POSTGAME NOTES
RV WISCONSIN 35, GEORGIA SOUTHERN 14 - SEPT. 16, 2023 - CAMP RANDALL STADIUM - MADISON, WIS.
TEAM NOTES
* QB Tanner Mordecai threw for 236 yards on 19-of-30 passing. He also scored a career-high 2 rushing touchdowns, finishing with 36 yards on 7 carries.
o By rushing for two scores, Mordecai became the first Badger to run for multiple scores since Graham Mertz did so vs. Iowa on Oct. 30, 2021.
o In each of the Badgers’ last 17 wins, dating back to early 2021, Allen has run for 80+ yards. Allen has gone over 100 yards rushing in 15 of those 18 wins.
o Badgers are now 7-1 in games in which Allen scored multiple touchdowns.
o Mellusi made his 2 catches of the season, totaling 13 yards.
o Wohler finished with a team-high 10 tackles and has now collected 10+ tackles in three straight games, becoming the first Badger to do so since Leo Chenal in 2021.
o Wohler’s 20 solo tackles entering week three were 4 more than any other player in the Big Ten.
RV WISCONSIN 35, GEORGIA SOUTHERN 14 - SEPT. 16, 2023 - CAMP RANDALL STADIUM - MADISON, WIS.
TEAM NOTES
- Today’s captains: senior WR Chimere Dike, senior QB Tanner Mordecai, senior ILB Maema Njongmeta and senior OLB Marty Strey.
- Today’s attendance at Camp Randall Stadium was 75,610.
- With the win, Fickell has not lost back-to-back regular season games as a head coach since 2017. He’s won 7 straight regular season games coming off of a loss.
- Wisconsin tallied it’s 74th home win since 2010. It entered the weekend with the 7th-most home wins in the country since 2010.
- Wisconsin improved to 3-0 vs. the Sun Belt all-time. The matchup with Georgia Southern was UW’s first.
- The Badgers racked up 244 passing yards and 207 rushing yards, surpassing the 200-yard threshold in both categories for the first time this season. UW accomplished the 200-200 feat twice last season, in wins over Illinois State and New Mexico State.
- UW ran for 207 yards and 5 rushing touchdowns, topping the 200-yard mark for the second time this season. The Badgers tallied 314 rushing yards against Buffalo in the season opener.
- The Badgers are now 10-0 over the last three seasons when Mellusi and Allen both run for over 50 yards.
- Wisconsin was a perfect 5-for-5 scoring touchdowns in the red zone. On the season, the Badgers have scored on all 12 red zone possessions, tallying 9 touchdowns and 3 field goals.
- The Badgers picked off 5 passes, their most interceptions since at least 1988. UW intercepted 4 passes against Northwestern on Nov. 13, 2021.
- UW recorded three INTs in the first half. It marked the first time the Badgers grabbed three INTs in the first half since 2018.
- The Badgers have out-scored opponent 48-7 in the third quarter this season.
- Wisconsin forced a total of 6 turnovers, the team’s most since creating 7 TOs vs. Northwestern on Nov. 27, 2012.
- UW’s defense also tallied 6 sacks, shared by 6 different players. The Badgers have had 10 sacks over the last 2 games.
* QB Tanner Mordecai threw for 236 yards on 19-of-30 passing. He also scored a career-high 2 rushing touchdowns, finishing with 36 yards on 7 carries.
o By rushing for two scores, Mordecai became the first Badger to run for multiple scores since Graham Mertz did so vs. Iowa on Oct. 30, 2021.
- RB Braelon Allen ran for 94 yards and 2 TDs on 12 carries. He also caught 2 passes for 5 yards.
o In each of the Badgers’ last 17 wins, dating back to early 2021, Allen has run for 80+ yards. Allen has gone over 100 yards rushing in 15 of those 18 wins.
o Badgers are now 7-1 in games in which Allen scored multiple touchdowns.
- RB Chez Mellusi ran for 61 yards and 1 TD on 15 carries.
o Mellusi made his 2 catches of the season, totaling 13 yards.
- WR Chimere Dike led Wisconsin with 57 yards receiving on 3 catches. Dike leads the Badgers with 161 receiving yards on the season.
- WR Skyler Bell matched his career high with 5 catches for 47 yards.
- TE Hayden Rucci finished with 2 catches for a career-high 51 yards, hauling in a career-long 45-yard pass.
- S Hunter Wohler grabbed a first quarter INT, his first of the season and first since picking off a pass vs. Maryland last season. He grabbed another in the third quarter, becoming the first Badger to record multiple INTs since John Torchio vs. Purdue on Oct. 22, 2022.
o Wohler finished with a team-high 10 tackles and has now collected 10+ tackles in three straight games, becoming the first Badger to do so since Leo Chenal in 2021.
o Wohler’s 20 solo tackles entering week three were 4 more than any other player in the Big Ten.
- CB Ricardo Hallman picked off a pass, his second career INT and first since grabbing one against NMSU on Sept. 17, 2022. He also notched a career-best 7 tackles.
- CB Jason Maitre grabbed an INT, his first as a Badger and 4th of his career. It was his first pick since Sept. 17, 2022.
- LB C.J. Goetz recorded his first-career INT while also racking up his first full sack of the season.
- ILB Jake Chaney logged a first quarter sack his second of the season and third of his career.
- OLB Darryl Peterson tallied the first multi-sack (2) game of his career, finishing with 4 tackles and 3 tackles for loss.
- P Atticus Bertrams punted 6 times for 254 yards (42.3), all career highs.
- QB Braedyn Locke saw his first-career action, going 1-for-1, completing an 8-yard pass to WR Haakon Anderson for his first-career reception.
