Nov. 20, 2010

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Team Notes
•    For just the second time in school history, Wisconsin has defeated Ohio State, Iowa and Michigan in the same season. The only other time was in 1959, a season that ended with the Badgers' second appearance in the Rose Bowl.

•    Wisconsin has won three-consecutive conference road games for the first time since 2006.

•    With a win today, Wisconsin has won 10 regular-season games for just the third time in school history (1998 and 2006 were the other years).

•    Wisconsin is 10-1 for just the third time in school history (1998 and 2006).

•    Wisconsin set a school single-season record for rushing TDs. The Badgers’ six rushing TDs today give them 41 on the season, breaking the old record of 38 set in 1974.

•    Wisconsin scored more than 40 points against Michigan for just the second time in school history. The only other time was last year when UW beat the Wolverines 45-24.

Individual Notes
•    For the fourth time this season, Wisconsin had two running backs run for at least 100 yards in the same game. Sophomore Montee Ball finished with 173 yards on 29 carries and 4 TDs while freshman James White had a career-high 181 yards on 23 carries and 2 TDs. It is just the second time in school history two players have rushed for at least 150 yards in the same game. The only other time was against Wyoming on Oct. 6, 1973, when Billy Marek had 226 yards and Ken Starch had 184 yards.

•    After not playing against Ohio State, sophomore Ball has scored at least one touchdown in each of the last four games. He has nine TDs in that span.

•    Ball went over the 100-yard mark for the third straight game. In the last three games he has rushed for 467 yards on 72 carries.

•    White scored on a 61-yard TD run in the second quarter and a 23-yard run in the third quarter. White has two touchdown runs of longer than 60 yards this season and nine runs of longer than 20 yards.

•    Over the last two games, QB Scott Tolzien completed 24 straight passes. He ended the Indiana game completing his final 11 passes and started today’s game with 13 straight completions.

•    CB Antonio Fenelus recovered a fumble on a kickoff return in the second quarter. He has had a hand in six of Wisconsin’s takeaways this season (three interceptions, two fumble recoveries and one forced fumble). In the last three games, he has two fumble recoveries, an interception and a forced fumble.

•    DE J.J. Watt recorded his first career interception in the fourth quarter, deflecting the pass in the air then catching it and returning it 15 yards. Watt also batted down another pass at the line of scrimmage earlier in the game.