Post-game Notes: Wisconsin vs. Purdue
November 19, 2016 | Football
Postgame Notes
Wisconsin 49, Purdue 20
Nov. 19, 2016
Ross-Ade Stadium
West Lafayette, Ind.
TEAM NOTES
INDIVIDUAL NOTES
Wisconsin 49, Purdue 20
Nov. 19, 2016
Ross-Ade Stadium
West Lafayette, Ind.
TEAM NOTES
- Today's captains: Senior OLB Vince Biegel, senior RB Dare Ogunbowale, sophomore OL Michael Deiter and senior S Leo Musso.
- Wisconsin won its 11th-straight meeting with Purdue, extending the longest win streak by either team in the history of the series.
- UW won for a seventh-consecutive time at Ross-Ade Stadium, extending a road win streak over the Boilermakers that dates back to 1999.
- Wisconsin has won 14 of its last 16 road games in Big Ten play, dating back to 2013. Overall, the Badgers are 10-1 in their last 11 games away from Camp Randall Stadium.
- UW has won 10 straight regular-season games in the state of Indiana, dating back to 2002: 6-0 at Purdue and 4-0 at Indiana.
- The Badgers own a 14-3 mark against the Big Ten West Division since the league moved to its current divisional setup in 2014.
- Since the start of the 2006 season, Wisconsin is 33-7 (.825) in the month of November.
- UW has won 9 of its first 11 games for the third time in the last four seasons (also 2013, 2014).
- At 9-2, Wisconsin will look for its 10th win of the season next Saturday vs. Minnesota. The Badgers have posted double-digit win totals in five of the past seven seasons.
- Overall, Wisconsin is 16-3 in its last 19 games, dating back to last season.
- Wisconsin scored 40-plus points in back-to-back games vs. Big Ten opponents since recording a 45-7 win over Penn State on Nov. 26 and a 42-39 win over Michigan State in the Big Ten Championship Game on Dec. 3, 2011.
- Purdue took a 3-0 lead on a 28-yard field goal by J.D. Dellinger in the first quarter, the first time Wisconsin had trailed in a game since Ohio State took a 30-23 lead over the Badgers in overtime on Oct. 15.
- T.J. Watt's 17-yard interception return for a touchdown was the Badgers' first pick-six since Marcus Cromartie had a 29-yard INT return for a score vs. Nebraska in the 2012 Big Ten Championship Game on Dec. 1, 2012.
- With three interceptions vs. Purdue, Wisconsin now has 17 INTs on the season, its most since recording 22 picks in 2002.
INDIVIDUAL NOTES
- Senior RB Corey Clement recorded his sixth 100-yard rushing game of the season (and fifth in the last six games) and became the 17th player in Badgers history to rush for 1,000 yards in a season. Those 17 UW players have combined for a total of 30 1,000-yard seasons. Clement scored a 6-yard touchdown in the fourth quarter, the 34th total touchdown of his career, to match Brent Moss (1991-94) for the ninth-most total TDs in school history.
- Sophomore FB Alec Ingold scored two touchdowns in a game for the second time in his career (also had two rushing TDs vs. Purdue on Oct. 17, 2015). Ingold scored his first rushing touchdown of the season on a 1-yard run in the second quarter and then scored his second TD reception of the season (and his career) on a 19-yard pass from Bart Houston later in the period.
- Junior WR Jazz Peavy recorded his fifth touchdown reception of the season (and of his career) on a 25-yard pass from Alex Hornibrook in the third quarter.
- Senior OLB Vince Biegel recorded his second sack of the season — his first since UW's season opener vs. LSU on Sept. 3 — in the third quarter. Biegel moved past J.J. Watt for 12th place on UW's all-time tackles for loss list, with 37.5 for his career.
- Junior OLB T.J. Watt recorded the first interception of his career, batting down a David Blough pass in the second quarter and returning it 17 yards for a touchdown.
- Sophomore ILB T.J. Edwards recorded his second interception the season (and of his career) in the second quarter, deflecting a David Blough pass and coming down with the ball.
- Senior CB Sojourn Shelton broke up a pass in the first quarter, giving him 32 pass breakups (No. 4 all-time at UW) and 39 total passes defended (No. 6 all-time at UW) for his career. Shelton has recorded a career-high 14 passes defended (2 INTs, career-best 12 PBUs) this season.
- Senior S Leo Musso grabbed his fourth interception of the season, picking off David Blough in the second quarter. Musso now owns seven INTs for his career.
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