UW vs. PSU Postgame Notes
October 11, 2008 | Football
Penn State at Wisconsin
Camp Randall Stadium
Oct. 11, 2008
ATTENDANCE
Tonight's attendance was 81,524. It marked the 36th consecutive sellout at Camp Randall Stadium. The Badgers have drawn at least 70,000 fans to 99 consecutive home games (among those 99 games, 89 have been sellouts). UW has played in front of at least 80,000 fans in 30 straight home games.
WISCONSIN CAPTAINS
DL Mike Newkirk, OL Kraig Urbik, LB DeAndre Levy, FB Chris Pressley
HEAD COACH BRET BIELEMA
Third-year UW head coach Bret Bielema now owns a 24-8 (.750) record at the helm of the Badger program.
NEXT UP
Wisconsin plays at Iowa next Saturday as the Badgers look to snap the program's first three-game losing streak since dropping the final three contests of the 2004 season.
TEAM NOTES
Wisconsin limited Penn State to 106 rushing yards, the lowest for a Badger opponent since Marshall ran for 75 in the second game of the season.
INDIVIDUAL NOTES
Senior FB Chris Pressley's 3-yard carry in the first quarter was his first rushing attempt of the season ' junior DB Chris Maragos made his first start (at free safety) as a Badger tonight ' senior QB Allan Evridge's 2nd-quarter touchdown run was his first as a Badger ' Evridge's 42-yard pass completion to senior TE Travis Beckum tied for the Badgers' longest completion of the season ' sophomore OL Bill Nagy saw his most extensive action of the season when he substituted for starter Kraig Urbik, who was injured in the third quarter ' junior QB Dustin Sherer also saw his most extensive action of the year after he entered the game for Evridge in the third quarter ' Sherer registered career single-game highs of nine completions, 17 attempts and 115 yards through the air ' sophomore LB Culmer St. Jean's 4th-quarter interception was the first of his UW career.
