Nov. 21, 2009
Recap | Final Stats | Quotes
EVANSTON, Ill. --
Team Notes
• In its last nine games, Wisconsin has forced 20 turnovers and scored points off of 13 of those turnovers (11 TDs, 2 FGs). Over that span, UW has turned 10 interceptions into eight touchdowns.
• In 46 trips to the red zone this season, UW has scored 42 times (91.3 percent). 34 of those scores have been touchdowns (73.9 percent). In the last five games, UW is 21-of-21 in the red zone.
Offensive Notes
• John Clay's two-yard TD run in the second quarter was his 13th of the season and 22nd of his career. Eleven of his 13 scores this season have been two yards or less. He is now tied for 10th on UW's single-season rushing TDs list.
• Clay finished with 23 carries for 100 yards, his seventh game this season with 100 or more rushing yards.
• Scott Tolzien's two touchdown passes to Garrett Graham were his 15th and 16th of the season, putting him in eighth place on UW's single-season list. He has thrown at least one scoring toss in eight of 11 games this season.
• Tolzien finished with 235 passing yards, making it his fifth game this season with over 200 yards.
• Graham now has seven TD receptions on the season and 16 in his career. His seven TDS this season are tied for eighth on UW's single-season list while his 16 career receiving TDs are tied for fifth in school history. Graham also has 1,370 career receiving yards, good for 13th-best in school history.
• Graham's 98 receiving yards were a career high.
• With 80 receiving yards today, Nick Toon now has 713 on the season, which puts him in 12th place on UW's single-season list.
• Toon set a career-high with seven receptions today.
Defensive Notes
• Freshman linebacker Chris Borland forced his fifth fumble of the season, stripping Northwestern's Scott Concannon in the second quarter. Fellow linebacker Jaevery McFadden recovered the fumble, the second recovery of his career.
• Northwestern finished with 73 rushing yards, making them the eighth Big Ten opponent to rush for less than 100 yards against Wisconsin this season. That is a school record, surpassing the former mark of five held by three teams (1951, 2003 and 2005). Wisconsin is now the first team since Ohio State in 1998 to go an entire Big Ten season without allowing a team to run for 100 yards in a game.
• Junior linebacker Blake Sorensen finished with a career-high eight tackles.
Special Teams Notes
• Since missing a 38-yard field goal in the second half against Iowa, kicker Philip Welch has made six straight field goals. Welch missed his first three field goals of the season but has made 14-of-17 (.824) since then. On his career, Welch is 34-of-44 (.773), good for the second-best field goal percentage in school history.
• David Gilreath returned a third-quarter punt 68 yards for a touchdown. It was Gilreath's first return of any kind for a touchdown in his career (163 combined punt and kickoff return attempts). It was Wisconsin's first non-blocked punt return for a touchdown since Brandon Williams returned one 63 yards for a TD against Indiana on Oct. 1, 2005. UW has scored four touchdowns on special teams this season. It was UW's longest punt return for a TD since Josh Hunt's 89-yard return vs. Western Michigan on Aug. 31, 2000.
