WISCONSIN FOOTBALL WISCONSIN (7-2, 4-1) AT MARYLAND (2-6, 0-4) SATURDAY, NOV. 7, :42 P.M. (CT) COLLEGE PARK, MD.

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1 WISCONSIN FOOTBALL 2014 Big Ten West Division Champions 5 Consecutive January Bowls 13 Consecutive Bowl Games 20 First-Team All-Americans Since SCHEDULE/RESULTS 7-2, 4-1 BIG TEN DATE OPPONENT TIME (CT) TV Sept. 5 vs. #3 Alabama L, ABC AdvoCare Classic (Arlington, Texas) Sept. 12 MIAMI (OHIO) W, 58-0 ESPNU Sept. 19 TROY W, 28-3 BTN Sept. 26 HAWAI I W, 28-0 BTN Oct. 3 IOWA* L, 6-10 ESPN Oct. 10 at Nebraska* W, ABC Oct. 17 PURDUE* W, 24-7 BTN Oct. 24 at Illinois* W, BTN Oct. 31 RUTGERS* W, BTN Nov. 7 at Maryland* 2:42 p.m. BTN Nov. 21 NORTHWESTERN* TBD TBD Nov. 28 at Minnesota* TBD TBD All times Central. Home games in BOLD CAPS and played at Camp Randall Stadium. * Big Ten Conference game TV: BTN Play-by-Play...Josh Lewin Analyst...Chuck Long Sideline Reporter...J Leman Online: BTN2Go.com Mobile App: BTN2Go RADIO: BADGER SPORTS NETWORK Play-by-Play...Matt Lepay Analyst...Mike Lucas Sideline Reporter... Patrick Herb Satellite: Sirius 135 / XM 195 Online: BadgerSportsNetwork.com Mobile App: iheartradio (search WIBA) TWITTER: #BADGERS Official Account...@BadgerFootball Live In-Game Updates...@BadgersLive MOBILE APP: BADGER GAMEDAY Re-launched for the 2015 season, the all-new Badger Gameday app for ios and Android devices offers everything fans need to keep up with the Badgers, whether at home or in their seat at Camp Randall Stadium. The app gives fans access to in-game video highlights and the ability to upgrade their gameday experience right from their phone. WISCONSIN (7-2, 4-1) AT MARYLAND (2-6, 0-4) SATURDAY, NOV. 7, :42 P.M. (CT) COLLEGE PARK, MD. BYRD STADIUM BTN Location...College Park, Md. Site...Byrd Stadium Capacity...51,802 Surface...FieldTurf TV... BTN Radio...Badger Sports Network All-Time Series...WIS leads, 1-0 In College Park... First meeting Last Meeting... Wisconsin 52, Maryland 7 Oct. 25, 2014 (at Madison) BADGERS SET TO TANGLE WITH TERRAPINS Wisconsin (7-2, 4-1 Big Ten) closes its season-opening stretch of 10 consecutive games by making its first-ever trip to College Park to take on Maryland (3-4, 1-3) at 2:30 p.m. (CT) on Saturday. The Badgers have won four straight games and sit alone in second place in the Big Ten West Division standings, a game back of division-leading Iowa (4-0), which holds a head-to-head tiebreaker over UW. KEY NOTES TO CONSIDER Wisconsin leads the nation in scoring defense, allowing 11.0 points per game. Since giving up 35 points to Alabama in their season opener, the Badgers have surrendered an average of just 8.0 points per contest. Opposing offenses have scored 6 touchdowns against UW s defense over the last 8 games. Since the start of the 2006 season, Wisconsin is 28-6 (.824) in the month of November. WISCONSIN BADGERS Rankings (AP/Coaches)...RV/RV Record (Big Ten) (4-1) Head Coach... Paul Chryst Record at Wisconsin (Years) (1st) MARYLAND TERRAPINS Rankings (AP/Coaches)...NR/NR Record (Big Ten) (0-4) Interim Head Coach... Mike Locksley Record at Maryland (Years) (1st) Vince Biegel and the Wisconsin defense rank No. 1 nationally in scoring defense, allowing just 11.0 points per game. Wisconsin is (.699) in Big Ten play since the start of the 2004 season. Only Ohio State (78-14,.848) has a better conference record than the Badgers over that span. In his first action after missing 7 games due to a sports hernia, junior RB Corey Clement scored a career-high 3 rushing TDs and ran for 115 yards on 11 carries (10.5 average) vs. Rutgers. Senior WR Alex Erickson has 58 receptions, the most by a Badgers player through nine games of a season. He is one of 24 FBS players and the only player from the Big Ten with at least 100 receptions and 1,500 receiving yards over the past two seasons. (see Page 5). Senior QB Joel Stave has thrown for 1,974 yards and needs 26 to become the fifth quarterback in school history with multiple 2,000-yard passing seasons. With 6,922 for his career, he needs 78 yards to join Darrell Bevell ( ) and John Stocco ( ) as the only QBs in school history to throw for 7,000 yards Wisconsin has been successful on 24 of 46 third-down attempts over the last three games, a conversion percentage of 52.2%. UW has converted at least 50% of its tries in all three games. Over their first six games, the Badgers owned a thirddown conversion mark of 39.2% Heading into their first game at Maryland, the Badgers own an 11-2 record in their first road games against Big Ten opponents including a 3-1 mark in the modern era (see Page 8). Most recently, UW scored a 37-0 win over Rutgers in Piscataway, N.J., last season. A total of 38 players have started at least one game for the Badgers this season 16 of which have made the first start of their career in Wisconsin s roster features 31 players that have started multiple games this year, including 21 that have made at least five starts. Football Contact: Brian Lucas Offi ce: Cell: bml@athletics.wisc.edu Secondary Football Contact: Brian Mason Offi ce: Cell: bm3@athletics.wisc.edu Athletic Communications Office University of Wisconsin Kellner Hall 1440 Monroe Street Madison, WI 53711

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MARYLAND MEDIA INFORMATION COVERING THE BADGERS MARYLAND WEEK MEDIA SCHEDULE 11/2 MONDAY 11:30 a.m. Player Interviews (Caputo, Clement, Cichy, Stave) 11/3 TUESDAY 11:16 a.m. Coach Chryst on Big Ten Teleconference 11/4 WEDNESDAY 5:15 p.m. Post-Practice Interviews: Players & Assistants (Defense) 11/5 THURSDAY 3 p.m. Pre-Practice Interview: Coach Chryst 11/6 FRIDAY No availability 11/7 SATURDAY Postgame Coach Chryst News Conference and Player Interviews 12:30 p.m. Coach Chryst News Conference 5:15 p.m. Post-Practice Interviews: Players & Assistants (Offense) 6 p.m. Paul Chryst Radio Show (Badger Sports Network) UW ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS GENERAL INFORMATION Office Phone: (608) Press Box Phone: (608) Fax: (608) Address: 1440 Monroe Street, Madison, WI Website: UWBadgers.com BRIAN LUCAS DIRECTOR Paul Chryst Interviews, Credentials Office: (608) Cell: (608) bml@athletics.wisc.edu BRIAN MASON ASSISTANT DIRECTOR Player & Assistant Interviews, Game Notes Office: (608) Cell: (608) bm3@athletics.wisc.edu KELLI GRASHEL ASSISTANT Photo Requests, Social Media Office: (608) Cell: (608) kg3@athletics.wisc.edu MEDIA RESOURCES CREDENTIAL APPLICATIONS BIG TEN MEDIA LIST office.bigten.org/media WISCONSIN FOOTBALL FACT BOOK go.wisc.edu/2015fbfactbook OFFICIAL BIG TEN MEDIA SITE WIRELESS INTERNET ACCESS BadgerWiFi (connect and register with address) OFFICIAL SOCIAL MEDIA CHANNELS Facebook: WisconsinFootball / WisconsinBadgers Snapchat: officialbadgers YouTube: WisconsinBadgers INTERVIEW REQUESTS All regular-season Badgers practices, including Friday walk-throughs, are closed to the media. Interviews are conducted as follows: Chryst Interviews: Head coach Paul Chryst holds a weekly media conference Mondays at 12:30 p.m. during the fall. Those sessions are live video-streamed via BTN2Go. Chryst s comments are available on UWBadgers.com late Monday afternoon as both a video archive and a transcript. Chryst is also available prior to practice Thursdays at approximately 3 p.m. Assistant Coach Interviews: Wisconsin assistant coaches are available after practice on Tuesdays (offense) and Wednesdays (defense) at approximately 5:15 p.m. on the practice field. Out-of-town media wishing to arrange a phone interview with an assistant coach during the week should contact Brian Mason in the Athletic Communications office at (608) Player Interviews: Badgers players can be interviewed after practice on Tuesdays (offense) and Wednesdays (defense) at approximately 5:15 p.m. on the practice field in the McClain Center. Requests for player and assistant coach interviews should be submitted to Brian Mason prior to the start of that day s practice session. Media members are limited to a total of three requests per day. Phone calls by players to out-of-town media are made on the corresponding days following practice. Interviews should be arranged through Brian Mason in the Athletic Communications office at (608) Cell phone numbers will not be made available to the media and players have been instructed not to conduct interviews when contacted without prior approval from the Athletic Communications staff. BIG TEN TELECONFERENCE Head coach Paul Chryst is available every Tuesday at 11:16 a.m. (CT) on the weekly Big Ten Teleconference. Contact Adam Augustine of the Big Ten for call-in information at (847) WISCONSIN FOOTBALL TODAY The Wisconsin Athletic Communications office sends out its Wisconsin Football Today media on a daily basis during the season. Media members can sign up by selecting Wisconsin and Football in the settings of their Big Ten Media List account. Accounts can be created and updated by visiting office.bigten.org/media. Contact Adam Augustine (aaugustine@bigten.org) of the Big Ten staff with any questions on the system. PHOTOS The Wisconsin Athletic Communications office maintains an FTP site offering media outlets access to high-resolution headshots and action photos. Contact Brian Mason for access information. CREDENTIAL GUIDELINES Requests for 2015 Wisconsin football credentials (including parking) must be made online. Contact Brian Lucas with questions. Sideline credentials will be issued only to accredited photographers and reporters on assignment. Credentials must be prominently displayed on the field level. Media cannot work between the 25-yard lines as recommended by the NCAA in its game management manual. Credentials will be mailed to the opposing SID if time permits. Those passes which cannot be mailed will be left at Gate 4 of Camp Randall Stadium (north end of the stadium, adjacent to the Lot 17 parking ramp). Credentials will be issued according to the following priorities: 1) TV and radio stations originating a live broadcast; 2) national publications, newspapers filing for the following day s publication and news outlets designated by the visiting SID; 3) TV and radio stations covering for nightly news; and 4) other requests, which will be evaluated on a space-available basis. Spouses, friends, non-workers and children are not allowed in the media areas as dictated by the NCAA. Anyone violating these standards will be denied credentials to future games

3 GAME 10: WISCONSIN VS. MARYLAND WISCONSIN QUICK FACTS HEAD COACH PAUL CHRYST Hometown: Madison, Wis. Alma Mater: Wisconsin, 1988 Career Record: (.553) Record at Wisconsin (Big Ten): 7-2 (4-1) Bowl Record: 1-1 (.500) ASSISTANT COACHES Dave Aranda (Defensive Coordinator/ILB) Joe Rudolph (Offensive Coordinator/OL) Inoke Breckterfield (Defensive Line) Ted Gilmore (Wide Receivers) Chris Haering (Special Teams) Daronte Jones (Defensive Backs) John Settle (Running Backs) Tim Tibesar (Outside Linebackers) Mickey Turner (Tight Ends) Sideline Sideline Sideline Booth Sideline Sideline Sideline Booth Booth FOOTBALL STAFF Ethan Armstrong (Graduate Assistant - Defense) Antonio Fenelus (Graduate Assistant - Defense) Jon Budmayr (Graduate Assistant - Offense) Bill Nagy (Graduate Assistant - Offense) Taylor Mehlhaff (Quality Control - Special Teams) Ross Kolodziej (Head Strength & Conditioning Coach) Shaun Snee (Assistant Strength & Conditioning Coach) Jamil Walker (Assistant Strength & Conditioning Coach) Bradie Ewing (Assistant Strength & Conditioning Coach) Kyle Costigan (Strength & Conditioning Graduate Assistant) TEAM INFORMATION 2014 Overall Record: Big Ten Record (Finish): 7-1 (1st, West) 2014 Bowl: Def. #19 Auburn, (Outback) 2014 Final Rank (AP/Coaches): 13/13 Starters Returning/Lost: 11/11 Offensive Starters Returning/Lost: 5/6 Returning: QB Joel Stave, WR Alex Erickson, FB Derek Watt, LT Tyler Marz, C Dan Voltz Lost: RB Melvin Gordon, WR Kenzel Doe, TE Sam Arneson, LG Dallaso Lewallen, RG Kyle Costigan, RT Rob Havenstein Defensive Starters Returning/Lost: 6/5 Returning: DE Chikwe Obasih, OLB Vince Biegel, OLB Joe Schobert, CB Darius Hillary, CB Sojourn Shelton, SS Michael Caputo Lost: DE Warren Herring, NG Konrad Zagzebski, ILB Derek Landisch, ILB Marcus Trotter, FS Peniel Jean Special Teams Starters Returning/Lost: 4/1 Returning: FG-K Rafael Gaglianone, KO-K Andrew Endicott, P Drew Meyer, LS Connor Udelhoven Lost: LS James McGuire Letterwinners Returning/Lost: 44/22 Offensive Letterwinners Returning/Lost: 23/9 Defensive Letterwinners Returning/Lost: 17/12 Special Teams Letterwinners Returning/Lost: 4/1 TEAM HISTORY First Year of Football: 1889 Record (Years): (126) Big Ten Record (Years): (119) Big Ten Championships (Last): 14 (2012) All-Time Bowl Record: Consensus All-America Selections: 26 First Team All-Big Ten Selections: 223 CAMP RANDALL STADIUM Capacity: 80,321 Surface: FieldTurf Record at Camp Randall Stadium: (.635) DOMINANT DEFENSE Wisconsin ranks No. 1 in the FBS in scoring defense at 11.0 points per game. UW has led the nation in scoring defense twice: the famed Hard Rocks defense allowed 6.6 points per game in 1951, and the 1998 Big Ten and Rose Bowl champion Badgers allowed 10.2 points per game. The Badgers also lead the country in relative scoring defense, holding opponents to just 36.4% of their points-per-game average on the season (via SportSource Analytics): RELATIVE SCORING DEFENSE, FBS 1. Wisconsin 36.4% 2. Michigan 42.0% 3. Alabama 48.1% 4. Florida 49.1% 5. Ohio State 51.3% The Badgers have held 6 opponents to 10 points or fewer, the best mark of any FBS defense this season. Michigan and Missouri each have held opponents to 10 points or fewer in 5 games. The Badgers have given up 12 total touchdowns on the year, matching Boston College for the fewest among teams that have played 9 games. The next-best total among teams that have pleyd 9 games belongs to Marshall (18). Wisconsin held Rutgers QB Chris Laviano to 4-of-14 (28.6%) passing for 31 yards and a 32.9 pass efficiency rating. He entered the game leading the Big Ten with a completion percentage of 67.2 and ranked third with an efficiency mark of In holding Rutgers to 82 passing yards and 83 rushing yards, Wisconsin kept an opponent under 100 yards in both categories for the first time since limiting Rutgers to 63 passing and 76 rushing yards on Nov. 1, The Badgers have held 3 opponents under 200 total yards: Miami (Ohio), 157; Purdue, 191; and Rutgers, 165. Only Boston College (4) and Michigan (4) have held more opponents under the 200-yard mark in UW held 4 of its 14 opponents under 200 total yards last season. UW is allowing 4.46 yards per play this season, which ranks No. 13 nationally. The Badgers have given up less than 5.0 yards per play in each of Dave Aranda s three seasons, making UW one of just five defenses to do so each year from Wisconsin joins Alabama, Louisville, Marshall and Utah State (Aranda s previous stop as defensive coordinator) in that club: ALLOWING LESS THAN 5.0 YDS/PLAY ( ) School Avg. Alabama Louisville Marshall Utah State Wisconsin The Badgers are making opponents work for their points: UW ranks in a tie for No. 2 nationally with Michigan in opponents plays per point, at Only Missouri (5.60) is making opposing offenses more inefficient than the Badgers. For reference, through eight weeks of the season, the average FBS defense is forcing opponents to run 2.87 plays for every point scored. Wisconsin opponents have scored on just 14.4% of their possessions this season, a mark that ranks No. 2 in the FBS. Michigan s defense leads the country, with opponents scoring on just 13.7% of their offensive drives: PCT. OF OPP. POSSESSIONS LEADING TO SCORE 1. Michigan 13.7% 2. Wisconsin 14.4% 3. Boston College 16.8% 4. Missouri 17.3% 5. Boise State 18.1% UW has allowed a TOTAL of 27 opponent plays to be run on its side of the 50 yard line in the second half of its five Big Ten games (5.4 plays per game). Against Iowa on Oct. 3, the Badgers contained all six of the Hawkeyes second-half drives to Iowa territory. The Hawkeyes did not run a play in Wisconsin territory in the second half. STOP ON RED Wisconsin has allowed opponents to reach the red zone just 15 times in 9 games, ranking the Badgers in a tie Louisville for No. 2 nationally in terms of fewest opponent red-zone chances. Only Michigan (12 in 8 games) has allowed fewer red zone trips. The Badgers have allowed just 10 scores on those 15 trips (66.7%). That makes UW one of six teams nationally with an opponents red zone scoring percentge of less than 70% (joining Toledo, Appalachian State, Florida International, Temple and Georgia). Including holding Illinois and Rutgers a combined 0-for-4 in terms of scoring touchdowns in the red zone over the last two weeks, the Badgers have allowed just 5 TDs in their opponents 15 red-zone trips. That touchdown percentage of 33.3% ranks in a tie for No. 3 nationally and leads the Big Ten. Toledo is the national leader at 26.3% (5-for-19), followed by Boston College at 27.8% (5-for-18). Over the last three seasons under defensive coordinator Dave Aranda, Wisconsin has allowed an average of just 2.22 opponent drives per game to enter the red zone the fewest of any team in the nation. Clemson (2.32), Iowa (2.41), Michigan State (2.43) and Alabama (2.49) round out the top five. NOWHERE TO RUN TEAM NOTES After giving up 238 rushing yards to Alabama in its season opener Sept. 5, Wisconsin has surrendered an average of 77.9 yards over its last 8 games. Wisconsin has held 6 of its 9 opponents under 100 rushing yards, matching Alabama, Iowa and Michigan for the sec-

4 GAME 10: WISCONSIN VS. MARYLAND BIG TEN STANDINGS Overall Conference Division EAST W-L Pct. W-L Pct. W-L Pct. Ohio State Michigan State Penn State Michigan Rutgers Maryland Indiana Overall Conference Division WEST W-L Pct. W-L Pct. W-L Pct. Iowa Wisconsin Northwestern Illinois Minnesota Purdue Nebraska * Division champion THIS WEEK S BIG TEN GAMES (ALL TIMES CENTRAL) Saturday, Nov. 7 Penn State at Northwestern (ESPNU) 11 a.m. Illinois at Purdue (BTN) 11 a.m. #10 Iowa at Indiana (ESPN) 2:30 p.m. Wisconsin at Maryland (BTN) 2:30 p.m. Rutgers at #16 Michigan (BTN) 2:30 p.m. #6 Michigan State at Nebraska (ESPN) 6 p.m. Minnesota at #1 Ohio State (ABC) 7 p.m. BADGERS IN THE RANKINGS Date AP Coaches CFP Preseason Sept. 8 RV Sept Sept Sept Oct. 4 NR RV -- Oct. 11 NR RV -- Oct. 18 RV RV -- Oct. 25 RV RV -- Nov. 1 RV RV TBA Nov. 8 Nov. 15 Nov. 22 Nov. 29 Dec. 6 Final ond-most games holding opponents below the century mark this season. Only Boston College (7) has done so more often. The Badgers are 6-0 when holding their opponent under 100 rushing yards. UW is 15-0 when holding opponents under 100 rushing yards over the past three seasons ( ) under Dave Aranda. The Badgers have allowed just 20 runs of 10-plus yards, matching LSU for the second-lowest total of any FBS defense. Only Alabama (19) has allowed fewer. Opponents are averaging 3.21 yards per carry against UW, the Badgers best mark since giving up just 2.89 ypc in 2009 (the No. 5 mark in school history). Alabama averaged 6.4 yards per carry vs. Wisconsin on Sept. 5, but the Badgers subsequent 8 opponents combined to average 2.7 yards per rushing attempt. Wisconsin has allowed just eight players to rush for 100 yards in 36 games under defensive coordinator Dave Aranda. Offensively, Wisconsin has produced yard rushing performances in that time span. ARANDA S IMPACT In two-plus seasons under defensive coordinator Dave Aranda, who returns for his third season in 2015, Wisconsin has allowed an average of 16.7 points per game. That ranks No. 2 among FBS programs over that span, behind only Alabama (16.3). Under Aranda, UW has allowed an average of yards per game, the No. 2 total in the country over that three-year span behind only Louisville (286.9). Aranda s defenses allowed an average of passing yards, the No. 3 mark in the nation behind only San Jose State (167.6) and Clemson (176.8). UW also has allowed just rushing yards per game over the last three seasons, a mark that ranks No. 5 nationally in that time frame and trails only Michigan State (93.9), Alabama (98.4), Louisville (98.8) and Stanford (104.0). WISCONSIN DEFENSE UNDER ARANDA ( ) Category Avg. FBS Rk. Scoring Defense nd Total Defense nd Defense th Passing Defense rd In Aranda s first three seasons, the Badgers have allowed just 69 offensive touchdowns. Only Alabama (59), Louisville (62) and Florida (65) have allowed fewer offensive TDs since the start of the 2013 season. PASS-FIRST BADGERS? Wisconsin has averaged 34.8 passing attempts through its first nine games, the highest average in program history. Only twice in the modern era (since 1946) have the Badgers averaged more than 30 passes per game: in 1983 (30.6) and 1995 TEAM NOTES (30.2). From 1996 to 2014, UW averaged 23.7 passing attempts per game. The Badgers attempted at least 35 passes in four consecutive games 38 vs. Iowa, 50 vs. Nebraska, 39 vs. Purdue and 40 vs. Illinois. Going back to 1990, UW had thrown 35 passes in back-to-back games just once 39 each vs. Michigan State and Iowa in UW s average of passing yards per game puts the Badgers on pace to break the school record of ypg, set in Through nine games, Wisconsin s leading receiver (WR Alex Erickson, 748 yards) has amassed more yardage than its leading rusher (RB Dare Ogunbowale, 591). The Badgers have seen their leading receiver outgain their leading rusher in a season just 12 times in the modern era (since 1946) eight of which came over a 10-year stretch from Since 1990, Wisconsin s leading receiver has outgained its leading rusher just twice: WR Lee Evans had 1,213 receiving yards to RB Dwayne Smith s 857 rushing yards in Evans had a school-record 1,545 receiving yards to RB Anthony Davis 1,466 rushing yards in Prior to those seasons, it hadn t happened since WR Al Toon recorded 881 receiving yards and RB Gary Ellerson had 777 rushing yards in Wisconsin has produced at least one 1,000- yard rusher in 20 of the last 22 years. Over that stretch, 12 players have combined for a total of 22 1,000-yard seasons. THIRD DOWN S THE CHARM? After struggling to move the chains on third down over a span of four games from Sept. 19 to Oct. 10 UW converted on just 10 of its 49 (20.4%) third-down attempts in that span the Badgers have bounced back in a big way. Wisconsin has been successful on 24 of 46 third-down attempts over the last three games, a conversion percentage of 52.2%. UW has converted at least 50% of its tries in all three games. Wisconsin s season mark of 44.0% would be its best third-down percentage since converting 54.7% on third downs in SPECIAL TEAMS DOWNRIGHT SPECIAL Senior P Drew Meyer earned Big Ten Special Teams Player of the Week honors after posting a season-best 46.8-yard average on his five punts at Illinois, his highest mark since registering a 47.8-yard average vs. Penn State on Nov. 30, Meyer has excelled at pinning opponents deep the last two weeks. Illinois average starting field position after a Meyer punt in the second half was its own 11.4 yard line. Rutgers had an average starting field position of its own 12.6 yard line following a punt. 4

5 GAME 10: WISCONSIN VS. MARYLAND CAREER GAMES/STARTS PLAYER Total OL Beau Benzschawel /4 4/4 OL Hayden Biegel /0 4/4 10/4 OLB Vince Biegel -- 2/0 13/2 14/13 9/9 38/24 S Evan Bondoc /0 1/0 ILB Keelon Brookins /0 7/0 14/0 S Michael Caputo -- 13/1 13/12 14/14 9/9 49/36 OLB Jack Cichy /0 -- 9/1 14/1 RB Corey Clement /0 14/1 2/1 28/2 OLB Ryan Connelly /0 9/0 OL Brett Connors /0 2/0 RB Taiwan Deal /2 6/2 OL Michael Deiter /9 9/9 S D Cota Dixon /0 9/0 12/0 OLB Garret Dooley /0 7/0 ILB T.J. Edwards /9 9/9 K Andrew Endicott /0 14/0 6/0 30/0 WR Alex Erickson /3 14/13 9/8 36/24 S Arrington Farrar /0 9/0 S Joe Ferguson /0 14/1 8/0 26/1 CB Lubern Figaro /7 7/0 20/7 CB Terrance Floyd -- 7/0 4/0 9/0 1/0 21/0 WR Jordan Fredrick -- 14/5 13/5 14/2 9/0 50/12 TE Troy Fumagalli /2 7/2 21/4 K Rafael Gaglianone /0 9/0 22/0 WR D.J. Gillins /0 2/0 NT Arthur Goldberg /6 7/7 21/13 OLB Jesse Hayes -- 4/ /0 9/0 25/0 OL Ben Hemer /0 -- 1/0 CB Darius Hillary -- 14/1 13/13 14/14 9/9 50/37 DE Billy Hirschfeld /0 4/0 QB Bart Houston /0 6/0 5/0 13/0 RB Alec Ingold /0 6/0 ILB Leon Jacobs /0 14/1 4/3 31/4 CB Natrell Jamerson /0 9/0 21/0 DE Alec James /2 9/1 23/3 WR A.J. Jordan -- 6/0 13/0 14/0 9/0 42/0 OL Micah Kapoi /6 8/6 DE Jake Keefer -- 4/ /0 9/0 26/0 CB Caleb Kinlaw /0 1/0 WR Reggie Love -- 5/ /2 9/1 28/3 OL Tyler Marz -- 11/0 13/13 14/14 9/9 47/36 OL Jacob Maxwell /1 7/1 WR Tanner McEvoy /4 14/5 9/8 34/17 OL Aidan McNamara /0 -- 2/0 P Drew Meyer -- 14/0 13/0 14/0 9/0 50/0 S Leo Musso /1 12/0 9/2 34/3 OLB Zander Neuville /0 9/0 DE Chikwe Obasih /7 9/9 23/16 RB Dare Ogunbowale /0 14/0 9/6 31/6 ILB Chris Orr /5 8/5 OL George Panos /0 1/0 NT Jeremy Patterson /0 2/0 WR Jazz Peavy /0 9/1 11/1 FB Austin Ramesh /2 6/1 13/3 CB T.J. Reynard /0 6/ /0 P P.J. Rosowski /0 3/0 WR George /1 9/0 23/1 K Jack Russell -- 8/0 9/0 -- 5/0 22/0 RB Mark Saari /0 1/0 OL Olive Sagapolu /2 9/2 WR Krenwick Sanders /0 -- 9/0 OL Logan Schmidt /0 8/0 9/0 OLB Joe Schobert -- 5/0 13/1 14/14 9/9 41/24 NT Conor Sheehy /0 9/4 23/4 CB Sojourn Shelton /12 14/12 9/9 36/33 QB Joel Stave -- 8/6 13/13 10/9 9/9 40/37 TE Eric Steffes /0 8/0 8/3 22/3 FB Derek Straus -- 4/0 7/0 9/0 9/0 29/0 CB Derrick Tindal /2 9/3 21/5 TE Austin Traylor -- 3/0 13/0 14/10 5/5 35/15 RB Serge Trezy /0 4/0 LS Connor Udelhoven /0 13/0 9/0 35/0 OL Dan Voltz /6 14/14 7/7 32/27 FB Derek Watt -- 14/5 12/5 8/4 9/8 43/22 OLB T.J. Watt /0 9/0 WR Rob Wheelwright /0 12/0 8/7 32/7 OL Walker Williams /0 5/0 8/5 14/5 Sophomore K Rafael Gaglianone is 32-for- 42 on field goal attempts through his first 25 career games. He is the seventh player in UW history to hit 30 field goals in a career. For his career, Gaglianone is 21-for-27 in one-score games (UW leading or trailing by 7 or fewer points), including an 9-for-12 mark from 40-plus yards. Overall, the Badgers have made several noteworthy improvements on special teams, especially in terms of their coverage units: The Badgers are allowing an average of just 16.0 yards per kickoff return, a mark that ranks No. 2 in the Big Ten and ranks No. 6 nationally. Wisconsin allowed an average of 19.0 yards per return last season. Opponents average starting field position against Wisconsin after a kickoff is their own 22.9 yard line, the third-best mark of any FBS team behind only Boston College (22.3) and Ohio State (22.7). Last year, UW opponents average starting field position was the 25.1 yard line. UW is allowing 5.3 yards per punt return. Badgers opponents averaged 8.1 yards per punt return last season. EXPERIENCE... Three players played in their 50th career games last Saturday vs. Rutgers: WR Jordan Fredrick, CB Darius Hillary and P Drew Meyer. They became the 45th, 46th and 47th players in school history to play in at least 50 games. With three regular-season games and a bowl remaining on UW s schedule, all three have the opportunity to match the school record of 54 games currently held by five players. Senior S Michael Caputo will play in his 50th career game at Maryland....MEETS INEXPERIENCE A total of 24 players have seen their first collegiate action for Wisconsin in 2015, including 16 that have made their first career starts. Wisconsin has played a total of 21 freshmen (17 redshirt freshmen, 4 true freshmen) this season. Only Penn State (22) has played more among Big Ten teams. ALL-AMERICKSON Senior WR Alex Erickson has picked up 748 receiving yards on 58 receptions. Since being held to 30 yards on 3 receptions vs. Iowa (when he was forced to leave the game in the first half with an injury) Erickson has averaged 99.5 receiving yards over UW s last four games. Erickson posted his second 100-yard game of the season and the fifth of his career with 103 receiving yards on 10 catches vs. Rutgers. He has logged at least 85 yards in 6 of 9 games this season. OFFENSE NOTES Erickson is one of 24 FBS players and the only player from the Big Ten with at least 100 receptions and 1,500 receiving yards over the past two seasons. Erickson s 58 receptions are the most catches by a Badgers player through the first nine games of a season. Lee Evans ranks second with his 56 grabs through nine games in Evans went on to set a school record with 75 catches in 01. Travis Beckum had 53 receptions through nine games on his way to equaling Evans record with 75 grabs in Jared Abbrederis, who broke the record with 78 catches grabs in 2013, had 54 through nine games. MOST RECEPTIONS THROUGH 9 GAMES Player Rec. Year 1. Alex Erickson (WR) Lee Evans (WR) Jared Abbrederis (WR) Travis Beckum (TE) Pat Richter (WR) With Erickson s 58 this year, the Badgers have had a player record 50 catches in a season 14 times in school history. With 55 last season and 58 this year, Erickson is the fifth player in school history with multiple 50-catch seasons, joining Evans (2001, 03); Beckum (2006, 07); Nick Toon (2009, 11); and Abbrederis (2011, 13). Erickson is one of just 10 Power Five conference players to log 50 receptions this season. Erickson owns 122 catches for his career to rank eighth in school history: RECEPTIONS, CAREER 1. Brandon Williams, Jared Abbrederis, Lee Evans, Nick Toon, Travis Beckum, Al Toon, Chris Chambers, Alex Erickson, 2013-present 122 Erickson ranks 12th on the Badgers career receiving yards list with 1,647 and needs 227 to pass Pat Richter (1,873, ) for 10th all-time: RECEIVING YARDS, CAREER 1. Lee Evans, , Chris Chambers, , Tony Simmons, , Lee DeRamus, , Pat Richter, , Jonathan Orr, , Alex Erickson, 2013-present 1,647

6 GAME 10: WISCONSIN VS. MARYLAND SITUATIONAL RECORDS 2015 vs. Top 25 opponents (AP/Coaches) 0-1 vs. Top-10 opponents (AP/Coaches) 0-1 UW scores first 6-1 Opponent scores first 1-1 UW leads after 1st quarter 5-1 Opponent leads after 1st quarter 1-1 UW leads at halftime 6-0 Opponent leads at halftime 1-2 UW leads after 3rd quarter 6-0 Opponent leads after 3rd quarter 1-2 WISCONSIN OFFENSE SCORING: 20+ points 7-0 SCORING: 30+ points 2-0 TOTAL OFFENSE: 400+ yards 7-0 TOTAL OFFENSE: 500+ yards 1-0 RUSHING: 200+ yards 2-0 RUSHING: 300+ yards 1-0 RUSHING ATT: 40 or more 3-0 PASSING: 200+ yards 6-1 PASSING: 300+ yards 2-0 PASSING ATT: 25 or more 6-2 1ST DOWNS: at least RD DOWN: convert at least 40% 5-1 TURNOVERS: two or less 7-1 AVG. FIELD POSITION: 30 or better 4-1 WISCONSIN DEFENSE SCORING: allow 15 points or less 6-1 SCORING: allow 20 points or less 6-1 TOTAL OFFENSE: allow 300 yards or less 5-1 RUSHING: allow 150 yards or less 6-1 RUSHING: allow 100 yards or less 6-0 PASSING: allow 150 yards or less 3-1 PASSING: allow 100 yards or less 1-1 1ST DOWNS: allow 15 or less 6-1 3RD DOWN: opp. convert 33% or less 5-1 TURNOVERS: opponent has two or more 3-1 AVG. FIELD POSITION: 30 or worse 7-1 AVG. FIELD POSITION: 20 or worse 0-0 TEAM COMPARISON RUSHING YARDS: UW has more 6-0 PASSING YARDS: UW has more 6-1 TURNOVERS: UW has fewer 3-0 TIME OF POSSESSION: advantage 5-1 FIRST DOWNS: UW has more 6-1 AVG. FIELD POSITION: UW advantage 5-0 PENALTIES: UW has fewer 5-1 SPECIAL TEAMS SCORE: UW scores 0-0 WISCONSIN INDIVIDUALS RUSHING: 100-yard rusher 4-0 PASSING: 200-yard passer 6-2 RECEIVING: 100-yard receiver 2-0 RUSH/PASS: 100-yd rusher/200-yd passer 3-0 STEADY STAVE Senior QB Joel Stave owns a record of 28-9 as a starter at Wisconsin. His.757 career win percentage is the fourth-best mark among active FBS quarterbacks (minimum 25 starts): HIGHEST WIN PCT., ACTIVE FBS QUARTERBACKS Player (School) Win% Record 1. Connor Cook (Michigan State) Kevin Hogan (Stanford) Everett Golson (ND/FSU) Joel Stave (Wisconsin) Trevone Boykin (TCU) Stave s 28 wins rank him third among active FBS quarterbacks: MOST WINS, ACTIVE FBS QUARTERBACKS Player (School) Wins 1. Connor Cook (Michigan State) 31 Kevin Hogan (Stanford) Joel Stave (Wisconsin) Keenan Reynolds (Navy) Trevone Boykin (TCU) 25 Despite taking just 12 snaps before being sidelined with a head injury at Illinois, Stave is well ahead of his totals for completions (163) and passing yards (1,974) from his 10 games in 2014, when he completed 110 passes for 1,350 yards. Stave is also completing a higher percentage of his passes (60.8% vs. 53.5%) and is averaging a career-high yards per game this season after averaging in Stave threw for 322 yards in back-to-back weeks against Nebraska and Purdue, including his 30-for-39 performance vs. the Boilermakers. The 322 yards are the second-most of his career, while his 30 completions marked a career high. Stave led the Badgers to points on four of their final five drives vs. Nebraska on Oct. 10 as UW overcame a fourth-quarter deficit. That included a 10-play, 70-yard drive to the Nebraska 21 yard line that ended with a missed field goal attempt with 1:26 to play. Getting the ball back with 1:03 to play, Stave then orchestrated a 6-play, 42-yard drive to the Nebraska 28 that set up the game-winning 46-yard field goal with 0:04 remaining. Stave went 9-for-14 for 132 yards in the fourth quarter vs. Nebraska, including a 6-for-9 mark for 98 yards on the Badgers final two drives. Stave has yard games to his credit, the second-most in school history. Only John Stocco (17) has more. Just the third player in school history to complete 500 passes and the third to throw for 6,000 yards, Stave continues his climb up the Badgers career lists in a number of categories: STARTS AT QUARTERBACK, CAREER 1. Darrell Bevell, Brooks Bollinger, Mike Samuel, Joel Stave, 2012-present 37 OFFENSE / DEFENSE NOTES WINS AS STARTING QUARTERBACK, CAREER 1. Brooks Bollinger, (42 starts) John Stocco, (36) Joel Stave, 2012-present (35) 28 QUARTERBACK WIN PCT., CAREER (MIN 25 STARTS) 1. Scott Tolzien, (21-5) 2. John Stocco, (29-7) 3. Joel Stave, 2012-present.757 (28-9) 4. Brooks Bollinger, (30-12) 5. Mike Samuel, (27-11) PASSING YARDS, CAREER 1. Darrell Bevell, , John Stocco, , Joel Stave, 2012-present 6, Brooks Bollinger, , Scott Tolzien, ,271 PASS ATTEMPTS, CAREER 1. Darrell Bevell, , John Stocco, Joel Stave, 2012-present 929 PASS COMPLETIONS, CAREER 1. Darrell Bevell, Joel Stave, 2012-present John Stocco, Brooks Bollinger, Scott Tolzien, COMPLETION PERCENTAGE, CAREER (MIN. 300 ATT.) 1. Russell Wilson, Scott Tolzien, Darrell Bevell, Joel Stave, 2012-present Tyler Donovan, TOUCHDOWN PASSES, CAREER 1. Darrell Bevell, John Stocco, Joel Stave, 2012-present Randy Wright, Brooks Bollinger, PASSING EFFICIENCY, CAREER (MIN. 300 ATT.) 1. Russell Wilson, Scott Tolzien, Jim Sorgi, John Stocco, Joel Stave, 2012-present McEVOY MAKES AN IMPACT Senior S/WR Tanner McEvoy was a jackof-all-trades against Rutgers, recording a sack, an interception and a rushing touchdown. The last player to do that was Utah s Eric Weddle vs. Tulsa in In his first game with action on both sides of the ball vs. Miami (Ohio) he started at safety and had three catches for 29 yards at wide receiver McEvoy became the first Badgers player to record a reception and an interception in the same game since Brandon Williams did so vs. Michigan State on Nov. 15, McEvoy made the first catches of his career vs. Miami (Ohio), grabbing three passes for 29 yards. He also snared an interception on defense and took a snap at quarterback. McEvoy added another catch for 11 yards at Illinois on Oct. 24.

7 GAME 10: WISCONSIN VS. MARYLAND McEvoy has taken at least one snap at quarterback in 7 different games. He has scored a pair of rushing touchdowns, a 32-yard TD vs. Troy and a 20-yard TD run vs. Rutgers. TARGET PRACTICE In all, 15 different players have caught a pass for Wisconsin this season: 6 wide receivers (Alex Erickson, Jordan Fredrick, Reggie Love, Tanner McEvoy, Jazz Peavy, Rob Wheelwright); 6 running backs (Corey Clement, Taiwan Deal, Caleb Kinlaw, Dare Ogunbowale, Austin Ramesh, Derek Watt) and 3 tight ends (Troy Fumagalli, Eric Steffes and Austin Traylor). Junior RB Dare Ogunbowale recorded the first receptions of his career vs. Alabama, tallying six catches for 39 yards. He is now the Badgers third-leading receiver with 249 yards on 27 catches this year. Sophomore TE Troy Fumagalli caught his first touchdown pass at Nebraska on Oct. 10 and now owns 22 catches for 235 yards on the year. After making his first career catch vs. Alabama, sophomore WR Jazz Peavy owns 12 grabs for 139 yards. Senior FB Derek Watt has 11 catches for 95 yards in eight games. He had three receptions in 2013 and none in NO COMBINATION LOCK A year after fielding the same starting five in each of the Badgers 14 games, Wisconsin s offensive line has seen five different starting combinations in nine games this season (See chart, Page 27). The constant has been senior LT Tyler Marz, who has started all nine games this year, and 36 straight dating back to the beginning of the 2013 season. Redshirt freshman Michael Deiter also has started all nine games, seven as UW s left guard at two at center. Senior Walker Williams has started at both guard positions, as has redshirt freshman Micah Kapoi. The Badgers have had three starters at right tackle, with sophomore Hayden Biegel starting the first four games, redshirt freshman Jacob Maxwell earning the start against Iowa and redshirt freshman Beau Benzschawel making the start in UW s last four games. WINNING WAYS At (.739), Wisconsin is one of just 11 Power Five programs to win 100 games since the start of the 2005 season and ranks No. 8 in terms of winning percentage: WINNING PERCENTAGE, 2005-PRESENT (POWER 5) Rk. School Wins Losses Pct. 1. Ohio State Alabama TCU Oregon LSU Oklahoma USC Wisconsin Florida Florida State Wisconsin has won 67 games since the start of the 2009 season, and the Badgers are one of just seven Power Five teams to average 10 wins over the previous six seasons. Only Alabama, Oregon, Ohio State, Florida State, Stanford and LSU can also make that claim. Since 2006, Wisconsin has had two Outland Trophy winners (Joe Thomas and Gabe Carimi), two Doak Walker Award winners (Montee Ball and Melvin Gordon), one Unitas Golden Arm Award winner (Scott Tolzien), one Lott IMPACT Trophy winner (J.J. Watt), two Heisman Trophy finalists (Ball and Gordon) and 16 first-team All- Americans (Thomas, Travis Beckum, Taylor Mehlhaff, Kraig Urbik, Carimi, Lance Kendricks, John Moffitt, Watt, Ball, Peter Konz, Kevin Zeitler, Travis Frederick, Chris Borland, Kyle Costigan, Gordon and Rob Havenstein). BACK TO A BOWL Wisconsin s win at Illinois made the Badgers bowl-eligible for the 14th-consecutive season, extending the longest active bowl streak in the Big Ten. ACTIVE BOWL STREAKS Team Streak (Years) 1. Florida State* Virginia Tech Georgia 18 Georgia Tech Oklahoma* LSU* Wisconsin* 13 Boise State* 13 *Bowl-eligible in 2015 Including last year s win in the Outback Bowl and run to the national championship game of the 2015 Final Four, Wisconsin has qualified for a bowl game and earned an NCAA men s basketball tournament invitation in each of the last 13 years. That s the longest such streak of two-sport success in the nation, with Michigan State (8 years), Louisville (5) and San Diego State (5) owning the next-longest active runs. WALK-ON WAY Wisconsin head coach Paul Chryst has awarded scholarships to three walk-ons since the start of training camp: redshirt freshman ILB Ryan Connelly, junior K Andrew Endicott and redshirt freshman DE Zander Neuville. Connelly, Endicott and Neuville are the 10th, 11th and 12th players on UW s current roster to earn a scholarship after beginning their careers as walk-ons including nine listed on UW s two-deep: SCHOLARSHIPS EARNED BY WALK-ONS Name Walked On Scholarship QB Joel Stave P Drew Meyer OLB Joe Schobert WR Alex Erickson LS Connor Udelhoven RB Dare Ogunbowale BADGERS IN THE NFL S Joe Ferguson TE Troy Fumagalli OLB Jack Cichy K Andrew Endicott ILB Ryan Connelly DE Zander Neuville Since 1990, the Badgers have had 90 walk-ons earn scholarships, and 16 players that started their college careers as walk-ons have gone on to play in the NFL. PIPELINE TO THE PROS UW currently boasts 26 players in the NFL, including 23 players on active rosters. BADGERS IN THE NFL (25) Player at UW Pos. NFL Team Jared Abbrederis WR Green Bay Beau Allen DL Philadelphia Jonathan Casillas LB N.Y. Giants Marcus Cromartie* DB San Francisco Owen Daniels TE Denver Travis Frederick OL Dallas Melvin Gordon RB San Diego Garrett Graham TE Houston Ryan Groy* OL Tampa Bay Rob Havenstein OL St. Louis Nick Hayden DL Dallas Ethan Hemer* DL Pittsburgh Lance Kendricks TE St. Louis DeAndre Levy LB Detroit Chris Maragos DB Philadelphia Brad Nortman P Carolina O Brien Schofield LB Atlanta Dezmen Southward DB Atlanta Joe Thomas OL Cleveland Scott Tolzien QB Green Bay Kraig Urbik OL Buffalo Rick Wagner OL Baltimore J.J. Watt DE Houston James White RB New England Russell Wilson 2011 QB Seattle Kevin Zeitler OL Cincinnati * Practice squad UW saw two players selected in the 2015 NFL Draft RB Melvin Gordon (1st round, San Diego) and OL Rob Havenstein (2nd round, St. Louis) giving the Badgers a total of 21 draft picks over the last five years. Over the course of the last five drafts, UW has produced 12 players that were taken in the first 75 picks. NFL Network s Top 100 Players of 2015 list featured four Wisconsin products: Houston DE and reigning NFL Defensvie Player of the Year J.J. Watt (1st), Seattle QB Russell Wilson (22nd), Cleveland OL Joe Thomas (25th) and Detroit LB DeAndre Levy (66th). Wisconsin was the only college program to place three players among the top 25. In Thomas and Watt, UW products were named the league s top offensive and defensive linemen.

8 GAME 10: WISCONSIN VS. MARYLAND SERIES HISTORY: MARYLAND Overall: Wisconsin leads, 1-0 In College Park: First meeting MODERN ERA MEETINGS (1946-PRESENT) Year Rank Result Score Location /- W 52-7 Madison WISCONSIN-MARYLAND SERIES The Badgers own a 1-0 record vs. Maryland after rolling to a 52-7 Homecoming win at Camp Randall Stadium last year in the Terrapins inaugural Big Ten season. Wisconsin is 0-1 all-time in the state of Maryland, with a 36-7 loss to No. 2-ranked Navy in a 1945 game played in Baltimore. WISCONSIN-MARYLAND CONNECTIONS Wisconsin wide receivers coach Ted Gilmore and Maryland defensive backs coach Darrell Perkins were college teammates at Wyoming in 1988 and BIG TEN ROAD DEBUTS Wisconsin makes its first trip to College Park to take on the Terrapins on Saturday. All-time, the Badgers are 11-2 in their first road game against Big Ten foes, dating back to the conference s founding in 1896: FIRST ROAD GAME AT BIG TEN OPPONENT Year Opponent Result Score 1896 Northwestern W Chicago W Minnesota W Michigan L Illinois W Iowa W Purdue W Indiana W Ohio State W Michigan State W Penn State W Nebraska L Rutgers W 37-0 LAST MEETING WISCONSIN 52, MARYLAND 7 OCT. 25, 2014 MATCHUP MADISON, Wis. Wisconsin s defense put together a dominating performance on homecoming weekend at Camp Randall Stadium. Melvin Gordon rushed for 122 yards and three touchdowns on 22 carries, and the Badgers restocked defense stifled mistakeprone Maryland for a 52-7 win. With their running game rolling, the Badgers (5-2, 2-1 Big Ten) overpowered Maryland (5-3, 2-2) in every facet of the game. Gordon had his three scores in the first half, when Wisconsin raced out to a 24-0 halftime lead on a picture-perfect fall afternoon. Joel Stave threw for two scores in the second half. Wisconsin brought Maryland s five-game road winning streak to an emphatic end. The Terps were held to 175 yards of total offense, 227 below their season average. Most of the yardage came late in the blowout loss. Fresh off a bye, the Badgers even dusted off a couple trick plays, including punter Drew Meyer s floating pass to open tight end Troy Fumagalli over the middle for a 17-yard gain on fourth-and-9 from the Maryland 36. It set up a 36-yard field goal by Rafael Gaglianone to give Wisconsin a 10-0 lead at 3:46 of the first quarter. Maryland fumbled the ball away on the next drive after a handoff bounced off running back Brandon Ross chest. Linebacker Vince Biegel pounced on the ball, and Gordon barreled in from a yard out six plays later for a 17-0 lead on the first play of the second quarter. STATISTICAL MATCHUP: WISCONSIN VS. MARYLAND CATEGORY WIS NCAA BIG TEN MARY NCAA BIG TEN Scoring Offense th 7th th 11th Total Offense nd 5th th 13th Offense rd 9th th 4th Passing Offense th 4th th 13th Passing Efficiency th 8th th 14th Time of Possession 33:26 6th 2nd 28:04 95th 13th Scoring Defense st 1st th 11th Total Defense rd 2nd nd 11th Defense th 3rd th 13th Passing Defense th 5th th 11th Passing Efficiency Def th 4th th 12th QB Sacks th 8th th 2nd Tackles for Loss rd 14th rd 5th Net Punting th 9th th 8th Punt Returns th 10th th 1st Kickoff Returns th 14th th 3rd Turnover Margin th 7th th 14th

9 GAME 10: WISCONSIN VS. MARYLAND HEAD COACH PAUL CHRYST HEAD COACH PAUL CHRYST FIRST SEASON It turns out you can go home again. At least that s the case for Paul Chryst, the Madison native, three-time Badgers letterwinner and eight-year assistant coach at Wisconsin. On Dec. 17, 2014, Chryst returned to his roots when he was introduced as the 30th head coach in UW history. Before spending the last three seasons as the head coach at Pittsburgh, where he led the Panthers to three consecutive bowl appearances, Chryst oversaw the most explosive offenses in Wisconsin history. During his last two seasons as UW s offensive coordinator (2010 and 2011), the Badgers set a multitude of school and Big Ten records. With current Green Bay Packers quarterback Scott Tolzien at the helm in 2010, UW averaged more than 40.0 points a game for the first time in school history, ranking fifth in the country with 41.5 points per contest. On the way to their first Big Ten title since 1999, the Badgers scored at least 70 points three times. As a team, Wisconsin set a Big Ten record with a.732 completion percentage while also tying the conference record for rushing touchdowns (48). The following season, UW did the unthinkable and improved upon that dynamic season. In the one and only year they were united, Chryst and quarterback Russell Wilson combined on a season for the ages. Wilson set the FBS record for pass efficiency (191.8) while setting school records for passing yards (3,175) and passing touchdowns (33 - second-most in Big Ten history). Not to be outdone, junior running back Montee Ball etched his own name in the NCAA record book, tying Barry Sanders single-season record with 39 touchdowns. Ball ran for 1,923 yards and was a Heisman Trophy finalist. For the second-straight season, the Badgers had three first-team All-Americans with center Peter Konz and guard Kevin Zeitler joining Ball. The Badgers averaged 44.1 points per game, sixth-best in the country. Not only was that a school record, but it s the third-best mark in the Big Ten since In fact, UW led the conference in scoring in each of Chryst s last three seasons, with the final two both ranking among the top five in the league since Chryst s last stint in Madison lasted seven years, serving as UW s co-offensive coordinator and tight ends coach in 2005 and offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach from During those seasons, Wisconsin compiled a (.761) record, winning at least 10 games five times. Chryst-led offenses are responsible for six of the top 10 total offense seasons, three of the top four scoring offenses, three of the top five third-down conversion percentages, three of the top four completion percentage seasons and five of the top seven individual pass efficiency seasons in school history. In total, the Badgers averaged 34.1 points and yards of total offense in Chryst s seven years at the helm. Both of those were tops in the Big Ten over that span. Each of UW s top four quarterbacks in terms of single-season passing yards were tutored by Chryst. In his seven seasons as offensive coordinator, Wisconsin ranked fifth in the country and best in the Big Ten in pass efficiency (148.1). UW s 8.5 yards per pass attempt over those seven seasons was second-best in the country. On the ground, the Badgers averaged yards per game, tops in the Big Ten and fourth among Power Five conference teams. THE CHRYST FILE Career Record (4th Season): (.553) Record at Wisconsin: 7-2 (1st Season) Big Ten Record: 4-1 (1st Season) Bowl Record: 1-1 (.500) Birthdate: Nov. 17, 1965 Hometown: Madison, Wis. Alma Mater: Wisconsin, 1988 (Political Science) Playing Experience: Quarterback (Wisconsin, ) Family: Wife Robin, daughters Katy and JoJo, son Danny BOWL GAME EXPERIENCE Overall Bowl Game Record: 7-5 (.583) YEAR SCHOOL BOWL RESULT (OPPONENT) 2002 WIS Alamo W, (Colorado) 2003 ORST Las Vegas W, (New Mexico) 2004 ORST Insight W, (Notre Dame) 2005 WIS Capital One W, (Auburn) 2006 WIS Capital One W, (Arkansas) 2007 WIS Outback L, (Tennessee) 2008 WIS Champs Sports L, (Florida State) 2009 WIS Champs Sports W, (Miami) 2010 WIS Rose L, (TCU) 2011 WIS Rose L, (Oregon) 2012 PITT BBVA Compass L, (Ole Miss) 2013 PITT Little Caesars W, (Bowling Green) CHRYST YEAR-BY-YEAR Year Team Position Record Conf. Bowl Game 1989 West Virginia Graduate Assistant Gator 1990 West Virginia Graduate Assistant San Antonio (WLAF) Running Backs, Tight Ends San Antonio (WLAF) Running Backs, Tight Ends UW-Platteville Offensive Coordinator/QBs Ottawa (CFL) Quarterbacks Illinois State Offensive Coordinator/QBs Saskatchewan (CFL) Offensive Coordinator/QBs Oregon State Offensive Coordinator/QBs Oregon State Offensive Coordinator/QBs San Diego (NFL) Tight Ends San Diego (NFL) Tight Ends San Diego (NFL) Tight Ends Wisconsin Tight Ends Alamo 2003 Oregon State Offensive Coordinator/QBs Las Vegas 2004 Oregon State Offensive Coordinator/QBs Insight Bowl 2005 Wisconsin Co-Offensive Coordinator/TEs Capital One 2006 Wisconsin Offensive Coordinator/QBs Capital One 2007 Wisconsin Offensive Coordinator/QBs Outback 2008 Wisconsin Offensive Coordinator/QBs Champs Sports 2009 Wisconsin Offensive Coordinator/QBs Champs Sports 2010 Wisconsin Offensive Coordinator/QBs Rose 2011 Wisconsin Offensive Coordinator/QBs Rose 2012 Pittsburgh Head Coach BBVA Compass 2013 Pittsburgh Head Coach Little Caesars 2014 Pittsburgh Head Coach/QBs Armed Forces 2015 Wisconsin Head Coach Head Coaching Totals (4th season) Bowl Games

10 GAME 10: WISCONSIN VS. MARYLAND BADGERS AT CAMP RANDALL Since start of 2004 season: 73-8 (.901) DATE OPPONENT RESULT SCORE 9/4/04 UCF W /11/04 UNLV W /25/04 Penn State W /2/04 Illinois W /23/04 Northwestern W /6/04 Minnesota W /3/05 Bowling Green W /10/05 Temple W /24/05 Michigan W /1/05 Indiana W /22/05 Purdue W /12/05 Iowa L /9/06 Western Illinois W /16/06 San Diego State W /7/06 Northwestern W /14/06 Minnesota W /28/06 Illinois W /4/06 Penn State W /18/06 Buffalo W /1/07 Washington State W /15/07 The Citadel W /22/07 Iowa W /29/07 Michigan State W /20/07 Northern Illinois W /27/07 Indiana W /10/07 Michigan W /30/08 Akron W /6/08 Marshall W /4/08 Ohio State L /11/08 Penn State L /25/08 Illinois W /15/08 Minnesota W /22/08 Cal Poly W (OT) 9/5/09 Northern Illinois W /12/09 Fresno State W (2OT) 9/19/09 Wofford W /26/09 Michigan State W /17/09 Iowa L /31/09 Purdue W /14/09 Michigan W /11/10 San Jose State W /18/10 Arizona State W /25/10 Austin Peay W /9/10 Minnesota W /16/10 Ohio State W /13/10 Indiana W /27/10 Northwestern W /1/11 UNLV W /10/11 Oregon State W /24/11 South Dakota W /1/11 Nebraska W /15/11 Indiana W /5/11 Purdue W /26/11 Penn State W /1/12 Northern Iowa W /15/12 Utah State W /22/12 UTEP W /6/12 Illinois W /20/12 Minnesota W /27/12 Michigan State L (OT) 11/17/12 Ohio State L (OT) 8/31/13 UMass W /7/13 Tennessee Tech W /21/13 Purdue W /12/13 Northwestern W /9/13 BYU W /16/13 Indiana W /30/13 Penn State L /6/14 Western Illinois W /20/14 Bowling Green W /27/14 South Florida W /11/14 Illinois W /25/14 Maryland W /15/14 Nebraska W /29/14 Minnesota W /12/15 Miami (Ohio) W /19/15 Troy W /26/15 Hawai i W /3/15 Iowa L /17/15 Purdue W /31/15 Rutgers W CAMP RANDALL STADIUM CAMP RANDALL STADIUM One of the nation s most historic college football venues, Camp Randall Stadium also happens to be one of the intimidating for opposing teams, and Wisconsin has made the most of the home-field advantage that the raucous atmosphere provides. Since the start of the 2004 season, the Badgers have compiled a 73-8 record (.901) at Camp Randall Stadium. Ohio State (75) and LSU (73) are the only teams with at least 73 home wins over that span. The Badgers have allowed 10 or fewer points at home on 30 occasions since the start of the 2004 season. Eight of Wisconsin s eight shutouts since 1999 (65-0 vs. Temple in 2005; 14-0 vs. San Diego State in 2006; 37-0 vs. Purdue in 2009; 35-0 vs. Oregon State in 2011; 45-0 vs. UMass and 48-0 vs. Tennessee Tech in 2013; 58-0 vs. Miami (Ohio); 28-0 vs. Hawai i in 2015) have occurred at Camp Randall Stadium. Including its win over Ohio State in 2010 Wisconsin owns a 4-5 record all-time against No. 1 teams in Camp Randall Stadium. Including its unblemished home record in 2014, UW has compiled a 7-0 record at Camp Randall Stadium five times (2006, 2007, 2010 and 2011). Wisconsin won 21 consecutive games at Camp Randall from Oct. 31, 2009 to Oct. 27, That is the secondlongest home winning streak in school history, trailing only the 25 in a row the Badgers won from Camp Randall Stadium, which opened in 1917, is the fourth-oldest Bowl Subdivision stadium in the nation. The only older on-campus facilities are: Georgia Tech (1913), Mississippi State (1914) and Cincinnati (1916). The Camp Randall grounds were used as a Civil War training site. It also held Confederate soldiers, many of whom died and were laid to rest on the west side of Madison. The area known as soldiers rest is the northernmost Confederate cemetery in the United States. Camp Randall Stadium served as a living quarters for students and military personnel during the 1940s. Dormitories were built underneath the east-side stands. Approximately 150 men lived there. Though it has only been a tradition at Camp Randall Stadium since 1998, Jump Around is now a defining part of UW game day. Between the third and fourth quarters, Jump Around by House of Pain is played and the OLDEST STADIUMS Camp Randall Stadium is among the oldest facilities in the FBS: 1. Georgia Tech Mississippi St Cincinnati Wisconsin Oklahoma St Washington Kansas Stanford Tennessee Ohio St CAPACITIES Camp Randall Stadium seating capacities through the years: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,321 80,000-plus fans delight in doing as the tune instructs. Jump Around was crowned the winner of Sports Illustrated s Greatest College Football Traditions bracket in 2012 and was named the nation s best tradition in votes contested by SiriusXM College Sports Nation in 2014 and 2015.

11 GAME 10: WISCONSIN VS. MARYLAND WISCONSIN DEPTH CHART OFFENSE QB 2 Joel Stave (Sr.) 13 Bart Houston (Jr.) RB 23 Dare Ogunbowale (Jr.) 6 Corey Clement (Jr.) FB 34 Derek Watt (Sr.) 20 Austin Ramesh (So.) WR 86 Alex Erickson (Sr.) 16 Reggie Love (Jr.) WR 3 Tanner McEvoy (Sr.) 9 Jordan Fredrick (Sr.) TE 81 Troy Fumagalli (So.) 44 Eric Steffes (Jr.) LT 61 Tyler Marz (Sr.) 52 Jacob Maxwell (R-Fr.) LG 75 Micah Kapoi (R-Fr.) 76 Logan Schmidt (Jr.) C 63 Michael Deiter (R-Fr.) 64 Brett Connors (R-Fr.) RG 62 Walker Williams (Jr.) 76 Logan Schmidt (Jr.) RT 66 Beau Benzschawel (R-Fr.) 52 Jacob Maxwell (R-Fr.) DEFENSE DE 95 Arthur Goldberg (Jr.) 93 Jake Keefer (Sr.) NT 94 Conor Sheehy (So.) 65 Olive Sagapolu (Fr.) DE 34 Chikwe Obasih (So.) 57 Alec James (So.) OLB 47 Vince Biegel (Jr.) 41 Jesse Hayes (Sr.) ILB 53 T.J. Edwards (R-Fr.) 43 Ryan Connelly (R-Fr.) ILB 50 Chris Orr (Fr.) 24 Keelon Brookins (So.) OLB 58 Joe Schobert (Sr.) 48 Jack Cichy (So.) CB 5 Darius Hillary (Sr.) 12 Natrell Jamerson (So.) SS 7 Michael Caputo (Sr.) 14 D Cota Dixon (So.) FS 3 Tanner McEvoy (Sr.) 19 Leo Musso (Jr.) CB 8 Sojourn Shelton (Jr.) 25 Derrick Tindal (So.) SPECIAL TEAMS P 90 Drew Meyer (Sr.) 38 P.J. Rosowski (R-Fr.) FG 10 Rafael Gaglianone (So.) 97 Jack Russell (Sr.) KO 37 Andrew Endicott (Jr.) 97 Jack Russell (Sr.) LS 60 Connor Udelhoven (Jr.) 91 Zander Neuville (R-Fr.) H 90 Drew Meyer (Sr.) 38 P.J. Rosowski (R-Fr.) PR 86 Alex Erickson (Sr.) 8 Sojourn Shelton (Jr.) KR 12 Natrell Jamerson (So.) 87 George (So.) COACHING STAFF PAUL CHRYST HEAD COACH (SIDELINE) CHRIS HAERING SPECIAL TEAMS (SIDELINE) JOE RUDOLPH OFFENSIVE COORDINATOR/OL (SIDELINE) DARONTE JONES DEFENSIVE BACKS (SIDELINE) DAVE ARANDA DEFENSIVE COORDINATOR/ILB (SIDELINE) JOHN SETTLE RUNNING BACKS (SIDELINE) INOKE BRECKTERFIELD DEFENSIVE LINE (SIDELINE) TIM TIBESAR OUTSIDE LINEBACKERS (BOOTH) TED GILMORE WIDE RECEIVERS (BOOTH) MICKEY TURNER TIGHT ENDS (BOOTH) DEPTH CHART CAREER GAMES/STARTS CB Darius Hillary 50/37 WR Jordan Fredrick 50/12 P Drew Meyer 50/0 S Michael Caputo 49/36 OL Tyler Marz 47/36 FB Derek Watt 43/22 WR A.J. Jordan 42/0 OLB Joe Schobert 41/24 QB Joel Stave 40/37 OLB Vince Biegel 38/24 CB Sojourn Shelton 36/33 WR Alex Erickson 36/24 TE Austin Traylor 35/15 LS Connor Udelhoven 35/0 WR Tanner McEvoy 34/17 S Leo Musso 34/3 OL Dan Voltz 32/27 WR Rob Wheelwright 32/7 RB Dare Ogunbowale 31/6 ILB Leon Jacobs 31/4 K Andrew Endicott 30/0 FB Derek Straus 29/0 WR Reggie Love 28/3 RB Corey Clement 28/2 S Joe Ferguson 26/1 DE Jake Keefer 26/0 OLB Jesse Hayes 25/0 DE Chikwe Obasih 23/16 NT Conor Sheehy 23/4 DE Alec James 23/3 WR George 23/1 TE Eric Steffes 22/3 K Rafael Gaglianone 22/0 K Jack Russell 22/0 NT Arthur Goldberg 21/13 CB Derrick Tindal 21/5 TE Troy Fumagalli 21/4 CB Terrance Floyd 21/0 CB Natrell Jamerson 21/0 CB Lubern Figaro 20/7 OL Walker Williams 14/5 OLB Jack Cichy 14/1 ILB Keelon Brookins 14/0 FB Austin Ramesh 13/3 QB Bart Houston 13/0 CB T.J. Reynard 13/0 S D Cota Dixon 12/0 WR Jazz Peavy 11/1 OL Hayden Biegel 10/4 OL Michael Deiter 9/9 ILB T.J. Edwards 9/9 OL Olive Sagapolu 9/2 OLB Ryan Connelly 9/0 S Arrington Farrar 9/0 OLB Zander Neuville 9/0 WR Krenwick Sanders 9/0 OL Logan Schmidt 9/0 OLB T.J. Watt 9/0 OL Micah Kapoi 8/6 ILB Chris Orr 8/5 OL Jacob Maxwell 7/1 OLB Garret Dooley 7/0 RB Taiwan Deal 6/2 RB Alec Ingold 6/0 OL Beau Benzschawel 4/4 DE Billy Hirschfeld 4/0 RB Serge Trezy 4/0 P P.J. Rosowski 3/0 OL Brett Connors 2/0 WR D.J. Gillins 2/0 OL Aidan McNamara 2/0 NT Jeremy Patterson 2/0 S Evan Bondoc 1/0 OL Ben Hemer 1/0 CB Caleb Kinlaw 1/0 OL George Panos 1/0 RB Mark Saari 1/0