Charlie Healy
Football
Chris Maragos and a host of 21 other Seniors went out in style against Michigan in their last game in front of the Camp Randall faithful.
On Saturday 22 members of the Wisconsin Football team performed at Camp Randall Stadium for the final time as students. Those seniors went out in style, beating Michigan 45-24. In honor of the 18 players, 3 student managers, and 1 student assistant, here are 22 bits from the win, one for each senior. (Please note, the facts do not relate to the player or their performance on the field)
-Tyler Guetschow (student manager): Quarterback Scott Tolzien passed for four touchdowns and ran for one touchdown.
-Thomas Cassini (student manager): Sophomore running back John Clay rushed for 151 yards and a touchdown, passing the 1,000-yard mark on the season.
-Ben Swanson (student manager): Freshman running back Montee Ball added 62 rushing yards helping the Wisconsin offense accumulate 229 rushing yards.
-Terrance Jamison (student assistant): Tolzien was 16-24 passing on the day for 240 yards.
-Dan Cascone: Wide receiver Nick Toon caught five passes for 98 yards, two for touchdowns.
-Nate Emanuel: Freshman Chris Borland led the team with 11 tackles, setting a career high.
-Garrett Graham: Head Coach Bret Bielema is 26-0 when the offense scores 30 or more points and Wisconsin has won 30 straight contests when scoring 30 or more points.
-Will Hartmann: Garrett Graham had a touchdown reception for 22 yards for Wisconsin’s first score.
-Jordan Hein: Wisconsin was in the red zone six times on Saturday and converted on all attempts scoring five touchdowns and a field goal.
-Tyler Holland: Wisconsin and Michigan first met in 1892 yet the 45 points scored is the most the Badgers have ever scored in 73 meetings with the Wolverines.
-Richard Kirtley: The Wisconsin defense held Michigan to just 71 rushing yards. Coming into the game the Wolverines averaged over 200 rushing yards per game.
-Chris Maragos: Lance Kendricks caught one pass from Tolzien, for a touchdown in the 3rd quarter.
-Jaevery McFadden: Graham had 5 catches for 62 yards, the longest for 23 yards.
-Prince Moody: Isaac Anderson caught 4 passes for 65 yards, the longest for 27 yards.
-Dan Moore: Wisconsin punted just once. Brad Nortman kicked it 34 yards in the first quarter. Nortman punted again in the second quarter but a personal foul against Michigan kept the Wisconsin drive alive resulting in the second Badger touchdown.
-Erik Prather: Wisconsin finished with 469 yards of total offense
-O’Brien Schofield: Wisconsin fumbled twice, losing one. Michigan fumbled once but retained possession.
-Dustin Sherer: Michigan and Wisconsin each threw one interception
-Jeff Stehle: Wisconsin won the time of possession 34:49 – 24:11 thanks to keeping the ball for 10 and 12 minutes in the third and fourth quarter respectively.
-T.J. Theus: Wisconsin was 6-11 on third down and 1-1 on fourth down. Michigan was 6-15 and 1-3.
-Mickey Turner: Philip Welch kicked a 28 yard field goal and was 6-6 on PATs.
-Drew Woodward: A 19-yard field goal attempt by Michigan was blocked by JJ Watt in the first period.
