2016 Wisconsin Badgers football team

2016 Wisconsin Badgers football
Big Ten West Division champion
Big Ten Championship Game, L 31–38 vs. Penn State
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Division	West Division
Ranking
Coaches	No. 5
AP	No. 8
CFP	No. 6
2016 record	10–3 (7–2 Big Ten)
Head coach	Paul Chryst (2nd year)
Offensive coordinator	Joe Rudolph (2nd year)
Offensive scheme	Pro-style
Defensive coordinator	Justin Wilcox (1st year)
Base defense	3–4
Captain	Vince Biegel, Dare Ogunbowale[1]
Home stadium	Camp Randall Stadium (Capacity: 80,321)

2016 Big Ten football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
East Division
No. 5 Penn State xy$		8	–	1					11	–	2
No. 2 Ohio State x		8	–	1					11	–	1
No. 6 Michigan		7	–	2					10	–	2
Indiana		4	–	5					6	–	6
Maryland		3	–	6					6	–	6
Michigan State		1	–	8					3	–	9
Rutgers		0	–	9					2	–	10
West Division
No. 8 Wisconsin xy		7	–	2					10	–	3
No. 24 Nebraska		6	–	3					9	–	3
No. 21 Iowa		6	–	3					8	–	4
Minnesota		5	–	4					8	–	4
Northwestern		5	–	4					6	–	6
Illinois		2	–	7					3	–	9
Purdue		1	–	8					3	–	9
Championship: Penn State 38, Wisconsin 31
^ – College Football Playoff participant $ – Conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions y – Championship game participant As of December 4, 2016; Rankings from AP Poll

The 2016 Wisconsin Badgers football team represents the University of Wisconsin–Madison in the 2016 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Badgers, led by second year head coach Paul Chryst, are members of the West Division of the Big Ten Conference and play their home games at Camp Randall Stadium in Madison, Wisconsin.

Watchlists and preseason awards

• Michael Deiter (C)

Rimington Trophy^[2]

• Jack Cichy (OLB)

Lott IMPACT Trophy^[3]

• Corey Clement (RB)

Maxwell Award,^[4] Doak Walker Award^[5]

• Vince Biegel (OLB)

Bednarik Award, Nagurski Award,^[6] Butkus Award,^[7] Allstate AFCA Good Works Team^[8]

• Dan Voltz (G)

Outland Trophy^[6]

Schedule

Wisconsin announced its 2016 football schedule on July 11, 2013. The 2016 schedule consists of 6 home, 5 away, and 1 neutral site game in the regular season. The Badgers will host Big Ten foes Illinois, Minnesota, Nebraska, and Ohio State, and will travel to Iowa, Michigan, Michigan State, Northwestern, and Purdue.^[9]

The teams three non–conference games are against the Akron Zips from the Mid-American Conference (MAC), Georgia State Panthers from the Sun Belt Conference, and the LSU Tigers from the Southeastern Conference (SEC).

The Associated Press and Coaches' preseason top 25 polls were released in August and for the first time since 2009 the Badgers were unranked in both polls. Meanwhile, the first five of their Power 5 opponents were all ranked 17th or higher in the preseason polls with #5 LSU, #6 Ohio State, #7 Michigan, #12 Michigan State and #17 Iowa.^[10]

Date	Time	Opponent#	Rank#	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 3	2:30 p.m.	vs. No. 5 LSU*		Lambeau Field • Green Bay, WI	ABC	W 16–14	77,823
September 10	2:30 p.m.	Akron*	No. 10	Camp Randall Stadium • Madison, WI	BTN	W 54–10	77,331
September 17	11:00 a.m.	Georgia State*	No. 9	Camp Randall Stadium • Madison, WI	BTN	W 23–17	79,883
September 24	11:00 a.m.	at No. 8 Michigan State	No. 11	Spartan Stadium • East Lansing, MI	BTN	W 30–6	75,505
October 1	3:30 p.m.	at No. 4 Michigan	No. 8	Michigan Stadium • Ann Arbor, MI	ABC	L 7–14	111,846
October 15	7:00 p.m.	No. 2 Ohio State	No. 8	Camp Randall Stadium • Madison, WI	ABC	L 23–30 OT	81,541
October 22	11:00 a.m.	at Iowa	No. 10	Kinnick Stadium • Iowa City, IA (Rivalry)	ESPN	W 17–9	70,585
October 29	6:00 p.m.	No. 7 Nebraska	No. 11	Camp Randall Stadium • Madison, WI (Rivalry)	ESPN	W 23–17 OT	80,833
November 5	11:00 a.m.	at Northwestern	No. 8	Ryan Field • Evanston, IL	ABC	W 21–7	42,016
November 12	2:30 p.m.	Illinois	No. 7	Camp Randall Stadium • Madison, WI	ESPN2	W 48–3	79,340
November 19	11:00 a.m.	at Purdue	No. 6	Ross–Ade Stadium • West Lafayette, IN	ABC	W 49–20	30,465
November 26	2:30 p.m.	Minnesota	No. 5	Camp Randall Stadium • Madison, WI (Rivalry)	BTN	W 31–17	77,216
December 3	7:30 p.m.	No. 8 Penn State	No. 6	Lucas Oil Stadium • Indianapolis, IN (Big Ten Championship)	FOX	L 31–38	65,018
TBA	TBA	TBA	No. 8	TBA • TBA (Bowl)	TBA
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Central Time.

Schedule Source:^[11]

Rankings

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. ( ) = First place votes.

	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	Final
AP	RV	10	9	11	8	11	8	10	11	8	7	6	5	6	8
Coaches	RV	16	12	10	8	13	10	10	10	8	7	6	6	5
CFP	Not released									8	7	7	6	6		Not released

Game summaries

vs No. 5 LSU

No. 5 LSU at Wisconsin

1 2 3 4 Total No. 5 LSU 0 0 14 0 14 • Wisconsin 0 6 7 3 16 Date: September 3 Location: Lambeau Field Green Bay, WI Game start: 2:40 Elapsed time: 3:20 Game attendance: 77,823 Game weather: Temperature: 75, Wind: SSE 11, Weather: Mostly Sunny Referee: M.Defee TV announcers (ABC): Steve Levy (play-by-play), Brian Griese (color), Todd McShay (sidelines)

Scoring summary 2 04:13 WIS Gaglianone, R. 30 yd field goal 9 plays, 24 yards, TOP 4:12 3–0 WIS 2 00:54 WIS Gaglianone, R. 48 yd field goal 5 plays, 15 yards, TOP 0:55 6–0 WIS 3 10:55 WIS Clement, Corey 5 yd run (Gaglianone, R. kick), 5 plays, 58 yards, TOP 1:56 13–0 WIS 3 05:28 LSU T. White 21 yd interception (C. Delahoussaye kick) 13–7 WIS 3 04:21 LSU Travin Dural 10 yd pass from Brandon Harris (C. Delahoussaye kick) 2 plays, 41 yards, TOP 0:18 14–13 LSU 4 03:47 WIS Gaglianone, R. 47 yd field goal 8 plays, 48 yards, TOP 4:27 16–14 WIS

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
0–3 (.000)	August 30, 2014	L, 24–28

The Badgers started off the regular season with a neutral site game against the LSU Tigers at Lambeau field in Green Bay, Wisconsin. LSU was favored to win the game by double-digits. The Badgers came out to lead 6–0 by halftime with the Badgers kicker, Rafael Gaglianone, making two field goals; one from 30 and the other 48 yards. Runningback Corey Clement led the Badgers on their opening drive of the third quarter and scored a touchdown on a five-yard run. LSU responded with two touchdowns shortly thereafter due to a quick succession of Badgers' turnovers. Another field goal in the fourth quarter from 47 yards put the Badgers back in the lead. In the last minute of the game, and within field goal range, LSU quarterback Brandon Harris was nearly sacked by linebacker Vince Biegel and threw an interception which was caught by Safety D'Cota Dixon. The turnover secured the victory for the Badgers who in turn ran out the clock.

The game was fifth-year senior Bart Houston's debut as Wisconsin's starting quarterback, after being a backup quarterback for four years. His debut passer rating of 33.2 was the worst for a Wisconsin quarterback since 1977 when Mike Kalasmicki's debut passer rating was 5.20. Rafael Gaglianone had his fourth game-winning field goal of his career, the most in school history.^[12]

The game was described as a "historic upset" for the Badgers by ESPN and Yahoo! Sports.^[13][14] After the game ESPN Staff Writer Jesse Temple stated that "Wisconsin secured its most significant nonconference regular-season victory since 1974, when the team upset fourth-ranked Nebraska 21–20 at Camp Randall Stadium."^[13] The Badgers snapped the Tigers 52-game win streak for non-conference regular season wins, an FBS record that stood since a 2002 loss to Virginia Tech.^[15]

Following the game Wisconsin's kicker Rafael Gaglianone was lauded with multiple 'Player of the Week' awards, including Big Ten special teams player of the week, Rose Bowl Big Ten player of the week and one of three Lou Groza Award Stars of the Week.^[12][16] Wisconsin's Jack Cichy was named the Lott IMPACT Player of the Week for his defensive efforts.^[16] Wisconsin coach Paul Chryst was announced as the "Dodd Trophy Coach of the Week" following the opening week of college football.^[17] Paul Chryst announced in a press conference that Chris Orr, who went down the first play of the game with a right leg injury, would be out for the rest of the year due to a torn ACL. He also stated that former linebacker-turned-fullback Leon Jacobs would now play both sides of the ball at fullback in addition to inside linebacker, to regain some depth at the position due to Chris Orr's season ending injury.^[18]

Statistical Leaders^[19]

• Rushing: Corey Clement – 21 carries, 86 yards (long 12), 4.1 yards/carry, 1 touchdown
• Passing: Bart Houston – 19 completions, 31 passing attempts, 205 yards, 6.6 avg, 0 touchdowns, 2 interceptions, 33.2 quarterback rating
• Receiving: Troy Fumagalli – 7 receptions, 100 yards, 14.3 avg, 27 long
• Defense: Jack Cichy – 8 Tackles (5 solo, 3 asst), 1 Tackle-for-loss for 5 yds, 1 Forced Fumble

Akron

Akron at No. 10 Wisconsin

1 2 3 4 Total Akron 0 10 0 0 10 • No. 10 Wisconsin 9 21 10 14 54 Date: September 10 Location: Camp Randall Stadium, Madison, WI Game start: 2:36 CST Elapsed time: 3:19 Game attendance: 77,331 Game weather: Temperature: 69, Wind: 10 WNW, Weather: Mostly Cloudy Referee: C. Johnson TV announcers (BTN): Matt Devlin (play-by-play) Stanley Jackson (analyst)

Scoring summary 1 08:05 WIS Clement, C. 4 yard run (Caglianone, R. kick), 13 plays, 83 yards, TOP 6:55 7–0 WIS 1 02:28 WIS Team 1 yard safety 9–0 WIS 2 13:45 WIS Clement, C. 1 yard run (Gaglianone, R. kick), 8 plays, 53 yards, TOP 3:32 16–0 WIS 2 04:58 WIS Peavy, J. 13 yard pass from Houston, B. (Gaglianone, R. kick), 9 plays, 73 yards, TOP 4:12 23–0 WIS 2 03:12 AKR Natson, J. 55 yard punt return (O'Leary, T. kick) 23–7 WIS 2 02:10 WIS Peavy, J. 34 yard pass from Houston, B. (Gaglianone, R. kick), 3 plays, 67 yards, TOP 0:57 30–7 WIS 2 00:00 AKR O'Leary, T. 32 yard field goal, 8 plays, 60 yards, TOP 2:10 30–10 WIS 3 06:25 WIS Gaglianone, R. 33 yard field goal, 12 plays, 57 yards, TOP 6:44 33–10 WIS 3 01:07 WIS Ingold, A. 6 yard pass from Hornibrook, A. (Gaglianone, R. kick), 8 plays, 83 yards, TOP 4:22 40–10 WIS 4 11:17 WIS Ramesh, A. 1 yard run (Gaglianone, R. kick), 7 plays, 63 yards, TOP 3:27 47–10 WIS 4 07:54 WIS Shaw, B. 35 yard run (Gaglianone, R. kick), 3 plays, 44 yards, TOP 1:23 54–10 WIS

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
2–0 (1.000)	August 30, 2008	W, 38–17

Statistical Leaders^[20]

• Rushing: Corey Clement – 21 carries, 111 yards (long 27), 5.3 yards/carry, 2 touchdowns
• Passing: Bart Houston – 15 completions, 22 passing attempts, 231 yards, 10.5 avg, 2 touchdowns
• Receiving: Jazz Peavy – 7 receptions, 100 yards, 14.3 avg, 34 long, 2 touchdowns
• Defense: T.J. Watt – 3 Tackles (3 solo), 1 Tackle-for-loss for 11 yds, 1 Sack

Georgia State

Georgia State at No. 9 Wisconsin

1 2 3 4 Total Georgia State 0 0 10 7 17 • No. 9 Wisconsin 6 0 7 10 23 Date: September 17 Location: Camp Randall Stadium Madison, WI Game start: 11:01 CST Elapsed time: 3:04 Game attendance: 79,883 Game weather: Temperature: 71, Wind: 6 WSW, Weather: Sunny Referee: G. Blum TV announcers: Brandon Gaudin (play-by-play) Chuck Long (analyst)

Scoring summary 1 07:20 WIS Gaglianone, R. 41 yard field goal, 15 plays, 52 yard, TOP 7:40 3–0 WIS 1 00:51 WIS Gaglianone, R. 28 yard field goal, 10 plays, 58 yards, TOP 5:09 6–0 WIS 3 06:00 GSU ten Lohuis, R. 45 yard field goal, 10 plays 49 yards, TOP 4:25 6–3 WIS 3 02:58 WIS Ogunbowale, D. 2 yard run (Gaglianone, R. kick), 6 plays, 69 yards, TOP 2:56 13–3 WIS 3 00:19 GSU Davis, R. 13 yard pass from Manning, C. (ten Lohuis, R. kick), 6 plays, 75 yards, TOP 2:39 13–10 WIS 4 11:36 GSU Neal, K. 9 yard run (ten Lohuis, R. kick), 3 plays, 38 yards, TOP 1:06 17–13 GSU 4 07:25 WIS Penniston, K. 1 yard pass from Hornibrook, A. (Gaglianone, R. kick), 8 plays, 59 yards, TOP 4:03 20–17 WIS 4 03:36 WIS Gaglianone, R. 41 yard field goal, 7 plays, 19 yards, TOP 2:17 23–17 WIS

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
First meeting

The Badgers played against opponent Georgia State for the first time. The entire game was marked by offensive struggles on Wisconsin's part. Wisconsin jumped out to an early 6-0 lead on the foot of kicker Rafael Gaglianone, who converted field goal attempts from 47 and 28 yards in the 1st quarter. In the second half, things got ugly for the Badgers as Georgia State countered a touchdown run by Dare Ogunbowale with a field goal and touchdown of their own. With Wisconsin struggling to make progress on offense, Paul Chryst replaced QB Bart Houston with redshirt freshman Alex Hornibrook. In the 4th quarter, the winless Panthers took the lead 17-10 on a 9-yard run. Hornibrook, however, led the offense on two scoring drives - a touchdown pass to Kyle Penniston and another Gaglianone kick - to pull out the win. The Badgers improved to 3-0 on the season, but their struggles on offense led to questions about which quarterback would start next week's crucial Big Ten matchup against Michigan State.

Statistical Leaders^[21]

• Rushing: Dare Ogunbowale – 20 carries, 65 yards (long 19), 3.3 yards/carry, 1 touchdown
• Passing: Alex Hornibrook – 8 completions, 12 passing attempts, 122 yards, 10.2 avg, 1 touchdown, 1 interception
• Receiving: Jazz Peavy – 3 receptions, 67 yards, 22.3 avg, 29 long
• Defense: T.J. Edwards – 11 Tackles (6 solo), 1 Tackle-for-loss for 2 yds

at No. 8 Michigan State

No. 11 Wisconsin at No. 8 Michigan State

1 2 3 4 Total • No. 11 Wisconsin 7 6 17 0 30 No. 8 Michigan State 3 3 0 0 6 Date: September 24 Location: Spartan Stadium East Lansing, MI Game start: 11:01 Elapsed time: 3:12 Game attendance: 75,505 Game weather: Temperature: 63, Wind: 8 ENE, Weather: Partly Cloudy Referee: Jerry McGinn TV announcers (BTN): Kevin Kugler (play-by-play) Matt Millen (analyst)

Scoring summary 1 08:03 MSU Geiger, M. 48 yard field goal, 7 plays, 16 yards, TOP 1:31 3–0 MSU 1 00:25 WIS Steffes, E. 1 yard pass from Hornibrook, A. (Endicott, A. kick), 16 plays, 65 yards, TOP 7:38 7–3 WIS 2 07:14 WIS Clement, C. 1 yard run (Endicott, A. kick failed, 6 plays 28 yards, TOP 2:40 13–3 WIS 2 01:18 MSU Geiger, M. 40 yard field goal, 15 plays, 62 yards, TOP 5:51 13–6 WIS 3 13:10 WIS Musso, L. 66 yard fumble return (Endicott, A. kick) 20–6 WIS 3 04:58 WIS Endicott, A. 41 yard field goal, 10 plays, 54 yards, TOP 5:40 23–6 WIS 3 03:52 WIS Clement, C. 5 yard run (Endicott, A kick), 1 play, 5 yards, TOP 0:06 30–6 WIS

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
22–30 (.423)	October 27, 2012	L, 13–16

Prior to the game, it was leaked that redshirt freshman quarterback Alex Hornibrook would make his debut and start against Michigan State after his performance the prior week against Georgia State. Wisconsin was also laden with injuries going into the game with two offensive line starters, Jon Dietzen and Micah Kapoi, out with injuries along with placekicker Rafael Gaglianone and fourth-string running back Bradrick Shaw.^[22]

Michigan State opened the scoring with a field goal by Michael Geiger in the first quarter on a drive started when MSU defensive lineman Raequan Williams stripped and recovered a fumble from Wisconsin's freshman quarterback. Wisconsin answered back with a seven-and-a-half minute drive resulting in a one-yd touchdown catch by tight end Eric Steffes. Thereafter, Wisconsin's defense shut down the Spartan offense and an interception by Sojourn Shelton in the second quarter resulted in a one-yard rushing touchdown by running back Corey Clement. The Spartans made another field goal to close out the first half. In the third quarter, Badgers defensive back D'Cota Dixon forced a fumble which was recovered by fellow Badgers DB Leo Musso who returned it for a 66-yard touchdown. Also in the third quarter, the Badgers replacement kicker Andrew Endicott made his first ever field goal attempt (college or high school) at 41 yards, Corey Clement had another five5-yd rushing touchdown to round out the third quarter.^[22][23] Overall, the Badgers forced four turnovers. Hornibrook, on third down, completed nine of his 13 attempts for 136 yards and a touchdown and, on third and long (10+ yards), he was six for six for 100 yards.^[22]

It was the first time since 1999 that a Big Ten team beat two top ten teams by the first of October in the same season, the last being Penn State in 1999.^[24] The last time Wisconsin defeated two top ten teams in the same season was 1962.^[25] The last time Wisconsin beat MSU in East Lansing was in 2002 when Barry Alvarez was head coach.^[26] The last time Wisconsin beat a top team team on the road was at No. 5 Purdue in 2004.^[22]

Wisconsin players were lauded after the game, including freshman QB Alex Hornibrook for making his debut on the road against No. 8 Michigan State and was named Big Ten Freshman of the Week.^[27][28] Outside Linebacker TJ Watt was named the Walter Camp Player of the Week and Big Ten Defensive Player of the Week for his dominant defensive performance, including 6 tackles, 3.5 tackles-for-loss, 2.5 sacks, one pass breakup and two QB hits.^[27][29]

Statistical Leaders^[23]

• Rushing: Corey Clement – 23 carries, 54 yards (long 22), 2.3 yards/carry, 2 touchdowns
• Passing: Alex Hornibrook – 16 completions, 26 passing attempts, 195 yards, 7.5 avg, 1 touchdown, 1 interception
• Receiving: Jazz Peavy – 4 receptions, 96 yards, 24 avg, 31 long
• Defense: T.J. Watt – 6 Tackles (3 solo), 3.5 Tackle-for-loss for 12 yds, 2.5 sacks for 10 yds, 1 Pass breakup, 2 QB hits

at No. 4 Michigan

No. 8 Wisconsin at No. 4 Michigan

1 2 3 4 Total No. 8 Wisconsin 0 0 7 0 7 • No. 4 Michigan 0 7 0 7 14 Date: October 1 Location: Michigan Stadium, Ann Arbor, MI Game start: 2:41 Elapsed time: 3:21 Game attendance: 111,846 Game weather: Temperature: 68, Wind: 10-15 SE, Weather: Cloudy, light rain Referee: R. Snodgrass Television network: ABC

Scoring summary 2 14:56 MICH Khalid Hill 1-yard run (Kenny Allen kick) MICH 7–0 3 8:03 WIS Dare Ogunbowale 7-yard pass from Alex Hornibrook (Andrew Endicott kick) TIE 7–7 4 7:56 MICH Amara Darboh 46-yard pass from Wilton Speight (Kenny Allen kick) MICH 14–7

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
14–49–1 (.227)	November 20, 2010	W, 48–28

Statistical Leaders

• Rushing: Corey Clement – 17 carries, 68 yards (long 19), 4.0 yards/carry
• Passing: Alex Hornibrook – 9 completions, 25 passing attempts, 88 yards, 3.5 avg, 1 touchdown, 3 interceptions
• Receiving: Dare Ogunbowale – 3 receptions, 23 yards, 7.7 avg, 17 long
• Defense: Jack Cichy – 12 Tackles (10 solo), 0.5 Tackle-for-loss for 1 yd, 0.5 sack for 1 yd

No. 2 Ohio State

No. 2 Ohio State at No. 8 Wisconsin

1 2 3 4 OT Total • No. 2 Ohio State 3 3 7 10 7 30 No. 8 Wisconsin 10 6 0 7 0 23 Date: October 15 Location: Camp Randall Stadium, Madison, WI Game start: 7:12 Elapsed time: 3:45 Game attendance: 81,541 Game weather: Temperature: 64, Wind: 6 S, Weather: Cloudy Referee: D. Willard Television network: ABC

Scoring summary 1 9:03 WIS Andrew Endicott 46-yard field goal WIS 3–0 1 6:17 WIS Jazz Peavy 24-yard pass from Alex Hornibrook (Andrew Endicott kick) WIS 10–0 1 2:46 OSU Tyler Durbin 25-yard field goal WIS 10–3 2 8:43 OSU Tyler Durbin 40-yard field goal WIS 10–6 2 2:47 WIS Andrew Endicott 32-yard field goal WIS 13–6 2 :14 WIS Andrew Endicott 22-yard field goal WIS 16–6 3 2:52 OSU J.T. Barrett 1-yard run (Tyler Durbin kick) WIS 16–13 4 14:09 OSU J.T. Barrett 8-yard run (Tyler Durbin kick) OSU 20–16 4 7:54 WIS Austin Ramesh 4-yard run (Andrew Endicott kick) WIS 23–20 4 3:57 OSU Tyler Durbin 31-yard field goal Tie 23–23 OT OSU Noah Brown 7-yard pass from J.T. Barrett (Tyler Durbin kick) OSU 30–23

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
18–57–5 (.256)	December 6, 2014	L, 0–59

Statistical Leaders

• Rushing: Corey Clement – 25 carries, 164 yards (long 68), 6.6 yards/carry
• Passing: Alex Hornibrook – 16 completions, 28 passing attempts, 214 yards, 7.6 avg, 1 touchdown, 1 interception
• Receiving: Troy Fumagalli – 7 receptions, 84 yards, 12.0 avg, 30 long
• Defense: Jack Cichy – 15 Tackles (11 solo), 3.5 Tackle-for-loss for 7 yds, 1.0 sack for 2 yds

at Iowa

No. 10 Wisconsin at Iowa

1 2 3 4 Total • No. 10 Wisconsin 0 7 7 3 17 Iowa 0 6 0 3 9 Date: October 22 Location: Kinnick Stadium Iowa City, IA Game start: 11:01 a.m. Elapsed time: 3:25 Game attendance: 70,585 Game weather: Temperature: 49, Wind: 9 S, Weather: Clear Referee: J. Servinski Television network: ESPN

Scoring summary 2 10:06 WIS Troy Fumagalli 17-yard pass from Bart Houston (Andrew Endicott Kick) WIS 7–0 2 3:49 IOWA Keith Duncan 41-yard field goal WIS 7–3 2 0:00 IOWA Miguel Recinos 47-yard field goal WIS 7–6 3 7:20 WIS Corey Clement 1-yard run (Andrew Endicott kick) WIS 14–6 4 1:24 WIS Andrew Endicott 36-yard field goal WIS 17–6 4 00:43 IOWA Keith Duncan 25-yard field goal WIS 17–9

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
44–43–2 (.506)	October 3, 2015	L, 10–6

Statistical Leaders

• Rushing: Corey Clement – 35 carries, 134 yards (long 34), 3.8 yards/carry
• Passing: Alex Hornibrook – 11 completions, 19 passing attempts, 197 yards, 10.4 avg
• Receiving: Troy Fumagalli – 2 receptions, 38 yards, 19.0 avg, 21 long, 1 touchdown
• Defense: Jack Cichy – 10 Tackles (6 solo), 1 QB hurry

No. 7 Nebraska

No. 7 Nebraska at No. 11 Wisconsin

1 2 3 4 OT Total No. 7 Nebraska 0 7 0 10 0 17 • No. 11 Wisconsin 7 3 7 0 6 23 Date: October 29 Location: Camp Randall Stadium Madison, WI Game start: 6:10 p.m. Elapsed time: 3:20 Game attendance: 80,833 Game weather: Temperature: 61, Wind: 7 NE, Weather: Partly Cloudy Referee: D. Capron Television network: ESPN

Scoring summary 1 9:38 WIS Bradrick Shaw 21-yard run (Andrew Endicott Kick) WIS 7–0 2 13:41 NEB Devine Ozigbo 1-yard run (Drew Brown Kick) TIE 7–7 2 6:53 WIS Andrew Endicott 44-yard field goal WIS 10–7 3 8:17 WIS Rob Wheelwright 9-yard pass from Alex Hornibrook (Andrew Endicott kick) WIS 17–7 4 13:45 NEB Tommy Armstrong 2-yard run (Drew Brown Kick) WIS 17–14 4 3:43 NEB Drew Brown 35-yard field goal TIE 17–17 OT 15:00 WIS Dare Ogunbowale 11-yard run (Andrew Endicott Kick Failed) WIS 23–17

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
6–4 (.600)	October 10, 2015	W, 23–21

Statistical Leaders

• Rushing: Dare Ogunbowale – 11 carries, 120 yards (long 39), 10.9 yards/carry, 1 touchdown
• Passing: Alex Hornibrook – 10 completions, 16 passing attempts, 71 yards, 4.4 avg, 1 touchdown, 1 interception
• Receiving: Rob Wheelwright – 5 receptions, 43 yards, 8.6 avg, 16 long, 1 touchdown
• Defense: Ryan Connelly – 11 Tackles (7 solo), 2.0 Tackle-for-loss for 2 yds

at Northwestern

No. 8 Wisconsin at Northwestern

1 2 3 4 Total • No. 8 Wisconsin 0 10 3 8 21 Northwestern 0 7 0 0 7 Date: November 5 Location: Ryan Field Evanston, IL Game start: 11:06 a.m. Elapsed time: 3:18 Game attendance: 42,016 Game weather: Temperature: 59, Wind: 9 WSW, Weather: Clear Referee: M. Cannon Television network: ABC

Scoring summary 2 11:11 WIS Andrew Endicott 40-yard field goal WIS 3–0 2 7:33 WIS Jazz Peavy 46-yard run (Andrew Endicott kick) WIS 10–0 2 0:39 NU Austin Carr 13-yard pass from Charlie Thorson (Jack Mitchell kick) WIS 10–7 3 8:06 WIS Andrew Endicott 28-yard field goal WIS 13–7 4 8:57 WIS Corey Clement 2-yard run (Alec Ingold rush) WIS 21–7

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
57–35–5 (.613)	November 21, 2015	L, 7–13

Statistical Leaders

• Rushing: Corey Clement – 32 carries, 106 yards (long 15), 3.3 yards/carry, 1 touchdown
• Passing: Alex Hornibrook – 11 completions, 19 passing attempts, 92 yards, 4.8 avg
• Receiving: Jazz Peavy – 4 receptions, 73 yards, 18.3 avg, 32 long
• Defense: Leo Musso – 9 Tackles (9 solo), 1.0 Tackle-for-loss for 1 yd

Illinois

Illinois at No. 7 Wisconsin

1 2 3 4 Total Illinois 3 0 0 0 3 • No. 7 Wisconsin 21 10 3 14 48 Date: November 12 Location: Camp Randall Stadium Madison, WI Game start: 2:35 p.m. Elapsed time: 3:05 Game attendance: 79,340 Game weather: Temperature: 50, Wind: 11 WSW, Weather: Mostly sunny Referee: R. Snodgrass Television network: ESPN2

Scoring summary 1 9:25 WIS Corey Clement 2-yard run (Andrew Endicott kick) WIS 7–0 1 6:59 WIS Corey Clement 4-yard run (Andrew Endicott kick) WIS 14–0 1 3:11 ILL Chase McLaughlin 31-yard field goal WIS 14–3 1 0:13 WIS Jazz Peavy 8-yard pass from Alex Hornibrook (Andrew Endicott kick) WIS 21–3 2 12:24 WIS Kyle Penniston 7-yard pass from Bart Houston (Andrew Endicott kick) WIS 28–3 2 0:04 WIS Andrew Endicott 37-yard field goal WIS 31–3 3 7:10 WIS Andrew Endicott 21-yard field goal WIS 34–3 4 14:18 WIS Corey Clement 2-yard run (Andrew Endicott kick) WIS 41–3 4 5:01 WIS Bradrick Shaw 3-yard run (Andrew Endicott kick) WIS 48–3

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
39–36–7 (.518)	October 24, 2015	W, 24–13

Statistical Leaders

• Rushing: Corey Clement – 25 carries, 123 yards (long 23), 4.9 yards/carry, 3 touchdowns
• Passing: Alex Hornibrook – 7 completions, 12 passing attempts, 85 yards, 7.1 avg, 1 touchdown
• Receiving: Jazz Peavy – 3 receptions, 29 yards, 9.7 avg, 17 long, 1 touchdown
• Defense: Ryan Connelly – 6 Tackles (2 solo), 1.5 Tackle-for-loss for 4 yds, 1 interception returned 12 yds

at Purdue

No. 6 Wisconsin at Purdue

1 2 3 4 Total • No. 6 Wisconsin 0 35 7 7 49 Purdue 3 7 3 7 20 Date: November 19 Location: Ross–Ade Stadium West Lafayette, IN Game start: 11:06 a.m. Elapsed time: 3:07 Game attendance: 30,465 Game weather: Temperature: 37, Wind: 24 W, Weather: Cloudy Referee: J. O'Neill Television network: ABC

Scoring summary 1 4:56 PUR J. D. Dellinger 28-yard field goal PUR 3–0 2 8:34 WIS Alec Ingold 1-yard run (Andrew Endicott kick) WIS 7–3 2 8:26 WIS T.J. Watt 17-yard interception return (Andrew Endicott kick) WIS 14–3 2 3:03 WIS Bradrick Shaw 7-yard run (Andrew Endicott kick) WIS 21–3 2 2:49 WIS Alec Ingold 19-yard pass from Bart Houston (Andrew Endicott kick) WIS 28–3 2 2:38 PUR DeAngelo Yancey 75-yard pass from David Blough (J.D. Dellinger kick) WIS 28–10 2 0:51 WIS Bradrick Shaw 33-yard run (Andrew Endicott kick) WIS 35–10 3 8:47 PUR J.D. Dellinger 30-yard field goal WIS 35–13 3 3:23 WIS Jazz Peavy 25-yard pass from Alex Hornibrook (Andrew Endicott kick) WIS 42–13 4 7:41 WIS Corey Clement 6-yard run (Andrew Endicott kick) WIS 49–13 4 4:15 PUR DeAngelo Yancey 10-yard pass from David Blough (J.D. Dellinger kick) goal WIS 49–20

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
46–29–8 (.602)	October 17, 2015	W, 24–7

Statistical Leaders

• Rushing: Corey Clement – 27 carries, 112 yards (long 13), 4.1 yards/carry, 1 touchdowns
• Passing: Bart Houston – 5 completions, 6 passing attempts, 102 yards, 17.0 avg, 1 touchdown
• Receiving: Dare Ogunbowale – 3 receptions, 62 yards, 20.7 avg, 34 long
• Defense: T.J. Watt – 2 Tackles (1 solo), 1.0 Tackle-for-loss for 3 yds, 1.0 sack for loss 3 yds, 1 interception returned 17 yds for TD

Minnesota

Minnesota at No. 5 Wisconsin

1 2 3 4 Total Minnesota 3 14 0 0 17 • No. 5 Wisconsin 0 7 3 21 31 Date: November 26 Location: Camp Randall Stadium Madison, WI Game attendance: 77,216 Television network: BTN

Scoring summary

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
58–59–8 (.496)	November 28, 2015	W, 31–21

Statistical Leaders

• Rushing:
• Passing:
• Receiving:
• Defense:

Roster

The Badgers returned 13 starters, six on offense, six on defense and one on special teams.

2016 Wisconsin Badgers football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class WR 1 Love, ReggieReggie Love  4.5 !Sr RB 5 James, ChrisChris James 5.0 !Jr RB 6 Clement, CoreyCorey Clement 57.0 !Sr RB 7 Shaw, BradrickBradrick Shaw  1.5 !Fr QB 9 Lyles, KaréKaré Lyles 1.0 !Fr WR 11 Peavy, JazzJazz Peavy  3.5 !Jr QB 12 Hornibrook, AlexAlex Hornibrook  1.5 !Fr QB 13 Houston, BartBart Houston  4.5 !Sr QB 14 Groshek, GarrettGarrett Groshek 1.0 !Fr WR 15 Wheelright, RobertRobert Wheelright 57.0 !Sr WR 17 Rushing, GeorgeGeorge Rushing 5.0 !Jr WR 19 Dunn, JackJack Dunn 1.0 !Fr FB 20 Ramesh, AustinAustin Ramesh  3.5 !Jr RB 21 Saari, MarkMark Saari  2.5 !So RB 23 Ogunbowale, DareDare Ogunbowale  4.5 !Sr WR 24 Krumholz, AdamAdam Krumholz 1.0 !Fr WR 27 Pryor, KendricKendric Pryor 1.0 !Fr RB 28 Deal, TaiwanTaiwan Deal  2.5 !So RB 29 Laufenberg, TroyTroy Laufenberg  1.5 !Fr FB 30 Maternowski, AaronAaron Maternowski 1.0 !Fr FB/ILB 32 Jacobs, LeonLeon Jacobs  3.5 !Jr TE 41 Hescock, JakeJake Hescock 1.0 !Fr TE 42 Lloyd, GabeGabe Lloyd 1.0 !Fr WR 43 Roy, PeterPeter Roy  2.5 !So TE 44 Steffes, EricEric Steffes  4.5 !Sr FB 45 Ingold, AlecAlec Ingold 3.0 !So WR 46 Popp, JackJack Popp 1.0 !Fr TE 48 Herl, MitchellMitchell Herl  1.5 !Fr TE 49 Penniston, KyleKyle Penniston  1.5 !Fr TE 49 Rolfe, MichaelMichael Rolfe  1.5 !Fr OL 52 Maxwell, JacobJacob Maxwell  2.5 !So OL 58 Panos, GeorgeGeorge Panos  2.5 !So OL 61 Biadasz, TylerTyler Biadasz 1.0 !Fr OL 62 Kasl, PatrickPatrick Kasl 1.0 !Fr OL 63 Deiter, MichaelMichael Deiter  2.5 !So OL 64 Connors, BrettBrett Connors  2.5 !So OL 65 Ramczyk, RyanRyan Ramczyk  3.5 !Jr OL 66 Benzschawel, BeauBeau Benzschawel  2.5 !So OL 67 Dietzen, JonJon Dietzen  1.5 !Fr OL 68 Moorman, DavidDavid Moorman  1.5 !Fr OL 70 Voltz, DanDan Voltz  4.5 !Sr OL 71 Van Lanen, ColeCole Van Lanen 1.0 !Fr OL 73 Estes, KevinKevin Estes  1.5 !Fr OL 75 Kapoi, MicahMicah Kapoi  2.5 !So OL 76 Schmidt, LoganLogan Schmidt  4.5 !Sr OL 77 Dretzka, IanIan Dretzka  1.5 !Fr OL 78 Erdmann, JasonJason Erdmann  1.5 !Fr OL 79 Edwards, DavidDavid Edwards 1.0 !Fr TE 81 Fumagalli, TroyTroy Fumagalli  3.5 !Jr WR 82 Houden, HenryHenry Houden  1.5 !Fr WR 84 Taylor, A. J.A. J. Taylor 1.0 !Fr WR 86 Finco, RickyRicky Finco  2.5 !So WR 87 Cephus, QuintezQuintez Cephus 1.0 !Fr	Defense Pos. # Name Class CB 8 Shelton, SojournSojourn Shelton 57.0 !Sr CB 9 Booker, TitusTitus Booker 3.0 !So S 10 Currens, SethSeth Currens 1.0 !Fr CB 11 Nelson, NickNick Nelson 5.0 !Jr CB 12 Jamerson, NatrellNatrell Jamerson 5.0 !Jr S 13 Bondoc, EvanEvan Bondoc  2.5 !So S 14 Dixon, D'CotaD'Cota Dixon 5.0 !Jr CB 18 Williamss, CaesarCaesar Williamss 1.0 !Fr S 19 Musso, LeoLeo Musso  4.5 !Sr DB 20 Volpentesta, CristianCristian Volpentesta 1.0 !Fr S 21 Farrar, ArringtonArrington Farrar 3.0 !So S 22 Johnson, PatrickPatrick Johnson 1.0 !Fr ILB 23 Stokke, MasonMason Stokke 1.0 !Fr S 24 Brookins, KeelonKeelon Brookins  3.5 !Jr CB 25 Tindal, DerrickDerrick Tindal 5.0 !Jr S 28 Mielke, BlakeBlake Mielke  1.5 !Fr CB 29 Carriere-Williams, DontyeDontye Carriere-Williams 1.0 !Fr CB 30 Trezy, SergeSerge Trezy  4.5 !Sr S 31 Figaro, LubernLubern Figaro 5.0 !Jr FB/ILB 32 Jacobs, LeonLeon Jacobs  3.5 !Jr DE 34 Obasih, ChikweChikwe Obasih  3.5 !Jr S 36 Ferguson, JoeJoe Ferguson  3.5 !Jr S 37 Verstegen, BretBret Verstegen  1.5 !Fr OLB 39 Whalen, JakeJake Whalen  1.5 !Fr OLB 41 Praschak, MaxMax Praschak 1.0 !Fr OLB 42 Watt, T. J.T. J. Watt  3.5 !Jr ILB 43 Connelly, RyanRyan Connelly  2.5 !So ILB 45 Thomas, NickNick Thomas  1.5 !Fr OLB 47 Biegel, VinceVince Biegel  4.5 !Sr OLB 47 Brady, GriffinGriffin Brady 1.0 !Fr ILB 48 Cichy, JackJack Cichy   3.5 !Jr ILB 50 Orr, ChrisChris Orr  3.0 !So OLB 51 Burks, NoahNoah Burks 1.0 !Fr DE 52 Pfaff, DavidDavid Pfaff  1.5 !Fr ILB 53 Edwards, T. J.T. J. Edwards  2.5 !So ILB 54 Jeanty, DallasDallas Jeanty 1.0 !Fr OLB 55 Dooley, GarretGarret Dooley  3.5 !Jr OLB 56 Baun, ZackZack Baun  1.5 !Fr DE 57 James, AlecAlec James  3.5 !Jr ILB 58 Maskalunas, MikeMike Maskalunas 1.0 !Fr OLB 59 Johnson, TylerTyler Johnson  1.5 !Fr NT 65 Sagapolu, OliveOlive Sagapolu  3.0 !So DE 66 Thomas, KellyKelly Thomas  1.5 !Fr DE 68 Tiedt, HegemanHegeman Tiedt 1.0 !Fr NT 74 Roberge, GunnarGunnar Roberge  1.5 !Fr DE 91 Neuville, ZanderZander Neuville  2.5 !So NT 92 Patterson, JeremyJeremy Patterson  2.5 !So DE 93 Rand, GarrettGarrett Rand 1.0 !Fr DE 94 Sheehy, ConorConor Sheehy 5.0 !Jr OLB 95 Preston, KeldricKeldric Preston 1.0 !Fr DE 96 Hirschfeld, BillyBilly Hirschfeld  2.5 !So DE 97 Loudermilk, IsaiahhIsaiahh Loudermilk 1.0 !Fr DE 98 Howe, KraigKraig Howe  1.5 !Fr	Special teams Pos. # Name Class P 15 Lotti, AnthonyAnthony Lotti 1.0 !Fr K 27 Gaglianone, RafaelRafael Gaglianone 5.0 !Jr K 37 Endicott, AndrewAndrew Endicott 57.0 !Sr K/P 38 Rosowski, P. J.P. J. Rosowski  2.5 !So K 39 Hintze, ZachZach Hintze  1.5 !Fr LS 60 Udelhoven, ConnorConnor Udelhoven  3.5 !Jr LS 89 Cesear, JakeJake Cesear  1.5 !Fr P 96 Allen, ConnorConnor Allen  1.5 !Fr P 97 Hoffman, ZachZach Hoffman 1.0 !Fr	Head coach Paul Chryst (Wisconsin) Also Quarterbacks coach Coordinators/assistant coaches Justin Wilcox (Oregon) 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 Jim Leonhard (Wisconsin) 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 Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt Roster Last update: August 23, 2016

Departures

In early August, after not making the 105-man fall roster, wide receiver Krenwick Sanders announced his intent to transfer from UW due to being buried on the depth chart, he had one catch for 10 yards his true freshman year in 2014 and he redshirted the 2015 season.^[30] He was granted a release by the university and announced that he would transfer to Jacksonville State, an FCS team in Alabama.^[31]

Later in August the Badgers' 3-year starter at center, fifth-year senior Dan Voltz, retired from football due to numerous injuries sustained over his career. In the 2015 season he tore his ACL against Illinois and was out for the remainder of the season. He suffered from various ankle issues during the 2014 season.^[32]

Big Ten Players of the Week

Weekly Awards

Player	Award	Date Awarded	Ref.
Rafael Gaglianone	Big Ten Special Teams Player of the Week	September 5, 2016	[33]
T. J. Watt	Big Ten Defensive Player of the Week	September 24, 2016	[27]
Alex Hornibrook	Big Ten Freshman of the Week	September 24, 2016	[27]
Jack Cichy	Big Ten Defensive Player of the Week	October 17, 2016	[34]
Ryan Connelly	Co-Big Ten Defensive Player of the Week	October 31, 2015	[35]

References