2015 Wisconsin Badgers football team

2015 Wisconsin Badgers football
2015 Wisconsin Badgers football
Holiday Bowl champion
Holiday Bowl, W 23–21 vs. USC
Conference	Big Ten Conference
	West Division
Ranking
Coaches	No. 21
AP	No. 21
Record	10–3 (6–2 Big Ten)
Head coach	Paul Chryst (1st season);
Offensive coordinator	Joe Rudolph (1st season)
Offensive scheme	Pro-style
Defensive coordinator	Dave Aranda (3rd season)
Base defense	3–4
MVP	Joe Schobert
Captain	Michael Caputo; Alex Erickson; Joe Schobert; Joel Stave
Home stadium	Camp Randall Stadium
Uniform
	Seasons ← 2014 2016 →

The 2015 Wisconsin Badgers football team represented the University of Wisconsin–Madison in the 2015 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Badgers, led by first-year head coach Paul Chryst, were members of the West Division of the Big Ten Conference and played their home games at Camp Randall Stadium. On January 13, 2015, the Badgers hired offensive coordinator Joe Rudolph. The Badgers were the media preseason favorites to win the Big Ten West division.^[1] During fall camp prior to the start of the season Chryst announced the Badgers would return to a pro-style punt scheme instead of the shield punt scheme, also known as the spread punt scheme.^[2] Two days after Wisconsin played in the Holiday Bowl defensive coordinator Dave Aranda was hired by LSU as their new defensive coordinator. At the end of the season, Wisconsin featured the #1 defense in college football, with opponents averaging just 13.1 points per game against the Badgers.^[3]

2015 Big Ten Conference football standings
v t e
Team	W		L	W		L
East Division
No. 6 Michigan State xy$^	7	–	1	12	–	2
No. 4 Ohio State x	7	–	1	12	–	1
No. 12 Michigan	6	–	2	10	–	3
Penn State	4	–	4	7	–	6
Indiana	2	–	6	6	–	7
Rutgers	1	–	7	4	–	8
Maryland	1	–	7	3	–	9
West Division
No. 9 Iowa xy	8	–	0	12	–	2
No. 23 Northwestern	6	–	2	10	–	3
No. 21 Wisconsin	6	–	2	10	–	3
Nebraska	3	–	5	6	–	7
Minnesota	2	–	6	6	–	7
Illinois	2	–	6	5	–	7
Purdue	1	–	7	2	–	10
Championship: Michigan State 16, Iowa 13
^ – College Football Playoff participant $ – Conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions y – Championship game participant Rankings from AP Poll

Recruiting edit

US college sports recruiting information for 2015 recruits
Name	Hometown	High school / college	Height	Weight	40^‡	Commit date
Zack Baun ATH	Brown Deer, WI	Brown Deer HS	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	N/A	Jan 18, 2015
Zack Baun ATH	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: ESPN:
Titus Booker ATH	Grayslake, IL	Grayslake HS	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	182 lb (83 kg)	4.4	Jul 3, 2014
Titus Booker ATH	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: ESPN:
Jon Dietzen OL	Seymour, WI	Seymour HS	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	334 lb (151 kg)	5.3	May 4, 2014
Jon Dietzen OL	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: ESPN:
David Edwards ATH	Downers Grove, IL	Downers Grove North HS	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	225 lb (102 kg)	N/A	Jun 18, 2014
David Edwards ATH	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: ESPN:
Kevin Estes OL	San Marcos, CA	San Marcos HS	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	273 lb (124 kg)	N/A	Aug 15, 2014
Kevin Estes OL	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: ESPN:
Arrington Farrar DB	College Park, GA	Woodward Academy	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	201 lb (91 kg)	N/A	Jan 23, 2015
Arrington Farrar DB	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: ESPN:
Alex Hornibrook QB	Malvern, PA	Malvern Prep	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	N/A	Jan 12, 2015
Alex Hornibrook QB	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: ESPN:
Kraig Howe DT	Kettering, OH	Archbishop Alter HS	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	262 lb (119 kg)	N/A	Jan 23, 2015
Kraig Howe DT	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: ESPN:
Alec Ingold ATH	Green Bay, WI	Bay Port HS	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	N/A	Jun 21, 2014
Alec Ingold ATH	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: ESPN:
Andrew James WR	Fort Lauderdale, FL	Westminster Academy	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	161 lb (73 kg)	N/A	Mar 11, 2014
Andrew James WR	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: ESPN:
David Moorman OL	Northville, MI	Northville HS	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	291 lb (132 kg)	5.3	May 7, 2014
David Moorman OL	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: ESPN:
Chris Orr LB	DeSoto, TX	DeSoto HS	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	207 lb (94 kg)	4.6	Jun 14, 2014
Chris Orr LB	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: ESPN:
Kyle Penniston TE	Santa Ana, CA	Mater Dei HS	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	232 lb (105 kg)	N/A	Feb 17, 2014
Kyle Penniston TE	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: ESPN:
David Pfaff DE	Mequon, WI	Homestead HS	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	243 lb (110 kg)	4.9	May 21, 2014
David Pfaff DE	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: ESPN:
Olive Sagapolu DT	Santa Ana, CA	Mater Dei HS	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	300 lb (140 kg)	N/A	Oct 27, 2014
Olive Sagapolu DT	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: ESPN:
Bradrick Shaw RB	Hoover, AL	Hoover HS	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	4.7	Sep 26, 2014
Bradrick Shaw RB	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: ESPN:
Nick Thomas LB	Bradenton, FL	IMG Academy	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	218 lb (99 kg)	N/A	Jun 12, 2014
Nick Thomas LB	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: ESPN:
Jake Whalen LB	Wausau, WI	Wausau HS	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	218 lb (99 kg)	4.6	Feb 1, 2015
Jake Whalen LB	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: ESPN:
Overall recruiting rankings: Scout: 31 Rivals: 37 247Sports: 35 ESPN: 38
‡ Refers to 40 yard dash Note: In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, and ESPN may conflict in their listings of height, weight and 40 time. In these cases, the average was taken. ESPN grades are on a 100-point scale. Sources: "Wisconsin Football Commitment List 2015". Rivals.com. Retrieved July 23, 2015. "Wisconsin Football Recruiting Commits 2015". Scout.com. Retrieved July 23, 2015. "Wisconsin Badgers Commits 2015". ESPN.com. Retrieved July 23, 2015. "Scout.com Team Recruiting Rankings". Scout.com. Retrieved July 23, 2015. "2015 Team Ranking". Rivals.com. Retrieved July 23, 2015.

Watchlists and preseason awards edit

Vince Biegel (OLB)

Bednarik Award,^[4] Bronko Nagurski Trophy,^[5] Lombardi Award^[6]

Michael Caputo (S)

Lott IMPACT Trophy,^[7] Bednarik Award,^[4] Bronko Nagurski Trophy,^[5] Jim Thorpe Award^[8]

Corey Clement (RB)

Maxwell Award,^[9] Doak Walker Award^[10]

Alex Erickson (WR)

Biletnikoff Award ^[11]

Rafael Gaglianone (K)

Lou Groza Award^[12]

Dan Voltz (C)

Rimington Trophy,^[13] Outland Trophy^[5]

Schedule edit

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 5	7:00 p.m.	vs. No. 3 Alabama*	No. 20	AT&T Stadium Arlington, TX (Advocare Classic) (College GameDay)	ABC	L 17–35	64,279
September 12	11:00 a.m.	Miami (OH)*		Camp Randall Stadium Madison, WI	ESPNU	W 58–0	76,535
September 19	2:30 p.m.	Troy*	No. 24	Camp Randall Stadium Madison, WI	BTN	W 28–3	77,157
September 26	7:00 p.m.	Hawaii*	No. 22	Camp Randall Stadium Madison, WI	BTN	W 28–0	80,829
October 3	11:00 a.m.	Iowa	No. 19	Camp Randall Stadium Madison, WI (Heartland Trophy)	ESPN	L 6–10	80,933
October 10	2:30 p.m.	at Nebraska		Memorial Stadium Lincoln, NE (Freedom Trophy)	ABC/ESPN2	W 23–21	89,886
October 17	11:00 a.m.	Purdue		Camp Randall Stadium Madison, WI	BTN	W 24–7	80,794
October 24	2:30 p.m.	at Illinois		Memorial Stadium Champaign, IL	BTN	W 24–13	45,438
October 31	11:00 a.m.	Rutgers		Camp Randall Stadium Madison, WI	BTN	W 48–10	74,575
November 7	2:30 p.m.	at Maryland		Byrd Stadium College Park, MD	BTN	W 31–24	44,678
November 21	2:30 p.m.	No. 20 Northwestern	No. 25	Camp Randall Stadium Madison, WI	BTN	L 7–13	75,276
November 28	2:30 p.m.	at Minnesota		TCF Bank Stadium Minneapolis, MN (Paul Bunyan's Axe)	BTN	W 31–21	52,850
December 30	9:30 p.m.	vs. No. 25 USC*		Qualcomm Stadium San Diego, CA (Holiday Bowl)	ESPN	W 23–21	48,329
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll and CFP Rankings after November 3 released prior to game All times are in Central time

Rankings edit

Ranking movements
**Legend:** ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked RV = Received votes
	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	Final
AP	20	RV	24	22	19	—	—	RV	RV	RV	23	21	RV	25	23	21
Coaches	18	24	23	21	18	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	22	20	RV	25	23	21
CFP	Not released									—	25	25	—	—	—	Not released

Game summaries edit

vs #3 Alabama edit

#3 Alabama Crimson Tide vs #20 Wisconsin Badgers

Period	1	2	3	4	Total
#3 Crimson Tide	7	7	14	7	35
#20 Badgers	0	7	3	7	17

at AT&T Stadium • Arlington, TX

Date: September 5
Game time: 7:00 PM CDT
Game weather: Indoors
Game attendance: 64,279
Referee: Alan Eck
TV announcers (ABC): Chris Fowler (Play-by-play), Kirk Herbstreit (Color) & Heather Cox (Sideline)

Game information

First Quarter

ALA – Derrick Henry, 37-yard run (Adam Griffith kick), 5:54 (ALA 7–0)

Second Quarter

WIS – Alex Erickson, 6-yard pass from Joel Stave (Rafael Gaglianone kick), 11:06 (TIE 7–7)
ALA – Robert Foster, 17-yard pass from Jake Coker (Adam Griffith kick), 6:39 (ALA 14–7)

Third Quarter

ALA – Derrick Henry, 56-yard run (Adam Griffith kick), 11:42 (ALA 21–7)
ALA – Derrick Henry, 2-yard run (Adam Griffith kick), 5:17 (ALA 28–7)
WIS – Rafael Gaglianone, 43-yard field goal, 1:05 (ALA 28–10)

Fourth Quarter

ALA – Kenyan Drake, 43-yard run (Adam Griffith kick), 8:02 (ALA 35–10)
WIS – Rob Wheelwright, 3-yard pass from Joel Stave (Rafael Gaglianone kick), 4:42 (ALA 35–17)

Passing

WIS - Joel Stave, 26 completions, 39 attempts, 228 yards, 2 touchdowns, 1 interception
ALA - Jake Coker, 15 completions, 21 attempts, 213 yards, 1 touchdown

Rushing

WIS - Alex Erickson, 1 carry, 25 yards
ALA - Derrick Henry, 13 carries, 147 yards, 3 touchdowns

Receiving

WIS - Alex Erickson, 6 catches, 73 yards, 1 touchdown
ALA - Robert Foster, 4 catches, 50 yards, 1 touchdown

Defense

WIS - Joe Schobert, 13 tackles, 2 sacks, 4 tackles-for-loss
ALA - Reggie Ragland, 12 tackles

source

source^[14]

Wisconsin starting lineup

Offense
Position	Player	Class
QB	Joel Stave	RS Sr
RB	Corey Clement	Jr
FB	Derek Watt	RS Sr
WR	Alex Erickson	RS Sr
WR	Rob Wheelwright	Jr
TE	Austin Traylor	RS Sr
LT	Tyler Marz	RS Sr
LG	Michael Deiter	RS Fr
C	Dan Voltz	RS Jr
RG	Walker Williams	RS Jr
RT	Hayden Biegel	RS Fr
Reference:^[15]

Defense
Position	Player	Class
DE	Arthur Goldberg	RS Jr
DT	Conor Sheehy	So
DE	Chikwe Obasih	RS So
OLB	Vince Biegel	RS Jr
ILB	T.J. Edwards	RS Fr
ILB	Leon Jacobs	Jr
OLB	Joe Schobert	Sr
CB	Darius Hillary	RS Sr
SS	Michael Caputo	RS Sr
FS	Leo Musso	RS Jr
CB	Sojourn Shelton	Jr
Reference:^[15]

Special teams
Position	Player	Class
P	Drew Meyer	RS Sr
FG	Rafael Gaglianone	So
KO	Andrew Endicott	Jr
LS	Connor Udelhoven	RS Jr
H	Drew Meyer	RS Sr
PR	Alex Erickson	RS Sr
KR	Natrell Jamerson	So
Reference:^[15]

Miami (OH) edit

Miami RedHawks vs Wisconsin Badgers

Period	1	2	3	4	Total
RedHawks	0	0	0	0	0
Badgers	13	24	14	7	58

at Camp Randall Stadium • Madison, Wisconsin

Date: September 12
Game time: 11:00 AM CDT
Game weather: Temperature: 56, Wind: North 10, Weather: Partly Cloudy
Game attendance: 76,535
Referee: A. Cannella
TV announcers (ESPNU): Clay Matvick (Play-by-play) & John Congemi (Color)

Game information

First Quarter

WIS – Rafael Gaglianone, 29-yard field goal, 09:47 (WIS 3-0)
WIS – Rafael Gaglianone, 25-yard field goal, 03:58 (WIS 6-0)
WIS – Robert Wheelwright, 13-yard pass from Joel Stave (Rafael Gaglianone kick), 00:06 (WIS 13-0)

Second Quarter

WIS – Austin Traylor, 20-yard pass from Joel Stave (Rafael Gaglianone kick), 10:40 (WIS 20-0)
WIS – Taiwan Deal, 1-yard run (Rafael Gaglianone kick), 06:32 (WIS 27-0)
WIS – Robert Wheelwright, 15-yard pass from Joel Stave (Rafael Gaglianone kick), 00:50 (WIS 34-0)
WIS – Rafael Gaglianone, 38-yard field goal, 00:01 (WIS 37-0)

Third Quarter

WIS – Taiwan Deal, 1-yard run (Rafael Gaglianone kick), 07:29 (WIS 44-0)
WIS – Dare Ogunbowale, 35-yard run (Russell, Jack kick), 02:41 (WIS 51-0)

Fourth Quarter

WIS – Caleb Kinlaw, 5-yard pass from Bart Houston (Jack Russell kick), 04:57 (WIS 58-0)

Passing

WIS - Joel Stave, 19 completions, 30 attempts, 236 yards, 3 touchdowns, 1 interception
MIA - Billy Bahl, 7 completions, 20 attempts, 98 yards, 2 interceptions

Rushing

WIS - Dare Ogunbowale, 16 carries, 112 yards, 1 touchdown
MIA - Leonard Ross, 8 carries, 16 yards

Receiving

WIS - Robert Wheelright, 6 catches, 79 yards, 2 touchdowns
MIA - Sam Martin, 4 catches, 46 yards

Defense

WIS - Derrick Tindal, 7 tackles, 1 pass breakup
MIA - Paul Moses, 10 tackles, 1 sack, 1 tackle-for-loss

source

source^[14]

Wisconsin starting lineup

Offense
Position	Player	Class
QB	Joel Stave	RS Sr
RB	Dare Ogunbowale	Jr
FB	Derek Watt	RS Sr
WR	Alex Erickson	RS Sr
WR	Rob Wheelwright	Jr
TE	Austin Traylor	RS Sr
LT	Tyler Marz	RS Sr
LG	Michael Deiter	RS Fr
C	Dan Voltz	RS Jr
RG	Walker Williams	RS Jr
RT	Hayden Biegel	RS Fr
Reference:^[16]

Defense
Position	Player	Class
DE	Arthur Goldberg	RS Jr
DE	Chikwe Obasih	RS So
OLB	Vince Biegel	RS Jr
ILB	T.J. Edwards	RS Fr
ILB	Leon Jacobs	Jr
OLB	Joe Schobert	Sr
CB	Derrick Tindal	So
CB	Darius Hillary	RS Sr
SS	Michael Caputo	RS Sr
FS	Leo Musso	RS Jr
CB	Sojourn Shelton	Jr
Reference:^[16]

Special teams
Position	Player	Class
P	Drew Meyer	RS Sr
FG	Rafael Gaglianone	So
KO	Andrew Endicott	Jr
LS	Connor Udelhoven	RS Jr
H	Drew Meyer	RS Sr
PR	Alex Erickson	RS Sr
KR	Natrell Jamerson	So
Reference:^[16]

Troy edit

Troy Trojans vs Wisconsin Badgers

Period	1	2	3	4	Total
Trojans	3	0	0	0	3
#24 Badgers	7	7	7	7	28

at Camp Randall Stadium • Madison, Wisconsin

Date: September 19
Game time: 2:30 PM CDT
Game weather: Temperature: 66, Wind: North 12, Weather: Partly Cloudy
Game attendance: 77,157
Referee: J. Serinski
TV announcers (BTN): Matt Devlin (Play-by-play), J Leman (Color) & Jay Wilson (Sideline)

Game information

First Quarter

WIS – Dare Ogunbowale, 17-yard run (Rafael Gaglianone kick), 06:49 (WIS 7-0)
TROY – Ryan Kaye, 32-yard field goal, 01:13 (WIS 7-3)

Second Quarter

WIS – Joel Stave, 4-yard run (Rafael Gaglianone kick), 00:39 (WIS 14-3)

Third Quarter

WIS – Tanner McEvoy, 32-yard run (Rafael Gaglianone kick), 07:16 (WIS 21-3)

Fourth Quarter

WIS – Austin Traylor, 1-yard pass from Joel Stave (Rafael Gaglianone kick), 05:07 (WIS 28-3)

Passing

WIS - Joel Stave, 13 completions, 17 attempts, 202 yards, 1 touchdown
TROY - Brandon Silvers, 22 completions, 34 attempts, 174 yards

Rushing

WIS - Taiwan Deal, 16 carries, 84 yards
TROY - Brandon Burks, 19 carries, 66 yards

Receiving

WIS - Alex Ericksen, 3 catches, 87 yards
TROY - Jarvis Bentley, 6 catches, 58 yards

Defense

WIS - Chris Orr, 14 tackles, 1 tackle-for-loss, 1 pass breakup
TROY - Montres Kitchens, 6 tackles, 1 sack, 1 tackle-for-loss

source

source^[14]

Wisconsin starting lineup

Offense
Position	Player	Class
QB	Joel Stave	RS Sr
RB	Dare Ogunbowale	Jr
FB	Derek Watt	RS Sr
WR	Alex Erickson	RS Sr
WR	Rob Wheelwright	Jr
TE	Austin Traylor	RS Sr
LT	Tyler Marz	RS Sr
LG	Michael Deiter	RS Fr
C	Dan Voltz	RS Jr
RG	Micah Kapoi	RS Fr
RT	Hayden Biegel	RS Fr
Reference:^[17]

Defense
Position	Player	Class
DE	Arthur Goldberg	RS Jr
DE	Chikwe Obasih	RS So
OLB	Vince Biegel	RS Jr
ILB	T.J. Edwards	RS Fr
ILB	Leon Jacobs	Jr
OLB	Joe Schobert	Sr
CB	Derrick Tindal	So
CB	Darius Hillary	RS Sr
SS	Michael Caputo	RS Sr
FS	Tanner McEvoy	RS Sr
CB	Sojourn Shelton	Jr
Reference:^[17]

Special teams
Position	Player	Class
P	Drew Meyer	RS Sr
FG	Rafael Gaglianone	So
KO	Andrew Endicott	Jr
LS	Connor Udelhoven	RS Jr
H	Drew Meyer	RS Sr
PR	Alex Erickson	RS Sr
KR	Natrell Jamerson	So
Reference:^[17]

Hawaii edit

Hawaii Rainbow Warriors vs Wisconsin Badgers

Period	1	2	3	4	Total
Rainbow Warriors	0	0	0	0	0
#22 Badgers	7	7	7	7	28

at Camp Randall Stadium • Madison, Wisconsin

Date: September 26
Game time: 7:00 PM CDT
Game weather: Temperature: 73, Wind: 12 ESE, Weather: Clear
Game attendance: 80,829
Referee: R. Snodgrass
TV announcers (BTN): Joe Beninati (Play-by-play), J Leman (Color) & Jay Wilson (Sideline)

Game information

First Quarter

WIS – Taiwan Deal, 2-yard run (Rafael Gaglianone kick), 04:27 (WIS 7-0)

Second Quarter

WIS – Taiwan Deal, 2-yard run (Rafael Gaglianone kick), 00:38 (WIS 14-0)

Third Quarter

WIS – Austin Traylor, 12-yard pass from Joel Stave (Rafael Gaglianone kick), 00:53 (WIS 21-0)

Fourth Quarter

WIS – Dare Ogunbowale, 9-yard run (Rafael Gaglianone kick), 07:29 (WIS 28-0)

Passing

WIS - Joel Stave, 14 completions, 23 attempts, 164 yards, 1 touchdown
HAW - Max Wittek, 15 completions, 32 attempts, 189 yards

Rushing

WIS - Taiwan Deal, 26 carries, 147 yards, 2 touchdowns
HAW - Paul Harris, 6 carries, 22 yards

Receiving

WIS - Alex Ericksen, 9 catches, 87 yards
HAW - Quiton Pedroza, 10 catches, 134 yards

Defense

WIS - Joe Schobert, 3 tackles, 2 tackles-for-loss, 2 sacks
HAW - Marrell Jackson, 13 tackles

source^[14]

Wisconsin starting lineup

Offense
Position	Player	Class
QB	Joel Stave	RS Sr
RB	Taiwan Deal	Jr
FB	Derek Watt	RS Sr
FB	Austin Ramesh	RS So
WR	Reggie Love	RS Jr
TE	Austin Traylor	RS Sr
LT	Tyler Marz	RS Sr
LG	Michael Deiter	RS Fr
C	Dan Voltz	RS Jr
RG	Micah Kapoi	RS Fr
RT	Hayden Biegel	RS Fr
Reference:^[17]

Defense
Position	Player	Class
DE	Arthur Goldberg	RS Jr
DE	Chikwe Obasih	RS So
OLB	Vince Biegel	RS Jr
ILB	Chris Orr	Fr
ILB	T.J. Edwards	RS Fr
OLB	Joe Schobert	Sr
S	Leo Musso	RS Jr
CB	Darius Hillary	RS Sr
SS	Michael Caputo	RS Sr
FS	Tanner McEvoy	RS Sr
CB	Sojourn Shelton	Jr
Reference:^[17]

Special teams
Position	Player	Class
P	Drew Meyer	RS Sr
FG	Rafael Gaglianone	So
KO	Andrew Endicott	Jr
LS	Connor Udelhoven	RS Jr
H	Drew Meyer	RS Sr
PR	Alex Erickson	RS Sr
KR	Natrell Jamerson	So
Reference:^[17]

Iowa edit

Iowa Hawkeyes vs Wisconsin Badgers

Period	1	2	3	4	Total
Hawkeyes	0	10	0	0	10
#19 Badgers	3	0	3	0	6

at Camp Randall Stadium • Madison, Wisconsin

Date: October 3
Game time: 11:00 AM CDT
Game weather: Temperature: 50, Wind: 14 ENE, Weather: Partly Cloudy
Game attendance: 80,933
Referee: D. Willard
TV announcers (ESPN): Steve Levy (Play-by-play), Brock Huard (Color) & Shannon Spake (Sideline)

Game information

First Quarter

WIS – Rafael Gaglianone, 46-yard field goal, 09:58 (WIS 3-0)

Second Quarter

IOWA – George Kittle, 1 yd pass from C. J. Beathard (Marshall Koehn kick), 02:59 (IOWA 3-7)
IOWA – Marshall Koehn, 33-yard field goal, 01:03 (IOWA 3-10)

Third Quarter

WIS – Rafael Gaglianone, 46-yard field goal, 03:40 (IOWA 6-10)

Fourth Quarter

NONE

Passing

WIS - Joel Stave, 21 completions, 38 attempts, 234 yards, 2 interceptions
IOWA - C. J. Beathard, 9 completions, 21 attempts, 77 yards, 1 touchdown, 1 interception

Rushing

WIS - Taiwan Deal, 15 carries, 59 yards
IOWA - Jordan Canzeri, 26 carries, 125 yards

Receiving

WIS - Dare Ogunbowale, 4 catches, 43 yards
IOWA - Matt VandeBerg, 6 catches, 61 yards

Defense

WIS - Joe Schobert, 8 tackles, 3.5 tackles-for-loss, 3 sacks, 5 QB hurries, 2 force fumbles, 1 fumble recovery
IOWA - Cole Fisher, 14 tackles, .5 sack, 1 tackle-for-loss

source

source^[14]

Wisconsin starting lineup

Offense
Position	Player	Class
QB	Joel Stave	RS Sr
RB	Dare Ogunbowale	Jr
FB	Derek Watt	RS Sr
WR	Alex Erickson	RS Sr
WR	Rob Wheelwright	Jr
TE	Austin Traylor	RS Sr
LT	Tyler Marz	RS Sr
LG	Michael Deiter	RS Fr
C	Dan Voltz	RS Jr
RG	Micah Kapoi	RS Fr
RT	Jacob Maxwell	RS Fr
Reference:^[18]

Defense
Position	Player	Class
DE	Arthur Goldberg	RS Jr
NT	Olive Sagapolu	Fr
DE	Chikwe Obasih	RS So
OLB	Vince Biegel	RS Jr
ILB	T.J. Edwards	RS Fr
ILB	Chris Orr	Fr
OLB	Joe Schobert	Sr
CB	Darius Hillary	RS Sr
SS	Michael Caputo	RS Sr
FS	Tanner McEvoy	RS Sr
CB	Sojourn Shelton	Jr
Reference:^[18]

Special teams
Position	Player	Class
P	Drew Meyer	RS Sr
FG	Rafael Gaglianone	So
KO	Andrew Endicott	Jr
LS	Connor Udelhoven	RS Jr
H	Drew Meyer	RS Sr
PR	Alex Erickson	RS Sr
KR	Natrell Jamerson	So
Reference:^[18]

At Nebraska edit

Wisconsin Badgers vs Nebraska Cornhuskers

Period	1	2	3	4	Total
Badgers	0	7	3	13	23
Cornhuskers	0	14	0	7	21

at Memorial Stadium • Lincoln, Nebraska

Date: October 10
Game time: 2:30 PM CDT
Game weather: Temperature: 76, Wind: SSW 7–10, Weather: Sunny
Game attendance: 89,886
Referee: John O'Neill
TV announcers (ABC/ESPN2): Adam Amin (Play-by-play), Kelly Stouffer (Color) & Olivia Harlan (Sideline)

Game information

First Quarter

None

Second Quarter

WIS – Troy Fumagalli, 7–yard pass from Joel Stave (Rafael Gaglianone kick), 09:45 (WIS 7–0)
NEB – Tommy Armstrong Jr., 7–yard run (Drew Brown kick), 02:40 (TIE 7–7)
NEB – Alonzo Moore, 41–yard pass from Tommy Armstrong Jr. (Drew Brown kick), 00:31 (NEB 14–7)

Third Quarter

WIS – Rafael Gaglianone, 45–yard field goal, 01:06 (NEB 14–10)

Fourth Quarter

WIS – Alec Ingold, 1–yard Run (Rafael Gaglianone kick), 10:08 (WIS 17–14)
WIS – Rafael Gaglianone, 42–yard field goal, 06:17 (WIS 20–14)
NEB – Andy Jamovich, 55–yard run (Drew Brown kick), 03:38 (NEB 21–20)
WIS – Rafael Gaglianone, 46–yard field goal, 00:04 (WIS 23–21)

Passing

WIS - Joel Stave, 24 completions, 50 attempts, 322 yards, 1 touchdown
NEB - Tommy Armstrong Jr., 11 completions, 28 attempts, 129 yards, 1 touchdown

Rushing

WIS - Dare Ogunbowale, 18 carries, 117 yards
NEB - Andy Janovich, 3 carries, 59 yards, 1 touchdown

Receiving

WIS - Alex Erickson, 7 catches, 113 yards
NEB - Alonzo Moore, 1 catch, 41 yards, touchdown

Defense

WIS - T.J. Edwards, 9 tackles
NEB - Byerson Cockrell, 10 tackles, 1 tackle for loss, 1 pass breakup

source^[14]

Wisconsin starting lineup

Offense
Position	Player	Class
QB	Joel Stave	RS Sr
RB	Taiwan Deal	RS Fr
FB	Derek Watt	RS Sr
WR	Alex Erickson	RS Sr
WR	Rob Wheelwright	Jr
TE	Eric Steffes	RS Jr
LT	Tyler Marz	RS Sr
LG	Michael Deiter	RS Fr
C	Dan Voltz	RS Jr
RG	Micah Kapoi	RS Fr
RT	Beau Benzschawel	RS Fr
Reference:^[18]

Defense
Position	Player	Class
DE	Arthur Goldberg	RS Jr
NT	Olive Sagapolu	Fr
DE	Chikwe Obasih	RS So
OLB	Vince Biegel	RS Jr
ILB	T.J. Edwards	RS Fr
ILB	Chris Orr	Fr
OLB	Joe Schobert	Sr
CB	Darius Hillary	RS Sr
SS	Michael Caputo	RS Sr
FS	Tanner McEvoy	RS Sr
CB	Sojourn Shelton	Jr
Reference:^[18]

Special teams
Position	Player	Class
P	Drew Meyer	RS Sr
FG	Rafael Gaglianone	So
KO	Andrew Endicott	Jr
LS	Connor Udelhoven	RS Jr
H	Drew Meyer	RS Sr
PR	Alex Erickson	RS Sr
KR	Natrell Jamerson	So
Reference:^[18]

Purdue edit

Purdue Boilermakers vs Wisconsin Badgers

Period	1	2	3	4	Total
Boilermakers	0	7	0	0	7
Badgers	7	3	7	7	24

at Camp Randall Stadium • Madison, Wisconsin

Date: October 17
Game time: 11:00 AM CDT
Game weather: Temperature: 41, Wind: W 6, Weather: Partly Cloudy
Game attendance: 80,794
Referee: J. McGinn
TV announcers (BTN): Kevin Kugler (Play-by-play), Matt Millen (Color) & Lisa Byington (Sideline)

Game information

First Quarter

WIS – Alec Ingold, 4–yard Run (Rafael Gaglianone kick), 09:25 (WIS 7–0)

Second Quarter

PUR – David Blough, 2–yard Run (Paul Griggs kick), 12:44 (TIE 7–7)
WIS – Rafael Gaglianone, 28–yard field goal, 06:54 (WIS 10–7)

Third Quarter

WIS – Dare Ogunbowale, 4–yard Run (Rafael Gaglianone kick), 00:00 (WIS 17–7)

Fourth Quarter

WIS – Alec Ingold, 1–yard Run (Rafael Gaglianone kick), 07:16 (WIS 24–7)

Passing

WIS - Joel Stave, 30 completions, 39 attempts, 322 yards, 1 interception
PUR - David Blough, 15 completions, 26 attempts, 136 yards

Rushing

WIS - Dare Ogunbowale, 18 carries, 56 yards, 1 touchdown
PUR - Markell Jones, 12 carries, 46 yards

Receiving

WIS - Alex Erickson, 9 catches, 86 yards
PUR - D.J. Knox, 2 catches, 35 yards

Defense

WIS - T.J. Edwards, 16 tackles, 1.5 tackles for loss, 1 forced fumble
PUR - Anthony Brown, 11 tackles, blocked kick

source^[14]

Wisconsin starting lineup

Offense
Position	Player	Class
QB	Joel Stave	RS Sr
RB	Dare Ogunbowale	Jr
FB	Derek Watt	RS Sr
WR	Alex Erickson	RS Sr
WR	Rob Wheelwright	Jr
TE	Eric Steffes	RS Jr
LT	Tyler Marz	RS Sr
LG	Michael Deiter	RS Fr
C	Walker Williams	RS Jr
RG	Micah Kapoi	RS Fr
RT	Beau Benzschawel	RS Fr
Reference:^[18]

Defense
Position	Player	Class
DE	Arthur Goldberg	RS Jr
NT	Conor Sheehy	So
DE	Chikwe Obasih	RS So
OLB	Vince Biegel	RS Jr
ILB	T.J. Edwards	RS Fr
ILB	Chris Orr	Fr
OLB	Joe Schobert	Sr
CB	Darius Hillary	RS Sr
SS	Michael Caputo	RS Sr
FS	Tanner McEvoy	RS Sr
CB	Sojourn Shelton	Jr
Reference:^[18]

Special teams
Position	Player	Class
P	Drew Meyer	RS Sr
FG	Rafael Gaglianone	So
KO	Andrew Endicott	Jr
LS	Connor Udelhoven	RS Jr
H	Drew Meyer	RS Sr
PR	Alex Erickson	RS Sr
KR	Natrell Jamerson	So
Reference:^[18]

At Illinois edit

Wisconsin Badgers vs Illinois Fighting Illini

Period	1	2	3	4	Total
Badgers	0	10	7	7	24
Fighting Illini	3	3	7	0	13

at Memorial Stadium • Champaign, Illinois

Date: October 24
Game time: 2:30 PM CDT
Game weather: Temperature: 64, Wind: W 21, Weather: Cloudy
Game attendance: 45,438
Referee: Jeff Servinski
TV announcers (BTN): Kevin Kugler (Play-by-play), Matt Millen (Color) & Lisa Byington (Sideline)

Game information

First Quarter

ILL – Taylor Zalewski, 37–yard field goal, 04:21 (ILL 3–0)

Second Quarter

WIS – Rob Wheelwright, 23–yard pass from Bart Houston (Rafael Gaglianone kick), 14:09 (WIS 7–3)
WIS – Rafael Gaglianone, 25–yard field goal, 04:23 (WIS 10–3)
ILL – Taylor Zalewski, 37–yard field goal, 04:21 (WIS 10–6)

Third Quarter

ILL – Ke'Shawn Vaughn, 36–yard run (Taylor Zalewski kick), 07:48 (ILL 13–10)
WIS – Alec Ingold, 2–yard run (Rafael Gaglianone kick), 04:05 (WIS 17–13)

Fourth Quarter

WIS – Alex Erickson, 9–yard pass from Bart Houston (Rafael Gaglianone kick), 09:42 (WIS 24–13)

Passing

WIS - Bart Houston, 22 completions, 30 attempts, 232 yards, 2 touchdowns, 2 interceptions
ILL - Wes Lunt, 22 completions, 43 attempts, 278 yards, 1 interception

Rushing

WIS - Alex Erickson, 4 carries, 81 yards
ILL - Ke'Shawn Vaughn, 13 carries, 60 yards, 1 touchdown

Receiving

WIS - Alex Erickson, 10 catches, 96 yards, 1 touchdown
ILL - Geronimo Allison, 8 catches, 99 yards

Defense

WIS - Michael Caputo, 4 tackles, 1 forced fumble, 1 interception
ILL - Clayton Fejedelem, 19 tackles, 1 interception

source^[14]

Wisconsin starting lineup

Offense
Position	Player	Class
QB	Joel Stave	RS Sr
RB	Dare Ogunbowale	Jr
WR	Alex Erickson	RS Sr
WR	Rob Wheelwright	Jr
TE	Troy Fumagalli	RS So
TE	Eric Steffes	RS Jr
LT	Tyler Marz	RS Sr
LG	Michael Deiter	RS Fr
C	Dan Voltz	RS Jr
RG	Walker Williams	RS Jr
RT	Beau Benzschawel	RS Fr
Reference:^[18]

Defense
Position	Player	Class
NT	Conor Sheehy	So
DE	Chikwe Obasih	RS So
OLB	Vince Biegel	RS Jr
ILB	T.J. Edwards	RS Fr
ILB	Chris Orr	Fr
OLB	Joe Schobert	Sr
CB	Darius Hillary	RS Sr
SS	Michael Caputo	RS Sr
FS	Tanner McEvoy	RS Sr
CB	Sojourn Shelton	Jr
CB	Derrick Tindal	So
Reference:^[18]

Special teams
Position	Player	Class
P	Drew Meyer	RS Sr
FG	Rafael Gaglianone	So
KO	Andrew Endicott	Jr
LS	Connor Udelhoven	RS Jr
H	Drew Meyer	RS Sr
PR	Alex Erickson	RS Sr
KR	Natrell Jamerson	So
Reference:^[18]

Rutgers edit

Rutgers Scarlet Knights vs Wisconsin Badgers

Period	1	2	3	4	Total
Scarlet Knights	3	0	7	0	10
Badgers	10	17	14	7	48

at Camp Randall Stadium • Madison, Wisconsin

Date: October 31
Game time: 11:00 AM CDT
Game weather: Temperature: 45, Wind: S 14, Weather: Light rain
Game attendance: 74,575
Referee: T. Geerlings
TV: BTN

Game information

First Quarter

WIS – Rafael Gaglianone, 49–yard field goal, 11:26 (WIS 3–0)
WIS – Corey Clement, 12–yard run (Rafael Gaglianone kick), 09:15 (WIS 10–0)
RUT – Kyle Federico, 21–yard field goal, 02:19 (WIS 10–3)

Second Quarter

WIS – Alex Erickson, 31–yard pass from Joel Stave (Rafael Gaglianone kick), 10:29 (WIS 17–3)
WIS – Corey Clement, 21–yard run (Rafael Gaglianone kick), 03:30 (WIS 24–3)
WIS – Rafael Gaglianone, 27–yard field goal, 00:00 (WIS 27–3)

Third Quarter

WIS – Corey Clement, 1–yard run (Rafael Gaglianone kick), 08:52 (WIS 34–3)
RUT – Blessuan Austin, 50–yard interception return (Kyle Federico kick), 03:01 (WIS 34–10)
WIS – Dare Ogunbowale, 4–yard run (Rafael Gaglianone kick), 01:46 (WIS 41–10)

Fourth Quarter

WIS – Tanner McEvoy, 20–yard run (Rafael Gaglianone kick), 09:47 (WIS 48–10)

Passing

WIS - Joel Stave, 13 completions, 25 attempts, 217 yards, 1 touchdown, 2 interceptions
RUT - Chris Laviano, 4 completions, 14 attempts, 31 yards, 1 interception

Rushing

WIS - Corey Clement, 11 carries, 115 yards, 3 touchdowns
RUT - Josh Hicks, 15 carries, 72 yards

Receiving

WIS - Alex Erickson, 6 catches, 103 yards, 1 touchdown
RUT - Carlton Agudosi, 1 catch, 49 yards

Defense

WIS - Jack Cichy, 8 tackles, 1 pass breakup
RUT - Quentin Gause, 15 tackles, 2 tackles for loss, 1 pass breakup

source^[14]

Wisconsin starting lineup

Offense
Position	Player	Class
QB	Joel Stave	RS Sr
RB	Dare Ogunbowale	Jr
FB	Derek Watt	RS Sr
WR	Alex Erickson	RS Sr
WR	Jazz Peavy	RS So
TE	Troy Fumagalli	RS So
LT	Tyler Marz	RS Sr
LG	Micah Kapoi	RS Fr
C	Michael Deiter	RS Fr
RG	Walker Williams	RS Jr
RT	Beau Benzschawel	RS Fr
Reference:^[19]

Defense
Position	Player	Class
DE	Alec James	RS So
NT	Conor Sheehy	So
DE	Chikwe Obasih	RS So
OLB	Vince Biegel	RS Jr
ILB	T.J. Edwards	RS Fr
ILB	Jack Cichy	RS So
OLB	Joe Schobert	Sr
CB	Darius Hillary	RS Sr
SS	Michael Caputo	RS Sr
FS	Tanner McEvoy	RS Sr
CB	Sojourn Shelton	Jr
Reference:^[19]

Special teams
Position	Player	Class
P	Drew Meyer	RS Sr
FG	Rafael Gaglianone	So
KO	Jack Russell	Sr
KO	P.J. Rosowski	RS Fr
LS	Connor Udelhoven	RS Jr
H	Drew Meyer	RS Sr
PR	Alex Erickson	RS Sr
PR	Jazz Peavy	RS So
KR	Natrell Jamerson	So
Reference:^[19]

At Maryland edit

Wisconsin Badgers vs Maryland Terrapins

Period	1	2	3	4	Total
Badgers	14	3	7	7	31
Terrapins	7	10	0	7	24

at Byrd Stadium • College Park, Maryland

Date: November 7
Game time: 2:30 PM CST
Game weather: Temperature: 55, Wind: SW 5, Weather: Light rain
Game attendance: 44,678
Referee: Daniel Caprin
TV: BTN

Game information

First Quarter

MD – Wes Brown, 7–yard run (Brad Craddock kick), 09:17 (MAR 7–0)
WIS – Natrell Jamerson, 98–yard kickoff return (Rafael Gaglianone kick), 09:04 (TIE 7–7)
WIS – Dare Ogunbowale, 21–yard run (Rafael Gaglianone kick), 03:56 (WIS 14–7)

Second Quarter

MD – Adam Greene, 44–yard field goal, 13:34 (WIS 14–10)
WIS – Rafael Gaglianone, 28–yard field goal, 07:05 (WIS 17–10)
MD – D.J. Moore, 40–yard pass from Perry Hills (Adam Greene kick), 00:49 (TIE 17–17)

Third Quarter

WIS – Alec Ingold, 1–yard run (Rafael Gaglianone kick), 05:17 (WIS 24–17)

Fourth Quarter

WIS – Dare Ogunbowale, 7–yard pass from Joel Stave (Rafael Gaglianone kick), 14:01 (WIS 31–17)
MD – Taivon Jacobs, 31–yard pass from Caleb Rowe (Adam Greene kick), 02:39 (WIS 31–24)

Passing

WIS - Joel Stave, 15 completions, 24 attempts, 188 yards, 1 touchdown, 1 interception
MD - Perry Hills, 6 completions, 16 attempts, 107 yards, 1 touchdown, 1 interception

Rushing

WIS - Dare Ogunbowale, 19 carries, 47 yards, 1 touchdown
MD - William Likely, 3 carries, 56 yards

Receiving

WIS - Alex Erickson, 5 catches, 83 yards
MD - DeAndre Lane, 3 catches, 63 yards

Defense

WIS - Jack Cichy, 10 tackles, 3 tackles for loss, 2 sacks
MD - Quinton Jefferson, 6 tackles, 2 tackles for loss, 1 sack

source^[14]

Wisconsin starting lineup

Offense
Position	Player	Class
QB	Joel Stave	RS Sr
RB	Dare Ogunbowale	Jr
FB	Austin Ramesh	RS So
WR	Alex Erickson	RS Sr
WR	Tanner McEvoy	RS Sr
TE	Troy Fumagalli	RS So
LT	Tyler Marz	RS Sr
LG	Micah Kapoi	RS Fr
C	Michael Deiter	RS Fr
RG	Walker Williams	RS Jr
RT	Beau Benzschawel	RS Fr
Reference:^[20]

Defense
Position	Player	Class
NT	Conor Sheehy	So
DE	Chikwe Obasih	RS So
OLB	Vince Biegel	RS Jr
ILB	T.J. Edwards	RS Fr
ILB	Jack Cichy	RS So
OLB	Joe Schobert	Sr
CB	Darius Hillary	RS Sr
SS	Michael Caputo	RS Sr
FS	Tanner McEvoy	RS Sr
CB	Sojourn Shelton	Jr
CB	Derrick Tindal	So
Reference:^[20]

Special teams
Position	Player	Class
P	Drew Meyer	RS Sr
FG	Rafael Gaglianone	So
KO	Jack Russell	Sr
KO	P.J. Rosowski	RS Fr
LS	Connor Udelhoven	RS Jr
H	Drew Meyer	RS Sr
PR	Alex Erickson	RS Sr
KR	Natrell Jamerson	So
Reference:^[20]

#20 Northwestern edit

Northwestern Wildcats vs Wisconsin Badgers

Period	1	2	3	4	Total
#20 Wildcats	7	3	0	3	13
#21 Badgers	0	0	7	0	7

at Camp Randall Stadium • Madison, Wisconsin

Date: November 21
Game time: 2:30 PM CST
Game weather: Temperature: 28, Wind: NW 10, Weather: Mostly cloudy
Game attendance: 75,276
Referee: J. McGinn
TV: BTN

Game information

First Quarter

NU – Justin Jackson, 8–yard run (Jack Mitchell kick), 09:12 (NU 7–0)

Second Quarter

NU – Jack Mitchell, 35–yard field goal, 00:00 (NU 10–0)

Third Quarter

WIS – Corey Clement, 9–yard run (Rafael Gaglianone kick), 08:24 (NU 10–7)

Fourth Quarter

NU – Jack Mitchell, 37–yard field goal, 04:00 (NU 13–7)

Passing

WIS - Joel Stave, 20 completions, 34 attempts, 229 yards, 2 interceptions
NU - Clayton Thorson, 9 completions, 20 attempts, 60 yards

Rushing

WIS - Corey Clement, 10 carries, 24 yards, 1 touchdown
NU - Justin Jackson, 35 carries, 139 yards, 1 touchdown

Receiving

WIS - Jazz Peavy, 5 catches, 88 yards
NU - Garrett Dickerson, 2 catches, 24 yards

Defense

WIS - Vince Biegel, 14 tackles, 1.5 tackles for loss, 1 sack
NU - Anthony Walker, 8 tackles, 0.5 tackles for loss, 1 interception, 1 pass breakup

source^[14]

Wisconsin starting lineup

Offense
Position	Player	Class
QB	Joel Stave	RS Sr
RB	Dare Ogunbowale	Jr
WR	Alex Erickson	RS Sr
WR	Jazz Peavy	RS So
TE	Troy Fumagalli	RS So
TE	Austin Traylor	RS Sr
LT	Tyler Marz	RS Sr
LG	Micah Kapoi	RS Fr
C	Michael Deiter	RS Fr
RG	Walker Williams	RS Jr
RT	Beau Benzschawel	RS Fr
Reference:^[21]

Defense
Position	Player	Class
DE	Arthur Goldberg	RS Jr
NT	Conor Sheehy	So
DE	Chikwe Obasih	RS So
OLB	Vince Biegel	RS Jr
ILB	T.J. Edwards	RS Fr
ILB	Jack Cichy	RS So
OLB	Joe Schobert	Sr
CB	Darius Hillary	RS Sr
SS	Michael Caputo	RS Sr
FS	Tanner McEvoy	RS Sr
CB	Sojourn Shelton	Jr
Reference:^[21]

Special teams
Position	Player	Class
P	Drew Meyer	RS Sr
FG	Rafael Gaglianone	So
KO	Jack Russell	Sr
LS	Connor Udelhoven	RS Jr
H	Drew Meyer	RS Sr
PR	Alex Erickson	RS Sr
KR	Natrell Jamerson	So
Reference:^[21]

At Minnesota edit

Wisconsin Badgers vs Minnesota Golden Gophers

Period	1	2	3	4	Total
#25 Badgers	7	21	3	0	31
Golden Gophers	7	7	0	7	21

at TCF Bank Stadium • Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date: November 28
Game time: 2:30 PM CST
Game weather: Temperature: 32, Wind: SSW 8, Weather: Sunny and crisp
Game attendance: 52,850
Referee: Don Willard
TV: BTN

Game information

First Quarter

MIN – Briean Boddy-Calhoun, 16–yard interception return (Ryan Santoso kick), 13:27 (MIN 7–0)
WIS – Alec Ingold, 1–yard run (Rafael Gaglianone kick), 08:23 (TIE 7–7)

Second Quarter

WIS – Taiwan Deal, 1–yard run (Rafael Gaglianone kick), 14:57 (WIS 14–7)
MIN – Rodney Smith, 6–yard run (Ryan Santoso kick), 10:34 (TIE 14–14)
WIS – Taiwan Deal, 13–yard run (Rafael Gaglianone kick), 04:56 (WIS 21–14)
WIS – Dare Ogunbowale, 18–yard run (Rafael Gaglianone kick), 02:44 (WIS 28–14)

Third Quarter

WIS – Rafael Gaglianone, 46–yard field goal, 08:27 (WIS 31–14)

Fourth Quarter

MIN – Drew Wolitarsky, 27–yard pass from Mitch Leidner (Ryan Santoso kick), 05:33 (WIS 31–21)

Passing

WIS - Joel Stave, 9 completions, 17 attempts, 79 yards, 1 interception
MIN - Mitch Leidner, 16 completions, 37 attempts, 223 yards, 1 touchdown, 3 interceptions

Rushing

WIS - Dare Ogunbowale, 33 carries, 155 yards, 1 touchdown
MIN - Rodney Smith, 7 carries, 35 yards, 1 touchdown

Receiving

WIS - Alex Erickson, 6 catches, 66 yards
MIN - Shannon Brooks, 3 catches, 53 yards

Defense

WIS - Joe Schobert, 5 tackles, 1 forced fumble, 1 interception
MIN - De'Vondre Campbell, 13 tackles, 0.5 tackle for loss

Source

source^[14]

Wisconsin starting lineup

Offense
Position	Player	Class
QB	Joel Stave	RS Sr
RB	Dare Ogunbowale	Jr
FB	Derek Watt	RS Sr
WR	Alex Erickson	RS Sr
WR	Jazz Peavy	RS So
TE	Austin Traylor	RS Sr
LT	Tyler Marz	RS Sr
LG	Micah Kapoi	RS Fr
C	Michael Deiter	RS Fr
RG	Beau Benzschawel	RS Fr
RT	Jacob Maxwell	RS Fr
Reference:^[22]

Defense
Position	Player	Class
DE	Conor Sheehy	So
NT	Olive Sagapolu	Fr
DE	Chikwe Obasih	RS So
OLB	Vince Biegel	RS Jr
ILB	T.J. Edwards	RS Fr
ILB	Jack Cichy	RS So
OLB	Joe Schobert	Sr
CB	Darius Hillary	RS Sr
FS	Michael Caputo	RS Sr
SS	Tanner McEvoy	RS Sr
CB	Sojourn Shelton	Jr
Reference:^[22]

Special teams
Position	Player	Class
P	Drew Meyer	RS Sr
FG	Rafael Gaglianone	So
KO	Andrew Endicott	Jr
KO	P.J. Rosowski	RS Fr
KO	Jack Russell	SR
LS	Connor Udelhoven	RS Jr
H	Drew Meyer	RS Sr
PR	Alex Erickson	RS Sr
KR	Natrell Jamerson	So
Reference:^[22]

Holiday Bowl edit

2015 Holiday Bowl

Period	1	2	3	4	Total
Trojans	0	7	7	7	21
#23 Badgers	0	13	7	3	23

at Qualcomm Stadium • San Diego, California

Date: December 30
Game time: 9:30 PM CST
Game weather: Temperature: 52, Wind: N 4, Weather: Clear and cool
Game attendance: 48,329
Referee: John McDaid
TV: ESPN

Game information

First Quarter

None

Second Quarter

WIS – Rafael Gaglianone, 28–yard field goal, 13:30 (WIS 3–0)
WIS – Corey Clement, 6–yard run (Rafael Gaglianone kick), 08:56 (WIS 10–0)
USC – Justin Davis, 1–yard run (Alex Wood kick), 05:17 (WIS 10–7)
WIS – Rafael Gaglianone, 33–yard field goal, 00:26 (WIS 13–7)

Third Quarter

WIS – Austin Traylor, 4–yard pass from Joel Stave (Rafael Gaglianone kick), 07:49 (WIS 20–7)
USC – Justin Davis, 4–yard run (Alex Wood kick), 05:34 (WIS 20–14)

Fourth Quarter

USC – Darreus Rogers, 7–yard pass from Cody Kessler (Alex Wood kick), 10:19 (USC 21–20)
WIS – Rafael Gaglianone, 29–yard field goal, 02:27 (WIS 23–21)

Passing

WIS - Joel Stave, 18 completions, 27 attempts, 217 yards, 1 touchdown
USC - Cody Kessler, 18 completions, 32 attempts, 221 yards, 1 touchdown, 1 interception

Rushing

WIS - Corey Clement, 19 carries, 66 yards, 1 touchdown
USC - Justin Davis, 12 carries, 27 yards, 2 touchdowns

Receiving

WIS - Alex Erickson, 5 catches, 54 yards
USC - JuJu Smith-Schuster, 4 catches, 65 yards

Defense

WIS - Jack Cichy, 9 tackles, 3 tackles for loss, 3 sacks
USC - Delvon Simmons, 11 tackles, 2 tackles for loss, 1 pass breakup

Coaching staff edit

Name	Position	First season	Alma Mater
Paul Chryst	Head coach / quarterbacks coach	2015	Wisconsin
Dave Aranda	Defensive coordinator / inside linebackers coach	2013	Cal Lutheran
Joe Rudolph	Associate head coach / offensive coordinator / offensive line coach	2015	Wisconsin
John Settle	Running backs coach	2015	Appalachian State
Mickey Turner	Tight ends coach	2015	Wisconsin
Ted Gilmore	Wide receivers coach	2015	Wyoming
Daronte Jones	Defensive backs coach	2015	Morgan State
Tim Tibesar	Outside linebackers coach	2015	North Dakota
Inoke Breckterfield	Defensive line coach	2015	Oregon State
Chris Haering	Special teams coordinator	2015	West Virginia
Ross Kolodziej	Strength and conditioning coach	2015	Wisconsin

Roster edit

2015 Wisconsin Badgers football team roster

Players

Coaches

Offense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
QB	`2`	Joel Stave (C)	Sr
WR/S	`3`	Tanner McEvoy	Sr
RB	`6`	Corey Clement	Jr
QB	`7`	D.J. Gillins	Fr
WR	`9`	Jordan Fredrick	Sr
WR	`11`	Jazz Peavy	So
QB	`12`	Alex Hornibrook	Fr
QB	`13`	Bart Houston	Jr
QB	`14`	Thad Armstrong	Jr
WR	`15`	Robert Wheelright	Jr
WR	`16`	Reggie Love	Jr
FB	`20`	Austin Ramesh	So
RB	`21`	Mark Saari	Fr
RB	`22`	Caleb Kinlaw	Fr
RB	`23`	Dare Ogunbowale	Jr
WR	`24`	Ricky Finco	So
FB	`26`	Derek Straus	Sr
RB	`27`	Bradrick Shaw	Fr
RB	`28`	Taiwan Deal	Fr
RB	`30`	Serge Trezy	Jr
FB	`34`	Derek Watt	Sr
FB	`36`	Troy Laufenberg	Fr
TE	`38`	John Damrow	Fr
WR	`41`	Henry Houden	Fr
WR	`43`	Peter Roy	Fr
TE	`44`	Eric Steffes	Jr
RB	`45`	Alec Ingold	Fr
TE	`46`	Austin Traylor	Sr
TE	`47`	Mitchell Herl	Fr
TE	`49`	Kyle Penniston	Fr
OL	`52`	Jacob Maxwell	Fr
OL	`58`	George Panos	Fr
OL	`61`	Tyler Marz	Sr
OL	`62`	Walker Williams	Jr
OL	`63`	Michael Deiter	Fr
OL	`64`	Brett Connors	Fr
OL	`65`	Ryan Ramczyk	Fr
OL	`66`	Beau Benzschawel	Fr
OL	`67`	Jon Dietzen	Fr
OL	`68`	David Moorman	Fr
OL	`69`	Aidan McNamara	So
OL	`70`	Dan Voltz	Jr
OL	`71`	Ray Ball	Sr
OL	`73`	Kevin Estes	Fr
OL	`74`	Hayden Biegel	Fr
OL	`75`	Micah Kapoi	Fr
OL	`76`	Logan Schmidt	Jr
OL	`77`	Ian Dretzka	Fr
OL	`78`	Jason Erdmann	Fr
OL	`79`	Ben Hemer	So
TE	`81`	Troy Fumagalli	So
WR	`82`	A. J. Jordan	Sr
WR	`84`	Andrew James	Fr
WR	`85`	Krenwick Sanders	So
WR	`86`	Alex Erickson (C)	Sr
WR	`87`	George Rushing	So
TE	`89`	David Edwards	Fr

Defense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
WR/S	`3`	Tanner McEvoy	Sr
CB	`5`	Darius Hillary	Sr
S	`7`	Michael Caputo (C)	Sr
CB	`8`	Sojourn Shelton	Jr
CB	`9`	Titus Booker	Fr
CB	`11`	T.J. Reynard	Sr
CB	`12`	Natrell Jamerson	So
S	`13`	Evan Bondoc	Fr
ILB	`14`	D'Cota Dixon	So
S	`19`	Leo Musso	Jr
OLB	`21`	Arrington Farrar	Fr
ILB	`24`	Keelon Brookins	So
CB	`25`	Derrick Tindal	So
CB	`26`	Elijah Strong	Fr
CB	`29`	Terrance Floyd	Sr
ILB	`29`	Max Praschak	Fr
OLB	`30`	Jake Whalen	Fr
S	`31`	Lubern Figaro	So
ILB	`32`	Leon Jacobs	Jr
DE	`34`	Chikwe Obasih	So
S	`36`	Joe Ferguson	So
S	`37`	Bret Verstegen	Fr
OLB	`41`	Jesse Hayes	Sr
OLB	`42`	T. J. Watt	So
OLB	`43`	Ryan Connelly	Fr
ILB	`45`	Nick Thomas	Fr
OLB	`47`	Vince Biegel	Jr
OLB	`48`	Jack Cichy	So
ILB	`50`	Chris Orr	Fr
DE	`52`	David Pfaff	Fr
ILB	`53`	T. J. Edwards	Fr
ILB	`54`	Ty DeForest	Fr
OLB	`55`	Garret Dooley	So
OLB	`56`	Zack Baun	Fr
DE	`57`	Alec James	So
OLB	`58`	Joe Schobert (C)	Sr
OLB	`59`	Tyler Johnson	Fr
NT	`65`	Olive Sagapolu	Fr
DE	`66`	Kelly Thomas	Fr
NT	`74`	Gunnar Roberge	Fr
DE	`91`	Zander Neuville	Fr
NT	`92`	Jeremy Patterson	Fr
DE	`93`	Jake Keefer	Sr
NT	`94`	Conor Sheehy	So
DE	`95`	Arthur Goldberg	Jr
DE	`96`	Billy Hirschfeld	Fr
DE	`97`	Andrew Ruzek	Fr
DE	`98`	Kraig Howe	Fr

Special teams

Pos.	#	Name	Class
K	`10`	Rafael Gaglianone	So
K	`37`	Andrew Endicott	Jr
P	`38`	P. J. Rosowski	Fr
K	`39`	Zach Hintze	Fr
LS	`60`	Connor Udelhoven	Jr
P	`90`	Drew Meyer	Sr
P	`96`	Connor Allen	Fr
K	`97`	Jack Russell	Sr

Head coach

Paul Chryst (Wisconsin)
Also quarterbacks coach

Coordinators/assistant coaches

Dave Aranda (Cal Lutheran)
Defensive coordinator, inside linebackers
Joe Rudolph (Wisconsin)
Associate head coach, offensive coordinator, offensive line coach
John Settle (Appalachian State)
Running backs coach
Mickey Turner (Wisconsin)
Tight ends coach
Ted Gilmore (Wyoming)
Wide receivers coach
Daronte Jones (Morgan State)
Defensive backs coach
Tim Tibesar (North Dakota)
Outside linebackers coach
Inoke Breckterfield (Oregon State)
Defensive line coach
Chris Haering (West Virginia)
Special teams coordinator
Ross Kolodziej (Wisconsin)
Strength and conditioning coach
Antonio Fenelus (Wisconsin)
Graduate assistant

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible

Injured
Redshirt

Roster
Last update: 11/2/15

Departures edit

After enrolling early and attending spring training quarterback Austin Kafentzis announced that he would transfer from Wisconsin to the University of Nevada before the start of the 2015 season.^[23]

At the end of the season redshirt freshman quarterback D.J. Gillins announced that he would transfer as well, to Pearl River Community College. It was reported that Gillins likely transferred because he wouldn't fit in Paul Chryst's Pro-style offense, he was originally recruited by former head coach Gary Andersen as a more mobile dual-threat style quarterback.^[24]

Statistics edit

Team edit

Team statistics
	Wisconsin	Opponents
Scoring & Efficiency
Points	348	178
Total Time Possession	07:20:10	05:39:50
Average Time Per Game	33:52	26:08
First Downs	276	183
Rushing	95	60
Passing	157	107
Penalty	24	16
3rd–Down Conversions	75/184	59/189
4th–Down Conversions	6/8	6/20
Red Zone Scoring	46/54	19/25
Red Zone Touchdowns	35/54	11/25
Penalties – Yards	75-689	99-869
Yards Per Game	53.0	66.9
Offense
Total Offense	4,922	3,491
Total plays	931	791
Average Plays Per Game	71.6	60.8
Average Yards Per Play	5.3	4.4
Average Yards Per Game	378.6	268.5
Rushing Yards	1,954	1,240
Rushing Attempts	512	396
Average Per Rush	3.8	3.1
Average Per Game	150.3	95.4
Rushing TDs	27	13
Passing Yards	2,968	2,251
Comp–Att	252-419	194-395
Comp %	60.1	49.1
Average Per Pass	7.1	5.7
Average Per Catch	11.8	11.6
Average Per Game	228.3	173.2
Passing tds	14	7
Interceptions	13	12
Defense
INT Returns: # – Yards	12-105	13–195
INT Touchdowns	0	2
Fumbles Recovered: # – Yards	9–15	5–10
Fumble recovery Touchdowns	0	0
QB Sacks: # – Yards	29-221	23-154
Touchdowns	0	2
Safeties	0	0
Special teams
Kickoffs: # – Yards	71-4,122	41-2,451
Average Yards Per Kick	58.1	59.8
Touchbacks	13	11
Onside Kicks: # – Recovered	0-0	1-0
Punts: # – Yards	71-2,788	85-3,434
Average Yards Per Punt	39.3	40.4
Kickoff Returns: # – Yards	28-555	55-935
Average Yards Per Return	19.8	17.0
Kickoff return Touchdowns	1	0
Punt Returns: # – Yards	29-211	17-69
Average Yards Per Return	7.3	4.1
Punt return Touchdowns	0	0
Field Goals: # – Attempts	18-27	8-19
Longest Field Goal: Yards	49	44
PAT: # – Attempts	42-42	22-22

Non-conference opponents

	1	2	3	4	Total
Wisconsin	27	58	38	31	154
All opponents	10	14	21	14	59

Big 10 opponents

	1	2	3	4	Total
Wisconsin	41	61	51	41	194
Big 10 opponents	27	54	14	24	119

Offense edit

Passing statistics
#	NAME	POS	RAT	CMP	ATT	YDS	AVG	CMP%	TD	INT	LONG
2	Joel Stave	QB	125.7	225	370	2,687	7.3	60.8	11	11	45
13	Bart Houston	QB	120.2	27	47	281	6.0	57.5	3	2	23
--	Team	--	0	0	2	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0
	TOTALS		124.5	252	419	2,968	7.1	60.1	14	13	45
	OPPONENTS		96.8	194	395	2,251	5.7	49.1	7	12	51

Rushing statistics
#	NAME	POS	CAR	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
23	Dare Ogunbowale	RB	194	819	4.2	35	7
28	Taiwan Deal	RB	117	503	4.3	17	6
6	Corey Clement	RB	48	221	4.6	58	5
3	Tanner McEvoy	WR-QB	17	132	7.8	32	2
45	Alec Ingold	RB	49	131	2.7	26	6
86	Alex Erickson	WR	7	111	15.9	56	0
58	Joe Schobert	LB	1	57	57.0	57	0
34	Derek Watt	FB	9	45	5.0	19	0
16	Reggie Love	WR	7	38	5.4	18	0
22	Caleb Kinlaw	RB	7	30	4.4	10	0
30	Serge Trezy	RB	6	18	3.0	7	0
87	George Rushing	WR	2	7	3.5	6	0
26	Derek Straus	FB	1	4	4.0	4	0
21	Mark Saari	RB	3	0	0.0	3	0
13	Bart Houston	QB	4	-17	-4.3	1	0
--	Team	--	7	-22	-3.1	0	0
2	Joel Stave	QB	33	-123	-3.7	11	0
	TOTALS		512	2,257	3.8	58	27
	OPPONENTS		396	1,566	3.1	56	13

Receiving statistics
#	NAME	POS	REC	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
86	Alex Erickson	WR	77	978	12.7	45	3
15	Robert Wheelwright	WR	32	416	13.0	30	4
81	Tony Fumagalli	TE	28	313	11.2	31	1
23	Dare Ogunbowale	RB	36	299	8.3	35	1
11	Jazz Peavy	WR	20	268	13.4	42	0
46	Austin Traylor	TE	14	210	15.0	38	4
34	Derek Watt	FB	15	139	9.3	27	0
3	Tanner McEvoy	WR-QB	10	109	10.9	23	0
9	Jordan Fredrick	WR	7	81	11.6	22	0
16	Reggie Love	WR	4	55	13.8	26	0
44	Eric Steffes	TE	3	50	16.8	19	0
6	Corey Clement	RB	2	19	9.5	13	0
20	Austin Ramesh	FB	1	12	12.0	12	0
87	George Rushing	WR	1	10	10.0	10	0
22	Caleb Kinlaw	RB	1	5	5.0	5	1
28	Taiwan Deal	RB	1	4	4.0	4	0
	TOTALS		252	2,968	11.8	45	14
	OPPONENTS		194	2,251	11.6	51	7

Defense edit

Defense statistics
#	NAME	POS	SOLO	AST	TOT	TFL-YDS	SACK-YDS	INT-YDS	PBU	QBH	FF	FR-YDS	TD
53	T.J. Edwards	LB	41	43	84	6.5-11	0.0–0	0–0	4	2	1	0–0	0
58	Joe Schobert	LB	39	40	79	19.5-98	9.5–78	1–14	2	14	5	2–0	0
47	Vince Biegel	LB	31	35	66	14.0-81	8.0–64	0–0	0	9	0	0–0	0
7	Michael Caputo	S	36	29	65	1.0-7	0.5–5	2–4	8	0	2	1–0	0
48	Jack Cichy	LB	32	28	60	8.0-52	5.0–38	0–0	4	2	0	0–0	0
50	Chris Orr	LB	24	22	46	2.0-11	0.5–5	0–0	2	3	0	1–0	0
5	Darius Hillary	CB	28	16	44	1.5-3	0.0–0	0–0	6	0	0	2–0	0
3	Tanner McEvoy	S	27	15	42	2.0-15	1.0–10	6–83	6	0	0	1–15	0
34	Chikwe Obasih	DE	19	22	41	5.0-15	1.0–9	0–0	0	2	0	0–0	0
25	Derrick Tindal	CB	18	14	32	0.5-1	0.0–0	0–0	5	2	0	0–0	0
94	Conor Sheehy	NT	8	23	31	3.0-9	2.0–7	0–0	1	0	0	0–0	0
8	Shjourn Shelton	CB	20	9	29	0.0-0	0.0–0	1–0	7	0	1	0–0	0
57	Alec James	DE	7	10	17	2.0-4	1.0–2	0–0	1	0	0	0–0	0
95	Arthur Goldberg	DE	5	12	17	0.0-0	0.0–0	0–0	0	0	0	0–0	0
14	D'Cota Dixon	LB	11	5	16	0.0-0	0.0–0	0–0	1	2	0	0–0	0
43	Ryan Connelly	LB	8	7	15	1.0-3	0.0–0	0–0	0	0	0	0–0	0
12	Natrell Jamerson	CB	10	4	14	0.5-2	0.0–0	0–0	0	0	0	0–0	0
32	Leon Jacobs	LB	5	5	10	2.0-4	0.5–3	0–0	0	0	0	0–0	0
36	Joe Ferguson	S	2	8	10	0.0-0	0.0–0	0–0	0	0	0	0–0	0
19	Leo Musso	S	5	3	8	0.0-0	0.0–0	2–4	1	1	0	1–0	0
34	Derek Straus	FB	5	3	8	0.0-0	0.0–0	0–0	0	0	0	0–0	0
41	Jesse Hayes	LB	2	6	8	0.0-0	0.0–0	0–0	1	0	0	0–0	0
42	T.J. Watt	LB	4	4	8	1.5-5	0.0–0	0–0	3	4	0	0–0	0
65	Olive Sagapolu	NT	1	6	7	1.0-4	0.0–0	0–0	0	0	0	0–0	0
21	Arrington Farrar	LB	5	1	6	0.0-0	0.0–0	0–0	0	1	0	0–0	0
93	Jake Keefer	DE	3	3	6	0.0-0	0.0–0	0–0	0	0	0	0–0	0
37	Andrew Endicott	K	2	3	5	0.0-0	0.0–0	0–0	0	0	0	0–0	0
55	Garret Dooley	LB	0	3	3	0.0-0	0.0–0	0–0	0	0	0	0–0	0
96	Billy Hirschfeld	DE	2	1	3	1.0-2	0.0–0	0–0	1	0	0	0–0	0
24	Keelon Brookins	LB	2	0	2	1.0-2	0.0–0	0–0	0	0	0	0–0	0
97	Jack Russell	K	1	1	2	0.0-0	0.0–0	0–0	0	0	0	0–0	0
30	Serge Trezy	RB	1	1	2	0.0-0	0.0–0	0–0	0	0	0	0–0	0
2	Joel Stave	QB	1	0	1	0.0-0	0.0–0	0–0	0	0	0	0–0	0
9	Jordan Fredrick	WR	0	1	1	0.0-0	0.0–0	0–0	0	0	0	0–0	0
11	Jazz Peavy	WR	1	0	1	0.0-0	0.0–0	0–0	0	0	0	0–0	0
16	Reggie Love	WR	1	0	1	0.0-0	0.0–0	0–0	0	0	0	0–0	0
23	Dare Ogunbowale	RB	1	0	1	0.0-0	0.0–0	0–0	0	0	0	0–0	0
31	Lubern Figaro	S	1	0	1	0.0-0	0.0–0	0–0	0	0	0	0–0	0
46	Austin Traylor	TE	1	0	1	0.0-0	0.0–0	0–0	0	0	0	0–0	0
52	Kellen Jones	LB	1	0	1	1.0-4	0.0–0	0–0	0	0	0	0–0	0
82	A.J. Jordan	WR	0	1	1	0.0-0	0.0–0	0–0	0	0	0	0–0	0
86	Alex Erickson	WR	1	0	1	0.0-0	0.0–0	0–0	0	0	0	0–0	0
66	Beau Benzschawel	OL	1	0	1	0.0-0	0.0–0	0–0	0	0	0	0–0	0
29	Terrance Floyd	CB	1	0	1	0.0-0	0.0–0	0–0	0	0	0	0–0	0
60	Connor Udelhoven	LS	0	0	0	0.0-0	0.0–0	0–0	0	0	0	1–0	0
91	Zander Neuville	DE	0	0	0	0.0-0	0.0–0	0–0	1	0	0	0–0	0
	TOTAL		414	384	798	74-333	29-221	12–105	54	42	9	9-15	0
	OPPONENTS		472	527	999	73-276	23-154	13-195	55	21	6	5-10	2

Key: POS: Position, SOLO: Solo Tackles, AST: Assisted Tackles, TOT: Total Tackles, TFL: Tackles-for-loss, SACK: Quarterback Sacks, INT: Interceptions, PBU: Passes Broken Up, QBH: Quarterback Hits, FF: Forced Fumbles, FR: Fumbles Recovered, TD : Touchdown

Special teams edit

Kicking statistics
#	NAME	POS	XPM	XPA	XP%	FGM	FGA	FG%	1–19	20–29	30–39	40–49	50+	LNG	PTS
10	Rafael Gaglianone	PK	40	40	100.0	18	27	66.7	0/0	8/8	2/5	8/11	0/3	49	94
97	Jack Russell	PK	2	2	100.0	0	0	0	0/0	0/0	0/0	0/0	0/0	0	2
	TOTALS		42	42	100.0	18	27	66.7	0/0	8/8	2/5	8/11	0/3	49	96
	OPPONENTS		22	22	100.0	8	19	42.1	3/3	1/4	4/10	0/2	1/3	44	45

Kickoff statistics
#	NAME	POS	KICKS	YDS	AVG	TB	OB
37	Andrew Endicott	PK	36	2,169	60.3	9	2
97	Jack Russell	PK	27	1,453	53.8	3	1
38	P.J. Rosowski	P	8	500	62.5	1	0
	TOTALS		71	4,122	58.1	13	3
	OPPONENTS		41	2,451	59.8	11	2

Punting statistics
#	NAME	POS	PUNTS	YDS	AVG	LONG	TB	I–20	50+	BLK
90	Drew Meyer	P	69	2,737	39.7	60	10	27	14	0
38	P.J. Rosowski	P	1	40	40.0	0	0	0	0	0
--	Team	--	1	11	11.0	0	0	0	0	0
	TOTALS		71	2,788	39.3	60	10	27	14	0
	OPPONENTS		85	3,434	40.4	61	3	22	12	0

Kick return statistics
#	NAME	POS	RTNS	YDS	AVG	TD	LNG
12	Natrell Jamerson	CB	20	448	22.4	1	98
86	Alex Erickson	WR	2	37	18.5	0	19
26	Derek Straus	FB	3	35	11.8	0	14
45	Alec Ingold	RB	2	32	16.0	0	22
91	Zander Neuville	DE	1	3	3.0	0	3
	TOTALS		28	555	19.8	1	98
	OPPONENTS		55	935	17.0	0	42

Punt return statistics
#	NAME	POS	RTNS	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
86	Alex Erickson	WR	24	176	7.3	0	35
8	Sojourn Shelton	CB	3	26	8.7	0	17
11	Jazz Peavy	WR	2	9	4.5	0	9
	TOTALS		29	211	7.3	0	35
	OPPONENTS		17	69	4.1	0	18

Big Ten Players of the Week edit

Week 4 - Freshman of the Week - RB, Taiwan Deal^[25]
Week 5 - Co-defensive Player of the Week - LB, Joe Schobert^[26]
Week 7 - Freshman of the Week - LB, T. J. Edwards^[27]
Week 8 - Special Teams Player of the Week - P, Drew Meyer ^[28]
Week 13 - Special Teams Player of the Week - P, Drew Meyer ^[29]

Awards edit

Vince Biegel

Third team All-Big Ten (Media)

Third team All-Big Ten (Coaches)

Michael Caputo

Second team All-Big Ten (Media)

Second team All-Big Ten (Coaches)

Joe Schobert

Jack Lambert Trophy

Butkus-Fitzgerald Linebacker of the Year

First team All-Big Ten (Coaches)

First team All-Big Ten (Media)

Derek Watt

Big Ten Sportsmanship Award^[30]

2016 NFL Draft edit

2016 NFL Draft class edit

2016 NFL Draft selections
Round	Pick #	Team	Player	Position
4	99	Cleveland Browns	Joe Schobert	Outside linebacker
6	198	San Diego Chargers	Derek Watt	Fullback

Signed undrafted free agents edit

Michael Caputo, S, New Orleans Saints^{[citation needed]}
Alex Erickson, WR, Cincinnati Bengals^[31]
Darius Hillary, CB, Cincinnati Bengals^[31]
Tyler Marz, OT, Tennessee Titans^[31]
Tanner McEvoy, QB/S/WR, Seattle Seahawks^{[citation needed]}
Joel Stave, QB, Minnesota Vikings^{[citation needed]}
Austin Traylor, TE, Dallas Cowboys^[31]

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[2] Potrykus, Jeff (August 19, 2015). "Badgers Go Back to Pro-Style Punt Scheme". Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. Journal Sentinel, Inc. Retrieved August 28, 2015.

[3] "NCAA College Football FBS 2015 team Stats | NCAA.com". www.ncaa.com.

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