anthony Thompson, Indiana (1986-89) 5,299
5. Montee Ball, Wisconsin (2009-12) 5,140
HIGHEST 3-YEAR RUSHING TOTALS (FBS)
1. Jonathan Taylor* (Wisconsin), 2017-19 5,856
2. Donnel Pumphrey (SDSU), 2014-16 5,653
3. Herschel Walker* (Georgia), 1980-82 5,596
4. Ricky Williams (Texas), 1996-98 5,540
5. Charles White (USC), 1977-79 5,387
· Taylor recorded the 31st 100-yard rushing game of his career — only Ron Dayne (33) has recorded more as a Badger — and his 17th career game with at least 150 yards.
· Taylor rushed for at least 200 yards for the 12th time in his career, matching Texas' Ricky Williams (12, 1995-98) for the 2nd-most 200-yard games in FBS history. Only Ron Dayne (14, 1996-99) has recorded more.
· With his 3rd straight 200-yard game, Taylor joins Billy Marek (1974), Ron Dayne (1996 and '99) and Melvin Gordon (2014) as the only players in UW history with 3 straight 200-yard performances.
· The first Badger to rush for 200 yards against a single opponent 3 times, Taylor has now done so against both Nebraska and Purdue. He rushed for 219 yards in 2017 and a career-high 321 yards in 2018 vs. the Boilermakers.
· Taylor scored his 22nd touchdown of the season on a 51-yard run in the 1st quarter, matching Montee Ball for the 4th-highest single-season total in school history:
TOUCHDOWNS SCORED, SEASON
1. Montee Ball, 2011 39
2. Melvin Gordon, 2014 32
3. Brian Calhoun, 2005 24
4. Montee Ball, 2012 22
Jonathan Taylor, 2019 22
· Taylor now has 51 career touchdowns, trailing only Montee Ball (83) and Ron Dayne (71) all-time at Wisconsin.
· Taylor's 47 career rushing touchdowns rank behind only Montee Ball (77) and Ron Dayne (71) on the Badgers' all-time list.
· Junior QB Jack Coan went 15-for-19 for 203 yards with 2 touchdowns and 1 INT for a passer rating of 192.9, his third-highest mark of the year.
· Coan has now passed for at least 200 yards 4 times this season.
· Junior RB Garrett Groshek scored his 2nd rushing touchdown of the season and finished with season highs in carries (9) and yards (55).
· Junior WR Quintez Cephus pulled in 5 catches for 79 yards, including a 29-yard touchdown reception from Jack Coan in the 3rd quarter.
· Junior WR Kendric Pryor tallied a season-high 47 yards receiving on 4 catches.
· Sophomore WR Aron Cruickshank rushed for a career-high 47 yards, including his first rushing touchdown of the season (2nd of his career) on a 27-yard run in the 1st quarter.
· Junior WR Jack Dunn pulled in the first touchdown reception of his career on an 18-yard pass from Jack Coan in the 2nd quarter.
· Junior FB Mason Stokke got into the end zone for the first time in his career on a 1-yard touchdown run in the fourth quarter.
· Senior OLB Christian Bell recorded his 1st sack of the season, and the 2nd of his career, by dropping Purdue QB Aidan O'Connell for a loss of 10 on a 4th-down play in the 3rd quarter.
· Senior OLB Zack Baun posted 2 tackles for loss, giving him a team-best 16.0 TFLs on the season.
· Senior ILB Chris Orr led UW with 9 tackles and 1.0 sack, increasing his team-high total to 11.0 sacks on the season.
· Junior CB Caesar Williams recorded a season-high 6 tackles (5 solo) and added 2 pass breakups.
· Junior S Eric Burrell recorded his 3rd interception of the season — and 4th of his career — by picking off an Aidan O'Connell pass in the 3rd quarter.
· Senior K Zach Hintze connected on a school-record 62-yard field goal as time expired in the 1st half, the first made field goal of his career.
· Hintze's kick matched Minnesota's Chip Lohmiller (1986) for the 2nd-longest field goal in modern Big Ten history. Only Michigan State's Morten Andersen's 63-yarder in 1981 is longer.
· The kick is just the 2nd 60-yard field goal in school history, joining John Hall's 60-yarder at Minnesota on Nov. 11, 1995 (which came indoors at the Metrodome). Pat "The Kangaroo Kicker" O'Dea also had 2 drop-kick field goals of 60-plus yards (62 in 1898 and 60 in 1899).
· Hintze is now 1-for-2 in his career, with both attempts coming from 62 yards.
· Hintze also holds the Wisconsin state high school record with a 61-yard field goal he delivered in the 2014 state playoffs.
· Today’s captains: senior OLB Zack Baun, junior C Tyler Biadasz, senior ILB Chris Orr, junior RB Jonathan Taylor.
· Wisconsin moved to 9-2 on the season, reaching the 9-win threshold for the 6th time in the last 7 seasons and the 9th time in the last 11 years. Ohio State (9) is the only other Big Ten team more than six 9-win seasons in the last 11 years.
· Paul Chryst improved to 51-14 (.785) in his fifth season as Wisconsin’s head coach. He is the 5th coach in program history to win 50 games at UW:
WINS AS WISCONSIN COACH, ALL-TIME
Coach (Years) Wins
1. Barry Alvarez (1990-2005)* 119
2. Bret Bielema (2006-12) 68
3. Phil King (1896-1902, ’05) 65
4. Milt Bruhn (1956-66) 52
5. Paul Chryst (2015-present) 51
* Also served as coach in 2 bowl games (2012, 2014)
· Under Chryst, Wisconsin is:
o 33-10 (.767) in Big Ten Conference play
o 24-5 (.828) vs. the Big Ten West Division
o 15-3 (.833) in November games
o 5-0 vs. Purdue
· Wisconsin is 51-14 (.785) since the start of the 2015 season. Entering today, only Clemson (66-4, .943), Alabama (64-5, .928), Ohio State (59-6, .908), Oklahoma (55-9, .859) and Georgia (51-14, .785) own higher winning percentages during that 5-year span.
· UW is 40-11 (.784) in conference play since 2014, when the Big Ten went to its current divisional alignment. Only Ohio State (47-4, .922) has a better league record over that span.
· The Badgers have won 26 of their last 32 Big Ten games, dating to the 2016 season.
· Wisconsin finished with a season-high 606 total yards of offense, the team's highest output since racking up 627 against Nebraska on Nov. 15, 2014.
o UW has now topped 500 yards in 3 games this season.
· The Badgers rushed for a season-high 403 yards, their highest total since piling up 417 rushing yards against New Mexico on Sept. 8, 2018. UW's 403 ground yards aer the team's most since totaling 581 rushing yards vs. Nebraska on Nov. 15, 2014.
o Saturday marked UW's 3rd consecutive game with at least 300 rushing yards, and 5th 300-yard outing of the season.
· UW also posted 203 passing yards, marking the second time this season that the Badgers have totaled at least 200 rushing yards and 200 passing yards in a game.
· The Badgers went 9-for-11 on third down, their best mark in a Big Ten game since at least 1997.
· Wisconsin recorded its 2nd TD drive of at least 90 yards this season with a 9-play, 95-yard march in the 3rd quarter. All 95 yards came on the ground, capped by a 6-yard TD run by Garrett Groshek.
· UW's longest scoring drive since an 11-play, 95-yard TD drive vs. Iowa on Sept. 22, 2018.
INDIVIDUAL NOTES
· Junior RB Jonathan Taylor carried the ball 28 times for 222 yards and a touchdown.
· Taylor now has 5,856 yards for his career, the 2nd-highest total in Big Ten history:
RUSHING YARDS, CAREER (BIG TEN)
1. Ron Dayne, Wisconsin (1996-99) 7,125
2. Jonathan Taylor, Wisconsin (2017-present) 5,856
3. Archie Griffin, Ohio State (1972-75) 5,589
4. Anthony Thompson, Indiana (1986-89) 5,299
5. Montee Ball, Wisconsin (2009-12) 5,140
HIGHEST 3-YEAR RUSHING TOTALS (FBS)
1. Jonathan Taylor* (Wisconsin), 2017-19 5,856
2. Donnel Pumphrey (SDSU), 2014-16 5,653
3. Herschel Walker* (Georgia), 1980-82 5,596
4. Ricky Williams (Texas), 1996-98 5,540
5. Charles White (USC), 1977-79 5,387
· Taylor recorded the 31st 100-yard rushing game of his career — only Ron Dayne (33) has recorded more as a Badger — and his 17th career game with at least 150 yards.
· Taylor rushed for at least 200 yards for the 12th time in his career, matching Texas' Ricky Williams (12, 1995-98) for the 2nd-most 200-yard games in FBS history. Only Ron Dayne (14, 1996-99) has recorded more.
· With his 3rd straight 200-yard game, Taylor joins Billy Marek (1974), Ron Dayne (1996 and '99) and Melvin Gordon (2014) as the only players in UW history with 3 straight 200-yard performances.
· The first Badger to rush for 200 yards against a single opponent 3 times, Taylor has now done so against both Nebraska and Purdue. He rushed for 219 yards in 2017 and a career-high 321 yards in 2018 vs. the Boilermakers.
· Taylor scored his 22nd touchdown of the season on a 51-yard run in the 1st quarter, matching Montee Ball for the 4th-highest single-season total in school history:
TOUCHDOWNS SCORED, SEASON
1. Montee Ball, 2011 39
2. Melvin Gordon, 2014 32
3. Brian Calhoun, 2005 24
4. Montee Ball, 2012 22
Jonathan Taylor, 2019 22
· Taylor now has 51 career touchdowns, trailing only Montee Ball (83) and Ron Dayne (71) all-time at Wisconsin.
· Taylor's 47 career rushing touchdowns rank behind only Montee Ball (77) and Ron Dayne (71) on the Badgers' all-time list.
· Junior QB Jack Coan went 15-for-19 for 203 yards with 2 touchdowns and 1 INT for a passer rating of 192.9, his third-highest mark of the year.
· Coan has now passed for at least 200 yards 4 times this season.
· Junior RB Garrett Groshek scored his 2nd rushing touchdown of the season and finished with season highs in carries (9) and yards (55).
· Junior WR Quintez Cephus pulled in 5 catches for 79 yards, including a 29-yard touchdown reception from Jack Coan in the 3rd quarter.
· Junior WR Kendric Pryor tallied a season-high 47 yards receiving on 4 catches.
· Sophomore WR Aron Cruickshank rushed for a career-high 47 yards, including his first rushing touchdown of the season (2nd of his career) on a 27-yard run in the 1st quarter.
· Junior WR Jack Dunn pulled in the first touchdown reception of his career on an 18-yard pass from Jack Coan in the 2nd quarter.
· Junior FB Mason Stokke got into the end zone for the first time in his career on a 1-yard touchdown run in the fourth quarter.
· Senior OLB Christian Bell recorded his 1st sack of the season, and the 2nd of his career, by dropping Purdue QB Aidan O'Connell for a loss of 10 on a 4th-down play in the 3rd quarter.
· Senior OLB Zack Baun posted 2 tackles for loss, giving him a team-best 16.0 TFLs on the season.
· Senior ILB Chris Orr led UW with 9 tackles and 1.0 sack, increasing his team-high total to 11.0 sacks on the season.
· Junior CB Caesar Williams recorded a season-high 6 tackles (5 solo) and added 2 pass breakups.
· Junior S Eric Burrell recorded his 3rd interception of the season — and 4th of his career — by picking off an Aidan O'Connell pass in the 3rd quarter.
· Senior K Zach Hintze connected on a school-record 62-yard field goal as time expired in the 1st half, the first made field goal of his career.
· Hintze's kick matched Minnesota's Chip Lohmiller (1986) for the 2nd-longest field goal in modern Big Ten history. Only Michigan State's Morten Andersen's 63-yarder in 1981 is longer.
· The kick is just the 2nd 60-yard field goal in school history, joining John Hall's 60-yarder at Minnesota on Nov. 11, 1995 (which came indoors at the Metrodome). Pat "The Kangaroo Kicker" O'Dea also had 2 drop-kick field goals of 60-plus yards (62 in 1898 and 60 in 1899).
· Hintze is now 1-for-2 in his career, with both attempts coming from 62 yards.
· Hintze also holds the Wisconsin state high school record with a 61-yard field goal he delivered in the 2014 state playoffs.
