UW-Florida State Postgame Notes
December 27, 2008 | Football
Wisconsin Post-Game Notes
2008 Champs Sports Bowl
Citrus Bowl Stadium, Orlando, Fla.
Dec. 27, 2008
General Notes
' Wisconsin's team captains were FB Chris Pressley, OL Kraig Urbik, DL Mike Newkirk and LB DeAndre Levy
' Wisconsin won the coin toss and elected to defer, just the second time that has happened this season (Minnesota was the other game)
' Today's attendance was 52,692, the highest for the Champs Sports Bowl when it's been held in Orlando.
Team Notes
' Wisconsin's record falls to 10-10 all-time in bowl games.
' UW ran for more than 200 yards for the fourth time this season. It was the eighth time UW had rushed for at least 200 yards in a bowl game. Florida State had entered the game allowing just 126.8 yards per game on the ground.
Individual Notes
' RB P.J. Hill rushed for 140 yards, the seventh-best rushing performance by a Badger in a bowl game and the 10th time a UW running back has cracked the 100-yar plateau in a bowl game. It was also Hill's 20th career 100-yard rushing game, third-best in UW history. It was the second straight bowl game he has gained 100 yards after rushing for 132 yards vs. Tennessee in the 2008 Outback Bowl.
' It was Hill's second-best rushing total of the season, sixth 100-yard rushing game this season and fourth in the last five games. He finishes the season with 1,191 yards, the 17th best single-season total in UW history. Hill has rushed for 3,996 yards during his three-year Wisconsin career, third on the UW list behind only Ron Dayne (7,125) and Anthony Davis (4,676).
' Hill's 46-yard run matched his longest this season and tied for the second-longest run in Champs Sports Bowl history. He also had a 43-yard run in the third quarter.
' K Philip Welch kicked two field goals today his 19th and 20th of the season. That ties him for third place on UW's single-season list. Welch finishes the season 20-of-24 (.833) on field goals. That is the third-best single-season field goal percentage in school history.
' OL Kraig Urbik started his 50th career game.
' TE Garrett Graham's 43-yard reception in the first quarter was the second-longest of his career. He had a 45-yard catch vs. Illinois earlier this season.
' QB Dustin Sherer's 29-yard run in the third quarter was the second-longest of his career. He has a 30-yard run vs. Illinois earlier this season.
' T.J. Theus' fourth-quarter touchdown reception was the first of his career.
